514. Joseph CALDWELL
Occupation: Farmer
516. Capt. John CALDWELL
Entered through the port of New Castle , Delaware on December 10, 1727 and
went to Lancaster Co. PA.
About 1742 They all moved to Virginia near Roanoke River.
They came from Antrim, Ireland,(though of Scotish birth).
From Al Simms Genealogy Pages: "Generation 6 - William Symes, Jr. The earliest known information that we have on William Symes of Richmond County, Virginia, is a time when he sold a piece of land in 1707. The second documented evidence of William occurred 3 days later when he and his wife Amy Clark witnessed the will of her father Robert in Richmond County, VA. I have been unable to put together a coherent picture of how much land William owned, but the fact that legal records refer to him as a planter indicates that he was a man of some means. Interesting tidbits from William's life indicate that he was a friend of the court and also perhaps an enemy. In 1711 he was paid 600 lbs of tobacco by the court for finding a source of cool spring water for it. Also in 1711 he was charged with breaking Richard Clathermike out of prison and was fined 1000 lbs of tobaco. William had at least 1 boy and 2 girls, though we know nothing of the girls. William lived from about 1660 until 1716."
From Ancestry.com file f10627: "William landed in James City, VA in which his ancestor, Sir Richard Popham, had an interest in the Virginia Company. Part of James City County was used in the formation of New Kent Co., VA
In 1698 he was granted land for bringing 19 people into the colony. On 1/11/1705 he received 450 acres in New Kent. A Will has not be found, but a portion showed up in Louisa Co., VA, among his children.William went to New Kent, VA directly according to some, but he is also confused with William Sims of New Kent Co., VA. There may have been two there. His brother Richard named William's son Richard in his Will.
William was a Clergyman.
600. Thomas DODSON Sr.
Source: "The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnhan Parish, Richmond County, Virginia:" by Rev, Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr.
Charles' second son, Thomas Dodson, inherited a plantation "in a neck formerly called the Rich Neck with a hundred and fifty acres of land". Thomas would have been 24 years old at the time, about three years married to Mary Durham. Mary Durham was the daughter and probably a granddaughter of other Richmond County tobacco planters. Her complicated and confusing ancestry is discussed in the Hunt, Durham and Smoot section. According to Cobari, the Thomas Dodsons had nine children, all born in Richmond County.
601. Mary DURHAM
Source: "The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnhan Parish, Richmond County, Virginia:" by Rev, Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr.
William Seawright and his wife Esther Thompson arrived in SC with a group of Presbyterians who were brought over from Ireland by a Rev. John Baxter in 1736. Charleston Council Journal dated 8 Feb 1737 shows the location of settlements of these newcomers.
704. Richard GAINES
Will filed in Will Book A, pgs 113, 134 & 205; administrator was son Francis Gaines. Will was ordered to be recorded on 8/21/1756
Real confusion over his spouse that was mother of his children: she has been called Dorothy Rawlings, Dorothy Kelly, Catherine Rawlings, and finally Catherine Madison - the aunt of James Madison, President.
705. Dorothy RAWLINGS
Rich Holler's genealogy, says that James Gaine's mother was a Dorothy Kelley.
George F. Thompson's genealogy says that her name is "Dorothy Rawlings."Several pedigrees claims Richard's spouse was CATHERINE MADISON, the aunt of James Madison. I could not find any pedigrees with her parents - and I could not find any info in the Biography of Madison that mentioned her or her parents.
Ann's will presented at court Caroline Co., VA. July 1744 by executor James MAYO and proved by the witnesses, Robert WILLIAMSON and John WILLIAMSON