Richard de Ware Richard de Ware was Abbot of Westminster from 1258-1283 and is buried beneath the Cosmati pavement, in front of the High Altar of Westminster Abbey. Monks most often took their surname from the place of their birth … Continue reading
Source: Virginia Gazette, 1775 … Continue reading
Virginia Gazette Advertisements York county, sc. To all Mayors, Sheriffs, and Constables, within this colony. WILLIAM MITCHELL, under sheriff for this county, this day made oath before me that Robert Ware, late of the county of Middlesex, was a prisoner … Continue reading
In January 1776, Samuel Ware enlisted in the 7th Virginia Regiment, under Captain Holt Richeson, and by July, Captain Reuben Lipscomb was in command of this Company. After the campaigns of Chesapeake Bay, New Jersey, and Philadelphia we find that … Continue reading
In the Civil War there was action in Halberton and two unknown soldiers were buried in the Churchyard. Richard Symonds, one of Charles I’s Cavaliers, a diarist and antiquarian, took the opportunity of looking into the Church and writes of … Continue reading
A.D. 800. This year was the moon eclipsed, at eight in the evening, on the seventeenth day before the calends of February; and soon after died King Bertric and Alderman Worr. Egbert succeeded to the West-Saxon kingdom; and the same … Continue reading
Although I have yet to match in Virginia, after some time with 37 markers I did match with two who descend from the Were/Weare family of Wellington, Somerset, U.K. Recently I upgraded to 67 markers, and matched with four others of Were/Weare … Continue reading
REV. ROBERT WARE WAS THE FIRST MINISTER OF THE WARE BAPTIST CHURCH IN 1772, LOCATED ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM THE WARE BRIDGE AND THE MIDDLESEX CO. LINE, HE DIED IN 1804 AND SAMUEL WARE SIGNED AS A WITNESS TO … Continue reading
Rev. Robert & Samuel Ware, of Middlesex Co. Va., Relationship unknown. REV. ROBERT WARE WAS THE FIRST MINISTER OF THE WARE BAPIST CHURCH IN 1772, LOCATED ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM THE WARE BRIDGE AND THE MIDDLESEX CO. LINE, HE … Continue reading
Thomas Warr, of Upton Bishop, smith, Oct. 10 1655, bound to Robert Pitt, merchant, to serve 6 Yrs. in Va. Lt. Col. Robert Pitt, immigrant to Isle of Wight Co., Virginia, from Bristol Eng. Robert PITT b: 16 MAR … Continue reading
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