# ID: I603396312
# Name: William OFFILL
# Given Name: William
# Surname: OFFILL
# Sex: M
# Birth: bef 1695 in England
# Death: aft Dec 1756 in Orange, VA
# Note:

    Abstracted from book 9, Charles Wilkes land patent for the 25 Oct 1695 import of 17 persons that included William Ofell, John Ofell, and Hannah Offell. (Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, Vol 3, 1695-1732, p 5, On-Line Genealogy Library database: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, P. William Filby, Ancestry.com database)

    “On the Internet one can often find that William, his wife Hannah, and their son John were born in Nansemund County Virginia but on p. 5 of ‘Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, Volume 3, 1695-1732’ abstracted by Nell Marion Nugent, Virginia State Library, Richmond, 1979 (Abstracted from Patent Book 9) it states that Charles Wilkes receive a land patent for the ‘imp of 17’ persons including Wm. Ofell, Jno. Ofell, Hannah Ofell. The date of the patent was 25 Oct 1695. Is it then safe to assume that they were not born in the new world?. . .In some places on the Internet, it is stated that William died in Westmoreland Connecticut. I believe that should be Virginia. Ancestry.com has a reference to his will in 1712 in Westmoreland, VA (name spelled Offile)” (Ken Offill, Offill Genforum database, #70, 2 Nov 2001) -- NOTE: Obviously this researcher mistook who was the father and who was the son! Also, this William died in Orange Co., VA. The William from Westmoreland was another William Offill -- possibly a relation to our William’s father, as John and the Westmoreland William Offill seems to be of the same generation. And if it was Westmoreland, VA and not Westmoreland, CT then he might actually have been John’s brother. -- William Offile, 23 Aug 1712. Inventory returned. Proven 23 Aug 1712 (Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800, Ancestry.com database)

    “Offall, William m. bef. 6 Feb., 1730, Mary Rucker, sis. of John. Proven by a Deed of that date, Spotsylvania Co.” (Marriages of Virginia Residents, Vol II, Part II, p 126, On-Line Genealogy Library database)

    “A List of Tithables in the Precinct of James Pickett, Constable. . . Wm Offil.” (Virginia Tax Records, Orange Co. Tithe Lists, p 294, On-Line Genealogy Library )

    “Rucker, Mary m. William Offill.” (Texas Society, Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century, Ancestor Lineage, p 172, On-Line Genealogy Library )

    6 Feb 1730, Spotsylvania Co., VA, ID 43522, Book Page B; “100 a. in St. Mark’s Par., Spts. Co. . . John Rucker of St. Mark’s Pa., Spts. Co, ‘to my sister, Mary Rucker,’ love and affection and 1 [pound] ster., To ‘Mary Rucker and William Offail, her lawful husband,’ etc., etc., 100 a. in St. Mark’s Par., S pts. Co. Dated, Feby. 6, 1730. Recd. Feby. 6, 1733-4. . . This land record was originally published in ‘Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I’ edited by William Armstrong Crozier.” (Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850, Ancestry.com database)

    “1734, June 4. Benjamin and Robert Cave and Thomas Watts. . .in dispute between Jonathan Gibson and Thomas Jackson. . .find Tho: Jackson has cleared. . .considerable out of the way. . .go by James Dyer’s and over the Foot of Neals Mt and into Offield’s Tract to the foot of Offield’s Mt. . .ordered Thoms: Jackson be overseer. . .[Spots Order Bk p. 320].” (Time Line for the Northern Neck Jackson/Tinsley/Rucker Lines, compiled by Linda Sparks Starr, Internet)

    “1737, March 21, Wm Pierce of St. Mark’s Parish to Wm Rucker. . .100 acres by patent in the fork of Rappidan River. . .in line of patent gtd John Richer. . .corner to John Rucker and William Eddings. . .George Essome. . .to Thomas Rucker’s line (signed) William (W) Pierce. Wit: William Henderson, William Offill [Orange Deed Bk 2 p. 251-4].” (Time Line for the Northern Neck Jackson/Tinsley/Rucker Lines, compiled by Linda Sparks Starr, Internet)

    “1738, May 24. Bond William Jackson, William Offill and James Dyer for Jackson as administrator of estate John Beeswell. [Orange Co. Will Book 1 1735-1743, p. 47-49].” (Time Line for the Northern Neck Jackson/Tinsley/Rucker Lines, compiled by Linda Sparks Starr, Internet)

    “Rucker, Mary m. William Offall.” (Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, Vol 2, Part 3, p 93, Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, On-Line Genealogy Library database)

    “Offal, William m. bef. 6 Feb, 1730, Mary Rucker, sis. of John of Ky. Proven by a Deed of that date, Spotsylvania, VA.” (Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, Vol 2, Part 2, p 126, Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, On-Line Genealogy Library database)

    Orange Co. VA formed 1734 from Spotsylvania Co., VA

    William Offill witness to 25 Oct 1756, December Court, 1756 will of Michel Eliot. (Abstract of Wills, 1690-1760, Orange County, VA, p 112, On-Line Genealogy Library )

    NOTE: Have seen him as the son of William who died in 1712, Westmoreland Co., VA -- I believe this is another branch of the Offill family, one who came to Virginia earlier -- possibly John’s uncle but I don’t believe he is his father.





Father: John OFFILL b: in England
Mother: Hannah UNKNOWN b: in England

Marriage 1 Mary RUCKER b: abt 1705 in Essex, VA

    * Married: abt 1724-bef 6 Feb 1730 deed in Spotsylvania, VA 1 2

Children

   1. Has Children Mary OFFILL b: abt 1735 in Orange, VA
   2. Has No Children John OFFILL b: abt 1725 in Spotsylvania, VA
   3. Has No Children Elizabeth OFFILL b: abt 1730 in Spotsylvania, VA
   4. Has No Children Margaret (Peggy) OFFILL b: abt 1739 in Orange, VA


Sources:

   1. Title: Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records 1539-1850
      Publication: On-Line Genealogy Library database
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   2. Title: Marriages of Virginia Residents
      Publication: On-Line Genealogy Library database