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Probable 2nd generation:
Edward Ransdell
was born in 1672 in St. Mary’s
Co., MD, probably the son of
Edward Ransdell, and died in 1724 in Westmoreland Co., VA. He married in
about 1694 (1) Mary Gorham, daughter of Miles Gorham and his wife
Susannah; and prior to 24 Jan 1720 he married (2) Amy Kelly, widow of
Capt. John Kelly.
According to
Historical Southern Families, Vol. XII, pp. 14-15: “Some effort has
been made to find the parentage of Mary, wife of Edward Ransdell … The
name of her eldest son would indicate that she was a Wharton … It is a
fairly plausible hypothesis that Mary Ransdell may have been identical
with a Mary Gorham, daughter of Miles and Susannah Gorham of Westmoreland
Co., who was bound out by her mother to Henry Wharton on 12 Apr 1687,
until she could be 17…. Henry Wharton and his wife Elizabeth had no
children, and it is possible that Mary Gorham was fond of them and named
her first son for the family where she passed her adolescent years.”
Edward and Mary Gorham
Ransdell had the following children:
i. Wharton Ransdell,
b. about 1695, Westmoreland Co., VA, d. 25 Apr 1758 Westmoreland Co., VA.
ii. John Ransdell
b. about 1703 Westmoreland Co., VA
iii. Millicent
Ransdell b. about 1702 Westmoreland Co., VA, m. (1)
William Longworth and
(2) Luke Thornton.
iv. Edward Ransdell,
b. about 1706, Westmoreland Co., VA
According to Ransdell
researcher Robert P. Moore: “Edward left a widow Amy, almost certainly
not the mother of his children. He appears in a deed of 30 May 1699 with
a wife Mary (Westmoreland Co. Deeds and Wills 3, p. 186).”
Edward Ransdell’s will
was written on 1 May 1724 and probate took place on 24 June
1724 (D & W 8, pp. 23a-24). To sons WHARTON, EDWARD, and JOHN, personal
property; to wife Amy and her children by Capt. John Kelly, personal
property and whatever estate he had by virtue of his marriage to her; sons
EDWARD and JOHN to be under guardianship of Wharton until they reach age
of 21; to Elizabeth Jeffries, a cow; to daughter-in-law [=stepdaughter]
Mary Kelly, a heifer; to Nicholas Stephens, clothing; to slave Will, a
box; to daughters Elizabeth Talbot and Milesent Longworth, residue of
estate; and to William Longworth, my best suit of clothes. Executor son
Wharton Ransdell. Will proved 24 June 1724, recorded 6 May 1724. |
