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ONE JOHN GULSTON HAD A TRANSACTION RECORDED IN 1688 WITH A
FRANCIS STONE IN THE OLD RAPPAHANNOCK RECORDS. THIS MAN COULD
HAVE BEEN FATHER OF ANTHONY, whose earliest recorded document to
date located in Spotsylvania-1725, a deed of purchase of two hundred
acres, in St. George Parish, from James Taylor, Gent. of King and Queen
Co., Va., which property he, with his wife , Jane, sold in 1739 to Zachary
Lewis.
There was an Anthony Gunston who was recorded as a headright of John
Bayly in 1641/2 of Gloucester, and a John , a headright of Wm. Haward in
1668.
**Virginia Gleanings in England....communicated by Mr. Lothrop
Withington, 30 Little Russel St, W.C., London (including "Gleanings" by Mr.
H.F. Waters, not printed before.
Theodore Gulston, of St. Martyn Ludgate Hill,Doctor of Medicine. Will
April 26 1632; proved 1 June 1632. To my father William Gulston and my
mother Elizabeth his wife, 20 pounds each. To my sister Elizabeth Allen
widow, 20 pounds. To his wife Ellen's two sister, 20 pounds each. To my
sister Dorothy Hill 10 pounds. To my brother Nathaniel Gulston, 20
pounds. To my sister, Martha 10 pounds. To ------------Whitworth,
grocer, Old Bayley, 10 pounds. For a lecture of Physicke, College of
Physicians,London, 20 pounds yearly. To be distributed amongst my
kindred, 500 pounds. To my cosin Ellis Sotherton, 20 pounds,his wife,
Rachel, 20 shillings each to buy rings. To my sister --------Stubbes, 5
pounds. To Stephen Barkham, 20 pounds. To Abraham Allen, my sister's
son, 10 pounds. To John Toomes Apothecary, 10 pounds. To my friends,
Drs. Yonge, Gettaker, Nathaniel Sute, Mr. Foxley, Ministrs, 3 pounds each.
To Sampson Kerrill, son of William Kerrill, deceased, 5 pounds. To
Elizabeth Ayres, my maid servant, 5 pounds. To the parson for a funeral
sermon, 4 pounds. To the poor of said Parish, 20 pounds. Lease I hold or
Deane and Chapter of St. Paul's to the younger sons and daughters of my
Brother John, after my wife's death. Executric wife Ellen. Overseers:
Ellis Sotherton and Stephen Basleham. To my wife Ellen,my rectory of
Bardwell, Suffolk; after her decease to my nephew Richard Gurton. Lands
in Warwichshire, one-fifth to my godson, Theodor Gurton, the remainder
to my brother John's children. Witnesses: Jenkyn Griffith,Thomas
Hodgkin, To St. Paul's Cathedral, 20 pounds...Audley, 64..***Dr. Theodore
Gulston was a celebrated London physician, and a prominent member of
the Virginia Company. He was born in 1572, studied at Merton College,
Oxfored, where he took his doctor's degree, April 30, 1610, was fellow
(DEc. 29, 1611,) and Censor of the College of Physicians, and practised
with great success in London. In 1616 he frequently entertained Sir
Thomas Dale and Uttomakin, Powhatan's counsellor, who had been sent to
England.On June 14, 1619, Dr. Gulston was appointed on the committee of
the Virginia Company in regard to the college. On Dec. 15, 1619, he
bought ten shares of land in Virginia form various persons. He was made
one of the King's Council for the Company in England, on July 8, 1620, and
in July 1621, he recommended Dr. Pott for appointment as
physician-general of Virginia. Dr. Gultson was distinguished as a Greek
and Latin scholar, and translated several works from Greek into Latin. He
married Helen, daughter of George Sotherton, a merchant-tailor and M. P.
of London, and died May 4, 1623. See Brown's Genesis and First Republic.
***From Virginia Gleanings in England/Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.,
1980.
ONE JOHN GULSTON HAD A TRANSACTION RECORDED IN 1688 WITH A
FRANCIS STONE IN THE OLD RAPPAHANNOCK RECORDS. THIS MAN COULD
HAVE BEEN FATHER OF ANTHONY, whose earliest recorded document to
date located in Spotsylvania-1725, a deed of purchase of two hundred
acres, in St. George Parish, from James Taylor, Gent. of King and Queen
Co., Va., which property he, with his wife , Jane, sold in 1739 to Zachary
Lewis.
There was an Anthony Gunston who was recorded as a headright of John
Bayly in 1641/2 of Gloucester, and a John , a headright of Wm. Haward in
1668.
**Virginia Gleanings in England....communicated by Mr. Lothrop
Withington, 30 Little Russel St, W.C., London (including "Gleanings" by Mr.
H.F. Waters, not printed before.
Theodore Gulston, of St. Martyn Ludgate Hill,Doctor of Medicine. Will
April 26 1632; proved 1 June 1632. To my father William Gulston and my
mother Elizabeth his wife, 20 pounds each. To my sister Elizabeth Allen
widow, 20 pounds. To his wife Ellen's two sister, 20 pounds each. To my
sister Dorothy Hill 10 pounds. To my brother Nathaniel Gulston, 20
pounds. To my sister, Martha 10 pounds. To ------------Whitworth,
grocer, Old Bayley, 10 pounds. For a lecture of Physicke, College of
Physicians,London, 20 pounds yearly. To be distributed amongst my
kindred, 500 pounds. To my cosin Ellis Sotherton, 20 pounds,his wife,
Rachel, 20 shillings each to buy rings. To my sister --------Stubbes, 5
pounds. To Stephen Barkham, 20 pounds. To Abraham Allen, my sister's
son, 10 pounds. To John Toomes Apothecary, 10 pounds. To my friends,
Drs. Yonge, Gettaker, Nathaniel Sute, Mr. Foxley, Ministrs, 3 pounds each.
To Sampson Kerrill, son of William Kerrill, deceased, 5 pounds. To
Elizabeth Ayres, my maid servant, 5 pounds. To the parson for a funeral
sermon, 4 pounds. To the poor of said Parish, 20 pounds. Lease I hold or
Deane and Chapter of St. Paul's to the younger sons and daughters of my
Brother John, after my wife's death. Executric wife Ellen. Overseers:
Ellis Sotherton and Stephen Basleham. To my wife Ellen,my rectory of
Bardwell, Suffolk; after her decease to my nephew Richard Gurton. Lands
in Warwichshire, one-fifth to my godson, Theodor Gurton, the remainder
to my brother John's children. Witnesses: Jenkyn Griffith,Thomas
Hodgkin, To St. Paul's Cathedral, 20 pounds...Audley, 64..***Dr. Theodore
Gulston was a celebrated London physician, and a prominent member of
the Virginia Company. He was born in 1572, studied at Merton College,
Oxfored, where he took his doctor's degree, April 30, 1610, was fellow
(DEc. 29, 1611,) and Censor of the College of Physicians, and practised
with great success in London. In 1616 he frequently entertained Sir
Thomas Dale and Uttomakin, Powhatan's counsellor, who had been sent to
England.On June 14, 1619, Dr. Gulston was appointed on the committee of
the Virginia Company in regard to the college. On Dec. 15, 1619, he
bought ten shares of land in Virginia form various persons. He was made
one of the King's Council for the Company in England, on July 8, 1620, and
in July 1621, he recommended Dr. Pott for appointment as
physician-general of Virginia. Dr. Gultson was distinguished as a Greek
and Latin scholar, and translated several works from Greek into Latin. He
married Helen, daughter of George Sotherton, a merchant-tailor and M. P.
of London, and died May 4, 1623. See Brown's Genesis and First Republic.
***From Virginia Gleanings in England/Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.,
1980.