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Jacob Weekly and Elizabeth Robinson

Unknown and Unknown

Matilda Weekley & Meredith Settle

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     Jacob Weekly was born c. 1740 and died in 1824.  He married Elizabeth Robinson and they settled in the Chester Gap area of Shenandoah Co. VA, further described in two of his three land grants, one as 460 acres on Sept 23, 1789 as "being on Happy Creek under the Blue Ridge….," and the second of 99 acres on Sept 4, 1789 as "beginning at a gum and two white oaks by the South side of the South East Prong of Happy Creek…..to a line of the Manor of Leeds".   


      Jacob and Elizabeth are believed to have had 15 children:  Enoch, William, Joseph, John, Elizabeth, Sarah, Winifred, Catherine, Elijah, Thomas, Susannah, Nancy, Robinson, Jacob and Isaiah.


  1. Enoch b. c. 1764, m. Hannah Robinson 20 Jan 1796 in Fauquier Co., VA.  They went to Scott Co., KY, and then possibly Henrdricks Co., IN.

  2. William. b. Jun 1765 in Shenandoah Co., VA,  m. Susannah Grigsby b. 1775, on 20 Mar 1792 in Shenandoah Co., VA.  They are thought to have migrated to Ohio.

  3. Joseph Benjamin b. 1766 m. (1) Mary Jenkins 1792 in VA (2) Elizabeth Lucy Leake in Henry Co., VA, on 24 Dec 1819, and (3) Lucinda Smith in Jan 1831 in Culpeper Co., VA.

  4. John b. 1770 in VA, m. Priscilla Wilson 10 May 1798 in Shenandoah Co., VA.

  5. Elizabeth b. c. 1771 in Shenandoah Co., VA, is thought to have married Nathan Jenkins in 1793 in Culpeper Co., VA.

  6. Sarah b. c. 1775 and died 1836 in Warren Co., VA.  Sarah never married.

  7. Winifred b. c. 1776 in Shenandoah Co., VA, m. Robert Smiley on 27 Jun 1797.

  8. Catherine b. 1777 in VA, m. Redmond/Redman Grigsby on 18 Mar 1803 in Frederick Co., VA.

  9. Elijah b. c. 1777 in Shenandoah Co., VA. He died 1861 in Warren Co., VA.  He m. Rosanna Fishback 30 Nov 1804 in Madison Co., VA, (2) Unknown, and (3) Delilah (Yates) Butler on 11 Oct 1830 in Frederick Co., VA.

  10. Thomas b. 1778 in Shenandoah Co., VA, died 1853 in Warren Co., VA.  He never married and was a school teacher and shoemaker.

  11. Susannah b. c. 1778 in VA.  She died before 1830.

  12. Nancy b. c. 1780, poss. m. Timothy Jenkins on 16 May 1797 in Culpeper Co., VA.

  13. Robinson b. 17 Mar 1786 in VA and died 20 Apr 1857 in Washington Co., OH.  He m. Margaret Moody on 26 Sep 1809 in Fauquier Co., VA.

  14. Jacob b. 1787 in VA and d. 1854 in Tyler Co., VA. He m. (1) Elizabeth (Wells) Baker, (2) Sarah A. Williamson on 5 Jan 1818, and (3) Mary Margaret (Davis) Haney in 1835.

  15. Isaiah b. c. 1793 in Shenandoah Co., VA, d. before 9 Apr 1821 in Wayne Co., IN. He married Agatha Fishback on 16 Oct 1813 in Madison Co., VA.  They had daughters Frances, Sarah and Elizabeth.

       


There is a real mystery as to the parents of Matilda Weekly.  Her marriage bond in Shenandoah Co., VA, of 2 Dec 1834 contains the following consent:  "We do hereby certify to the Clerk of Shenandoah County that our nease (sic) which we have raised from infancy, is arrived to the age of twenty one years by name Matilda Weekley which we consent and agree to be married to Merrida (sic) Settle as witness our hands this 1 day of Dec,

1834.Test      James M. Weekley                                  Thomas Weekley

                    Caleb Perry                                           Sarah (X) Weekley"


To be the "nease" of Thomas and Sarah, Matilda had to be the child of one of Jacob and Elizabeth's children, but who?   Further evaluation has convinced me that Matilda was the child of Susannah.  In his will, Jacob specifically leaves Sarah the responsibility of caring for Susannah "so long as they both may live" --indicating Susannah was unable to care for herself or live on her own.  Matilda was born in 1813--Susannah could have been impregnated by any of hundreds of soldiers roaming the area during the War of 1812.  I believe that if she were Sarah's child, she would have been so acknowledged.


Thomas and Sarah, unmarried brother and sister, created a household and raised Matilda.