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WILL OF COLBERT FUGATE
Russell County, Virginia
Will Book 4, Page 8
Executed 14 September 1819

In the name of God. Amen!

I, Colbert Fugate of the county of Russell and State of Virginia being sick and weak in body but of sound mind and disposing memory (for which I thank God) and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life, and being desirous to dispose of all such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with - I give and bequeath the same in manner following, that is to say:

1st. I bequeath to Hannah Fugate, my wife, the plantation whereon I now live together with my farming utensils and household furniture except such part thereof as is herein otherwise disposed of, my stock of hogs, one Sorrell mare called Phillis, one three year old colt called the Brafford colt, three milk cows to be chosen by herself and all my slaves also ten head of sheep; all which I give

and bequeath to her during her widowhood for the maintenance of herself and my infant children, Samuel Bracken, Isaac Beverly, Lucinda Clark and Lydia Drucilla Milford Fugate. If my said wife should hereafter marry then it is my will and desire that she should have the use of my said plantation during her natural life together with every thing above devised to her, except my slaves, which in that event, she is to have no part of.

2d. I have heretofore given to my son Robert Fugate and conveyed to him, the tract of land whereon he lives except a small portion of the purchase money which he paid, in addition to which and bequeath to him fifty acres of land adjoining his said plantation, which said 50 acres was purchased by my said son Robert and myself, together with all other property advanced by me to him.

3d. I have given to my son Zachariah Fugate the plantation in Scott County which I purchased of James Gibson Sen. who did not convey the same previous to his death, some of his heirs have conveyed part of it to my said son Zachariah & myself. It is my will and I hereby bequeath to my said son Zachariah the said plantation together with all the other property which I have advanced

to him, and desire that a complete conveyance be made to him of the said land by the heirs and representatives of said Gibson, or if they all not make the said conveyance, that by a suit as he compel them to do so. And this property being more than I desire for the share of my said son, Zachariah, I require that he pay to my son Samuel Bracken Fugate within seven years from the

date of this my will, five hundred dollars which I leave as a charge on the said land.

4th. I bequeath to my daughter Mary Dorton one hundred dollars in cash, in addition to what I have already advanced to her, and in addition to her equal share with my other children of such devices herein after inserted as shall dispose of any part of my property in that manner.

5th. I bequeath to my son John one hundred acres of land lying on Mocherson Ridge at the head of Dever's branch and one hundred dollars in cash, in addition to what I have already advanced him, and also in addition to what will be herein after devised to him equally with my other children.

6th. I bequeath to my daughter Edith one grey mare, saddle and bridle which she has not in possession; two good cows being those two called hers. Eight head of sheep: One feather bed and furniture and one hundred dollars in cash in addition to what will be herein after devised to her equally with my other children.

7th. I bequeath to my son Samuel Bracken Fugate five hundred dollars to be paid him as aforesaid by my son Zachariah. Also two cows, one two year hold heifer and one yearling, one spotted 2 year old colt, a bridle and saddle to be purchased by my executors and to be worth thirty dollars; one feather bed and furniture, and if the said horse dies before my said son attains full age, then I give him one hundred dollars in addition. I also give to my said son Samuel Bracken my Negro boy Billy hereby revoking so much of the devise to my wife as as gives the said Negro boy Billy to her. I also give to my said son Samuel Bracken the north west quarter of section seven of township four north, in range eight west of the tract of country appropriate for military bounty land in the state of Illinois, which quarter section contains one hundred and sixty acres, and was conveyed to me by Thomas Ja_____

and Mary his wife.

8th. I bequeath to my son Isaac Beverly Fugate ____in the plantation whereon I now liv

From: Appalachian Aristocracy
FROM:http://www.appalachianaristocracy.com/getperson.php?personID=I5305&tree=01

Birth:
Formed in 1786 from Augusta

Family/Spouse: Dorton, William Allen. William (son of Dorton, Captain William F Jr and Fugate, Mary Elizabeth) was born on 22 Jan 1792 in Copper Creek, Russell, Virginia, USA; died on 22 Mar 1859 in Rye Cove, Scott, Virginia, USA; was buried after 22 Mar 1859 in Dorton Cemetary, Russell, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Dorton, Colbert Coolie was born on 16 Jan 1816 in Rye Cove, Scott, Virginia, USA; died after 1902 in Scott, Virginia, USA.

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WILL OF COLBARD FUGATE
Russell County, Virginia
Will Book 4, Page 8
Executed 14 Sep 1819
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varussel/probate/colbardfugate.html
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From The Fugate Family of Russell Co., VA by David Farris, Gateway Press 1986

There is some doubt as to who the original Fugate was in America. Early genealogists thought that Peter LaFoucate of Baltimore County, Maryland was the original settler. Further study, however, casts doubt on this and points to James Fugett who married Martha Poel (Poole). James was the son of James Fugett and Emaline Lamb of Ltegray, London.

James Fugett married Martha Poel in Henrico County, Virginia in 1694. The county was established in 1611, just four years after Jamestown. It extended on both sides of the James River from the junction of the James and Appomattox Rivers to the Blue Ridge Mountains. In 1634 there were 4914 settlers in Virginia, with 419 of these in Henrico County. In 1694 Henrico County consisted of Goochland (1727), Albemarle (1744), Amherst(1761), Fluvanna(1777), Nelson, Chesterfield (1747), Cumberland(1749), Buckingham(1732), Powhatan and part of Appomattox Counties as well as the cities of Richmond, Charlottesville and Colonial Heights. The boundaries have remained essentially unchanged since 1747.

They are known to have resided in Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina, from 1697 to 1702.

Josias Fugate is the earliest confirmed Fugate. He resided in the Northern Neck of Virginia in the Brunswick Parish of King George County. In Josias' will, dated 18 March, 1757, he mentions his sons Francis, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin and daughter Ann Swillavant, as well as his wife, Mary. Mary has, by tradition, been assumed to be Mary Martin. It is probable that his sons John, Josias, Randolph, and Martin, had moved elsewhere to settle. Randolph is known to have been in Orange County, Virginia, by 1738.

Martin Fugate was recorded in Frederick County in 1755. The area he was located in was possibly the area known as Dunmore County from 1772 to 1777, renamed Shenandoah County in 1777, and later divided into Page and Warren Counties. He was also recorded in Culpeper Co., Virginia, in 1761, 1763, and 1775. It is probable that all his children were born in this area. His brother John Jr. was recorded as selling his land in the same area on 09 October, 1771 then purchasing land in 1772 in the Moccasin

Valley in what was then Botetourt County, and later Fincastle, Washington, and finally Russell County. Martin was first noted in Russell County in 1789 as "exempt from taxation". It was in Russell County that Martin Fugate's estate was settled on 29 June, 1803.

The area which is now Russell County was an intertribal Indian hunting preserve until 1745 when it became part of Augusta County. Between 1769 and 1785 it was contained in Botetourt, Fincastle, and Washington Counties. In 1786, Russell Country was formed from Washington County. The boundary lines extended from Clinch Mountain to the Cumberland Gap on the Kentucky Border and eastward to a point near Bluefield, Virginia. In 1790 the County had a population of 3338, including 190 slaves.

The first known group of settlers arrived in Castles Woods, in 1770. Among this group, then considered squatters, was Charles Bickley, brother of Mary Carter. They claimed and settled on land to which they could not obtain legal title because of problems with the Loyal Company, Indians, and the Crown. Many of these first settlers did not obtain legal right to their land until the 1780s. A good account of the settlement of Southwest Virginia is given by Judge Lyman Chalkley.

In 1772, Francis Fugate settled at Moccasin Creek, one year after Col. John Tate. In 1774, because of continuing Indian raids, Captain William Russell was ordered to build a number of palisade forts as a means of protection. These forts, which protected many of the Fugate ancestors include Elk Garden Fort, where Solomon Litton was captured by Indians, Fort Blackmore, where Dale Carter was killed, and Tate's Fort, located on Col. John Tate's land. Following them were, among others, Colbert Fugate, Robert Tate Sr. and Robert Tate Jr.

The Moccasin Valley, where most of the Fugates and Tates settled, is a fertile but rocky farming area located in the southwestern part of Russell County. It extends from Hansonville to near Big Moccasin Gap in Scott County, with Clinch Mountain on the south and Moccasin Ridge on the North. The name of Big Moccasin Creek, attributed to Daniel Boone about 1769 after the first settlers found Indian moccasin footprints in the soft mud of the creek banks.

Martin Fugate had at least 4 sons Francis, Henley, Zachariah, and Colbert were all mentioned in court records. In addition, Benjamin and William Fugate, all residing in Moccasin Creek are probably his sons. He also may have had a daughter, Ann, married to Samuel Haddix of Moccasin Creek. A possible second daughter, married to James McCarty, was killed by Indians in 1788.

Martin's son Colbert, as well as Colbert's son, Isaac Beverly Fugate, who was born on 04 May, 1804, lived in Moccasin Valley, Russell County their entire lives.

Colbert Fugate came to Russell County, VA in 1771 and settled on what was known as Big Moccasin Creek. Colbert Fugate served in Virginia's legislature for two terms. Colbert and his wife are buried on the family plantation which is still in the Tate family of Lebanon, VA. John Tate and Mary Bracken are buried there also.

WILL OF COLBERT FUGATE
Russell County, Virginia
Will Book 4, Page 8
Executed 14 September 1819

In the name of God. Amen!

I, Colbert Fugate of the county of Russell and State of Virginia being sick and weak in body but of sound mind and disposing memory (for which I thank God) and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life, and being desirous to dispose of all such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with - I give and bequeath the same in manner following, that is to say:

1st. I bequeath to Hannah Fugate, my wife, the plantation whereon I now live together with my farming utensils and household furniture except such part thereof as is herein otherwise disposed of, my stock of hogs, one Sorrell mare called Phillis, one three year old colt called the Brafford colt, three milk cows to be chosen by herself and all my slaves also ten head of sheep; all which I give

and bequeath to her during her widowhood for the maintenance of herself and my infant children, Samuel Bracken, Isaac Beverly, Lucinda Clark and Lydia Drucilla Milford Fugate. If my said wife should hereafter marry then it is my will and desire that she should have the use of my said plantation during her natural life together with every thing above devised to her, except my slaves, which in that event, she is to have no part of.

2d. I have heretofore given to my son Robert Fugate and conveyed to him, the tract of land whereon he lives except a small portion of the purchase money which he paid, in addition to which and bequeath to him fifty acres of land adjoining his said plantation, which said 50 acres was purchased by my said son Robert and myself, together with all other property advanced by me to him.

3d. I have given to my son Zachariah Fugate the plantation in Scott County which I purchased of James Gibson Sen. who did not convey the same previous to his death, some of his heirs have conveyed part of it to my said son Zachariah & myself. It is my will and I hereby bequeath to my said son Zachariah the said plantation together with all the other property which I have advanced

to him, and desire that a complete conveyance be made to him of the said land by the heirs and representatives of said Gibson, or if they all not make the said conveyance, that by a suit as he compel them to do so. And this property being more than I desire for the share of my said son, Zachariah, I require that he pay to my son Samuel Bracken Fugate within seven years from the

date of this my will, five hundred dollars which I leave as a charge on the said land.

4th. I bequeath to my daughter Mary Dorton one hundred dollars in cash, in addition to what I have already advanced to her, and in addition to her equal share with my other children of such devices herein after inserted as shall dispose of any part of my property in that manner.

5th. I bequeath to my son John one hundred acres of land lying on Mocherson Ridge at the head of Dever's branch and one hundred dollars in cash, in addition to what I have already advanced him, and also in addition to what will be herein after devised to him equally with my other children.

6th. I bequeath to my daughter Edith one grey mare, saddle and bridle which she has not in possession; two good cows being those two called hers. Eight head of sheep: One feather bed and furniture and one hundred dollars in cash in addition to what will be herein after devised to her equally with my other children.

7th. I bequeath to my son Samuel Bracken Fugate five hundred dollars to be paid him as aforesaid by my son Zachariah. Also two cows, one two year hold heifer and one yearling, one spotted 2 year old colt, a bridle and saddle to be purchased by my executors and to be worth thirty dollars; one feather bed and furniture, and if the said horse dies before my said son attains full age, then I give him one hundred dollars in addition. I also give to my said son Samuel Bracken my Negro boy Billy hereby revoking so much of the devise to my wife as as gives the said Negro boy Billy to her. I also give to my said son Samuel Bracken the north west quarter of section seven of township four north, in range eight west of the tract of country appropriate for military bounty land in the state of Illinois, which quarter section contains one hundred and sixty acres, and was conveyed to me by Thomas Ja_____

and Mary his wife.

8th. I bequeath to my son Isaac Beverly Fugate ____in the plantation whereon I now liv

Delegate to the Virginia House

Colbert married Tate, Hannah in 1788 in Tumbez, Russell, Virginia, USA. Hannah (daughter of Tate, Col. John Robert and Bracken, Mary) was born in 1772 in Russell, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Jun 1844 in Tateville, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA; was buried after 3 Jun 1844 in Fugate Cemetery, Big Mocassin Creek, Russell, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Formed in 1786 from Augusta

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Formed in 1786 from Augusta

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NOT to be confused with John Tate, Esq. (1749-1802) of Augusta County, Virginia, s/o John Tate and Mary Mitchell, who married Jane "Jinney" Steele [or Jane Berry, according to some researchers].

The following bio sketch appears on Find A Grave:
John Tate was a son of Robert Tate and Mary [Doak]. About 1766 in Virginia, he married Mary Bracken, daughter of John Bracken and Martha Green.

In November of 1772, at age 29, John and his family settled in the Moccasin Valley of what is today known as Russell County, Virginia, about 15 miles southwest of present Lebanon. Sometime around 1776, John and his neighbors built a fort on his land for protection against Indians. It was known as Tate's Fort and is mentioned by early emigrants to Kentucky and Tennessee.

In October 1780, John as militiaman of (then) Washington County, participated in the successful Revolutionary War battle of King's Mountain, South Carolina.
In 1789, John became Captain in the 2nd Bat., 72 Reg. Of the Virginia Militia.
In 1795, John became Major in the 2nd Bat., 72 Reg. Of the Virginia Militia.
By 1801, John became Sheriff and Collector of Revenue for Russell County, and served two years.
In 1802, John became Lt. Col. Commandant of the 72 Reg., 3rd Division of the Virginia Militia, and since has become known as Col. John Tate. His appointment was by James Monroe, Governor of Virginia and later President of the United States.

In 1826, at over 80 years of age, John again became Sheriff and Collector of Revenue for Russell County, and served another two years.

The following notes were rolled over into New Family Search from a file written by Rod Fugate on 3 April 1999:
Subj: VA Russell, Frontier Forts [At the time his email was rfugate103@aol.com]
"John Tate settled on Big Mockerson [Moccasin] Creek on a spur of Clinch Mountain on the Holston River in November 1772. The land in the Moccasin Valley on which John Tate first settled was Botetourt County. Shortly thereafter it became Fincastle County (Jan. 1773-Jan. 1777). In 1777 Fincastle County was discontinued, and the land became part of Washington County. (Jan. 1777-May 1786).

"In 1786, John's original settlement near Lebanon became present day Russell County. John obtained his first land grant of 145 acres from the Royal Company of Virginia. The land was surveyed 12 December 1774 by John Floyd, Deputy to Colonel William Preston, Surveyor of Fincastle County. Around 1775-1776, John and his neighbors built a fort for protection against Indians on his land. The fort was called Tate's Fort and was known by early travelers to Tennessee and Kentucky." The colonel's daughter Hannah married Rod's 4th great grandfather Colbert Fugate.

Addendum by Carol Bays, 4th great grand niece of Col. Tate. Another of his daughters, Lydia also married a Fugate. His name was William Fugate, and his name is found on old land records of Russell County. Their son Uriah married Drucilla, daughter of Solomon John Frazier. Solomon's grandson Dale Frazier was my great grandfather. He grew up in Scott County and with Darthula Bays had two sons, the younger of whom was my grandfather Robert Bays. Their first son James Bays was born in 1866, shortly after the Civil War, when Dale was still in his late teens. Dale didn't marry my great grandmother. He later went on to another state to marry a girl there who was 10 years his junior.

Back around 2012 I was doing research on the Bays, Frazier, Fugate and Tate families. My 4th great grandfather William Bays (who was in his mid-teens) served in the Pittsylvania County Militia around the time of Lord Dunmore's War in 1774 under Captain Joseph Martin, Jr. Many of the men remained with Capt. Martin when the Revolutionary War started. Martin's forts were built closest to Cumberland Gap down in Lee Co., VA. Rye Cove fort and Blackmore's fort were closer to the Clinch Mtn. range. William Bays eventually owned property on Clinch Mtn. Here is an interesting mini history of Blackmore's Fort from http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varussel/other/forts.html:
"This is the 'small fortification' that Captain Russell wrote Preston was being built at Blackmore’s at the mouth of Stony Creek, but which in time grew to be the second most important fort on the frontier. It was built on the lands of Captain John Blackmore, who along with his brother Joseph had come from Fauquier Co., VA, with their families to carve out homes in the wilderness in the year 1772.

"Being more exposed, it was attacked by Indians more often than Moore’s and many people were killed and captured in and around this fort. The fort stood on the north side of Clinch, just outside the village of Fort Blackmore. It was to Blackmore’s that all the people came when the forts in Powell Valley were evacuated in 1776, just prior to the outbreak of the Cherokee War, as did the people from Rye Cove Fort. It must have been of large proportions, but no one has left any known description of this fort. According to Samuel Alley who was born in sight of the fort in the year 1801, it was torn down and no vestige of it remained in 1887, when he paid a visit to his old home and found the ground where the old fort stood being tended in corn. However, nearby stood an apple tree planted by his father which to that day was known as the 'John Alley Apple Tree.'

"Across the road in a fringe of trees and brush, and slightly northeast of where the old fort stood is the old fort graveyard, with rows of small, uncut stones marking the final resting place of those who died from either the stroke of disease or tomahawk in the long ago. Always known as Blackmore’s Fort, the village today, almost two centuries later still bears the name except in the reverse order of Fort Blackmore."

There is a "Paul Harvey Rest of the Story" about Hannah Tate Fugate mentioned above. Since this is a Latter-day Saint database where these particular records are recorded, I will not shrink from relating a spiritual experience I had around 2012. I had been working the Frazier and Fugate lines, as well as reading up on the forts of Southwest Virginia. I know that my 4th great grandfather William Bays served with Capt. Martin, probably at Rye Cove, then Blackmore's and eventually at the Long Island of the Holston. That's why I also believe he participated in the Battle of King's Mtn., though there's no record of it. However, his brother in law John Barker, also from the same Pittsylvania Co. Militia company, was at King's Mtn.

During this time period in 2012 when I was studying the history of the forts, early one morning I had a dream. A man who identified himself as Col. Tate appeared to me. He was dressed in a dark blue jacket with a double row of brass buttons. On his head was one of those flat brimmed round dark hats with a ribbon around the brim that reminded me of what the sailors of that era wore. He seemed very eager to convey some information to me and was concerned that I wouldn't remember it when I woke up. So with a certain amount of exasperation, he threw his hands out toward me three times and repeated, "Tate! Tate! Tate!"

Later that day after I woke up, I dutifully worked my way through about five generations of family lines to cross over to his name, since he is related to me by marriage (his daughter Hannah and my 3rd great aunt Lydia being sisters). He was right--I didn't recall specifically what he asked me to do. Another distant relative had entered his name and that of his children (although I discovered today that people have messed with those files, with half of his kids listed with their mother, and half without her listed). I'll have to fix that. At the time I was looking into those files, I discovered that LDS ordinance work had been done for all of Col. Tate's kids except Hannah. I realized that he wanted me to submit her name for temple work and have her sealed to him and his wife, since their other kids were sealed to them. It was such a sweet feeling to know that I could unite this family of one of our early Revolutionary heroes. I am grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ and for the restoration of priesthood powers in our temples today. --Carol Bays

John married Bracken, Mary. Mary (daughter of Bracken, Thomas and Green, Martha) was born on 3 Mar 1742 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA; died on 13 Mar 1817 in Lebanon, Russell, Virginia, USA; was buried after 13 Mar 1817 in Tate-Burdine Cemetery, Lebanon, Russell, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 4 Nov 1737, King George, Virginia, USA
• Will: 18 Mar 1757, King George, Virginia, USA

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Volume 1 & II - 1979-1980 - Fugate, Fugit, Fugett, Frigate Newsletter
Editor: Mrs. Denis Pat Gaines, Rt 1 Box 318 A, Mission, Texas 78572
The first issue of the Fugate Family Newsletter.
On of the earliest records on the Fugates is the WILL of JOSIAS FUGATE recorded in King George Co., Virginia, WILL BOOK I, pages 62-63. It was written the 18th of March 1757 and received for probate on June 2, 1757. In 1961 Mr. Douglas B. Fugate did research in the Virginia State Library and says this about the will; "Other county records indicate that substantial transfers of property had been made previously to the chidren who received only a schilling, so Josias was not so hardhearted as the WILL would make him appear. (In other words they inherited large sums of property way before their father's death).
WILL: In the Name of God Amen. I Josias Fugate of Brunswick Parish in the County of King George being in perfect sences in memory to make & ordain this my last Will & Testament first I Recommend my Soul to the Mercy of Almight God hoping for Salvation through the Merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ, I my Body I commit to the Earth to be Decently buired at the Descretion of my Executors hereafter named as to my worldly Estate I give (Dispose Whereof as followeth afterall my just Debt in are ___Item I give to my son John Fugate one Shilling Sterling Item I give to my son Josias Fugate one Shilling Sterling Item I give to my son Randolph Fugate One Shilling Sterling Item I give to my son Martin Fugate One Shilling Sterling Item I give to my daughter Ann Swillavant one Shilling Sterling item I give to my wife Mary Fugate all my whole Estate during her life & as her Death when I give I shall to my son Francis Fugate to him & his heirs Governer lastly I do hereby Nominate & appoint my son Francis Fugate Exceutor of this my Last Will & Testament in Testamony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal this 18 Day, March 1757.
Signed, Sealed, Published & Delivered by the said Josias Fugate to be his ___Will & Testament.
SIGNED Josias (his mark) Fugate (SEAL)
His Francis (his mark) Martin
Edward Porcher (his mark)
and W A.B. Brown (his mark)

"The Fugate Family of Russell County, Virginia" by Dr. David Faris, Published 1986 by Gateway Press, Baltimore, Maryland. Reference - Pg. 3, JOSIAS FUGATE The early settlement of Virginia was concentrated in the (tidewater area) along the larger navigable rivers with easy access by water between settled areas and to the West Indies and England. As new settlers and younger sons sought unoccupied land, the settlements, progressed westward along the river valleys. (The first known Ancestor of the FUGATES of Moccasin Valley, JOSIAS FUGATE), resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA.
Pg. 3, Josias Fugate, resided in Brunswick Parish, King George County, Virginia, had been before 1692 part of Old Rappanhannock County, and then part of Richmond County until 1720. Josias Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, which divided one shilling each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

THE FUGATE LINE - Some Fugate researchers have made assumptions and concluded that the father of Josias was Peter Fugate who came to America from France. Almost every Fugate family claims to be descendants of French Huguenots. This just can’t be proven. It was rumored on my father’s side of my Great-Grand Father Martin that he was of French Origin, and that they were the Black Fugate’s, (possible the Fugate’s who settled in Africa (Boars) and fought the war with England) this is strictly an educated guess on my part based on new data I have learned and applying it to the verbal information I was handed down from my Fugate branch. There is some documentation on this Peter Fugate, just not on his children. It has been said he was born 1650 Normandy, France. About the same time Peter appeared on the scene, there was another Fugate who came over from England. This was James Fugate. Some researchers want to believe that Peter and James were related. This may not be probable. While Peter called his plantation “Frenchman’s Land”, James claimed to be the son of James and Eme of Ould England. Records in England have been found for these individuals. Some English spellings of the name are Fugett and Foucat. A record has popped up about a Peter Foucat, Christened July 19, 1636 in Westminster, St Martin (London), whose parents were Richard and Hestor. So now some researchers are making leaps again and saying Peter and James are related and English. As one can see the waters are very muddy and unclear concerning the first Fugate, but we should still continue to try to piece the puzzle together. The name Fugate has been spelled at least 29 or more different way.

HUGUENOTS - Since almost the entire Fugate clan claim to be of this origin lets look at the Huguenots. They were French Protestants who were members of the reformed Church established in France by John Calvin in about 1555, and who, due to religious persecution, were forced to flee France to other countries in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Since the Huguenots of France were in large part artisans, craftsmen, and professional people, they were usually well received in the countries to which they fled for refuge. Most of them went initially to Germany, the Netherlands, and England, although some found their way eventually to places as remote as South Africa. Considerable numbers of Huguenots migrated to British North America, especially to the Carolinas, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York. Why do I mention the Huguenots, follow their entry into North America and you will find they followed the same or similar paths that the Fugate’s in America followed. Also, my Great Grandfather Martin Fugate born 1820 Claiborne Co TN, married Elizabeth Smith, stated to my father that he was of French origin. Although this French origin cannot be validated, I assure you to be of French origin in early Kentucky would not have won you any friends. I see no reason that Martin would have for telling an untruth about the French origin. It was said that Martin bragged frequently about being French. I have heard since early childhood that Martin and Levi Fugate his father have stated that they were of (Black Dutch origin), this being one of the branches of the Huguenots that went to Holland from Germany. The origin of the word “Huguenot” is uncertain, but it appears to have come from the word aignos, derived from the German Eldgenosen (confederates bound together by oath), which used to describe between 1520 and 1524, the patriots of Geneva hostile to the Duke of Savoy. The exact origin of the word Huguenot is unknown, but many consider it to be a combination of Flemish and German. Protestants who met to study the Bible in secret were called Huis Genooten, meaning” House Fellows. Josias is the earliest confirmed Fugate in America. He resided in the Northern Neck of Virginia in the Brunswick Parish of King George County. In Josiah’s will dated March 18, 1757, he mentions his sons: Francis, John, Josias Jr., Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, as well as his wife Mary (presumed to be) Martin. Josias is possibly the son of Peter Fugate and Jane Lawton and brother of James by the same parents. This is based on circumstantial evidence only. Peter Fugate and wife Jane Lawton were in the same or nearby area, in a time frame that makes this possible. Perhaps the first Fugate in America was James Fugate, s/o James Fugett and Emaline Lamb of Ltegay, London. James Fugett married Martha Poel (Poole) in Henrico County, VA. in 1694. The Co was established in 1611, just four years after Jamestown. It extended on both sides of the James River from the junction of the James and Appomattox Rivers to the Blue Ridge Mountains. There is no proof that Josias is a son of Peter and Frances Mould. It is only an educated guess. It could be that he is another immigrant.
From The Fugate Family of Russell Co., VA by David Farris, Gateway Press 1986

From: GENI
Peter is not the brother of James. There is a birth record of James. He only had one brother. William, who died as an infant. Peter was French but James and his parents were English.
Where is the record that shows that Peter was married to Jane Lawton?

Died:
Brunswick Parish

Josias married Martin, Mary Frances in May 1717 in King George, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Martin, Francis Robert and Gauder, Dorothea) was born on 9 Sep 1692 in King George, Virginia, USA; died in 1757 in King George, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: LZYK-RH8

Notes:

Josias is not the son of Peter. There is no evidence of this. No record.

View Tree for Josias Josias "Josiah" Fugate (b. Bet. 1678 - 1688, d. 18 Mar 1757)
Josias "Josiah" Fugate (son of Peter La Foucate and Frances Mould) was born Bet. 1678 - 1688 in King George County, Virginia17, and died 18 Mar 1757 in King George County, Virginia.He married Mary Martin on May 1717 in King George County, Virginia, daughter of Francis Martin.
Includes NotesNotes for Josias "Josiah" Fugate:

Mary D. Fugate[3187741, alice w hiteside.ged]
_EMAF: 0
Name: Josiah "Josias" FUGATE , CAPTAINSex: M Birth: 1688 In (Note)
"Captain In War" - Resided Brunswick County., Parish, King George Virginia Death:
1 8 MAR 1757 In King George County., Virginia Note: Russell County ., Virginia
Court OrderBook 1: May 1786, Session, Page 3: Ordered that JOSIAH
FUGATE be commented to his excellency the Governor as fit and proper
Captain of the Militia In Russell County, Virginia.Volume 1 & II -
1979-19 80 - Fugate, Fugit, Fugett, Frigate NewsletterEditor: Mrs.
Denis Pat Gaine s, Rt 1 Box 318 A, Mission, Texas 78572 The first issue
of the Fugate Family Newsletter.On of the earliest records on the
Fugates is the WILL of JOSIAS FUGATE recorded In King George County
., Virginia, WILL BOOK I, pages 62-63. It 3was written the 18th of March 1757
and received for probate on June 2, 1757 . In 1961 Mr. Douglas B. Fugate
did research In the Virginia State Library and says this about the will;
"Other county records indicate that substantial transfers of property
had been made previously to the chidren who received only a schilling,
so Josias was not so hardhearted as the WILL would make him appear.
other words they inherited large sums of property way before the ir
father's death).WILL: In the Name of God Amen. I Josias Fugate of
Brunswick Parish In the County of King George being In perfect sences In memory to make & ordain this my last Will & Testament firstI Recommed
my Soul to the Mercy of Almight God hoping for Salvation through the
Merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ, I my Body I commit to the Earth to be
Decently buried at the Descretion of my Executors hereafter named as to
my worldly Estate I give (Dispose Whereof as followeth afterall my just
Debt In are ___Item I give to my son John Fugate one Shilling Sterling Item I give to my son Josias Fugate one Shilling Sterling Item I give to
my son Randolph Fugate One Shilling Ster l ing Item I give to my son
Martin Fugate One Shilling Sterling Item I give t o my daughter Ann
Swillavant one Shilling Sterling item I give to my wife Mar y Fuga te all
my whole Estate during her life & as her Death when I give I sh all to my
son Francis Fugate to him &his heirs Governer lastly I do hereby
Nominate & a ppoint my son Francis Fugate Exceutor of this my Last Will &
Te stament In Testa mony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal;
18 Day, March 1757.Sig ned, Sealed, Published & Delivered by the said
Josias Fug ate to be his ___Will & Testament.SIGNED Josias (his mark)
Fugate (SEAL) His Francis (his mark ) Martin Edward Porcher (his
mark)and W A.B. Brow n (his mark)"The Fugate Familyof Russell
County, Virginia" by Dr. David Faris, Published 1986 by Gate way Press,
Baltimore, Maryland. Reference - Pg. 3, JOSIAS FUGATEThe early
settlement of Virginia was concentrated In the (tidewater area) along the larger navigable rivers with easy access by water between settled areas
and to the West Indies and England. As new settlers and younger sons
sought unoccupied land , the settlements, progressed westwa d along the
river valleys. (The first know n Ancestor of the FUGATES of Moccasin
Valley, JOSIAS FUGATE), resided In the (Peninsula of Virginia) land
lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from the
(Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers In the mountains of Western
Virginia. The land was called the NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA .
Pg. 3, Josias Fugate, resided In Brunswick Parish, King George County,
Virginia, had been before 1692 part of Old Rappanhannock County
From Fugate rearchers
Notes for JOSIAH FUGATE: Josias' will dated Mar 18 1757 and proved
June 2 1757 - King George Co.
Excerpts from Josias Fugate's Will~
Josias Fugate
d. 1757 King George Co. VA;
Will Book 1, pp 62-3:
I Josias Fugate of Brunswick Parish in the county of King George ...
make & ordain this my Last Will and Testament ... after all debts paid,to son JOHN, one shilling sterling; to son JOSIAS, (same); to son RANDOLPH (same); to son MARTIN (same); to daughter ANN Swillavant (same); to wife MARY all my estate during her life & at her death I give it all to my sonFRANCIS, to him and his heirs forever. Dated 18 March 1757 Witnesses: Francis Martin, Edward Pitcher, Andrew Brown. Proved 2 June 1757.
From: Russell County Fugates
Josias Fugate is the earliest confirmed Fugate. He resided in the
Northern Neck of Virginia in the Brunswick Parish of King George
County. (History of King George County) In Josias's will dated 18
March, 1757, he mentions his sons Francis, John, Josias, Randolph,
Martin and daughter Ann Swillavant, as well as his wife Mary. Mary
has by tradition been assumed to be Mary Martin. It is probable that his sons John, Josias, Randolph, and Martin, had moved elsewhere to settle. Randolph is known to have been in Orange County, Virginia, by 1738. Abt 1717 when Josias was 29, he married Mary MARTIN [1], in King George County, Maryland. [2]
They had the following children:
2 i. John, M (~1724-1786)
3 ii. Francis, M (~1711-1791)
4 iii. Randolph, M (>1715->1778)
5 iv. Josias, M (1720-)
6 v. Anne, F (1728-)
7 vi. Martin, M (~1730-
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More About Josias "Josiah" Fugate:
Died 2: 02 Jun 1757, King George County, Virginia.17
More About Josias "Josiah" Fugate and Mary Martin:
Marriage 1: May 1717, King George County, Virginia.
Marriage 2: May 1717, King George County, Virginia/Maryland.

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• FSID: LC52-XD7

Notes:

Died:
Formed in 1786 from Augusta

John married Doak, Mary Lea in 1741 in Augusta, Virginia, USA. Mary was born in 1720 in Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1801 in Abingdon, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: GWZK-8TZ

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• FSID: L8R4-313
• Will: 14 Nov 1780, York, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

From FindaGrave:
Thomas Bracken was born on 21 March 1706 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States. He was the son of William Bracken (1671-1749) and Hannah Booker Bracken (1677-1749).

Thomas married Martha Green (1706-1780) at Wilmington, New Castle County, DE on Dec. 21, 1721. Martha was the daughter of Edward Green (1684-1746) and Mary Bowen Green (1687-1766).

Thomas and Martha Green Bracken were the parents of the following 14 known children: Martha Jean, Thomas, William, John, Margaret, Mary, James, Samuel, Issac, Edward, Jean, Susannah, Hannah and Reid.

This Thomas, 1st son of the immigrant William, was a resident of New Castle County, Delaware, until sometime after 1749. He sold land to John Bohannon in 1750 in Wilmington, Delaware. He moved to Huntington Township, York County, Pa., about this time. Sources:

The above information comes from the 1930 manuscript of Dr. H.M. Bracken who quotes in its entirety the will of Thomas Bracken, York County, Pennsylvania Wills, Bk. E, p. 130 - This from THE BRACKIN FAMILY In The SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES By Henry B Bracken, Jr., M.D.

York County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1749-1819 about Thomas Bracken: - Name: Thomas Bracken - Description: Decedent - Residence: Monaghan Township - Date: 6 Apr 1779 - Prove Date: 14 Nov 1780 - Remarks:

Bracken, Thomas. Apr. 6, 1779. Executors: Archibald McGrew and William Bracken. Monaghan Township. Wife: Martha Bracken. Children: William, John, Thomas, James, Hannah wife of Nicholas Bishop, Mary wife of James Guttory, Margaret wife of Archibald McGrew, and Jean wife of Mathew Dill.

Family links:
Spouse:
Martha Green Bracken (1706 - 1780)

Children:
Martha Jean Bracken Hendrickson (1727 - 1797)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Unknown

Created by: Stella
Record added: Feb 07, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 104803987

Thomas married Green, Martha on 21 Dec 1721 in Tent, New Castle, Delaware, USA. Martha was born in 1701 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA; died in 1783 in York, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 1783 in York, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: L45W-WHH