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LOCATION:

Colonial Lots 272 & 273 are located on the north side of Nicholson Street in Williamsburg.

IN SUMMARY:

The first owner of Lots 272 and 273 was John Redwood, keeper of the Public Gaol. In 1708 Redwood conveyed these lots to Philip Ludwell. A problem as to title was settled in April, 1719 by giving possession of the lots to Bridget Menetrie. Menetrie may have built on the property immediately and in September, 1719 conveyed to Lewis Delony, carpenter. There is a gap in the title to the property from 1719 to 1739 at which date the executors of Samuel Wilkinson conveyed to Andrew Anderson, perukemaker. The property is described as "272 & 273 and adjoining Westerly on the Lott where John Pasteur new dwells together with all Houses Out houses..." In 1751 Anderson conveyed a part of Lot 272 "adjoining Westerly on the Lotts where M^rs Lydia Charlton now dwells and extending along the said street twenty feet and back into the said Lotts twenty four feet together with the House now thereon Erected." Such house had recently been erected thereon. The same year, Anderson conveyed another strip "contiguous and adjoining to the Messuage or Tenement aforesaid...running thence along M^rs. Charlton's Line thirty five and a half feet to the said Andersons Garden Pales thence West along the said Garden Pales thirty six feet Thence South sixty one and a half feet to Nicholson Street thence East along the said Street to the Messuage or Tenement..." In 1752 Anderson's executors sold the two lots, 272 & 273 (excepting that portion conveyed to Walthoe) to Dr. Alexander Jameson stating that it was on the North side of Nicholson Street and "adjoining to the House and Lott where Lydia Charlton now dwells". In October, 1755 William Trebell was occupying the shop of Dr. Jameson (probably located on the property). In 1757 Jameson conveyed to George Davenport. Davenport held the property until November, 1758 when he sold to Joshua West, In 1759 West conveyed the two lots (with the exception of the part bought by Walthoe) to Blovet Pasteur, silversmith. Pasteur or his estate held the one part until 1809 when Peter Robert Deneufville became the owner. The part sold by Anderson to Walthoe in 1751 was released by his heirs in 1772 and became the property of Elizabeth Balsom. In 1775 Balsom's estate advertised the property for sale. At this time the chain to title is interrupted until after 1865.

Mr. John S. Charles in his "Recollections of Williamsburg" during the Civil War period remembers no house or houses on the lot. Mrs. Victoria M. Lee recalling Williamsburg as it was in this period, places a house on the lot: "directly behind Lane's store, which stood on the site of the restored Raleigh Tavern was a small frame cottage, occupied by negroes, which had dormer windows on the second floor. This house was occupied in recent years by an old colored woman named Patsy Custis." P. M. Thompson in 1887 conveyed what appears to be Lot 273 to Major Custis, who in turn conveyed to his wife Agnes. Their daughter, Cornelia Jackson, sold in 1928 to Henry Billups and others for the Old Capitol Lodge. In 1950 the property was bought by Colonial Williamsburg. It looks as though the Deneufville family was holding Lot 272 as late as 1874 when Mrs. John H. Barlow, a daughter of John A. Deneufville, conveyed to William Turner. Turner was followed by Eugene J. Potts who through his trustees conveyed in 1928 to Dr. Goodwin representing Williamsburg Restoration.

PHOTOSTAT COPY OF THE
WILLIAMSBURG PLAT IN "WILLIAMSBURG,
THE OLD COLONIAL CAPITOL" BY LYON G. TYLER

LOCATION:

Colonial Lots 272 and 273 are located on the north side of Nicholson Street in Williamsburg. See: Tyler's adaptation of the early Williamsburg plats, opposite page.

HISTORY:

From records to follow in this report, the first owner of Lots 272 and 273 on Nicholson Street was John Redwood.¹ In 1707 the trustees of Williamsburg by deeds of lease and release granted four lots or half acres in the city (Lots 61, 62, 272 and 273).² Redwood was granted Lots 272 and 273, along with Lots 61 and 62, on April 28, 1707, according to a deed to follow in this report. He proceeded to erect a dwelling house on Lots 61 and 62 and kept an ordinary thereon.

Redwood had an ordinary license dated December 15, 1707, which indicates that he had obtained the license earlier, and that he had a dwelling house in the city: 2

…
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bounded John Redwood hath renewed his license to keep an ordinary at his dwelling house in Williamsburg... ¹

In May, 1708, Redwood conveyed the two lots east of the Capitol, Lots 61 and 62, to Philip Ludwell. From this deed we know that Redwood was keeping the ordinary at his dwelling house east of the Capitol after the date of the above quoted license:

[May 4, 1708]

[John Redwood of the Parish of Bruton in York County
Elizabeth, his wife,
to
Philip Ludwell of Green Spring in the County of James City
Consideration: 150 pounds lawful money of England]

…

ALL that Two Lotts or half Acres of Ground lying & being in the City of Williamsburgh on the North East Side of the Capitol Square designed in the platt of the said City by the figures 61 & 62 being the Lotts whereon the Now dwelling house of the said John Redwood & the Out-houses thereunto belonging do stand. And also Two other Lotts or half Acres of Ground lying & being in the said City of Williamsburgh and designed in the platt of the said City by the figures 272 & 273 together with all & Singular houses Outhouses Barns Stables Buildings Edifices- Gardens orchards… to the Said ffour Lotts of Ground…²

A problem arose as to Redwood's title to the lots and his right to transfer them. In 1719 this was solved by an agreement between the city trustees and Ludwell. Ludwell was allowed to retain Lots 61 and 62 and gave up his claim to Lots 272 and 273:

[June 12, 1719]

[Trustees of the City of Williamsburg to Philip Ludwell of James City County
Consideration: 3 pounds]

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THIS INDENTURE made the Twelfth day of June in the fifth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George… & in the year of our Lord Christ One thousand Seven hundred & Nineteen BETWEEN the Feoffees or Trustees for the Land appropriated for the building & Erecting the City of Williamsburgh of the one part and Philip Ludwell of the County of James City Es^qr of the other part WHEREAS Chickeley Corbin Thacker & Mongo Ingles Gentⁿ two of the Trustees for the s^d City of Williamsburgh by their Deeds of Lease or Release bearing date the Twenty Seventh & Twenty eight Days of April in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred & Seven for the Consideration of three pounds lawfull money to them in hand paid did Grant Bargain Release & Confirm unto John Redwood of the County of York & his heirs & Assigns for ever four certain Lotts or half Acres of Ground lying & being in the S^d City of Williamsburgh & denoted in the Plan of the s^d City by these figures 61. 62. 272. & 273 as by the s^d Deeds may more at large appear which four s^d Lotts or half acres were afterwards by Good Deeds in Law conveyed by the s^d John Redwood to the aforenamed Philip Ludwell Es^qr & his heirs but for as much as it doth not appear that the s^d Lease & Release Granted to the s^d John Redwood have been acknowledged & Recorded nor can now be by reason of the death of Mongo Ingles one of the s^d Trustees by means whereof Some Doubts & Law Suits may arrise And Whereas the s^d Philip Ludwell Es^qr is willing to quitt his claim & pretensions to Two of the s^d four Lotts Via those denoted by the figures 272 & 273 & to accept of a Release & Confirmation of the Remaining Two lotts mentioned in the s^d Deeds of Lease & Release Granted to the aforenamed John Redwood NOW This Indenture WITNESSETH that the s^d Feoffees or Trustees for the Considerations above mentioned… & in Consideration of Thirty Shillings lawfull money of Virginia… HAVE Remised Released & quitt Claimed & do by these presents Remise Release & Quitt Claim to the s^d Philip Ludwell his heirs or Assigns for ever all those Two Lotts or half Acres of Land lying & being in the s^d City of Williamsburgh & now in the actuall possession of him the s^d Philip Ludwell & his under Tennants by vertue of the Deeds & conveyance afores^d of the s^d John Redwood & denoted in the plan of the s^d City by the figures 61 & 62…
John Clayton seal
Wil Robertson seal¹

[Recorded York County Court
June 15, 1719]

Sixty days prior to this conveyance, the trustees had assigned Lots 272 and 273 to Bridget Menetrie for 30 shillings:

[April 3, 1719]

[Feoffees or Trustees of Williamsburg
to
Bridget Menetrie¹ of York County
Consideration: 30 shillings]

THIS INDENTURE made the third day of April in the fifth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George… & in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & nineteen BETWEEN the Feoffees or Trustees for the Land appropriated for the building & erecting the City of Williamsburgh of the one part & Bridget Menetrie of the County of York of the other part WITNESSETH that whereas the s^d Bridget Menetrie by one Lease to her by the s^d Feoffees or Trustees made bearing date the day before the date of these presents is in actual & peaceable possession of the premisses herein after Granted to the intent that by vertue of the Same & of the Statute for Transferring uses into possession She may be better enabled to accept a Conveyance & Release of the Reversion & Inheritance hereof to her & her heirs for ever The S^d Feoffees or Trustees for divers good Causes & Considerations them thereunto moving but more especially for & in Consideration of thirty Shillings of Lawfull money of England to them in hand paid at & before the ensealing & delivery of these presents… HAVE Granted bargained Sold Remised [blot] & confirmed… & under the Limitations & Reservations hereafter mentioned they do Grant bargain Sell Remise Release & Confirm unto the s^d Bridget Menetrie Two certain Lotts of Ground in the s^d City of Williamsburgh designed in the platt of the s^d City by these figures 272 & 273 with all woods thereon Growing or being… TO HAVE & to hold… forever… that is to Say that if the s^d Bridget Menetrie her heirs or Assigns Shall not within the Space of 24 months next ensuing the date of these presents begin to build & finish upon each Lott of the s^d Granted premisses one good dwelling house or houses of Such 5 Dimensions & to be placed in Such manner as by one Act of Assembly made at the Capitol the Twenty third day of October 1705 Entituled an Act directing the building the Capitol & City of Williamsburgh &c… by vertue of the s^d Act of Assembly Then it Shall & may be lawfull for the s^d Feoffees or Trustees for the Land appropriated for the building & erecting the City of Williamsburgh for the time being into these s^d Granted premisses & every part thereof with the appurtenances to enter & the Same to have again as if their former Estate… as they might Otherwise have done if these presents had never been made IN WITNESS whereof John Clayton Esq^r & William Robertson Two of the s^d Feoffees or Trustees have hereunto Set their hands & Seals the day & year above written
John Clayton seal
Wil Robertson seal

June the 27^th 1719 Received of the within named Bridget Menetrie thirty Shillings Current money being the Consideration money for the Lotts within mentioned by me
John Clayton ¹ [Recorded York County Court
July 20, 1719; lease deed recorded the same day]

The above conveyance to Menetrie indicates no houses. According to the Act of 1705 noted therein, it was imperative that houses be built within two years if the lots were to be held.

By September, 1719, Bridget Menetrie, widow, had conveyed Lots 272 and 273 to Lewis Delony.² Menetrie must have built a house immediately: 6

[September 21, 1719]

[Bridgett Menetree of James City County
to
Lewis Delony, carpenter, of York County
Consideration: 30 pounds current money of Virginia]

THIS INDENTURE made the Twenty First day of September in the Six year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King GEORGE of grate [sic?] Brittan [sic?] &c.: & in the year of our Lord Christ one Thousand Seven hundred & Nineteen BETWEEN Bridgett Menetree of the County of James City Widow of the one part & Lewis Deloy of the County of York Carpenter of the other part WITNESSETH that the Said Brigett [sic?] Menetree for divers Good Causes & Considerations her thereunto Moving but more especially for & in consideration of Thirty pounds current Money of Virginia to her in hand paid at & before the ensealing & Delivery hereof the Receipt whereof she doth here by Acknowledge HATH bargained, sold, Aliened, Enfeoffed, and confirmed: and by these presents she doth bargain sell alien Enfeoff and Confirm unto the said Lewis Delony & to his heirs & Assignes for Ever two Lotts or half Acres of ground in the City of W^mburgh being the next two Lotts adjoining Eastward on the Lott of John Pasture¹ & are numbered in the Lott of the Said City by these figures 272 & 274 [sic?] TO HAVE and to HOLD the s^d Two Lotts of ground and other the Premisses unto the s^d Lewis Delony his heirs & Assignes to the Only proper use and Behoof of him the s^d Lewis Delony his heirs & Assignes for ever And the s^d Bridgett Menetree for her self & her heirs doth covenant and agree to & with the s^d Lewis Delony his heirs & Assignes that he & they shall and may at all Times for ever here after peaceably quietly have hold, use, occupy possess and enjoy the said two Lotts & other the premisses against the Claim of her the said Bridgett Menetree her Heirs And Assignes & of all other persons whatsoever Claiming or to Claim from by or under her, them, or any of them. IN WITNESS whereof the s^d Bridgett Menetree hath here-unto sett her hand & seal the day & year first above written
Bridgett Menetree Seal

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Signed sealed & delivered
In Presence of
Sarah sign Adkison
Mathew Cummings
Joseph Davenport

MEMORANDUM upon the Twenty first day of September one Thousand seven hundred & Nineteen Full & Absolute Possession & Livery of Seisin of the within Mentioned Two Lotts & Premisses According to the purport of the within Deed
was made & delivered to the within named Lewis Delony by me
Bridgett Menetree¹

[Recorded York County Court
September 21, 1719]

If Menetrie had not erected a house, Delony built on the lots in order to comply with the Act of 1705 which stated that houses must be erected within twenty-four months after acquiring the lots.

In 1721 Lewis Delony of Williamsburg advertised in The American Weekly Mercury (Philadelphia) for a runaway servant, a joiner by trade, Charles Nicholas.

Conveyance of the property by Delony is not known from records. However, Samuel Wilkinson was the owner prior to 1739.

Though we do not know when Samuel Wilkinson² acquired the property, records extant indicate that he owned the property at the time of his death. His will, dated May 17, 1739, indicates that Andrew Anderson³ was living in Wilkinson's house:

[May 17, 1739]

[Will of Samuel Wilkinson]

…Item. it is my will and desire that M^r Andrew Anderson who now lives in my house be allowed to live in the same two Years from the day of my death 8 free from any rent and at the end thereof he surrender up the [blurred] to my Extors in good Tenantable repair… And Lastly all the rest of my Estate both real & personal or of any kind whatsoever to me belonging I give & bequeath unto my loving friends John Dupree and Thomas Metcalf to be equally [blurred] between them hereby Constituting and appointing them Sole Extors of this my said last will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix'd my Seal this 17th day of May 1739.
Sam^l Wilkinson LS¹

[Recorded York County Court
May 21, 1739]

Evidently, the provision in the will that Anderson should live thereon for two years rent free was not carried out. Dupree and Metcalf, as executors of Wilkinson's estate, speedily sold the property on July 16, 1739, to Andrew Anderson:

[July 16, 1739]

[John Dupree and Thomas Metcalf, executors of the
last will and testament of Samuel Wilkinson, deceased,
to
Andrew Anderson, peruke-maker Consideration: eighty pounds current money of Virginia]

THIS INDENTURE made the XVI^th Day of July in the Year of our Lord MDCCXXXIX BETWEEN John Dupree and Thomas Metcalf Executors of the last Will & Testament of Samuel Wilkinson late of the City of Williamsburgh dec^d of the one part and Andrew Anderson of the said City Peruke maker of the other part WITNESSETH that the said John Dupree and Thomas Metcalf for and in consideration of the sum of Eighty Pounds to them in hand paid by the said Andrew Anderson the Receipt whereof and themselves therewith fully satisfied and paid they do hereby acknowledge Have granted bargained and sold & by these presents Do grant bargain & Sell unto the said Andrew Anderson his Heirs and assigns All those two lotts or half Acres of Ground lying and being in the said City of Williamsburgh and Numbered in the plan of the said City by these figures 272 & 273 and adjoining Westerly on the Lott where John Pasteur now dwells together with all Houses Out houses Yards Gardens Ways 9 Easements Profits Priviledges and appurtenances whatsoever to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining and the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents Issues and Profits thereof… and all the Estate Right title Interest property Claim and Demand whatsoever of them the said John Dupree & Thomas Metcalf of, into or out of the said premisses or any part & parcel thereof TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said two Lotts of Ground… unto the said Andrew Anderson his heirs and Assigns… for Ever And the said John Dupree & Thomas Metcalf for themselves their Heirs Executors and Administrators Do Covenant grant & agree to and with the said Andrew Anderson his Heirs & Assigns That they… have good Rightful Power and lawfull Authority to sell and Convey the said two Lotts to the said Andrew Anderson or any other person in manner & form as above is expressed And that the Same and every part and parcel thereof are & is free and cleare of and from all former and other Gifts Grants sales Leases Dowers Extents Judgments Executions or any other Incumbrances whatsoever AND LASTLY the said John Dupree and Thomas Metcalf their Heirs Executors & Administrators against the Claim of them or either of them the said John Dupree & Thomas Metcalf their or either of their Heirs & against the Claim of any other person or persons whatsoever claiming Under them or any of them or the said Samuel Wilkinson—deceased Shall And will warrant and for Ever Defend the hereby granted Premisses-… IN WITNESS whereof the parties to these presents have set their hands & Seals the Day & Year first above written—
John Dupree^{his mark} Seal
Tho^s Metcalf Seal Sealed & Delivered In presence of
William Wyatt
Tho^s Brewer
Bed Davenport
¹ [Recorded York County Court
July 16, 1739]

In 1744 Anderson mortgaged the property: 10

[June 25, 1744]

[Andrew Anderson
Mary, his wife,
to
Henry Weatherburn, Mark Cosby and John Baskervile,
securities, to protect Thomas Creas
Consideration: £ 250 with interest]

THIS INDENTURE made the Twenty fifth day of June in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred & forty four Between Andrew Anderson of the City of W^msburgh Peruke Maker and Mary his wife of the one part and Henry Weatherburn & Mark Cosby of the same City and John Baskervile of the County of James City of the other part Whereas the said Henry Weatherburn Mark Cosby & John Baskervile have at the request of the said Andrew Anderson become bound for him as his Securities unto Thomas Creas of the Colledge of William & Mary Gardiner for the payment of Two hundred & fifty pounds with the Interest thereof unto the said Thomas Creas his Extors or Admors on or before the Twenty first day of June which shall be in the Year one thousand Seven hundred & forty five Now for the indemnifying the said Securities from all Trouble & Damages that may arise by Means of their becoming Securities for the said Andrew Anderson as afores^d This Indenture Witnesseth that the said Andrew Anderson & Mary his wife in Consideration thereof… have bargained & Sold… All those two Lots or half Acres of Ground Situate on the North side of Nicholson Street in the afores^d City of W^msburgh whereon he now dwells Together with the dwelling house Kitchen Outhouses Gardens & all & singular other profits… advantages whatsoever to the same belonging… also his Shop¹ on the Main Street with the Ground thereto belonging And also four Slaves… To have & to hold the said Lots of Ground with the Houses and other the above mention'd premisses and also the said Slaves with their Increase unto the said Henry Weatherburn Mark Cosby & John Baskervile… for and during the full Term of five hundred Years from hence next ensuing fully to be Compleat… the Yearly Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn upon the Feast of S^t John the Baptist if the same be lawfully demanded provided always And these presents are upon the Condition nevertheless That if the said Andrew Anderson & Mary his wife their Extors or Admors shall & do at 11 all times hereafter Save harmless and endempnify'd [sic] keep the said Henry Weatherburn Mark Cosby & John Baskervile their & every of their Heirs… from all Trouble & damages that shall or may arise by means of their becoming Securities as aforesaid That then & from thence forth this present Indenture… shall Cease & be utterly Void as if the same had never been made And it is hereby declared… that until the said Securities shall actually be damnify'd by means Of their [illegible] ship aforesaid, it shall be lawfull for the said Andrew Anderson and Mary his wife their heirs & Assigns to hold use & enjoy all & every the above bargain'd premisses and to take & receive the Rents Issues & profits thereof without rending any Amount for the same In Witness whereof the said parties their hands & Seals to these presents interchangeably have set the day & Year first above written.
And^w Anderson Seal
Mary Anderson Seal
Henry Weatherburn Seal
Mark Cosby Seal
John Baskervile Seal

Sealed & delivered
in presence of
John Coke
John Kendell
Bouvt Pasteur

¹ [Recorded York County Court
January 21, 1744/5]

In the above mortgage, let us note that two lots are designated with a "dwelling house Kitchen Outhouses Gardens." Anderson's peruke shop was located on Main Street according to this mortgage.

In November, 1751, Anderson conveyed a part of the western lot (272), with a newly erected house thereon, to Nathaniel Walthoe:²

[November 15, 1751]

[Andrew Anderson and Mary, his wife,
Henry Weatherburn, Mark Cosby and John Baskervyle
to
Nathaniel Walthoe
Consideration: £ 107 10 shillings current money]

12

THIS INDENTURE TRIPARTITE made the fifteenth day of November in the twenty fifth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and fifty one BETWEEN Andrew Anderson of the City of Williamsburgh Peruke Maker and Mary his Wife of the first part Henry Weatherburn and Mark Cosby of the same place and John Baskervyle formerly of the County of James City but now of the County of of the second part and Nathaniel Walthoe of the same City Esq^r of the third part WHEREAS the said Andrew Anderson is and stands Seised in fee simple of and in two Lotts or half Acres of Ground with the Buildings thereon Erected Scituate on the North side of Nicholson street in the said City of Williamsburgh and Numbered in the Plan of the said City by the figures 272. 273 And whereas the said Andrew Anderson and Mary his Wife by their certain Indenture of Mortgage bearing Date the twenty fifth day of June One thousand seven hundred & forty four did Bargain and Sell unto the said Henry Weatherburn Mark Cosby and John Baskervyle among other things the said Two Lotts or half Acres of Ground with the Houses thereon erected TO HOLD to them their Executors Administrators and Assigns for and during the full term of five hundred Years from thence next ensueing upon Certain Conditions in the said Indenture of Mortgage… AND WHEREAS the said Andrew Anderson hath Erected and Built on part of the said Lotts one Messuage or Dwelling House which he is willing and desirous to Sell and dispose of and to apply the Money arising by the Sale thereof towards discharging a certain Bond or Obligation in the aforementioned Indenture of Mortgage mentioned NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that the said Andrew Anderson and Mary his Wife (by and with the consent and approbation of the said Henry Weatherburn Mark Cosby and John Baskervyle testified by their being made Parties to and Sealing and Delivering of these presents) for and in Consideration of the Sum of One hundred and seven pounds ten shillings Current Money to him the said Andrew Anderson in hand paid by the said Nathaniel Walthoe at or before the Sealing and Delivery of these presents the receipt whereof he doth Acknowledge and thereof doth release acquit and discharge him the said Nathaniel Walthoe his Executors and Administrators for ever by these presents HAVE and each of them HATH Granted Bargained Sold Aliened Enfeoffed and Confirmed and by these Presents DO and each of them DOTH Grant Bargain Sell Alien Enfeoff and Confirm 13 -ed unto the said Nath^l Walthoe ALL that Piece or Parcel of Ground scituate lying & being on the Northside of Nicholson Street in the said City of Williamsburg adjoining Westerly on the Lotts where M^rs Lydie Charlton now dwells and extending along the said street twenty feet and back into the said Lotts twenty four feet together with the House now thereon Erected And the Reversion and Reversons Remainder and Remainders… Estate Right Title Interest Use Trust Possession Benefit Property Claim and Demand whatsoever… TO HAVE AND TO HOLD… forever…
And^r Anderson LS
Mary Anderson LS
Henry Weatherburn LS
Mark Cosby LS

Signed & Delivered in
Presence of
Will Harwood
James Barret Southall
J. Palmer
…

¹ [Recorded York County Court
November 18, 1751]

In the above deed of Anderson to Walthoe, we note that Anderson sold a portion of Lot 272 "adjoining Westerly on the Lotts where Mr^s Lydia Charlton¹ now dwells and extending along the said street twenty feet and back into the said Lotts twenty four feet." Also, Anderson had recently erected a house thereon.

Thirty days later, Anderson conveyed another portion of the lot to Walthoe:

[December 14, 1751]

[Andrew Anderson and Mary, his wife, of 1st part
Henry Weatherburn, Mark Cosby and John Baskervile of 2nd part
Nathaniel Walthoe of 3rd part
Consideration: £10 15 shillings current money]

… WHEREAS the said Andrew Anderson and Mary his wife by their certain Indenture of Mortgage bearing date the twenty fifth day of June One thousand seven hundred and forty four for the Considerations therein mentioned did Bargain and Sell unto the said Henry Wetherburn Mark Cosby and John Baskervile among other things two Lotts or half Acres of Ground scituate on the North side of Nicholson Street in the said City of Williamsburg whereon the said Andrew Anderson then and now dwelleth TO HOLD to the said Wetherburn Cosby and Baskervile their Executors Administrators and Assigns from thenceforth for and during the full term of five hundred Years from thence next ensuing upon certain Conditions in the said Indenture mentioned as by the same Indenture duly proved and recorded in the County Court of York relation being thereunto had may more fully and at large appear And WHEREAS the said Andrew Anderson Henry Wetherburn Mark Cosby and John Baskervile by their certain Indenture bearing date the _ day of-last past have Sold and Conveyed to the said Nathaniel Walthoe a certain Messuage or Tenement lately Erected and Built by the said Andrew Anderson on the Lots aforesaid the Money arising by the Sale whereof was applyed towards discharging a certain Bond or Obligation in the said Indenture of Mortgage mentioned AND WHEREAS the said Anderson is willing to sell other part of the said two Lots of Ground and to apply the Money arising thereby to the same purpose Now this INDENTURE WITNESSETH that the said Andrew Anderson and Mary his Wife (by and with the consent and approbation of the said Henry Wetherburn Mark Cosby and John Baskervyle testified by their being parties to and Sealing and delivering these presents) for and in Consideration of the Sum of Ten pounds fifteen Shillings to him the said Andrew Anderson in hand paid by the said Nathaniel Walthoe at or before the Sealing and Delivery of these presents the Receipt whereof he doth hereby Acknowledge and thereof doth releave acquit and discharge the said Nathaniel Walthoe his Exo^rs and Admo^rs and Assigns forever by these presents HAVE Granted Bargained Sold Aliened Enfeoffed and Confirmed And by these Presents Do Grant Bargain Sell Alien Enfoeff and Confirm unto the said Nathaniel Walthoe ALL that Peice or Parcel of Ground part of the Lotts afore-said lying & being Contiguous and adjoining to the Messuage or Tenement aforesaid and is bounded as followeth…beginning at the North End of the Messuage or Tenement aforesaid and running thence/along 15 M^rs Charlton's Line thirty five and a half feet to the said Andersons Garden Pales thence West along the said Garden Pales thirty six feet Thence South sixty one and a half feet to Nicholson Street thence East along the said Street to the Messuage or Tenement afore said [lately thereon erected by the said Andrew Anderson] …To have and to hold the said Piece or Parcel of Ground unto the said Nathaniel Walthoe… forever and the said Andrew Anderson…now at the time of the Sealing and Delivery of these presents is lawfully seised of a good sure perfect and indefeazible Estate of Inheritance in fee simple…¹

[Recorded York County Court
December 16, 1751]

It is not clear to the writer just how this piece of land was taken out of Lot 272. It would seem from the description that it extended over into the Charlton lot. However, we have been unable to locate any conveyance from Charlton to Anderson.

In September, 1752 Anderson gave notice in the Virginia Gazette that he wished to sell property adjoining John Coke in Williamsburg:

[September 15, 1752]

"WHEREAS the Subscriber has been disabled from carrying on the Trade of a Barber and perukemaker, on Account of being kept out of his just Debts, many of which are of long Standing, which has occasion'd my meeting with cruel Usage from some of my Creditors: This is therefore to give Notice to all Persons indebted to me, that if they don't pay their several Accounts, and respective Ballances by the 3-th Day of October next, they may depend on being sued for the same… He also has Two Lots of Land, adjoining to Mr. John Coke's, in Williamsburg, to be sold to the highest Bidder. Six Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchaser giving Bond, as usual."

Undoubtedly, Anderson referred to John Coke whose lots were east on Nicholson Street near the Capitol. However, this seems a vague way to describe them as the Public Gaol came between Coke's property and Anderson's.

Anderson's will-made March 1751-was recorded on November, 1752.¹

After his debts were paid he wished his estate to be divided between his wife, Mary, and his two sons, Robert and Andrew, who were both under age. Mary Anderson, the wife, renounced the will stating that she would take what the law of the land allowed her instead.² An appraisement of Anderson's personal estate was recorded in York County court records on December 18, 1752.³ Items listed are such as were used in his trade of perukemaker and barber: 43 black ribbon roses for wigs, wig caul, hair, razors, strops, curls, barber blocks, pressing irons, lancets, tooth drawer and instruments, scales &c.

On December 12, 1752 John Pearson Webb, one of the executors of Anderson, sold the property at public auction to the highest bidder, Alexander Jameson:

[December 14, 1752]

[John Pearson Webb, Executor of Andrew Anderson
to
17 Alexander Jameson¹ of Williamsburg
Consideration: £132 current money of Virginia]

THIS INDENTURE made the fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty two BETWEEN John Pearson Webb of the City of Williamsburg only acting Executor of the last Will and Testament of Andrew Anderson late of the same City Barber and Peruke Maker dec^d of the one part and Alexander Jameson of the same City of the other part WHEREAS the said Andrew Anderson in his lifetime and at the time of his death was seised and Possessed of one dwelling House Outhouses and near two Lots of Land scituate lying and being on the North side of Nicholson Street in the said City next and adjoining to the House and Lott where Lydia Charlton now dwells and the said Andrew Anderson being so seised on the twenty sixth day of March in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and fifty one made his last Will and Testament in writing and thereby deviseth as followeth, that is to say, "My Will and desire is that all my Estate both Real and Personal shall be sold at the discretion of my Executors here after mentioned to the best advantage towards the Payment of all my just Debts and the Reversion and Remainder in whatsoever part of the World to be equally divided betwixt my Wife Mary and two Children … AND WHEREAS after making the said Will sometime in the present Year One thousand seven hundred and fifty two the said Andrew Anderson died greatly indebted and Mark Cosby one of the Executors in his Will named having died before the said Andrew and John Coke another Executor herein also named having refused to take upon him the Execution of the said Will the above named John Pearson Webb the other Executor in the said Will named above proved the same and took upon him the Execution hereof AND WHEREAS the said John Pearson Webb after having for several Weeks past Publickly Advertised his intention of selling the said Premisses set the Lotts and Houses up at Public Sale on the twelfth day of this Instant and the said Alexander Jameson being the highest bidder purchased the same for the sum of One hundred and thirty two Pounds Current Money NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that the said John Pearson Webb… HATH Granted Bargained and sold … unto Alexander Jameson and his Heirs ALL that the dwelling House Outhouses and Lotts thereto belonging where the said Andrew Anderson lately dwelt scituate lying and being on the North side of Nicholson Street… TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Dwelling House Out Houses and Lotts and all and singular the Premisses thereto belonging unto the said Alexander Jameson his Heirs and Assigns to the only proper use and behoof of the said Alexander Jameson 18 his Heirs and Assigns forever IN WITNESS whereof the said John Pearson Webb hath hereunto set his hand and Seal the day and Year first above written.
John Pearson Webb LS

Sealed and Delivered in Presence of
Ken: Mackenzie
Edw^d Charlton
Rob^t Arbuthnot
…

¹ [Recorded in York County Court
March 19, 1753]

In 1755 Jameson advertised in the newspaper that the property was to be sold:

[Williamsburg December 19, 1755]

"THESE are to acquaint the Friends and Employers of the subscriber, that he has removed to flower de hundred … at which Place an Apothecary shop will be kept by Robert Arbuthnot … The House in Williamsburg where he formerly lived is to be sold; any Person inclined to purchase it may know the Terms, by applying to Mr. John Palmer, Attorney at Law, in Williamsburg, or to the Subscriber.
Alexander Jameson."²

Two months prior to this notice of willingness to sell, Jameson had leased his shop to William Trebell of Williamsburg:

[October 1, 1755]

"THE Subscriber takes this Method to acquaint the Public, That he has a Quantity of choice Barbados Rum for Sale, by the Hogshead, to be delivered at the Shop late Doctor Jameson's; or he will draw it by Ten Gallons, at Three Shillings and Six-pence per Gallon.
WILLIAM TREBELL." ³

Research has failed to locate any other property owned by Dr. Jameson in Williamsburg -, hence it appears as though the "Shop late Doctor Jameson's" was on the Nicholson Street property.

On January 1, 1757 Dr. Jameson conveyed his part of Lots 272 and 273 to George Davenport.¹ Unfortunately, the deed of conveyance must have been recorded in the General Court records.² There is no record of this transaction by deed in the York County records.

Davenport in order to get a clear title to the lots, required Joshua Morris (who had married the widow of Andrew Anderson) and his wife, Mary Anderson Morris, to release her dower rights in the lots via her former husband, Andrew Anderson:

[April 25, 1757]

[Joshua Morris & wife, Mary (who was
the Widow of Andrew Anderson)
to
George Davenport,³ attorney,
Consideration: £20 current money]

THIS INDENTURE made the twenty fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven BETWEEN Joshua Morris and Mary his Wife (who was the Widow of Andrew Anderson late of the City of Williamsburg deceased) of the one part and George Davenport of the said City Attorney at Law of the other part Whereas the said Andrew Anderson in his Life-time and at the time of his death was seized and Possessed of two Lotts or half Acres of Ground lying & being in the said City of Williamsburgh and numbered in the Plan of the said City by the Figures 272,273 together with the Houses and other premisses thereon… and died so seized leaving the said Mary [no] w the wife of the said Joshua Morris his Widow by means whereof 20 she became entitled to one third part of the said Lotts and Houses as her Dower therein And Whereas after the Death of the said Andrew Anderson the said Lotts and Houses were sold and Conveyed by his Executor in pursuance of his last Will and Testament to Doctor Alexander Jameson who hath since Conveyed the same to George Davenport by Indenture of Bargain & Sale bearing date the first day of January last NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that the said Joshua Morris & Mary his Wife for and in Consideration of the sum of twenty pounds to them in hand paid by the said George Davenport… Have bargained and Sold remised released and forever quit Claimed … unto the said George Davenport his Heirs and Assigns forever all the right of Dower which the said Mary Morris now hath of in and to the said two Lotts of Land above mentioned with the Appurtenances TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said one third part of the said two Lotts with the appurtenances being the Dower of the said Mary Morris… forever… In Witness…
Received April 25^th 1757 of George Davenport the sum of twenty five pounds being the Consideration within mentioned to be received by me Joshua Morris
Joshua Morris LS
Mary Morris LS¹ [Recorded York County Court
January 16, 1758]

The release deed to the lots has not been located in the York County Records.

On May 9, 1766 the Virginia gazette carried an obituary notice of Davenport's death:

"Williamsburg, May 9, Last Monday died, universally regretted, George Davenport, Esq: Attorney at Law, and Clerk to several of the Committees of the Nor. the House of Burgesses."²

Davenport held the two lots from January 1, 1757 (see Dower deed above) to November 18, 1758, and then conveyed same to Joshua West,¹ scrivener:

[November 18, 1758]

[George Davenport, attorney,
to
Joshua West, scrivener,
Consideration: £115 current money of Virginia]

THIS INDENTURE made the Eighteenth day of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty eight BETWEEN George Davenport of the City of Williamsburg Attorney at Law of the one part and Joshua West of the said City Scrivener of the other part WITNESSETH that the said George Davenport for and in Consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifteen pounds current money of Virginia to him the said George Davenport in hand paid by the said Joshua West… HATH Granted Bargained Sold Aliened leased & Confirmed… unto Joshua West his Heirs and Assigns forever ALL THOSE two Lotts or half Acres of Ground Lying and being in the said City of Williamsburg and Numbered in the Plan of the said City by these Figures 272 273 (except so much of the Lott 272 as now belongs to Nathaniel Walthoe Esq^r) which said two Lotts the said George Davenport purchased of Alexander Jameson Physician by Indenture of Bargain and Sale bearing Date the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven now remaining of record in the General Court of this Colony WITH ALL Houses Outhouses Yards Gardens… and Appurtenances whatsoever to the same belonging or in any wise appeartaining… TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said two Lotts of Ground and other the above granted premises with the Appurtenances unto the said Joshua West… forever IN WITNESS whereof the Parties to these Presents have hereunto interchangeable set their hands and Affixed their Seals the day and Year first above Written
Geo: Davenport (LS)

Sealed and Delivered
In Presence of
Henry Wetherbourn
William Carter
Fred: Bryan
James Patterson

² [Recorded York County Court
Nov. 20, 1758]

West did not hold the property long. He died October 6, 1759. He had written in his own handwriting a deed of conveyance of the house and two lots to Blovet Pasteur,¹ naming £150 Current Money as the consideration. Pasteur had paid £5 to seal the agreement. However, the deed had not been recorded before West's death. After a suit brought by West's creditors against West's executors - the court on February 18, 1760, ordered Pasteur to pay £25 as a satisfaction for the Widow's Dower, and £120 balance of the purchase money.

The unsigned deed attached to the suit papers follows:

[September 1759]

[Joshua West, scrivener
to
Blovet Pasteur
Consideration: 150 pounds]

… All those two lots or half acres of ground lying and being in the said city of Williamsburgh and numbered on the plan of the said city by the figures 272, 273 except so much of the lot 272 as now belongs to Nathaniel Walthoe, Esq, which said two lots the said Joshua West purchased of George Davenport, attorney by an indenture of Bargain and sale bearing date November 18, 1758, now remaining of record in the county of York… With all houses outhouses…²

[August 16, 1766]

[Blovet Pasteur
to
William Trebell
Consideration: 22 pounds 10 shillings]

… All that piece or parcel of land lying and being in the said city in the Parish of Bruton County of York and bounded 23 as follows to-wit: Beginning at the Southwest corner of John Greenhow's upper lot on Nicholson Street thence up the said street along the Southern bounds of the said Blovet's lot 15 feet thence a straight course Northerly through the said Blovets lot parallel with the Eastern bounds thereof to the Northern bounds of the said lot joining the said Williams land thence along his land Easterly 15 feet to the Northwest corner of the said Greenhows lot thence along his lot Southerly to the beginning…¹

Pasteur owned 2½ lots in 1782. His estate held the same property until 1809 when R. Peter Deneufville² came into the property (then listed as "2¼ lots via Pasture."³

According to the will of Peter R. Deneufville (recorded, October 9, 1809) his estate should descend to the children of his brother, John Augustine Deneufville in case he was not married; and in case he had married, to his wife and children if any.⁴

In 1842 according to the Land Tax accounts the "Buildings [were] totally destroyed by fire in April 1842."⁵

The records are vague in this period. However, it looks as though John Augustine Deneufville had come into this property around 1825 (perhaps following the death of his uncle's widow, Julia Deneufville Travis).

An item in the Southall Papers dated "December 17, 1825: Deed between Richard T. Booker and William Browne"-, states that the property granted was bounded "on the West by the land formerly owned by George Jackson dec^d; on the north by the land of William Browne called the Palace land; on the East by the land of Richard Garrett and Billett's Estate; on the South by the lots of John A. Deneufville and others in the City of Williamsburg…"¹

A look at Tyler's adaptation of early nineteenth century plats of Williamsburg (opposite front page of the report) will locate for us Jackson's lands, the area of the Palace lands and the Garrett (marked "Coke") lots.

The Bucktrout Map (1803), the so called Galt Map of Williamsburg gives similar pictures as the Tyler plat.

Walthoe bequeathed his estate in Virginia to his sister and two nieces in England. Hening, Statutes VIII, pp 627-629, gives this account. The will was filed in the General Court (which records were consumed by fire in the Civil War period).

In 1771 Benjamin Waller, executor of Nathaniel Walthoe, announced a sale of "all the WEARING APPAREL of Nathaniel Walthoe" would be held at the Raleigh Tavern on May 25th; and on June 18th at the same place would be sold "the HOUSE and PIECE of GROUND thereto belonging, in the back Street, behind the said Tavern, where Mr. Walthoe lived."¹ Waller succeeded in selling the dwelling house on the back street (Lot 272) in March, 1772:

[March 10, 1772]

[Henrietta Marmillod of Hersington in the County of Middlesex
Mary Hart of the same place
Martha Hart of Brook Street in the County of Middlesex in
Great Britain to
Elizabeth Balson²
Consideration: 102 pounds]

THIS INDENTURE made the tenth Day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy two BETWEEN Henrietta Marmillod of Hensington in the county of Middlesex, Mary Hart of the same Place and Martha Hart of Brook Street in the County of Middlesex in Great Britain of the one Part and Elizabeth Balsom in the City of Williamsburg in Virginia of the other Part WITNESSETH that for and in consideration of the sum of One hundred and two Pounds Current Money by the said Elizabeth to the said Henrietta Mary and Martha in Hand paid at or before the Sealing and Delivery of these Presents…They the said Henrietta Mary & Martha HAVE GRANTED Bargained, Sold Aliened and Confirmed and by the Presents DO Grant Bargain Sell Alien and Confirm unto the said Elizabeth 26 Balsom her Heirs and Assigns all that Messuage or Dwelling House where Nathaniel Walthoe Esquire deced lately lived together with the Piece or Parcel of Ground thereunto adjoining and belonging lying and being on the North side of Nicholson Street in the City of Williamsburg aforesaid which said Messuage or House was Sold and Conveyed unto the said Nathaniel by Andrew Anderson and Mary his Wife and others by Deed dated the fifteenth Day of November 1751 recorded in York County Court and the said Piece or Parcel of Ground thereunto adjoining was also Sold and conveyed unto the said Nathaniel by the same Parties by Deed dated the fourteenth Day of December in the same year recorded in the same Court and bounded according to the said Deeds and by the said Nathaniel the said Premisses were devised to the said Henrietta Mary & Martha by his last Will and Testament in Writing Proved and Recorded in the General Court and the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents Issues Profits thereof and all the Estate Rights… with the appurtenances TO HAVE AND TO HOLD… for ever… IN WITNESS whereof Benjamin Waller by virtue of a Power of Attorney to him for that Purpose made by the said Henrietta Mary and Martha recorded in James City County Court hath hereunto set their Names and affixed their Seals the Day and Year first within written.

Henrietta Marmillod LS
Mary Hart LS
Martha Hart LS

Sealed and delivered
In Presence of
Tho^s Everard
Will: Russell
James Hubard

¹ [Recorded York County Court
March 16, 1772]

Elizabeth Balsom must have had a lodging house or something of the kind.

In March, 1774 Miss Balsam advertised her house "on the back street" 27 for sale stating that it had formerly been the dwellinghouse of Nathaniel Walthoe:¹

"To be Sold, on the 3d of May ensuing, for ready money, at public auction if not before,
THE houses and lot where I live situated on the back street, next to Mr. Blovet Pasteur's,² in Williamsburg, and was formerly the residence of the late Nathaniel Walthoe, Esq; with the household and kitchen furniture, a cart, mare and colt, &c. Any of the above articles may be purchased separately, before the day of sale, by applying to the subscriber. As I intend to leave the colony early in the spring, I beg the favour of all those who have accounts unsettled to come and adjust them immediately; such as fail, may depend that they will be put into a lawyer's hand, as longer indulgence neither can nor will be given.
ELIZABETH BALSOM

N.B. The above place is deemed exceedingly convenient for any gentleman in want of private lodgings."

³

Neither the property or personal estate was sold at this time, for in March, 1775, the executor of Elizabeth Balsam advertised the house, furniture &c. for sale: 28

[March 4, 1775]

" TO BE SOLD,
On MONDAY the 13^th Instant (MARCH) at the House of the late ELIZABETH BALSAM, in the City of Williamsburg, ALL THE HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE of the Deceased, together with the HOUSE, a valuable young COLT, And every other Article belonging to the Estate. Six Months CREDIT will be allowed for all Sums above 40s.
John Conrad Ginter, Administrator.

All Persons who have any Demands against the said Estate are desired to make them known as soon as possible."

On February 25, 1775 the appraisement of the estate of Elizabeth Balsom, had been taken. The personal estate amounted to £69.6. 1½.² There is a gap in the title from Balsom to ca. 1865.

MAPS:

The Frenchman's Map (1782) of Williamsburg shows houses on the lot.³

The College Map shows "Pasteur" on both lots 272 and 273, as does the Bucktrout Map (1807).

Mr. John S. Charles writing in 1928 his "Recollections" of Williamsburg during the Civil War period, made no mention of a house or houses on these lots. This bears out the Land Tax records which stated that the buildings were burned in 1842.

Mrs. Victoria M. Lee recalled that "directly behind Lane's store, which stood on the site of the restored Raleigh Tavern, was a small frame cottage, occupied by negroes, which had dormer windows on the second floor. This house was occupied in recent years by an old colored woman named Patsy Custis. She was known to everyone as Aunt Patsy Custis, 29 and the house, now moved to Francis Street, is called the Patsy Custis House. Aunt Patsy was quite a character. She liked to talk of the old days, and her `white folks'."¹

According to the chain to title in the Accounting Department Colonial Williamsburg, P. M. Thompson on January 22, 1887 conveyed what appears to be Lot 273 to Major Custis.² Custis conveyed the property on January 26 to Agnes Custis, his wife.³ In 1928 Cornelia Jackson, sole heir of Patsy Custis, conveyed the property to Henry Billups and other trustees for the Old Capitol Lodge No. 269 Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World.⁴ In 1950 the property was sold to Colonial Williamsburg.⁵

It looks as though the Deneufville estate was holding Lot 272 as late as 1874. By will, John A. Deneufville had devised all of his estate to his wife, Harriette for life and then to John H. Barlow, Jr. in trust for the sole use and benefit of his daughter, Marion Barlow.⁶ John H. Barlow Jr. and Marion Barlow (Deneufville's daughter) conveyed the above property to William Turner in January, 1875.⁷ Several mortgages and deeds of trust followed until, in 1924 it was owned by R. H. Potts, representing Eugene J. Potts compos mentis. In 1928 the property was conveyed to Dr. W. A. R. Goodwin representing Williamsburg Restoration: 30

"… That certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate on the north side of Nicholson street, in the City of Williamsburg, Virginia, known as the 'Pender Turner Lot', and bounded as follows: On the north by the property of Eugene J. Potts, formerly belonging to Moses Harrell, on the east by the portion of the Pender Turner Lot now owned and occupied by the Trustees of the Morning Light Lodge No. 1475 G.U.O.O.F, and by a lane separating it from the lot of John Ashley; and on the south by lot of said street 65 ft; and on the west by a lot of Major Custis."¹

For further details of the title: see Accounting Department, Colonial Williamsburg.

[The writer could locate no insurance policies to this property.]

A 1940 report "Colonial House - No. 129 Block 9-1, 1940 Map" says a colonial house was moved off this lot by a private owner. "This was once the home of Blovet Pasteur." See report in folder, Research Department.

Illustration #1

Illustration #2

[Note: Deneufville held one other lot in the city. This explains the 3¼ instead of 2¼.]

Illustration #3

NATHANIEL WALTHOE:

Nathaniel Walthoe was educated at Oxford, and he studied law at the Temple, according to his obituary notice in the Virginia Gazette of August 23, 1770. He came to Virginia sometime prior to August 28, 1740 at which date his name first appeared in the Council Journals as attesting minutes of a meeting. (Executive Journals of the Council of Virginia 1739-1754, V, p. 23)

Walthoe probably lived at the Palace with Governor Gooch, as he had been recommended by Gooch to be Lieutenant Governor. However, Walthoe in 1743 was appointed Clerk of the Council when Robert Staunton died. (Gooch Letters - Mss., typescript copy, p. 112)

Walthoe was a friend of William Byrd of Westover. Walthoe presented Byrd with his portrait which hung for many years at Westover. (Official Records of Robert Dinwiddie, R. A. Brock, ed., Richmond, 1883, I, p. 9)

Walthoe owned property in Williamsburg. In 1750/51 he purchased a house on the south side of Duke of Gloucester Street (part of lots 26 and 27) and was occupying the house when it was destroyed by fire in 1754. (See: House History of Walthoe House) He also owned a "store-house" on the north side of Duke of Gloucester Street across the street from his dwelling house. (York County Records, Deeds, V, pp. 388-389) He owned the property at his death. (York County Records, Deeds, VI, p. 190, p. 427, and Deeds, VIII, p. 209)

It is believed that after his house burned on Duke of Gloucester Street, Walthoe moved into the property on Nicholson Street (Lot 272).

Walthoe died in 1770. (Virginia Gazette, Rind, ed., August 23, 1770)

Further details about Walthoe can be found in the Walthoe House History, Research Department.

Illustration #4

York County Records, Wills and Inventories, Book 20, p. 278

[Will of Andrew Anderson, Barber & Perukemaker, Williamsburg.]

[March 26, 1751.]

…
All my Estate both Real and Personal shall be Sold at the discretion of my Executors here after mentioned to the best Advantage towards the Payment of all my Just Debts, and the Reversion and Remainder to be equally divided between my Wife Mary and my beloved Children Viz: Robert Anderson and Andrew Anderson to be put out for the benefit and Advantage of my Children at the discretion of my Executors until my said Children Arrive to the Age of twenty one Years and in case that either of them should die before he Arrives at the Age of twenty one Years, then the whole to go to the Survivor…

[Mark Cosby, John Coke and John Pearson Webb -
executors.]
And^w Anderson (L. S.)

[Returned November 20, 1752.]

York County Records, Wills and Inventories, Book 20, p. 280

[Inventory and Appraisement of Andrew Anderson - November 25, 1752.]

A Desk 55/ 6 Prints 15/ 7 Chairs 9/ 1 Trunk 7/6	£ 4/ 6/6
A Corner Cupboard 10/ a large Table 21/6 a pr Andirons 6/	1/17/6
43 Black Ribbon Roses for Wiggs	2/ 0/0
a Wig Caul some Remnants of Ribbons	0/ 7/6
some bleached Hair a Case with 21 Razors	2/15/0
3 Cases with 7 Razors a Hone 3 Straps	1/ 0/0
5 Womens Curles 15/ 5 Boxes Remnants of Hair 30/	2/ 5/0
2 Butter Pots 4 Earthern Pans	0/ 7/6
19 Pewter Plates 2 Dishes, and some old Pewter	1/ 5/0
3 Barbers Blocks Pressing Irons 10/ 2 Candlesticks 4/	0/14/0
A Silver Watch £ 4 a set of Silver Buckles 26/	5/ 6/0
A Case of Lancets 10/ a Case of Tooth drawer Instruments 20/	1/10/0
Money scales weights&Inkstand 5/ 7 Knives & forks 2/6	0/ 7/6
1 Bed Bedstead Hide & Quilt &c.	4/ 0/0
4 Wiggs & 1 Tale £ 3-10/ a Chest 5/	3/15/0
3 Tables 4 Chairs a Press 13/ a pr of Boots & Spurrs 10/9	1/ 3/9
1 Bed Bedstead Blanket 2 pr Sheets and Quilt	4/ 0/0
1 Chest of Drawers 5/, A pr AndIrons Bellows & Trivet 5/	0/10/0
A Tea Pot 4 Cups and Saucers	0/ 2/6
2 Pots 2 Pot Racks 2 Pothooks 1 spitt & a pr of And Irons	1/15/0
A Bed 2 Rugs, and a pair of sheets	1/ 5/0
2 Pales 2/6 2 Casks 5/ A servant Man 1/	0/ 8/6
	£ 41. 1.3

[Recorded December 18, 1752.]