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Robert Beverley, Jr., historian of Virginia, the second son of Major Robert Beverley, was "born on his father's dwelling plantation in Middlesex Co., and was sent thence, for education, to England, being there at the time of his father's death in 1686."
He inherited the "Poropotank" plantation, in Gloucester Co. and "Beverley Park", in King and Queen Co., upon which basis he served as Clark for that county.  He owned considerable other property and was well off.
He was interested in agriculture, especially in the growing of grapes for wine and thought that the production of wine should be developed in America as one of its industries, and he did some experimental work on that subject.
He is best known, however, for his "History of the Present State of Virginia", which for many years was used in the schools and had six editions in all---one being translated into French, followed by two 'pirated' editions of the French translation.
(from _The Beverley Family of Virginia: Descendants of Major Robert Beverley (1641-1687) and Allied Families_ compiled by John McGill (Deceased 1951), The R. L. Bryan Company, Columbia, SC, 1956.)

The second Robert Beverly (1673-1722), in 1705 published his _History and Present State of Virginia_, which included an unbiased account of his father's career.  The work has survived for two centuries, because of its originality, shrewd observations, and humorous comments. (p. 453 but of what book?)

The eleven hundred and eighty-fifth note in a series on the Germanna Colonies:

About 1710, Robert Beverley, the historian, had marked 13,000 acres beyond the frontier which he proposed to patent. The size of the tract alone tells us that he was beyond civilization. Otherwise, it would be impossible to find a tract of that size in one piece. We know where the land lay; it was stretched out on the south side of the Rapidan River above (to the west) of where the future Fort Germanna would be built.

Just a slight discourse here on the procedures that were involved. First, one had to find land to which no one else had any pretensions. What constituted a pretension? Some markers with your name on them. A common form of marker was to shave a spot on the side of a tree down to the wood and then to carve one's initials into this. When an area was rapidly developing and several people might be looking for land, there could be an element of compromise. Legally, one should file for a patent on the land as soon as possible. This involved getting the land surveyed which cost money. Then one paid the fees to the colony which might be in the form of head rights or cash. Once the patent issued, your pretensions were now embedded in law. Still, it paid to keep your boundary markers in place so that all comers would know the extent of one's claim.  The more expensive part of proving up the land was the requirement that it be developed with a certain amount of land cleared, an orchard planted, and a house built.

When a person set his initial boundary markers, he had in mind that he wanted a certain number of acres. But when he set his boundaries, he had only a crude idea of how much land was included. The rule was probably to be generous to yourself and set the boundaries a little bigger than for the
number of acres you had in mind. When the surveyor came, you might tell him that you wanted 400 acres surveyed and he would find that amount in your claim. Probably though there would be a little extra left over in that your initial claim was larger than the surveyor would measure out.  Just because your initial estimate was oversize, one did not retreat to the surveyed boundaries. One left the original markers and told everyone who inquired that these markers were your boundaries even though you did not have a legal claim to the extra land.

Later when you were a little better off financially, you might call the surveyor in again for a resurvey that was made to the extent of the original markers which you had been claiming even though there was no legal title to this extent. The term that the surveyors used was "on a resurvey surplus land of xxx acres was found." On occasion, 400 acres would blossom into something like 800 acres as the surplus land was included.

Robert Beverley had probably ridden over the land he was interested in. He had a surveyor mark the boundaries taking into account other claims that might exist. The normal next step would be to pay his fees at the rate of 5 shillings per 50 acres. This would have given him a temporary title to the
land. Then he would have settled a number of people on the land and prove it up. If the land were not proven up, the title could revert to the crown. Until the land was proven, the title was only temporary. If the colony took the land back for failure to prove it, they did not refund the monies which
had been spent.

John Blankenbaker

The eleven hundred and eighty-sixth note in a series on the Germanna Colonies:

Robert Beverley had his 13,000 acres laid out and perhaps he had even had a surveyor go over the land and mark the boundaries. His next step would be to pay his fees to the colony at the rate of five shillings per fifty acres or one shilling per ten acres. Thus his fee would be 1,300 shillings or 65 pounds sterling. Then he had to think to about where he was going to find people who would be willing to live on this land. This land was to the west of Fort Germanna and the fort had not even been built yet. He very correctly came to the conclusion that he should hold on to his 65 pounds and wait until his chances of getting settlers would be better. (Meanwhile his markers would discourage anyone else from claiming the same land.) This was about 1710 or the time that Alexander Spotswood arrived to take up his duties as Lt. Gov.

Probably in the first year that Spotswood was in Virginia, Beverley approached him and discussed what they might do on the western lands. Beverley said that they might form a partnership with his land and some more land. However, this did not solve the question of where they were going to find settlers. The dangers of settling on the frontier were brought home with wars in North Carolina between the Indians and the whites in 1711. Indirectly this led to a solution of where the settlers were to be found. Christoph Graffenried proposed to move his North Carolina colony to Virginia where it would be safer. Spotswood, on mulling this over, came up with the idea of settling these Germans and Swiss on the frontier to serve
as a barrier between the Indians and the Virginians. When another group of Germans landed on his doorstep in 1714, he settled them at the place now called Germanna which served two purposes. The official purpose was to be a barrier to the Indians in that part of the country. The off-the-record reason was his proposed silver mine which was only a few miles from Germanna (and adjacent to the Beverly 13,000 acre tract).

Very quickly, Spotswood, Beverley and all of the large planters in Virginia saw what the impact of the Germans would and could be. The land out to Germanna became very attractive and beyond was a possibility. In 1716 several of the people who were interested in land organized an exploration beyond Germanna. Again, there was an official reason and there was an unofficial or real reason. To the people back in London, the reason given was to see the pass over the Blue Ridge Mountains. This was described as a measure of defensive action against the hated French.

The real reason for the trip was to scout for land to satisfy the appetite for it. Barely was the trip over when Spotswood was having 40,000 acres laid out that stretched from almost Germanna to beyond the present day courthouse in Culpeper County. (The 40,000 acre tract was an understatement for, when plotted, it shows about 65,000 acres.) This included the 13,000 acres of Beverley. Spotswood claimed still other people joined in the enterprise though their names never seem to have been recorded.

Though the land was laid out, there were still no settlers for it. Within eighteen months, Spotswood had that problem solved.

John@Germanna.com

...x 1650 - 1687 Robert Beverly 37 37 [Ralph Roberts.ged]

immigrated 1663

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[Thomas Bledsoe.ged]

Progenitor of the Beverly family in Virginia; homes was called "Barn Elms." Justice of Midlesex County; elected member of the House of Burgesses. Commanded the Virginia forces under Governor Berkeley. Acquired 50,000 acres of land.

Justice: Middlesex County, Virginia.

Virginia House of Burgesses: Clerk , 1670.

He was granted land 8200 acres on both side one of the great Swamps or maine runns of Mattaponie River 14 Jan 1673.

He was granted land 600 acres on the North side Mattapony River, on the back of Mr. Mady, the said land being formerly due unto John Pigg by Patent 3rd day of Jany 1667. 21 Sep 1674 in New Kent County.

He was granted land 6500 acres 16 Nov 1674 in New Kent County.

He was granted land 3000 acres on the South side of Rappahannock River and on the South side of the main swamp of a mill, formerly Andrew Gilsons Mill. 21 Sep 1674 in Old Rappahannock County,Virginia.

He was granted land 6500 acres 16 Nov 1674 in Old Rappahannock County.

He was granted land 600 acres on the South side Rappahannock County or river; and adjoining land of Henry Jermaine, William Gray and Thomas Page. 21 Sep 1674 in Old Rappahannock County,Virginia.

Revolutionary War: In charge of the fortifications of the three main rivers of Virginia, 1681.

Author: Robert Beverley on Bacon's Rebellion, 1704.

Author: Historie and Present State of Virginia, 1705.  Beverley, Robert 1673-1722, Virginia colonial historian, author of The History and Present State of Virginia (1705).  A substantial planter and colonial official, he wrote his book after finding numerous errors in the manuscript of a book on Virginia written by an Englishman.  Vigorous, honest, and not without humor, his history was an immediate success; reprinted a number of times, it served to attract immigrants to Virginia.

Robert Beverley was a wealthy planter who saw while in London a poor account of the colony by the British historian and pamphleteer, John Oldmixon, and undertook to write a better.  His book, a History of Virginia (1705), was hastily prepared without any study of documents or other respectable sources.  Its chief value lies in the shrewd and just observations the author made on Virginia life and history out of his own knowledge.  Toward nature: Nature is idealized as benevolent, bountiful, garden of Eden.  Virginia planter Robert Beverley expresses utopian ideal (History and Present State of Virginia, 1706) at height of thriving plantation culture.  Independent farmer becomes backbone of agrarian democracy in Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia (1785), based on pastoral ideal of bountiful nature and abundance of land and natural resources.

In what may be one of the most appreciative descriptions of Virginia beyond the Tidewater region, Robert Beverley in his History and Present State of Virginia admonishes those who see only the flatness of the coast, because "a little farther backward, there are Mountains, which indeed deserve the name of Mountains, for their Height and Bigness."  Notable for its detailed natural historical descriptions, Beverley's History also offers an unusually sympathetic portrait of the Indians, whom Beverley considered fellow Virginians.

Author: The History of Virginia, in Four Parts, 1722. The history of Virginia, in four parts

I. The history of the first settlement of Virginia, and the government thereof, to the year 1706.

II. The natural productions and conveniences of the country, suited to trade and improvement.

III. The native Indians, their religion, laws, and customs, in war and peace.

IV. The present state of the country, as to the polity of the government, and the improvements of the land, the 10th of June 1720.

ROBERT BEVERLEY, the Immigrant, (of Middlesex) became known in Virginia history as "Major", and was probably the son of Peter Beverley, of the
City of Hull and his wife Susannah Hollis.  He came to Virginia in 1663 and settled in Middlesex County.  It is obvious that he had acquired a
good education for he was a lawyer and a surveyor. (Source: ESSEX COUNTY HISTORICAL, ESSEX COUNTY BICENTENNIAL, Tappahannock, Virginia,
article from Vol II, dated May 1977, titled "Major Robert Beverley and His Three Sons: Peter, Robert and Harry.")  (Death date varies re files
of Richard Peltway Winslow stated 1687.)  At the time of his death, through patents and purchase, he had become the largest landowner to that
date in Virginia, over 38,000 acres of land.  (Ref: Above mentioned article.)
"John Beverley, of England, adhered to Charles I, and at the Restoration his name appears in the list of those on whom it was intended to confer the Order of the Royal Oak. Maj. Robert Beverley (d. 1686), Lawyer; settled in Lancaster Co., VA; Justice, 1673; clerk House of
Burgesses, 1670; married first, Mary Koeble (Keeble), widow (d. 1678).  Capt. Harry Beverley (1669-1731), his son was justice, Middlesex Co. 1700, surveyor King and Queen and King William counties, 1702-14; burgess, 1705-06; commanded the "Virgin", 1716, which was captured by the Spanish man-of-war; he escaped and came to VA 1717; was presiding Justice Spotsylvania Co., ca 1720; married ca 1700, Elizabeth Smith." (Family Group Records of Mary Ruth C. Spencer, Carmel, CA.)
"Robert Beverley, who subsequently became known as MAJOR BEVERLEY, came to Virginia in 1663.  There is no doubt about the date because he wrote in the plea he hoped to make in court in 1683, "My abode in this country hath now been twenty years", (See Henings Statutes, Vol. II, p. 559.)  He settled in Middlesex County about twenty miles from Jamestown and soon became prominent in the colony.  He must have had a good education because in addition to growing tobacco, he was a lawyer and a surveyor.  He further said in his plea, "From the year 1668 to the year 1676, I served his Majesty in military and civil offices of trust with fidelity and approbation".  He was elected Clerk of the House of Burgesses in 1670 and 1673, he was a Justice of Middlesex County.  (See VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, Vol. II, p. 405.)
The following chapter on MAJOR ROBERT BEVERLEY is taken from THE BEVERLEY FAMILY OF VIRGINIA, by John McGill, Dec. 1951):
"Whether or not he had done any military service against the Indians or in colony prior to the Bacon Rebellion is not known but he acquired the title of Major in that controversy and showed marked qualities of leadership and decision.  "This not the place to argue the rights or wrongs of the Bacon Rebellion.  As in most such matters, there was probably some right on both sides.  From the outset, Robert Beverley was a hearty supporter of Governor Berkeley and Bacon named him in his proclamations as one of the "wicked and pernicious councellors aiders and assistors (of Berkeley) against the Commonality in these our Cruell Commotions". (See VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, Vol. II, p. 405.)
"It will be recalled that Nathaniel Bacon was a young man of unquestionably great qualities as a leader and orator who after only about a year of residence in the colony, led an expedition against the Indians, defeated them, and then quarreled with Governor Berkeley and defeated him and burned Jamestown, and died of fever a few days thereafter.  When Jamestown was burned, Governor Berkeley with such forces as he had, fled to the Eastern Shore, Accomack and Northampton Counties

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Abstract. The personal genealogy of Sharon Fleiner is studied. Her Ashkenazi Jewish (German Jewish) ancestors immigrated to Atchison, Kansas in the mid 1800's to early 1900's from Flein, Germany and surrounding towns (Arnstadt, Heilbronn, and Stuttgart, Germany). This genealogical study reconnects the dislocated family to its past and develops a cultural identity in the nuclear family of the author. Information was gathered by interviewing relations within the ?Fleiner, Flener, Flenor, Flenner, Flinner, Flinarius? surnames in the United States from resources found through http://wc.roots.web.com (World Connect - Roots Web) and http://FamilySearch.com (A non-profit service sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). The project is analyzed from a Bowenian theoretical position, which explains relationship and medical patterns that exist across generations in families. Specific criteria gathered included: surnames, emigration of ancestors, dates of marriages, births, adoptions, separations, divorces, ethnicity, religious affiliations for all family members, occupations, educational level, city and state of residence, illnesses, deaths, and mental health diagnosis. Bowen?s intergenerational principles were applied regarding mental illnesses and known genetic diseases.

Recommended Reading: McGoldrick, M., Gerson, R., & Shellenberger, S. (1999). Genograms: Assessment and intervention (2nd Ed.). New York: W.W. Norton.

Sharon Fleiner Smith Kindron, MA, JD, PhDc
P.O. Box 1126
Georgetown, CO 80444
FleinerStudy@@SharonFleiner.com

Fleiner Study Survey: SharonFleiner.com
 1610 - 1950 Peter BEVERLY (BEVERLAY) 340 340 [Thomas Bledsoe.ged]

REF: The Beverley Fam. of Va. (McGill, 1956), p. 5; Peter Beverley of the city of Hull, a man of humble origin who md Susannah Hollis in 1634. He was elected a Free Burgess of St Mary's Parish in the Borough of Hull. He appears to have had a son, Robert Beverley, who was baptized in 1635.

... 1618 Susannah HOLLIS [Thomas Bledsoe.ged]

The Beverley Fam. of Va., McGill (1956), p. 6; Susannah Hollis, seems to
be the dau of Robert Hollis, who in Nov. of 1626, was a member of the Society
of Merchant Adventurers of Hull, and in 1647 was Assistant to the Governor of
the Company.

... 1525 Robert Aske 1527 Ann Sutton 1553 Dorothy Aske 1538 - 1598 Henry Fairfax 60 60 1636 - 1678 Margaret Boyd 42 42 1638 Jane BEVERELY (BEVERLAY) 1639 Phillip BEVERELY (BEVERLAY) 1640 Henry BEVERELY (BEVERLAY) 1643 Anne BEVERELY (BEVERLAY) 1391 - 1435 Maud D' Umfreville 44 44 1453 Katherine of Constable 1519 Ann Aske 1515 Anthony Aske 1514 Christopher Aske 1545 Christopher Aske 1535 - 1571 Elizabeth Aske 36 36 1521 Elizabeth Aske 1486 John Aske 1505 John Aske 1531 John Aske 1519 Julian Aske 1547 Mary Aske 1543 - 1625 Robert Aske 82 82 1549 William Aske 1502 Eleanor Markenfield 1485 Eleanor (Ellen) Ryther 1451 - 1520 Ralph Ryther 69 69 John Vavasour Gabriel Fairfax D. 1426 William Ryther William Ryther 1434 - 1495 Guy Fairfax 61 61 1521 - 1599 Thomas Fairfax 78 78 1417 Eleanor FitzWilliams 1407 Isabella Gascoigne 1436 Isabella Ryther 1405 - 1475 William Ryther 70 70 1678 Mary Beverly 1680 William Beverley Thomas Beverly Katherine Beverly Christopher Beverly 1675 - 1742 John Beverly 67 67 1553 Dorothy Aske Generated by GenoPro®. Click here for details.