Avent - Person Sheet
Avent - Person Sheet
NameBIGGS, Ann 
Birth Date1644
Birth PlaceSouthampton Prince William County, Virginia
Death Date12 Oct 1712 Age: 68
Death PlaceScuppernong, Tyrrell County, North Carolina
Spouses
Birth Date1643
Birth PlaceBuckinghamshire, England
Death Date17 Oct 1682 Age: 39
Death PlaceNorfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia
FlagsImmigrant
Immi Date27 Aug 1661 Age: 18
Immi PlaceBristol, England
Misc. Notes
Arrested and punished in Buckinghamshire, England, for being a Quaker!
The Batchelor family has an interesting story in its migration to America. William Bachelor/Batchelor, Richard Berry and John Biggs were arrested and punished in Buckinghamshire, England in 1648 for being Quakers. All appeared in MD and VA colonies late that year. It's assumed that they either were deported or fled for religious reasons.
William named his son Richard (for his friend Richard Berry) and Richard named his son William. Richard married daughter of John Biggs - Ann Biggs. William arrived in VA on 12-21-1648 on the north side of the Yorke River. Richard sailed from Bristol England on 8-27-1661 at approximately 16 years of age. He had signed a contract as an indentured servant to a William Dunning of VA.
"Bristol and America", a book which lists the names and places of origin of more than 10,000 servants to foreign planters who sailed from Bristol, England to Virginia, Maryland, and the West Indies, lists:"1654-63, Richard Bachelor, designation, Virginia; Thomas Bachelor, designation Virginia, and William Batchelor, designation, Nevis". An index to early Virginia wills mentions a 1682 will for Richard Bachelor of Norfolk.
The contract binding Richard Bachelor to four years of indentureship to a William Donning of VA in return for passage to America was registered in the port of Bristol, England, on August 27, 1661.
Upon completion of indentureship in 1665, Richard Bachelor acquired 300 acres of land on Sept. 27, 1665, in Lower Norfolk County, VA. At the time of his death, Richard Bachelor owned 3000 acres of land in Lower Norfolk Co. (The Batchelor Family, by Lyle K William).
Richard Bachelor's children, Richard Jr., Edward, and Edith, together with their mother Ann, and stepfather John Fewox, were among the first 7,000 people to move into the Tidelands of North Carolina in the late 1600's, settling in the area now known as "BATCHELOR'S BAY".
By 1711, the population had approximately doubled and the Tuscarora Indians revolted and killed almost half of them and may have killed everyone but for the timely intervention of the South Carolina Militia. Following Richard Batchelor's death, Ann remarried to John Fewox. Edith is sometimes listed as Edith Fewox.
The Batchelor family has an interesting story in its migration to America. William Bachelor/Batchelor, Richard Berry and John Biggs were arrested and punished in Buckinghamshire, England in 1648 for being Quakers. All appeared in MD and VA colonies late that year. It's assumed that they either were deported or fled for religious reasons.
William named his son Richard (for his friend Richard Berry) and Richard named his son William. Richard married daughter of John Biggs - Ann Biggs. William arrived in VA on 12-21-1648 on the north side of the Yorke River. Richard sailed from Bristol England on 8-27-1661 at approximately 16 years of age. He had signed a contract as an indentured servant to a William Dunning of VA.
"Bristol and America", a book which lists the names and places of origin of more than 10,000 servants to foreign planters who sailed from Bristol, England to Virginia, Maryland, and the West Indies, lists:"1654-63, Richard Bachelor, designation, Virginia; Thomas Bachelor, designation Virginia, and William Batchelor, designation, Nevis". An index to early Virginia wills mentions a 1682 will for Richard Bachelor of Norfolk.
The contract binding Richard Bachelor to four years of indentureship to a William Donning of VA in return for passage to America was registered in the port of Bristol, England, on August 27, 1661.
Upon completion of indentureship in 1665, Richard Bachelor acquired 300 acres of land on Sept. 27, 1665, in Lower Norfolk County, VA. At the time of his death, Richard Bachelor owned 3000 acres of land in Lower Norfolk Co. (The Batchelor Family, by Lyle K William).
Richard Bachelor's children, Richard Jr., Edward, and Edith, together with their mother Ann, and stepfather John Fewox, were among the first 7,000 people to move into the Tidelands of North Carolina in the late 1600's, settling in the area now known as "BATCHELOR'S BAY".
By 1711, the population had approximately doubled and the Tuscarora Indians revolted and killed almost half of them and may have killed everyone but for the timely intervention of the South Carolina Militia. Following Richard Batchelor's death, Ann remarried to John Fewox. Edith is sometimes listed as Edith Fewox.
Marr Date1664
Marr PlaceNorfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia