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John Stith

Male 1638 - 1694  (55 years)

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  • Name John Stith
    Birth 01 Jun 1638  Kirkham, Fylde Borough, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Immigration Bef 1656  VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Came to VA 
    Guardianship 27 Oct 1656  Charles City Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Ordered to give acct of Joseph Parsons estate - appt guardian of his orphans 
    Land Grant 15 Feb 1663  Charles City Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    500 acres - north side of James river - grant to himself and Samuel Earle 
    Land Grant 29 Jul 1664  Charles City Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    550 acres 
    Land Grant 11 May 1675  Charles City Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    636 acres 
    Will 13 Nov 1690  Charles City Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Codicil dated 10/3/1693 - Proved 4/3/1694 - Charles City County, Va. Wills & Deeds 1689-1694, pp 185-187 
    Deed 03 Oct 1692  Charles City Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    He and wife acknowledged deed to son Drury 
    Death Between 03 Oct 1693 and 03 Apr 1694  Charles City, Charles City Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    • Date of codicil to will (10/3/1693) and date will proved and recorded (4/3/1694)
    Findagrave.com 21 Apr 2025 
    See Notes 
    Burial Charles City, Charles City Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Westover Plantation Cemetery
    Person ID I3011  Butler Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

    Family Jane Drury,   b. 02 Jun 1624, Mells, Mendip District, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 03 Oct 1693, Charles City, Charles City County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 69 years)
    Marriage Bef 27 Oct 1656  Charles City Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • John ordered to give acct of Joseph Parsons estate - and appt guardian to his orphans
    Children 
     1. Jane Stith,   b. 1657, Charles City Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1709, Charles City Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. John Drury Stith,   b. Between 1653 and 1658, Charles City Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1714 and 1724, Charles City Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Agnes Stith,   b. 1659, Charles City Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1720, Surry Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Anne Stith,   b. 25 Jan 1660, Charles City, Charles City Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1712, Charles City, Charles City Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Drury Stith,   b. 1670, Henrico Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1741, Charles City Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F58  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 01 Jun 1638 - Kirkham, Fylde Borough, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - Came to VA - Bef 1656 - VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Bef 27 Oct 1656 - Charles City Co, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsGuardianship - Ordered to give acct of Joseph Parsons estate - appt guardian of his orphans - 27 Oct 1656 - Charles City Co, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand Grant - 500 acres - north side of James river - grant to himself and Samuel Earle - 15 Feb 1663 - Charles City Co, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand Grant - 550 acres - 29 Jul 1664 - Charles City Co, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand Grant - 636 acres - 11 May 1675 - Charles City Co, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Codicil dated 10/3/1693 - Proved 4/3/1694 - Charles City County, Va. Wills & Deeds 1689-1694, pp 185-187 - 13 Nov 1690 - Charles City Co, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeed - He and wife acknowledged deed to son Drury - 03 Oct 1692 - Charles City Co, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Between 03 Oct 1693 and 03 Apr 1694 - Charles City, Charles City Co, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Charles City, Charles City Co, VA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 

    • - Listed on Jamestowne Society in Williamsburg, VA

      - lots of info at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stith-10#_ref-22

      - in 1656 he was a lieutenant in Charles City Co militia
      - in 1676 he was a captain in Charles City Co militia
      - in 6/1676 - An act was passed by Bacon's House entitled "An Act to disable John Stith & Edward Hill from holding office" - which was subsequently repealed
      - in 5/1677 - commissioned to take depositions in regard to grievances of the people of Charles City Co.
      - in 1680 he was major of the Charles City Co militia, one of the magistrates of the county, and a practicing lawyer

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      Found at findagrave.com on 04/21/2025

      Major John Stith Sr. ** Listed Major in deed transferred to son Drury **

      Birth: 1 Jun 1638 Kirkham, Fylde Borough, Lancashire, England
      Death: 3 Apr 1693 (aged 54) Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia, USA ?? - bet 10/3/1693 (codicil) and 4/3/1694 (will proved and recorded)
      Burial: Westover Plantation Cemetery, Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia, USA
      Memorial #: 260881939

      Bio:
      Son of Robert Stith and Mary Townsend Stith of Kirkham, Lancashire, England; Husband of the widow, Jane Mosby Gregory, they married in Virginia, 27 October 1656, (her first husband Thomas Gregory. Source: Headright Claim by Ferdinando Austin 1653)
      Father of at least the following:Captain John Stith 1658-1723 (wife Mary Randolph)Agnes Stith Wynn 1659-1700 - (husband Thomas Wynn)Anne Stith (1660-1712) (husband Colonel Robert Bolling (1646-1709)Jane Stith Luellin 16655- (husband Captain Daniel Luellin)Lieutenant Colonel Drury Stith 1670-1741 (wife Susannah Bathurst)
      Major John Stith SrIn 1676, John became Captain in the Charles City County Militia, and was actively engaged, on the government side, during Bacon's Rebellion, the burning of Jamestown and the County Courthouse.
      High Sheriff of Charles City County 1691
      Elected to the House of Burgesses, Charles City, Charles, VirginiaRepresentative of Charles City County, Colonial Virginia 1692-1693
      The Will of Major John Stith Sr.3 April 1694 • Charles City, Charles, VirginiaThe Last Will and Testament along with its Codicil were recorded April 3, 1694, witnessed by James Batty, Frances Batty, John Gay and Hugh Davis.
      By: CL Hileman

      Family Members
      Spouse
      Jane Mosby Stith 1624-1685
      Children
      Jane Stith Llewellyn 1657-1709
      John Stith II 1658-1724
      Agnes Tucker Stith Wynne 1659-1720
      Anne Stith Bolling 1660-1712
      Lt Col Drury Stith I 1670-1741
      Created by: Lois Lambertson Waln (46559972)
      Added: 2023-10-23T15:27:49.000Z
      URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/260881939/john-stith
      Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/260881939/john-stith: accessed April 21, 2025), memorial page for Major John Stith Sr. (1 Jun 1638-3 Apr 1693), Find a Grave Memorial ID 260881939, citing Westover Plantation Cemetery, Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Lois Lambertson Waln (contributor 46559972).
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      Found at findagrave.com on 10/26/2022

      John Stith I

      Birth: 1638 Kirkham, Fylde Borough, Lancashire, England
      Death: 3 Apr 1694 (aged 55–56) Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia, USA
      Burial: Burial Details Unknown

      Memorial #: 192999581
      Bio:
      Husband of Jane Mosby Stith, (1632-1694), father of Anne Merriweather Stith (1660-1709) married to Robert Bolling (1646-1709).
      Family Members
      Spouse
      Jane Mosby Stith 1624-1686
      Children
      Jane Stith Llewellyn 1657-Unknown
      John Stith 1658-1724
      Agnes Stith Wynne 1659-1720
      Anne Stith Bolling 1660-1712
      Drury Stith 1670-1741
      Created by: Mary Moran (48957115)
      Added: 9 Sep 2018
      URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192999581/john-stith
      Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192999581/john-stith: accessed 26 October 2022), memorial page for John Stith I (1638–3 Apr 1694), Find a Grave Memorial ID 192999581, ; Maintained by Mary Moran (contributor 48957115) Burial Details Unknown.
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      From findagrave.com page for Thomas Wynne: on 3/2/2021

      Thomas Wynne married Agnes Stith. Many researchers have Agnes ____, or Agnes Tucker; [e.g. 19 p 109] however the Charles City Co, VA will of John Stith,. Sr. dated 11-13-1690 with codicil dated 10-3-1693 and proved 4-3-1694 clearly states:

      "I give and bequeath to my Daughter Agnes, the now wife of Mr. Thomas Wynn, the sum of 15 pounds sterling, in full of all that she may or can claime as a child's part in mine
      estate." [Charles City County, Va. Wills & Deeds 1689-1694, pp 185-187. printed copy
      from photostats in Va. State Library, 3-10-1977] (See page 760.)

      Many Malone and Wynne researchers have not been aware of this will and its resulting
      implications. Agnes Stith Wynne 's father was Major John Stith (b. 1630), and she had a brother named Lt. Col. Drury Stith (1670-1741). She also had a brother John Stith (c 1653 - 1724) who married Mary Isham Randolph, daughter of Mary Isham and William Randolph. (Mary Isham, the daughter of Henry Isham, and William Randolph were great-grandparents of Thomas Jefferson.)
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  • Sources 
    1. [S25] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S47] See Misc Docs Pics.

    3. [S48] See Notes.

    4. [S46] See Documents.

    5. [S84] See land records.

    6. [S77] Will.


 

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