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Josias Shipp, Sr. ★ was also known as “Josiah Ship” ES2, SH6, KI1, and was possibly born in Norfolk or Kent
County, England SH6. Josias married Elizabeth Brooks in about
1684 in Rappahannock County, Virginia SH6, KI1.
According
to Vera Reese Tranter, the father of Richard Shipp (who married Isabel Martin)
was Thomas Shipp TR6. Thomas married
Elizabeth and they lived in Spotsylvania County, Virginia in about the year
1740 TR6. The parents of Thomas Shipp were Richard Shipp and Mary, and
they had another son besides Thomas, whose name was Richard TR6. The parents of Richard Shipp were Josiah Shipp and Jane, who
lived in Essex County, Virginia in 1705 and again (or still) in 1722 TR6. Additional children of Josiah and Jane Shipp were Josiah and
Thomas; Josiah, who was the son of Josiah and Jane, married a woman with the
surname of Hodgson TR6.
The parents of Josiah Shipp were William Shipp, Jr. and Jane, who resided in
Lower Norfolk, Virginia in 1651 TR6.
The parents of William Shipp, Jr. were William Shipp and Sara, who lived in
Lower Norfolk, Virginia in 1637 TR6.
Sara was the mother of Francis, Matthew, Anne, Mary, and William Shipp, Jr. TR6.
Thus,
according to Vera Reese Tranter, the paternal lineage is as follows: William
Shipp was the father of William Shipp Jr., who was the father of Josiah, who
was the father of Richard, who was the father of Thomas, who was the father of
Richard (who married Isabel Martin) TR6.
This
paternal lineage is different than what is shown in this book (Specific Ancestral Lines of the Boaz, Paul,
Welty & Fishel Families): Josias Shipp, Sr. and Elizabeth Brooks were
the parents of Richard Shipp (who married Mary), who were the parents of
Richard Shipp (who married Martha), who were the parents of Richard Shipp (who
married Isabel Martin). The main difference between these two paternal lineages
is the father of the Richard Shipp who married Isabel Martin; I have claimed
this was Richard, the son of Richard, the son of Josiah, but Vera Reese Tranter
claimed this was Thomas, the son of Richard, the son of Josiah.
Josias and two other colonists, Francis
James and John Manning, were brought to the Virginia Colony by Joseph and Mary
Beckley; for the importation of these men, the Beckleys were granted 250 acres
of land in May 1688 KI1.
Josias immigrated to Virginia Colony sometime before 1673, as in that year he
was in St. Anne’s Parish, Rappahannock County, Virginia KI1, when a record dated November 8, 1673 in
the Old Rappahannock County Deed Book 1672-1676, Part 1 named him as the
attorney for Ann Bray CE1. Ann
Bray appointed her “loving Friend Josias Ship to be my lawfull attorney to
acknowledge my right of a parcell of land sold by my Husband Richard Bray…” CE1. One year later, on November 2, 1674, he
and Henry Martin witnessed Francis Triplett of Rappahannock County granting
power of attorney to James Gullock CE1.
The name “Josias Ship” appeared in several
Old Rappahannock County court records regarding land or property. Josias was
mentioned in a land record dated August 1, 1685 and recorded in court on
September 2, 1685, which stated that Francis Triplett and Samuell Bowen of
Sittingburne (Sittenbourne) Parish in Rappahannock County assigned all of their
rights of a land patent, as well as all of the land “belonging and mencioned in
the said Pattent remaining without the line lately run by Giles Rawles between
him and the land that lies between him and the land of James Scott” CE2. The land patent referred to was most
likely that which was recorded directly above the 1685 grant to Josias; this
deed stated that on January 21, 1660, Sir William Berkeley granted 1,050 acres
of land on the north side of the Rappahannock River to Mr. Frances Triplett,
which was a reward for Triplett’s transportation of 120 people to the Virginia
Colony CE2.
A document received at the Rappahannock
County Court on May 2, 1688 recorded an instance of a carpenter named Joseph Beckley
of Cittenburne Parish in Old Rappahannock County, who was indebted to “Josias
Ship”, a planter of the same county, for “six thousand pounds of good sound
Mercht: Tobb: and caske”, or tobacco in barrels CE3. This deed was signed on November 19,
1687 and was to be paid to Josias on or by October 10, 1688, but there was a
condition which stated that if Joseph Beckley deeded Josias a specific parcel
of 100 acres of land, then Joseph would not be obliged to give Josias the 6000
pounds of tobacco CE3.
He took possession of 150 acres of land
from Thomas Meader of Sittingburne Parish in Essex County on July 2, 1695,
which had previously belonged to John Meader, the deceased father of Thomas KI1. Thomas was the half-brother of
Elizabeth, Josias’ wife. A lawsuit between Josias Shipp and Thomas Woollen was mentioned in the York
County, Virginia records several times. Thomas Woollen was specifically mentioned by Josias and Elizabeth
when they granted power of attorney to their attorney, John Travillion, on November
11, 1695 YO7:
Know all men by these
pr[e]sents That I Josias Ship & Eliz his wife & only Daughter &
heir att law to Thomas Brookes, dec.dt [decedent] both of ye Freshes of Rappa: in
ye p[ar]ish of Sittingburne, In ye County of Essex… [an uncertain symbol
which may have represented “etc.” followed the word “Essex”] Have made
constituted ordained and appointed, And doe by these pr[e]sents make constitute
ordaine and appt [appoint] my trusty & well beloved friend John Travillion
of Charles p[ar]ish in ye County of Yorke planter our true &
lawfull Attorney & assignee for us & in our names place & stead
& to our use to aske demand sue for levy recover & receive all &
singuler such matters Controversies extents or any matter of thing of things yt [that] may accrew or
arise between our said Attorney & Thomas Woollen of ye p[ar]ish of Yorke in
ye aforesaid County of Yorke concerning a certain p[ar]cell of land which
hee ye said Woollen is now resident upon, late in ye tenure or occupacon
of ye said Thomas Brooks dec.d [deceased] as alsoe all &
singuler other matters or controversies whatsoever ariseing from ye said land or
anything relateing thereunto giveing & by these pr[e]sents granting unto
our said Attorney all our full power strength & lawfull awthority in ye Execucon of ye premisses & to
use all Act or Acts, thing or things, device or devices in ye law for ye recovery of ye same as need shall
require to imploy one or more Attorney or Attorneys under him for ye further managem[en]t thereof & upon
any receipt or receipts acquittance or acquittances or other discharges if
required for us & in out names to make seal and deliver, as alsoe wee doe
by these pr[e]sents impower our sd Attorney to plead & imprisson ye said Woollen &
if occasion be out of prisson to deliver & sell att liberty in ye Execucon of ye pr[e]misses,
Ratifying allowing & holding firme & stable all & what soever our
said Attorney shall lawfully doe or cause to be done in & about ye pr[e]misses by
vertue of these pr[e]sents to be done in as full & ample manner & forme
to all constructions & purposes as wer ourselves might or could doe if wee
were p[er]sonally pr[e]sent, In Witness whereof wee have here unto sett our
hands & seals this 11th Novemb:r in ye 7th year of King
Will[ia]ms Reigne… Anno Dom: 1695
A
record dated January 25, 1696 indicated that this lawsuit involved a parcel of 100
acres in York County, which had formerly belonged to his father-in-law, Thomas
Brooks YO7:
Upon tryall now of ye differances
depending to this Co:rt between – Josias Shipe of ye County of Essex
& Eliz: his wife the only daughter and heir att law to Thomas Brookes of ye County of Yorke dec.d agt. [against]
Thomas Woollen of ye County of Yorke Cooper in an Accon of
trespass upon a certaine p[ar]cell or tract of land the freehold &
inheritance of ye said Josias & Eliz: scituate in Yorke County
containing one hundred Acres of land where upon ye Deft pleading to ye Jurisdiction of ye Co:rt for that by an order of September Co:rt last they were
appoynted to answere ye next Co:rt being the four & twentyeth of
Novembr last…
Later, on August 24, 1696, the court
allowed this case to be deferred until the next court session, providing the
defendant, Thomas Woollen, entered a written request at least one week before
the next court YO7. On March 29, 1697, the jury decided in favor of the plaintiffs, Josias and
Elizabeth, but Thomas Woollen filed an appeal to the General Court of Virginia;
the records of the General Court have not survived, and so the final decision
of this case is unknown KI1.
On November 22, 1697, he was a grand juror
for Essex County, which had previously been carved out of the western half of
Rappahannock County KI1.
Sometime after the death of Elizabeth, which occurred after February 15,
1699/1700 ES1, Josias married Jane, who was mentioned
in his will ES2. A 1704 record from the House of
Burgesses stated that Josias petitioned to store a ferry on the Rappahannock
River SH6, KI1.
Josias died between the date on which he
created his will, January 24, 1705/6, and the date on which it was proved,
February 12, 1705/6 ES2. The
will was witnessed by William Davis, Richard Harman, and Elizabeth Green ES2, and his estate, valued at over
fifty-eight pounds, was inventoried on April 10, 1706 FL3. A transcription of his will follows ES2:
In the Name of God Amen
I Josiah Ship being very Sick and weak
yett of perfect sense and Memory doo make Constitute and appoint this to be my
Last Will and Testament revoking all other will or wills by me formerly made
either verbal or otherwise
Imprimis I Give my Soule into the hands of
God that gave it in hopes of a Joyfull Resurrection. my body to the Earth
decently to be interred with Such Christian buriall as time and place will
afford
As for my worldly wealth I give and bequeath
as followeth Item I give my Plantation with all ye Land and Appurtenances and priviledges
thereunto belonging unto my well beloved wife Jane and my Son Richard Ship
during their Naturall life equally to be divided betwixt them, and if my sd. wife Should be now with Child that then
her part fall to the Said Child and its heires Lawfully begotten of its body
and my Son Richards part to him and his heires Lawfully begotten in wedlock
forever. but further if my wife Should not now be with Child my Will is that
after her Decease the Land and Plantation fall holy to my Son Richard and his
heires forever as above sd. but if
my Son Richard Should dye without Issue that then the sd. Land and Plantation fore mentioned to be
Equally divided betwixt my Son Josiah Ship and my Son Thomas Ship to them and
their heires for ever Lawfully begotten in wedlock, and further my will is that
if either of them Should die without Issue that the whole fall to ye Survivor, As for my Goods and Chattels I
give unto my wife Jane one Gray Mare and Mare Colt withall their encrease and
one black Stond Horse and three Cowes – one Called Pook’at one Cherry one
Jackett and one bulle & one pied steere
Item I give to my Son Thomas one Young
Mare wth her encrease that I had of John Heale,
Item I give to my wife Jane one feather bed & furniture and Six plates and
four pewter Dishes and one great bason one Iron pott about Six Gall and Six
plates more and one Tankard the bigest of ye
two and the bigest of ye looking
glasses and one warming pann and one pewter Chamber pott and one great Chest
and one Small Table and Six rush bottom Chairs one Table Cloath and Six Napkins
and one Cattaile bed with two Ruggs, Item I give to my Son Thomas one Feather
bed with the furniture belonging to it and one pied heifer of my one mare and
one red heifer with a Star in her forehead and one yearling heifer red
Item I give to my Sone Josiah Ship one red
yearling heifer and three pewter Dishes and one flo’re bed one blankett one
Sheet and a Rugg, Item I give to my Sone Thomas two pewter Dishes one pye plate
and Six Small plates, Item I give to my Sone Richard one two Year old Steere
and to my Sone Josiah one Iron pott [a caret here pointed to a superscript
addition made: and my Son Thomas I give also one Iron Pott] and a Small Table,
And likewise it is my will thatmy well beloved friends Thomas Meades [Meader]
& Wm. Gannock be joynt Executes of this my last will and Testament as
Witness my hand and Seale
According to the Harry S. Truman Library
and Museum, Josias Shipp was an ancestor of President Harry S. Truman. He was
the father of Richard, who was the father of Thomas, who was the father of
Thomas, who was the father of Richard Shipp, Sr., who married Elizabeth
Doniphan and was the father of Emma Grant Shipp, who married William Truman and
was the mother of Anderson Shipp Truman, who married Mary Jane Holmes and was
the father of John Anderson Truman, who married Martha Ellen Young and was the
father of President Harry S. Truman KI1.
Elizabeth Brooks (Thomas, Susanna) was born circa 1662 SH6 or 1668 KI1 in St. Anne’s Parish, Essex County,
Virginia and was the sole daughter and heir of her father SH6, KI1. She was the mother of Richard Shipp SH6, KI1, and very probably of Josias’ sons,
Thomas and Josiah, who were named in his will ES2.
Richard Shipp was born circa 1685 in St. Anne’s Parish
in Essex County, Virginia SH6, KI1.
Josiah Ship was mentioned in his
father’s will dated January 24, 1705/6 which indicated that he was as yet
unmarried or without children (“my Son Josiah Ship and my Son Thomas Ship to
them and their heires for ever Lawfully begotten in wedlock, and further my
will is that if either of them Should die without Issue”) ES2. Josias Shipp was said to have married
Elizabeth Hodgson, the daughter of John Hodgson, perhaps in 1710 in Old
Rappahannock County or Essex County, Virginia WI29. They were married by July 24, 1715
when John Hodgson and his wife, Elizabeth, of St. Anne’s Parish in Essex
County, Virginia granted to their “Loving Son in Law Josias Ship and o[ur].
Dear Daughter Elizabeth his wife of the said County and Parish” the parcel of
land they currently resided upon “lying in the fork of a Swamp Called the Long
Bridge Swamp” VI12. Josiah Ship was said to have been the
father of Josiah who was born about 1717 in Caroline or Lunenburg Counties,
Virginia, married Nancy Ann Cox about 1756 in Lunenburg County, Virginia, and
died in December 1800 in Stokes County, North Carolina SH6. Josiah died sometime before July 16,
1739 VI12. His widow, Elizabeth Ship of Caroline
County, sold a parcel of thirty acres in St. Anne’s Parish, Essex County,
Virginia to Mungo Roy on July 16, 1739 VI12:
This Indenture made the Sixteenth day of July in the
year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred & thirty nine Between
Elizabeth Ship of Caroline County widow of the one part And Mungo Roy of Essex
County Gent: of the other part Witnesseth that the said Elizabeth Ship for
& in consideration of the sum of five pounds seven shillings & six
pence Current money of Virginia to her in hand paid by the said Mungo Roy at
& before the Ensealing & delivery of these presents, the receipt
whereof she doth hereby acknowledge hath bargained sold aliened enfeoffed &
confirmed and by these presents doth fully and absolutely bargain sell alien
enfeoff & confirm unto the said Mungo Roy & his heirs all that small
tract or parcel of Land scituate lying & being in St. Annes Parish in the said County of Essex containing by Estimation
thirty acres, be they same more or less, adojning to the Land of the said Mungo
Roy purchased of Thomas Ayres & being the Land mentioned in ye. will of John Hodson late of Essex County planter deced to be given
& devised to Josias Ship (now deced) & the said Elizabeth (party to
these presents & then the wife of the said Josias) & their heirs
forever Together with all houses Edifices Orchards Pastures Woods Underwoods
ways waters & water Courses Swamps Marshes Sunken Lands Easements Profits
Commodities Advantages Appendances & appurtenances whatsoever to the said
Premises or any part thereof belonging or in any wise appertaining or which now
are or formerly have been accepted reputed taken know[n] used occupied or
enjoyed to or with the same or as part parcel or member thereof or of any part
thereof and also the reversion & reversions remainder & remainders
routs & Services of all & Singular the said premisses & of every
part thereof with the appurtenances and all the Estate right title Interest
Claim & demand whatsoever as well in Equity as in Law of her the said
Elizabeth Ship of in & to all & Singular the said premisses & of in
& to every part & parcel thereof with the appurtenances and also the
deeds Evidences & writings touching & concerning the said premisses or
any part thereof To have and to hold the said premisses with the appurtenances
unto the said Mungo Roy his heirs & assigns, to the only proper use &
behoof of the said Mungo Roy his heirs & assignes for ever And the said
Elizabeth Ship for her self & her heirs the said premisses with the
appurtenances unto the said Mungo Roy his heires & assignes against her the
said Elizabeth Ship & her heirs & all manner of person & persons
whatsoever do, shall & will warrant & for ever defend by these presents
In witness whereof the Parties to these presents have hereunto interchangeably
set their hands & seales the day & year first above written
Sealed & Delivered
In the presence of
Mercer
Thomas Hamilton
Jno. Vauter [this surname is uncertain]
Thomas
Ship was mentioned in his father’s will dated January 24, 1705/6
which indicated that he was as yet unmarried or without children (“my Son
Josiah Ship and my Son Thomas Ship to them and their heires for ever Lawfully
begotten in wedlock, and further my will is that if either of them Should die
without Issue”) ES2. Thomas had reached
adulthood by May 10, 1725 when he purchased two hundred acres of land from
Thomas Short KI1. He was married by
August 23, 1733 when he and his wife, Sarah, coveyed that two-hundred-acre
parcel to Samuel Hipkins KI1.
Thomas Ship died sometime before November 27, 1746 when Richard Ship was
granted a bond of administration from the Orange County court for the estate of
Thomas Ship, then deceased KI1.
Elizabeth died sometime after February
1699/1700 when she was mentioned in her mother’s will, but before Josias wrote
his will in January 1705, when his wife was named Jane SH6, ES2.