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     Nancy Garrett Martin was born a 1812. She was the daughter of Captain James Parmer Martin and Rachel Ann Guthrie. Nancy Garrett Martin married Robert Going Lanphier II, son of Robert Going Lanphier I and Elizabeth 'Betsey' Sears, a 1830. Nancy Garrett Martin was buried at Tennessee.

      The research on Nancy Garrett Martin and Robert Going Martin II remains underway while looking for additional records. This researcher hypothesized Nancy Garrett Martin's father James Palmer Martin, who was a sea captain, was living in the seaport town Alexandria, VA near his brother, the merchant Thomas Littleton Martin. In 1825 James Palmer Martin died leaving three young daughters Ann, Sarah and Nancy. This researcher presumed James' widow remained in the Alexandria area with all three of her children. That presumption was based on Thomas receiving letters in 1832 and 1834 in Alexandria from Levin and Maria Joynes of the Eastern Shore of Virginia asking Thomas to give their love and affection to Ann and Sarah when he saw them; this doubtless refers to Thomas' nieces Ann and Sarah Martin -- Nancy's sisters. Although Nancy is not mentioned in these letters, she had likely married and settled in a different household. So who did Nancy marry?

According to Elizabeth Harriet Perry, James' daughter Nancy married a Mr. Lanphier -- a family who were not known to live on the Eastern Shore where the Martins were from but were intermarried with the Martin family in Alexandria, VA. Thomas Littleton Martin's wife was Harriet Lanphier of Alexandria, and Harriet had three brothers who achieved marriageable ages -- two who moved to Illinois and her brother Robert Going Lanphier II 1799-1838 who moved to Tennessee. This researcher hypothesized Robert Going Lanphier II was the Lanphier whom Nancy Garrett Martin married because both the Martin and Lanphier families lived for a period of time together in Alexandria, VA; Robert was the brother-in-law of Nancy's close cousin Thomas Littleton Martin; Robert was the only Lanphier brother who moved south to Tennessee; and Nancy died in Tennessee.

However a 14 Mar 1831 letter from Ann Guthrie Martin, sister of Nancy, throws into doubt that Nancy married a Lanphier and moved to Tennessee because it appears from the confusing language that Ann is possibly referring to her sister as Nancy Joynes, not as Nancy Lanphier, and that Nancy's husband and son William died in 1831 apparently on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The male Joynes cousins of Ann's generation all appear to be married, and although a John Joynes did marry a Nancy Bayly, he did not die until 1841. However, if Nancy's husband died in 1831, which was reported in Elizabeth Perry's research, that was seven years before Robert Going Lanphier apparently died, thus Robert cannot have been her husband.

Whether Nancy was married to a Lanphier or a Joynes remains unclear at this time.

     Sarah Scarburgh was born in 1701. She was the daughter of COL Edmund Scarburgh III and Elizabeth Mitchell. Sarah Scarburgh died on 16 Aug 1727.

     Anne Stewart was born in 1844 at Somerset Co, Maryland. She married Rev Asbury Roberts Martin, son of Rev John / Jno Satchell Martin and Susan Paulding Ruff, in Dec 1875. Anne Stewart was buried at Maryland. She died in 1914.

     Lewis Cass Beall I was born on 5 Jan 1851 at Beltsville, Maryland. He was the son of Thomas Birch Beall and Jane Beall Magruder. Lewis Cass Beall I married Sarah Jane "Janey" "Jenny" Corner Martin, daughter of Rev John / Jno Satchell Martin and Susan Paulding Ruff, on 5 Jan 1875 at Methodist Church, Beltsville, Maryland. Lewis Cass Beall I died on 30 May 1926 at Vashon, Washington, at age 75. He was buried at Prince George Co, Maryland.

      About 1893 after the railroad to the Northwest was completed, the Beall family sold the 440 acre Beall's Retreat in Beltsville, Md, which is now owned by the Beltsville Experimental Farm, and bought an apple farm and eventually the Harrington Greenhouses--renamed Beall Greenhouse--on Vashon Island in Puget Sound, Washington where some of their descendants still live in 1990.

     Lewis Cass Beall II was born on 13 Mar 1876 at Beall's Retreat, Beltsville, Prince George Co, Maryland. He was the son of Lewis Cass Beall I and Sarah Jane "Janey" "Jenny" Corner Martin. Lewis Cass Beall II married Jessie Gault Harrington on 6 Dec 1899 at Vashon Island, King Co, Washington. Lewis Cass Beall II died on 20 Nov 1966 at Vashon Island, King Co, Washington, at age 90.

     Jennie Connie Corner Beall was born on 4 Mar 1878. She was the daughter of Lewis Cass Beall I and Sarah Jane "Janey" "Jenny" Corner Martin. Jennie Connie Corner Beall married Lincoln Grant Howe on 12 Aug 1904.

     Lincoln Grant Howe was born on 25 Oct 1868 at Minnesota. He married Jennie Connie Corner Beall, daughter of Lewis Cass Beall I and Sarah Jane "Janey" "Jenny" Corner Martin, on 12 Aug 1904. Lincoln Grant Howe died at Vashon Island, King Co, Washington.

     Thomas Custis was born c 1686 at 'Deep Creek', Accomack Co, Virginia. He was the son of Edmund Custis (of Deep Creek) and Tabitha Smart Whittington. Thomas Custis married Elizabeth Custis, daughter of COL John Custis III (of Wilsonia) and Margaret Michael, c 1706. Thomas Custis married Ann Kendall, daughter of CPT William Kendall II (the elder) and Anne Mason, on 24 Jun 1717 at Northampton Co, Virginia. Thomas Custis died in Mar 1721 at Accomack Co, Virginia. He was buried at Accomack Co, Virginia. His estate was probated on 4 Apr 1721 at Accomack Co, Virginia.

      Thomas Custis first married his cousin Elizabeth Custis circa 1706. He was named in his father-in-law's will on 3 Dec 1708 at Northampton Co, VA. In his will John Custis Esq, wife Sarah, named: son John (Chiconessox plantation, Arlington House, land at Pocomock), son Hancock (now dwelling house and plantation and plantation at Jollys Neck), son Henry (land on Jengoateage Island & Negro at Pocomoke), two daughters Elizabeth Custis (husband Thomas Custis) and Sorrowful Margaret Kendall (husband William), my boy John Atkinson (under 21), Sarah Custis Mathews, Yardly Michaell, my sister-in-law Elisha Frank, Robert Howsen, my grandson Custis Kendall.

Thomas was sheriff of Accomack County on 6 Dec 1715. Sarah Custis of Northampton Co, VA provided security on the 24 Jun 1717 marriage license bond of Thomas Custis and Anne Kendall.

On 23 Aug 1717 in Accomack Co, VA Thomas was named as great grandson Thomas Custis and given 700 acres near a place called White Marsh in the will of Tabitha (Scarburgh) Hill, who was his great grandmother through his maternal Whittington / Smart / Scarburgh line.

Thomas was named in the will of his brother-in-law William Kendall (wife Sorrowful Margaret) on 3 Mar 1719 at Northampton Co, VA.

Thomas' 3 Oct 1719 will made at Deep Creek, Accomack Co, VA provided: "To wife Ann all the land I had with her near Oak Hall. To son John Custis plantation where I now live containing 1,750 acres on Deep Creek. To son Edmond 1,000 acres adjacent the above and all my interest in the lands on Jingoteagure and Morrys Island bequeathed by the Honorable John Custis of Hungars, dec'd, to me and my wife Elizabeth. To son Thomas Whittington Custis 300 acres on Old Plantation Creek in Northampton County. Daughters Tabitha, Sarah and Elizabeth. To friends Capt. John Broadhurst, Charles Snead and Henry Custis each a gold ring. Sister Tabitha Scarburgh Custis. Wife, Capt. John Broadhurst, Mr. Charles Snead and Mr. Henry Custis executors. Children under 18. To unborn child 700 acres near Burton's Branch which descended to me from my Honorable grandmother Mrs. Tabitha Hill. Witnesses: John Lewis, Mary Collier, John Chambers and John Mead.

Thomas was mentioned in a will on 14 April 1720 at Northampton Co, VA. In her will Sarah Custis, widow of John Custis, Esq., named: my son-in-law (step-son) John Custis, my dau.-in-law (step-daughter) Sorrowful Margaret Kendall, my grandson Custis Kendall (under 21), his sister Leah Kendall, Littleton Kendall (under 21), his three sisters, viz., Ann, Peggy and Leah, my grandson Michael Custis, Sarah Custis the dau. of Thomas Custis, son-in-law Hancock Custis, my son-in-law Henry Custis, my sister Elizabeth Waters, Elizabeth the dau. of my sister Elizabeth Waters, my sister Gartrude Harmanson, my kinswoman Sophia Harmanson, Littleton and Severn Eyre (sons of Severn) Severn under 18, Leah Littleton (heir to Southy Littleton), dec'd brother Southy Littleton, Henry Custis (500 A. in Accomack at Masongue), Mr. George Harmanson (50 A. adjoining the land whereon Henry Pike now lives), my kinsmen William and Southy Whittington, my cousin Elizabeth Allen, to John Atkinson, to William Water, to Sarah Nottingham widow, to my kinswoman Sarah Custis King and kinswoman Esther Littleton Custis King (given with regard to their having made over their right to that tract of land lying at Anduay Creek in Accomack Co. lately in the possession of my late brother Southy Littleton), my kinswoman Leah Littleton, my sister Garthrud Harmanson Extrx.

Thomas deeded land as a gift to his son John in 1721 in Accomack Co, VA.

When Thomas died in 1721 his sister Tabitha, the wife of Henry Custis, was still alive; when Tabitha died, Thomas' widow Ann Kendall married Henry Custis.

Although long deceased, Thomas was named in a 4 July 1738 land cause of the Allens and a 28 Jan 1752 Holdfast vs Custis land issue, the latter of which drew in many his descendants, our ancestors, and thus is quoted here: He was named in a land cause on 28 January 1752 at Accomack Co, VA. Harry Holdfast (place holder) vs Thomas Custis. That Thomas Custis was seized in fee of the lands in the declaration mentioned, and was also seized in tail of 1750 acres adjoining the said lands, and being so seized made his last will and testament dated 3 Oct. 1719, & bequeathed to his wife Ann Custis all the lands that he had with her, lying near Oak Hall, to his son John Custis the plantation whereon he then lived containing 1750 acres, being on Deep Creek. To his son Edmund Custis 1000 acres adjoining the land where he then dwelt, whereon Joseph Walker now dwells "I give all my and interest in the lands on Jengoteague & Morry's Island which was given by the last will of the Hon. John Custis of Arlington to me & my wife Elizabeth Custis, to my son Edmund Custis"; To his son Thomas Whittington Custis 300 acres on Old Plantation Creek in Northampton County; should Edmund die before coming to full age & without issue, I give the land given him to my son Thomas, & should Thomas die before full age & without issue, then my son Edmund to have the land given him. To daughter Tabitha; to daughter Sarah; to daughter Elizabeth; son John Custis (under age); To sister Tabitha Scarburgh Custis; wife Ann and friends Capt. John Bradhurst & Mr. Charles Snead & Mr. Henry Custis Executors. Sons to receive their estates at 18 and daughters at 18 or marriage. I give the first child born after this date of my wife Ann Custis 700 acres in the said county adjoining the lands of William Parker, near to Burton's Branch, which land descended to me from my Hon. grandmother, Mrs. Tabitha Hill. That the 1000 acres therein mentioned is the lands devised to his son Edmund, and the 1750 acres of land therein mentioned is the land devised to his son John by the said will; That the said Edmund Custis made his last will dated 27 Mar. 1747, in these words: "I Edmund Custis of Northampton County" &c. To his son Edmund Custis the plantation where I now live; to wife Catherine; to daughter Ann Custis. I give 800 acres of land that I have in Deep Creek to my Ex'rs. to be sold, and after the payment of my debts the residue to be divided between my wife, son and daughter; son to have 1/2 and wife and daughter the other half between them. To kinsman Hancock Custis; Should my son Edmund die without issue I give my plantation where I now live to my daughter, Ann Custis, reversion to my kinsman Hancock Custis, son of my brother John. Wife Exec. & guardian of children till they come to lawful age or marry. By which will the said Edmund devised 800 acres, part of the 1000 acres devised by his father, the testator Thomas, to be sold for the payment of debts; That the lessor of the plaintiff purchased the same of the testator's executrix as by deed dated 23 June, 1750, to-wit: This deed between John Wilkins of Northampton County, Gent., and Catherine, his wife, executrix of the last will and testament of Edmund Custis, late of the said County, Gent., her late husband, dec., to Littleton Eyre - Sale of 800 acres, being part of the aforesaid 1000 acres. The said Edmund Custis a short time before his death granted and sold unto Joshua James late of Accomack County, dec., 200 acres, part of the aforesaid 1000 acres. That the said testator Thomas' dwelling plantation whereon there stood a negro quarter, extended into the said 1000 acres as far as the defendant now claims of the said 1000 acres; That the aforesaid John Custis is eldest son & heir at law of the testator Thomas, and that the defendant is his eldest son and heir at law; That the defendant Thomas agreed with the lessor of the plaintiff that the plaintiff and a certain John Wilkins, who intermarried with the widow & Exec. of the said Edmund Custis, on the 30 day of November, 1749, to run the division between the said 1750 acres and the 1000 acres of land agreeable to a deed from John Custis and Tabitha his wife to the aforesaid Thomas Custis, for the said 1750 acres, which deed is in these words ------ John Custis, Sr., of the County of Northampton, Esq., & Tabitha, his wife, to "our well beloved nephew & grandson Edmund Custis, of the county of Accomack, Gent. & Tabitha, his now wife, our grandaughter, & their children after them" - Deed of Gift - All that tract of land where the said Edmund and Tabitha now live, situate at Deep Creek containing 1750 acres on the North East side of Deep Creek, & bounded on the Southern parts therewith, on the North West by a point of marsh facing the bay; on the North Eastward by a part of a little creek called Drummond's Creek and a line of marked trees drawn from the said Drummond's Creek South; South East half a point, Easterly 342 poles unto a corner tree marked at the western corner of the land formerly belonging to William Gower, and from thence on the South Eastern side by a line of marked trees drawn S. W. by West 508 poles unto Deep Creek, including in the said 1750 acres all the marshes, necks & branches within the aforesaid bounds, being 1/2 of 3500 acres more or less granted by patent to the said Tabitha, now the wife of the said John Custis, Sr., & her sister, Matilda Scarburgh, now the wife of Col. John West, both the daughters of Col. Edmund Scarburgh, dec., patent dated 29 March, 1656, to the said Edmund & Tabitha for and during their natural lives, and after their decease to their son Thomas Custis and the heirs of his body, and in default of such heirs to the next heir or heirs of their bodies, and if all such as are before mentioned are extinct, then to the next heir or heirs of the said Tabitha, now the wife of the said Edmund, male or female, and in failure of them to our grandson Smart Whittington, son of William Whittington, Gent. & brother of the said Tabitha Custis, wife of the said Edmund Custis, during his natural life, and then to his heirs male, and for want of such heirs to our grandson John Custis, the son of John Custis, Jr., of the County of Northampton aforesaid, Gent., & his heirs, and for want of such issue to the heirs of the said John Custis, Sr. That the defendant, together with the plaintiff's lessor, and the said Wilkins employed Edmund Scarburgh, Surveyor of the County of Accomack, to run the said line the next day, and for which the said defendant agreed and hath since paid the surveyor 2/3 of the fees, but on meeting the next day to complete the agreement the defendant told the plaintiff's lessor & the said Wilkins that the Surveyor might run the line, but that it would not be binding upon him. That Edmund, son of the testator Thomas, at the time of making his last will was of lawful age, and left issue; that the testator Thomas' son, Thomas Whittington Custis, to whom the remainder of the aforesaid 1000 acres was given in case of Edmund's death under age or without issue, was brother and died an infant.

Moody Miles detailed sources for Thomas Custis and his wives Elizabeth Custis and Ann Kendall:

[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 31 (will of Edmund Custis of Deep Creek), p. 57 (will of Tabitha Hill), p. 67 (will of Thomas Custis, wife Ann, of Deep Creek), p. 98 (will of Henry Custis), p. 92 (will of Hancock Custis).
[S724] Robert Irving Upshur & Thomas Teackle Upshur IV, Upshur Family in Virginia, 2nd Edition, p.40 and p. 243.
[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 971 (A83 - Deep Creek Plantation).
[S940] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 338 and p. 349 (Thorowgood Family), p. 575 and p. 584 (Mason Family).
[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 153 (will of William Kendall, Gent, wife Ann)., p. 203 (will of John Custis, Esq., wife Sarah), p. 231 (will of Sarah Custis, widow of John Custis & former husband Adam Michael), p. 235 (will of William Kendall Sr., wife Sorrowful Margaret).
[S622] Jean M. Mihalyka, Northampton Co, VA, Marriages, 1660/1-1854 (Recorded in Bonds, Licenses, Minister Returns, and other sources).
[S571] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Land Causes, 1728-1825, p. 4 (Edmund Allen &c vs Thomas Custis &c) , p. 10 (Harry Holdfast (place holder) vs. Thomas Custis), p. 15 (Edmund Allen vs. John Custis).
[S1008] Compiler Henrietta Dawson (Ayres) Sheppard, Ayres - Dawson and Allied Families, Volume 1, Recording the ancestry of Richard Johnson Ayres Jr. of Accomack County, Virginia and of his wife Elizabeth Hack Dawson of Loudoun County, Virginia, p. 535 (Custis Family).
[S550] Jean M. Mihalyka, Bible Records Accomack & Northampton County, Virginia, Vol. 9, pp 22-35 (Fairview and other Hack Bibles).

     Mary Estelle 'Stella' Beall was born on 5 Jun 1847. She was the daughter of Thomas Birch Beall and Jane Beall Magruder. Mary Estelle 'Stella' Beall married Wallace 'Wallie' Lanphier Martin, son of Rev John / Jno Satchell Martin and Susan Paulding Ruff, on 4 Jan 1876 at Prince George Co, Maryland. Mary Estelle 'Stella' Beall died on 3 Oct 1893 at age 46. She was buried at Prince George Co, Maryland.

     Mary Estelle 'Stella' Martin was born in 1878. She was the daughter of Wallace 'Wallie' Lanphier Martin and Mary Estelle 'Stella' Beall. Mary Estelle 'Stella' Martin died in 1969. She was buried at Atlanta, Georgia.

     Beall Martin was born in 1876. She was the daughter of Wallace 'Wallie' Lanphier Martin and Mary Estelle 'Stella' Beall. Beall Martin died on 15 Aug 1922 at Vashon, Washington.

     Rev Ormond Wilson Hammond was born a 1858. He married Adelaide 'Addie' Satchell Martin, daughter of Rev John / Jno Satchell Martin and Susan Paulding Ruff, on 8 Feb 1883 at Baltimore, Maryland. Rev Ormond Wilson Hammond died in 1926.

      Rev Ormond Wilson Hammond was a Methodist minister who lived in Maryland.

     Ormond Hammond II was born a 1886. He was the son of Rev Ormond Wilson Hammond and Adelaide 'Addie' Satchell Martin.

     Martin Hammond was born a 1888. He was the son of Rev Ormond Wilson Hammond and Adelaide 'Addie' Satchell Martin. Martin Hammond married Sarah (Unknown) a 1913.

      Martin Hammond married twice.

     Sarah (Unknown) was born a 1897. She married Martin Hammond, son of Rev Ormond Wilson Hammond and Adelaide 'Addie' Satchell Martin, a 1913.

     Susanne Hammond was born a 1914. She was the daughter of Martin Hammond and Sarah (Unknown).

     Henrietta 'Nettie' Hammond was born a 1884. She was the daughter of Rev Ormond Wilson Hammond and Adelaide 'Addie' Satchell Martin. Henrietta 'Nettie' Hammond married (Unknown) Candler a 1904.

      Henrietta Hammond is likely the daughter that married James H. Boyd of Bronxville, NY and thus she married twice.

     (Unknown) Candler was born a 1879. He married Henrietta 'Nettie' Hammond, daughter of Rev Ormond Wilson Hammond and Adelaide 'Addie' Satchell Martin, a 1904.

      Mr Candler was the son of the Bishop of Florida.

     Florida Candler was born a 1905. She was the daughter of (Unknown) Candler and Henrietta 'Nettie' Hammond.

     Adelaide Candler was born a 1907. She was the daughter of (Unknown) Candler and Henrietta 'Nettie' Hammond.

     Sarah Custis Littleton was born c 1700. She was the daughter of Nathaniel Littleton and Susanna Andrews. Sarah Custis Littleton married (Unknown) King a 1719. Sarah Custis Littleton died in 1720.

      Sarah Custis Littleton had no children.

     Elizabeth Harmar was born in 1638 at Northampton Co, Virginia. She was the daughter of Charles Harmar (Burgess) and Ann Southey. Elizabeth Harmar died b 1654 at Northampton Co, Virginia.

      Elizabeth Harmar obtained a land patent in 1644.

     (Unknown) King was born a 1696. He married Sarah Custis Littleton, daughter of Nathaniel Littleton and Susanna Andrews, a 1719.

     Sir Edward Littleton was born c 1551. He was the son of Rev John Littleton and Alice Thoines / Thornes. Sir Edward Littleton married Mary Walter, daughter of Sir Edward Walter, in 1585. Sir Edward Littleton died in 1621.

      Sir Edward Littleton lived in Henley, Shropshire and served as Chief Justice of North Wales.

     Mary Walter was born in 1567 at North Wales. She was the daughter of Sir Edward Walter. Mary Walter married Sir Edward Littleton, son of Rev John Littleton and Alice Thoines / Thornes, in 1585. Mary Walter died in 1633 at North Wales. She was buried at Henley, Shropshire, England.

     Nathaniel Littleton Savage was born on 6 May 1726. He was the son of CPT Thomas Savage II and Esther Littleton. Nathaniel Littleton Savage married Anne Reynolds, daughter of CPT Thomas Reynolds and Susannah Rogers, c 1759. Nathaniel Littleton Savage died c 1787.

     Sarah Savage was born c 1729. She was the daughter of CPT Thomas Savage II and Esther Littleton. Sarah Savage married William Raisin a 1749.

     Margaret "Peggy" Savage was born c 1727. She was the daughter of CPT Thomas Savage II and Esther Littleton. Margaret "Peggy" Savage married Giles Cooke a 1747.

     Hannah Savage was born c 1731. She was the daughter of CPT Thomas Savage II and Esther Littleton. Hannah Savage married James Murray a 1751.