Descendants of Hannah Ellyson

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  HANNAH4 ELLYSON  (ROBERT3, ROBERT OF NEWCASTLE2, JOHN1)1 was born Bet. 1654 - 1655 in Virginia, and died December 19, 1728 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia.  She married COLONEL ANTHONY ARMISTEAD2,3, son of WILLIAM ARMISTEAD and ANNE ELLIS.  He was born 1645 in Virginia, and died Abt. 1710.

 

More About COLONEL ANTHONY ARMISTEAD:

Appointment: Bet. 1693 - 1699, Burgess, Elizabeth City Co. Va.

     

Children of HANNAH ELLYSON and ANTHONY ARMISTEAD are:

              i.   COLONEL ANTHONY5 ARMISTEAD, JR., d. Bef. December 18, 1728; m. (1) ANNE UNKNOWN; m. (2) ELIZABETH WESTWOOD; d. Aft. September 28, 1760.

 

Notes for COLONEL ANTHONY ARMISTEAD, JR.:

Justice and High Sheriff of Elizabeth City County, Virginia

 

 

More About COLONEL ANTHONY ARMISTEAD, JR.:

Appointment: 1724, Lt. Colonel of Militia

 

2.           ii.   CAPTAIN ROBERT ARMISTEAD, d. Bef. May 19, 1742, Elizabeth City County, Virginia.

3.          iii.   MAJOR WILLIAM ARMISTEAD, b. Bef. 1673, Virginia; d. Bef. February 15, 1715/16.

4.          iv.   JUDITH ARMISTEAD.

             v.   HANNAH ARMISTEAD, m. WILLIAM SHELDON, December 10, 1698.

 

More About WILLIAM SHELDON and HANNAH ARMISTEAD:

Marriage: December 10, 1698

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  CAPTAIN ROBERT5 ARMISTEAD (HANNAH4 ELLYSON, ROBERT3, ROBERT OF NEWCASTLE2, JOHN1) died Bef. May 19, 1742 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia.  He married (1) MOSS BOOTH, daughter of ROBERT BOOTH and ANNE BRAY.    He married (2) KATHERINE NUTTING, daughter of THOMAS NUTTING and ELIZABETH BOOTH.  She died Bef. May 03, 1748.

 

Notes for CAPTAIN ROBERT ARMISTEAD:

He was variously justice and sheriff of York County, Virginia.

 

     

Children of ROBERT ARMISTEAD and MOSS BOOTH are:

5.           i.   CAPTAIN ELLYSON6 ARMISTEAD, d. Bef. December 19, 1757.

              ii.   BOOTH ARMISTEAD4, d. 1727; m. MARY THOMPSON.

6.          iii.   ROBERT ARMISTEAD, b. Abt. 1715.

 

 

3.  MAJOR WILLIAM5 ARMISTEAD (HANNAH4 ELLYSON, ROBERT3, ROBERT OF NEWCASTLE2, JOHN1)5 was born Bef. 1673 in Virginia, and died Bef. February 15, 1715/16.  He married (1) HANNAH HIND, daughter of THOMAS HIND and HANNAH UNKNOWN.  She was born July 01, 1673.  He married (2) REBECCA MOSS, daughter of EDWARD MOSS.  She died August 01, 1758.

 

More About MAJOR WILLIAM ARMISTEAD:

Appointment 1: 1693, Burgess, Elizabeth City County, Virginia

Appointment 2: 1695, High Sheriff, Elizabeth City Co., Va

Appointment 3: 1702, Burgess, Elizabeth City County, Virginia

     

Children of WILLIAM ARMISTEAD and HANNAH HIND are:

              i.   ANTHONY6 ARMISTEAD.

              ii.   WILLIAM ARMISTEAD.

             iii.   JOHN ARMISTEAD.

             iv.   HIND ARMISTEAD.

             v.   ROBERT ARMISTEAD.

             vi.   EDWARD ARMISTEAD.

            vii.   MOSS ARMISTEAD.

           viii.   HANNAH ARMISTEAD.

 

     

Child of WILLIAM ARMISTEAD and REBECCA MOSS is:

7.          ix.   ROBERT6 ARMISTEAD, b. Abt. 1706; d. 1774.

 

 

4.  JUDITH5 ARMISTEAD (HANNAH4 ELLYSON, ROBERT3, ROBERT OF NEWCASTLE2, JOHN1)6,7.  She married (1) JOHN BUTTS8.    She married (2) CAPTAIN JOHN WEST October 16, 1698 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, son of JOHN WEST and UNITY CROSHAW.  He was born Abt. 1678 in West Point, King William County, Virginia, and died 1734.

 

More About JOHN WEST and JUDITH ARMISTEAD:

Marriage: October 16, 1698, Elizabeth City County, Virginia

     

Child of JUDITH ARMISTEAD and JOHN WEST is:

              i.   CHARLES6 WEST9, d. 1734.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

5.  CAPTAIN ELLYSON6 ARMISTEAD (ROBERT5, HANNAH4 ELLYSON, ROBERT3, ROBERT OF NEWCASTLE2, JOHN1) died Bef. December 19, 1757.  He married (1) JANE ANDERSON.    He married (2) JANE ANDERSON, daughter of CHARLES ANDERSON and FRANCES UNKNOWN.  She was born in Westover.

 

Notes for CAPTAIN ELLYSON ARMISTEAD:

He was justice and high sheriff of York County, Virginia

 

     

Children of ELLYSON ARMISTEAD and JANE ANDERSON are:

8.           i.   ROBERT BOOTH7 ARMISTEAD, b. York Co., VA; d. 1766.

              ii.   JAMES BRAY ARMISTEAD, d. 1790.

 

 

6.  ROBERT6 ARMISTEAD (ROBERT5, HANNAH4 ELLYSON, ROBERT3, ROBERT OF NEWCASTLE2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1715.  He married LOUISA WESTWOOD, daughter of WILLIAM WESTWOOD.  She was born Abt. 1720 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia.

 

Notes for ROBERT ARMISTEAD:

Inherited a plantation on Elk Creek in Hanover County, in that part afterwards called Louisa County after his wife/family.

 

 

More About ROBERT ARMISTEAD:

Will: 1701, Proved

     

Children of ROBERT ARMISTEAD and LOUISA WESTWOOD are:

              i.   EMILY RUTGER ARMISTEAD, m. JAMES MAURY.

              ii.   UNKNOWN ARMISTEAD, m. ISREAL LACY; b. Loudoun County, Virginia.

             iii.   ROBERT ARMISTEAD, m. (1) MARGARET ELLZEY; m. (2) FANNY HISLIP; b. February 22, 1763, Whitehaven, England.

9.          iv.   MARY ELIZABETH ARMISTEAD, b. 1740; d. February 12, 1824.

 

 

7.  ROBERT6 ARMISTEAD (WILLIAM5, HANNAH4 ELLYSON, ROBERT3, ROBERT OF NEWCASTLE2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1706, and died 1774.  He married ANNE WALLACE. 

     

Child of ROBERT ARMISTEAD and ANNE WALLACE is:

10.         i.   WILLIAM ARMISTEAD, b. Abt. 1735; d. August 23, 1799.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

8.  ROBERT BOOTH7 ARMISTEAD (ELLYSON6, ROBERT5, HANNAH4 ELLYSON, ROBERT3, ROBERT OF NEWCASTLE2, JOHN1) was born in York Co., VA, and died 1766.  He married ANNE SHIELDS10 1760, daughter of JAMES SHIELDS and ANN MAROT.  She was born July 31, 1742 in Bruton Parish, Williamsburg, VA.

 

More About ROBERT BOOTH ARMISTEAD:

Education: 1753, Student at Williams and Mary College

 

More About ROBERT ARMISTEAD and ANNE SHIELDS:

Marriage: 1760

     

Child of ROBERT ARMISTEAD and ANNE SHIELDS is:

11.         i.   MARY MAROT ARMISTEAD, b. 1761, Virginia; d. April 05, 1797, Charles City Co., VA.

 

 

9.  MARY ELIZABETH7 ARMISTEAD (ROBERT6, ROBERT5, HANNAH4 ELLYSON, ROBERT3, ROBERT OF NEWCASTLE2, JOHN1) was born 1740, and died February 12, 1824.  She married SENATOR STEVENS THOMPSON MASON May 01, 1783. 

 

Notes for MARY ELIZABETH ARMISTEAD:

She was a great Beauty and Belle

 

 

Notes for SENATOR STEVENS THOMPSON MASON:

U. S. Senator.

 

 

More About STEVENS MASON and MARY ARMISTEAD:

Marriage: May 01, 1783

     

Child of MARY ARMISTEAD and STEVENS MASON is:

12.         i.   JOHN THOMSON8 MASON.

 

 

10.  WILLIAM7 ARMISTEAD (ROBERT6, WILLIAM5, HANNAH4 ELLYSON, ROBERT3, ROBERT OF NEWCASTLE2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1735, and died August 23, 1799.

     

Child of WILLIAM ARMISTEAD is:

13.         i.   ROBERT ARMISTEAD, b. Abt. 1770.

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

11.  MARY MAROT8 ARMISTEAD (ROBERT BOOTH7, ELLYSON6, ROBERT5, HANNAH4 ELLYSON, ROBERT3, ROBERT OF NEWCASTLE2, JOHN1) was born 1761 in Virginia, and died April 05, 1797 in Charles City Co., VA.  She married GOVERNOR JOHN TYLER 1776, son of JOHN TYLER and ANNE CONTESSE.  He was born February 28, 1746/47 in James City Co., VA, and died January 06, 1813 in Charles City Co., VA.

 

Notes for GOVERNOR JOHN TYLER:

1754 Enters Grammar School of William and Mary College.

1772 Moves to Charles City County and practises law.

1774 Organizes a military company.

1776 July Appointed by ordinance of the convention Judge of the Admiralty.

1778 Elected a member of the House of Delegates.

1780 December Elected by the Legislature a member of the Council of State.

1781 November - 1785 Speaker of the House of Delegates.

1781 Draws the last bill for paper money in Virginia.

1784 Moves to amend the Articles of Confederation with the consent of twelve States.

1785 Secures the passage of a resolution to convoke an Assembly of Delegates from the States at Annapolis.

1785 December Elected Judge of the Admiralty Court.

1788 June Member of the Virginia Convention of 1788.

1788 - 1808 Judge of the General Court of Virginia.

1793 November Opinion in "Kamper vs. Hawkins", affirming the court's power to overrule any legislative act conflicting with the Constitution.

1804 Appointed Visitor of William and Mary College.

1808 - 1811 Governor of Virginia.

1809 Secures the establishment of the "Literary Fund".

1812 - 1813 Judge of United States District Court for Virginia.

1812 August Passes upon the first prize case in the war of 1812.

 

 

More About GOVERNOR JOHN TYLER:

Burial: Greenway Plantation, VA

Elected: Bet. 1808 - 1811, Governor of Virginia

 

More About JOHN TYLER and MARY ARMISTEAD:

Marriage: 1776

     

Child of MARY ARMISTEAD and JOHN TYLER is:

14.         i.   PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER, JR., b. March 29, 1790, Greenway, Charles City County, Virginia; d. January 18, 1862, Richmond, Virginia.

 

 

12.  JOHN THOMSON8 MASON (MARY ELIZABETH7 ARMISTEAD, ROBERT6, ROBERT5, HANNAH4 ELLYSON, ROBERT3, ROBERT OF NEWCASTLE2, JOHN1)  He married ELIZABETH BAKER MOIR. 

     

Child of JOHN MASON and ELIZABETH MOIR is:

              i.   CATHERINE ARMISTEAD MASON, m. MAJOR ISAAC S. ROWLAND, 1839.

 

More About ISAAC ROWLAND and CATHERINE MASON:

Marriage: 1839

 

 

13.  ROBERT8 ARMISTEAD (WILLIAM7, ROBERT6, WILLIAM5, HANNAH4 ELLYSON, ROBERT3, ROBERT OF NEWCASTLE2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1770.  He married (1) HANNAH PATRICK.    He married (2) PRISCILLA TABB. 

     

Children of ROBERT ARMISTEAD and HANNAH PATRICK are:

              i.   WILLIAM ARMISTEAD, b. March 14, 1785.

              ii.   PATRICK ARMISTEAD, b. April 07, 1787.

             iii.   MARY MANSON ARMISTEAD, b. November 06, 1789.

 

     

Child of ROBERT ARMISTEAD and PRISCILLA TABB is:

15.        iv.   ROBERT HENRY9 ARMISTEAD, b. April 12, 1804; d. October 22, 1888.

 

 

Generation No. 6

 

14.  PRESIDENT JOHN9 TYLER, JR. (MARY MAROT8 ARMISTEAD, ROBERT BOOTH7, ELLYSON6, ROBERT5, HANNAH4 ELLYSON, ROBERT3, ROBERT OF NEWCASTLE2, JOHN1) was born March 29, 1790 in Greenway, Charles City County, Virginia, and died January 18, 1862 in Richmond, Virginia.  He married (1) LETITIA CHRISTIAN March 29, 1813 in Cedar Grove, New Kent County, Virginia.  She was born November 12, 1790, and died October 10, 1843.  He married (2) JULIA GARDINER June 26, 1844 in New York, daughter of SENATOR DAVID GARDINER.  She was born 1820, and died 1889.

 

Notes for PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER, JR.:

1802 Enters the Grammar School of William and Mary College.

1807 July Graduates at seventeen and reads his address on "Female Education".

1809 Begins the practice of the Law.

1811 Elected to the Legislature.

1815 Elected a member of the Council of State.

1816 Elected a member of Congress over Andrew Stevenson.

1821 Declines a re-election to Congress, after a service of five years.

1823 Re-elected to the House of Delegates.

1825 Elected Governor over John Floyd.

1826 July Funeral Oration on Jefferson.

1826 December Re-elected Governor unanimously.

1827 Elected Senator of the United states over John Randolph.

1829 Member of the State Convention.

1832 His Code for the District of Columbia.

1833 Brings about the Compromise of 1833.

1833 Re-elected to the Senate over James McDowell.

1834 His Bank Report.

1835 Elected President pro tem. of the Senate.

1836 February 29 Resigns his seat in the Senate.  Nominated for the Vice-Presidency.

1837 October Address at Yorktown.

1838 January 10 President of the Virginia Colonization Society.

1838 June Address at Randolph Macon College.

1839 Contest with Mr. Rives for the Senate.

1840 Elected Vice-President of the United States.

1841 March 4 to April 4 Vice-President.

1841 April 4 to March 4 1845 President of the United States.

1841 Destroys the Bank of the United States and recommends the exchequer.

1842 Settles the difficulties with England.  Secures the passage of the Tariff of 1842.  Suppresses Dorr's Rebellion.

1842 Receives from Amberst College, Massachusetts, the degree of LL.D.

1843 Acknowledges the independence of the Sandwich Islands.  Sends a Commissioner to China.

1844 Negotiates a Treaty for the annexation of Texas.

1845 Annexes Texas to the Union.

1850 June 29 His address at the University of Virginia.

1854 May His address at Petersburg on "The Merchants of America".

1854 July 4 Honored by William and Mary College with the degree of LL.D.

1855 March 20 His address at Maryland Mechanics' Institute, Baltimore:  "Prominent Characters and Incidents in our History from 1812 to 1836".

1856 April 24 His address at Petersburg: "The Dead of the Cabinet".

1857 May 13 His address at Jamestown, Virginia.

1858 November 4 Address before the Richmond Mechanics' Institute:    "Richmond and its Memories".

1859 February Address at William and Mary College.

1859 October Remarks at the Masonic Consecration of the College.

1860 Elected Chancellor of William and Mary College, an office last held by President Washington.

1860 April 12 Eulogy on Clay at the unveiling of the Clay Statue in Richmond.

1861 January 19 Commissioner to President Buchanan.

1861 February 4 President of the Peace Convention.

1861 March 1 Takes his seat in the State Convention.

1861 June 21 Elected unanimously a member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States.

1861 November Elected to the House of Representatives of the Confederate Congress.

 

More About PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER, JR.:

Elected: Bet. 1841 - 1845, President of the United States

 

More About LETITIA CHRISTIAN:

Cause of Death: Stroke

 

More About JOHN TYLER and LETITIA CHRISTIAN:

Marriage: March 29, 1813, Cedar Grove, New Kent County, Virginia

 

More About JOHN TYLER and JULIA GARDINER:

Marriage: June 26, 1844, New York

     

Children of JOHN TYLER and LETITIA CHRISTIAN are:

              i.   ROBERT10 TYLER, b. September 09, 1816; d. 1877, Montgomery, Alabama.

 

Notes for ROBERT TYLER:

Son of John Tyler, President of the United States, Robert was the Confederate Register of the Treasure, and a long time editor of the Montgomery Advertiser. He died here in 1877, and lies under a marker in Square 6, Scott's Free Burial Ground.

 

More About ROBERT TYLER:

Burial: 1877, Old Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL

Occupation: Editor of the Montgomery Advertiser

 

              ii.   PRISCILLA TYLER, b. Abt. 1815.

 

     

Child of JOHN TYLER and JULIA GARDINER is:

             iii.   LYON GARDINER TYLER, b. August 1853; d. February 12, 1935; m. (1) A. B. TUCKER; m. (2) SUE RUFFIN.

 

More About LYON GARDINER TYLER:

Appointment: President of William and Mary College

Occupation: Attorney

 

 

15.  ROBERT HENRY9 ARMISTEAD (ROBERT8, WILLIAM7, ROBERT6, WILLIAM5, HANNAH4 ELLYSON, ROBERT3, ROBERT OF NEWCASTLE2, JOHN1) was born April 12, 1804, and died October 22, 1888.  He married JULIA SAMUEL TRAVIS December 22, 1842, daughter of SAMUEL TRAVIS and ELIZABETH BRIGHT.  She died January 15, 1864.

 

More About ROBERT ARMISTEAD and JULIA TRAVIS:

Marriage: December 22, 1842

     

Child of ROBERT ARMISTEAD and JULIA TRAVIS is:

              i.   ROBERT TRAVIS ARMISTEAD, b. July 22, 1844; d. June 12, 1914; m. MARY FRANCIS ARMISTEAD.

 

 

 

Endnotes

 

1.  Hardy, Stella Pickett, Colonial Families of the Southern States of America,  (Baltimore So Book Co 1958), 25, Capt. Anthoney Armistead ... m. Hannah Ellyson, dau. of Dr. Robert Ellyson, of James City Co., Va.

2.  Hutton, Mary Louise Marshall, Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors,  (National Society of Colonial Dames XVII Century [1915-1975]), Page 8, listed as Burgess and Sheriff.

3.  Hardy, Stella Pickett, Colonial Families of the Southern States of America,  (Baltimore So Book Co 1958), pg 25, Capt. Anthoney Armistead, of Elizabeth City Co. Va. b. 1645 d. <1728; Burgess 1693-1699, of Court Martial under Sir William Berkley, 1676 to try the Bacon Insurgents; m. Hannah Ellyson.

4.  Meade, William, Bishop, 1789-1862, Old Churches, Ministers & Families of Virginia,  (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc Baltimore, 1978), Vol I, pp235-236, Armistead names found in the vestry list for Hampton Parish in Elizabeth City County include: Booth, Wm., Rbt., Westwood, Wm., Rbt., Wm., & Westwood T. Some of these names may, or may not, be for Booth or his brother, Robert.

5.  Hutton, Mary Louise Marshall, Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors,  (National Society of Colonial Dames XVII Century [1915-1975]), Page 8, listed as Burgess and Sheriff.

6.  Boddie, John Bennett 1880-, Historical Southern Families,  (Redwood City, CA: Pacific Coast Pub. c 1957).

7.  Doliante, Sharon J., Maryland and Virginia Colonials,  (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1991), Page 249.

8.  Boddie, John Bennett 1880-, Historical Southern Families,  (Redwood City, CA: Pacific Coast Pub. c 1957), Shows his name to be "John". His first name is not known in Doliant's book, but I have also seen his first name as "Thomas".

9.  Boddie, John Bennett 1880-, Historical Southern Families,  (Redwood City, CA: Pacific Coast Pub. c 1957), In his will, Charles left the estate "West Point" to his cousin Thomas West.

10.  Doliante, Sharon J., Maryland and Virginia Colonials,  (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1991), Page 247, Her first name is shown to be Ann. However, I have also seen genealogies of this family with her first name as "Mary".