General Notes

From Joseph Eggleston, George E. Booker and John Agee Booke
r, "Some Booker Genealogy,"
Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Gen
ealogies of Virginia Families, vol. 1, FTM CD187, Virgini
a Genealogies #3, p. 164:
"Edward Booker was in York County as early as 1648 and prob
ably earlier. Edward Booker, according to the William and M
ary Quarterly (first series), vol. 21, p. 259 was living i
n London in 1656 and had in all probability returned fro
m a trip to Virginia as he was a large trader in tobacco. H
e was a frequent visitor in the colony where he purchased a
nd shipped tobacco to England. He was a brother-in-law of t
he famous trader or adventurer, as traders were called in t
hose days, Richard Glover."
From "The Tabb Family," William and Mary Quarterly, Genealo
gies of Virginia Families Vol. IV, Genealogical Publishin
g Co., 1982, Broderbund CD186, Virginia Genealogies #2, p
. 681:
"In 1649, Edward Booker appointed his 'brother-in-law,' Ric
hard Glover, to collect his debts in Virginia. Richard Glov
er was a London merchant, who had extensive dealings with v
irginia. (See Glover wills in New England Hist. and Gen. Re
gister, Vols. XXXVIII. and XLVii.) In the York county recor
ds there is mention, in 1672, of John Leake, innkeeper, 'fa
ther-in-law' of Richard Booker, of Gloucester."
(Research):McDonnell and Allied Families
BOOKER
I Edward Booker, born in England about 1590, emigrated to V
irginia
about 1623 where he became a large land owner, mainly by gr
ant.
In 1648 while a political refugee at the town of Brill, i
n the Netherlands,
he executed a legal document giving his brother-in-law,
Richard Glover, a London merchant with large interests in V
irginia,
power of attorney to handle all of his business in Virginia
. This
document is recorded in the York County, Virginia, Record B
ook for
the period 1638-1648. It is not known whether he ever retur
ned to
Virginia. He died about 1674.
II Richard Booker, born about 1670, son or grandson to Edwa
rd, was
a large landholder in York, Gloucester and Essex Counties
, Virginia,
which came to him by inheritance, by land grants and by pur
chase.
He resided in "ye parish of Abington in Gloucester County
" on the
upper side of Fellsgate Creek. He was twice married, firs
t to Rebecca,
daughter of John Leake an Inn Keeper of York County, second
in 1694 Hannah Hand, daughter to Richard Hand (Died 1689) b
y wife
Frances Purefoy. By his first wife he was father to Edmund
, Edward,
*Richard, John, Judith and Ann. By his second wife he was f
ather to
Frances and *George. The daughter, Frances, married Stoke
s and
died in Amelia County, Va., in 1751 without issue, leavin
g her estate
to her brother George of Gloucester County, and his childre
n George,
Richard, Edward and Ann Mudford.
Frances Purefoy, wife to Richard Hand and mother to Hanna
h Hand, wife to Richard Booker, was
daughter of Thomas Purefoy of Elizabeth City County, Va., d
ied ante 1640, by wife Lucy born in
England in 1598, son to Captain Francis Purefoy born in Lei
cestershire, England, who came to
Elizabeth City County in 1620, said to have been the wealth
iest man of his day in Virginia, a burgess
for Elizabeth City County in 1631 and a member of the Roya
l Council for Virginia.
Frances Purefoy Hand, widow of Richard Hand (died 1689) mar
ried 2nd., William Lowry of
Gloucester County, Va., who died in 1724, by whom she had J
ohn, William Booker, Thomas
Purefoy, Frances, wife to Thomas Kerby, Mary, Jane and *Mar
garet, wife to Richard Booker.
III *Richard Booker, son to Richard and Rebecca Leake Booke
r, was born
in James City County, Va., and baptized on Oct. 29, 1688 (A
bington
Parish Register), died in York County, Va., on April 25, 17
43 (family
Page 20
Bible). In 1732 he received a grant of 970 acres of land i
n Prince
George County, Va., that part which became Amelia County i
n 17