Waller Family Papers(1737 [1759] 1912)

DMS 1954.6
Microfilm: M-1555
Transcript: TR/80
1 vol. ([20] pp.) and 35 pieces

Papers associated with Benjamin Waller (1716–1786), lawyer and judge of Williamsburg, VA, and with his descendants in Norfolk, VA. Included are appointments, 1737–1743, of Benjamin Waller as register of the Virginia Vice Admiralty Court, deputy clerk of James City County, king’s attorney in Gloucester and James City counties, clerk of James City County, clerk of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, assistant clerk of the House of Burgesses, Clerk of the Committee of Propositions and Grievances, and Clerk of the Committee of Privileges and Elections; a deed, December 13, 1743, between Benjamin Waller and Mann Page, for the sale of land in Williamsburg; poems to Waller from Henry Wood and C[olley] Cibber, Jr.; and insurance policies for the property of the George Blacknall family in Norfolk, VA.

Also, a printed sermon preached by the Rev. John Camm, president of the College of William and Mary, on the death of [William Nelson], [1772?]; and a plan of Richard Blow’s home, with genealogical information on the Blow family.

Inventory

Date	Description
Folder 1
26 October 1737	Appointment of Benjamin Waller to be Register of the Court of Vice Admiralty in Virginia, signed by William Gooch. Colonies’ seal attached.
7 November 1737	Appointment of Benjamin Waller, Deputy Clerk of James City County, signed by John Carter. Carter’s red wax seal attached.
18 May 1738	Commission: Gov. William Gooch appoints Benjamin Waller as King’s Attorney in Gloucester. 1X Oversize.
4 December 1739	Commission: Gov. William Gooch appoints Benjamin Waller as King’s Attorney in James City County. 1X Oversize.
10 December 1739	Appointment of Benjamin Waller to be Clerk of the County of James City, signed by John Carter, Secretary of the Colony. Carter’s red wax seal attached.
10 December 1739	Appointment of Benjamin Waller as Clerk of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer, signed by William Gooch.
21 August 1740	Appointment of Benjamin Waller as Clerk Assistant of the House of Burgesses, signed by William Gooch. Colonies’ seal attached.
21 August 1740	A certificate, that the proper oaths have been administered to Benjamin Waller as Clerk Assistant of the House of Burgesses, signed by Philip Lightfoot and Thomas Lee.
Folder 2
8 May 1742	A certificate, that the proper oaths have been administered to Benjamin Waller, Clerk of the Committees of Propositions and Elections, signed by Cole Digges and John Tayloe.
9 August 1742	Appointment of Benjamin Waller as the Clerk of James City County, signed by John Robinson. Retains Robinson’s red wax seal. 1X Oversize.
9 April 1743	Appointment of Benjamin Waller to be Clerk of the County of James City, signed by Thomas Nelson, Jr. Nelson’s red wax seal attached.
13 December 1743	Articles of Agreement for the sale to Benjamin Waller by Mann Page, Gloucester Co., of 745 acres of land adjoining city of Williamsburg on the east, west, and north sides, formerly belonging to Elizabeth Bray. Retains Waller’s red wax seal. 1X Oversize.
[1745]	Poem: “On the Death of Dr. [Edmund] Waller,” Doctor of Physick and a senior Fellow of John’s College, Cambridge, who died in the year, 1745.
[1745]	Poem: “On the Death of Dr. Waller, design’d as an Apotheosis” by Totton.
2 February 1745/6	Letter in verse. Henry Wood to Benjamin Waller.
2 July 1746	Letter. C[olley] Cibber, Jr., to Benjamin Waller. Poems in Latin and English included.
Folder 3
25 December 1752	Poem: “Dear Brother Bard,” (6 pp.) by Henry Wood.
4 December 1753	Letter. Henry Wood to Benjamin Waller with poem included (5 pp.).
9 July 1754	Letter. Henry Wood, Nelson Hill, to Benjamin Waller.
ca. August 1754	Letter. Henry Wood to Benjamin Waller, Williamsburg. Mentions French and Indian War and also death of Joshua Fry.
30 November 1756	Letter. Requests Mr. Waller to reconsider his resignation as Recorder of the City of Williamsburg. Signed by [George]Davenport.
1759	Song: “Whilst Damon whistles o’er the plain” appears as “Myrtilla to Damon” in Gentleman’s Magazine, Vol. XXIX (May, 1759), pp. 228–229 by Mr. W[alle]r.
Folder 4
5 April 1804	Indenture. Mary M. Bennett, Norfolk, to George McIntosh, Norfolk, re lease of land on Norfolk’s market square. Copy. 1X Oversize.
8 October 1804	James City County Court record. Signed by Robert H. Waller.
14 October 1848	Insurance policy: Phoenix Assurance Co. with Dr. George Blacknall, Norfolk, for property on Norfolk’s Bute Street. PFWMI. 1X Oversize.
1 December 1848	Insurance policy: Phoenix Assurance Co. with Dr. George Blacknall, Norfolk, for property on Norfolk’s Bute Street. PFWMI. 1X Oversize.
25 November 1865	Insurance policy: Mrs. Emma Blacknall, Norfolk, for property at 90 W. Bute St., Norfolk. 1X Oversize.
6 April 1874	Deed between George McIntosh and Mary, his wife, of Norfolk, to Warren G. Elliot, for land on west side of Norfolk’s market square deeded McIntosh by Emma Blacknall in 1874. PFWMI. 1X Oversize.
9 February 1881	Insurance policy: Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. with Mrs. Emma Blacknall, Norfolk, for property at 132 Bute St. PFWMI. 1X Oversize.
9 February 1911	Insurance policy: Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. with estate of Mrs. Emma Blacknall, for property and furnishings at 286 Bute St. , Norfolk. PFWTI. 1X Oversize.
9 February 1912	Insurance policy: Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. with estate of Mrs. Emma Blacknall, Norfolk, for property at 286 Bute St. PFWTI. 1X Oversize.
9 February 1912	Insurance policy: Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. with estate of Mrs. Emma Blacknall, Norfolk, for property at 286 Bute St. PFWTI. 1X Oversize.
9 February 1912	Receipt for payment of insurance premiums. Estate of Mrs. Emma Blacknall, deceased, and Miss Emma Blacknall from George. W. Dey & Sons, Norfolk. PFWTI.
Folder 5
n.d.	Letter. Henry Wood to Benjamin Waller, ca. 1754.
n.d.	Plan of home and garden of Richard Blow on Crawford Street overlooking Elizabeth River in Portsmouth, VA.
Folder 6
[1772?]	Printed sermon (20 pp.) preached by the Reverend John Camm, president of William and Mary College, for funeral of Mr. [William?] Nelson, p. 17 references “Mr. Nelson.”

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