Rives, John (b. ABT 1665, d. ?)

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Note: Only two of his children are known.

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Note: Took out in 1732 his first land grant from Lord Fairfax in
Northumberland, Va. He deeded land to his brother John.
Married Ann, d/o Rev. Benjamin Doggett, Minister of St.
Stephen's Parish in Lancaster County, Virginia. They made deeds
of gifts to their children. 07/12/1991 DEATH:Will executed by
son Asa. Court Order Bk 1 p. 108 Feb 7, 1774 Prince William Co,
Virginia. Asa Reeves, executor of last will & testament of his
father George Reeves, deceased. No will found recorded.
RELIGION:Church of England. OCCUPATION:Tobacco Farmer.

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Note: His father died in 1643, the year the war broke out and for a
time Oxford was the storm center of the revolt. William was
only 16 years old when he was imported by Littleton Scarburg
into Surry County, Virginia (about 1652). By 1684 he had paid
his indenture and began to appear in county records as a free
man. We have found no will or estate settlement, but he seems
to have had at least five sons, but there is no way of
identifying possible daughters he may have had. His wife's name
is not known. SOURCE:Greer, George Cabell. 'Early Virginia
Immigrants, 1623-1666. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub.
Co., 1960.' Page 274 - Wm arrived in Virginia in 1652.

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Note: NOTE:Born in 1660, a fact obtained from his deposition made in
1719. He was a seaman, a captain. He gave his age as 59 years.
He was a trader who braved not only the perils of the sea, but
the pirates who infested the coast of America in the latter
half of the seventeenth and early part of the eighteenth
centuries. There were 2,000 or more pirates between Maine and
Florida. In addition there were as many more who used the
Bahamas as their base of operations. George Rives' deposition
was given on 8 Sept. 1719 in the County of Prince George, as
follows: George Rives, age 59 years or thereabouts deposeth
that in the month of April last while he was trading in the
Province of South Carolina, he did both see and oftentimes did
converse with a runaway malatta (sic) man slave named Jack,
belonging to Samuel Harwood, the younger, of Charles City
County, VA. The said slave came into that Province in the
company of Mr. Robert Hix, and other traders, as the traders
informed this deponant that the said malatta slave man there
goes by the name of John Bunch, and would have returned home to
his master, but was forcibly detained in the Province by one,
Capt. How, and other traders there. This deponent further
saith that he very well knows that said runaway slave to belong
to the said Harwood and for some years past did live upon the
plantation on the poplar swamp under him, and further saith
not. This 8th day of Sept. 1719. Signed with his mark X. Mr
Robert Hix was a well known Indian Interpreter and trader in
Virginia at this time. He married a daughter of William Rives
who died in Granville County, NC in 1751. Neither George nor
his brothers left county records to prove land ownership, but
most of the Prince George records were destroyed. George must
have been a man of considerable means. He established the
family in Prince George and Isle of Wight.

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Note: Land Deeds in Chowan Precinct, Albemarle, Edgecomb, Granville,
and Craven counties in Virginia.

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Note: The fact that his death and burial are mentioned in Wood's
SURVEY OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF OXFORD indicates that he was a man
of prominence. It is interesting to note that the name, Timothy
occurs nowhere else in other branches of the family, but does
appear repeatedly among the descendents of Richard. Timothy is
mentioned by Hutchins as a gentleman of the parish of St. Mary
Magdalene in Oxford City, and as Steward of the University of
Oxford. It seems likely that the young Timothy may have owed
his preferment at Oxford to two of his uncles, Dr. George Ryves
and Sir William Ryves. Dr. George was chancellor of Oxford in
1601, was warden of New College in 1599. Sir William was
Chancellor at law in 1615; J.P. in 1618 of the parish of St.
Mary Magdalene. From the scarcity of records it is supposed
that Timothy was orphaned at an early age and that he, as only
son and heir, was taken under the care of his kinsmen. It is a
fact that Timothy named two of his sons for these two uncles
who were in a position to befriend a needy relative. The
parish register shows two marriages and two sons by each wife.
NOTE:may have been born at Woodstock, England.

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Note: NOTE:dsp; was a student at Oxford.

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Note: NOTE:dsp.

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Note: NOTE:Hutchins indicates that George was his father's heir, thus
the two elder brothers probably died young. He was the town
clerk of Woodstock, England.

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Note: He was the grandson of Robert, and grandfather of the Virginia
emigrant. There is no will or inquisition, no records telling
where he lived, nor whom he married. We know he was living at
the time of Robert's will signing on October 20, 1549, by which
it seems he was named in the will. The lack of records
indicates that he may have died young. Hutchins mentions one
son by him, and his name may be a clue as to Richard's wife's
ancestry.

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Note: Called John of Damory Court near Blandford in Dorset.

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Note: NOTE:Hutchins says that his fortune was 20,000 pounds per year,
which was an enormous sum for that day. He was the first of
his family to matriculate at Oxford. He enlarged his property
by buying from Queen Elizabeth I the manor of Compton Abbas.

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Note: married William Aden, alias Barbett, draper of Dorchester.

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Note: married Richard Lawrence of Steepleton on December 11, 1559.

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Note: married Thomas Sydenham of Wynford Eagle.

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Note: lived at Randleston.

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Note: When his grandmother Joan Ryves, made her will on Dec 4, 1560,
Thomas is mentioned as 'of Shaston, (Shaftsbury) Co., Dorset.;
There are very few records of him and it is possible that he
was a tradesman, judging from the number of his descendants who
entered into trade; he = Jane Gould; Hutchins gives 9 children.
there were 4 daughters = unknown.

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