Richard MILTON
Individual Summary:
Richard Milton1-2
1595 - 1670
Sex: Male
Father: Thomas Milton
Mother: Margaret Ross
Individual Facts:
Birth: 1595 in Great Britain,England,,England
Arrival: 1620 in Virginia2-3
Property: 26 May 1637 in Charles City, Charles, Virginia, United States; Purchase of
75 acres4
Death: 1670 in Charles City,,Virginia,USA
Residence: England
Shared Facts:
Margaret Ross
Marriage: 1615
Children: William Melton
Notes:
Person Notes: Richard was the son of Thomas Milton (1570 - 1630) who was brother to
John Milton "The Elder". Richard is believed to have been the first Milton to
establish roots in America. According to the records of The Virginia
Company Richard is on the ship "The Supply" roster sailing from Bristol,
England on 18 September 1620 and arriving in Virginia at Barkley ( a point
now known as Westover/Jamestown) on the James River on 20/29 January
1621. Records indicate that after arriving in America Richard was an
indentured servant at Shirley Plantation on the James River.
Records of The Virginia Company dated August 1622, Richard is listed as
one of the servents remaining in Viriginia.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------From Virginia Archives 29 1 l620:
"A Note of the Shipping, Men and Provisions, sent and provided for Virginia,
by the Right Honourable, the Earle of Southampton, and the Company, this
yeare, 1620."
The ships despatched between August 1620 and February 1620/1 were the
Bona Nova, the Elizabeth, the May-Flower, the Supply, the Margaret and
John, and the Abigail, carrying 600 persons in all. Two ships with 100 kine
aboard were to sail from Ireland. Several ships were to transport the
Governor, Treasurer and Marshal of Virginia, with their companies, together
with other private plantations numbering 400 persons. There had been sent,
or were on their way, 500 persons "for publike uses" and "for the encrease
of the number of the Companies Tenants, and for maintenance of Officers",
Among the "Men skilfull for setting up Staple Commodities" were three "for
Masters of the Iron works", three "for perfecting the Salt-works", four
Dutchmen from Hamburg "to erect SawingMills", and eight French vignerons
from Languedoc who were also skilful in breeding silkworms. Patents had
been granted to the Earl of Pembroke, Sir Richard Worsley, Sir Richard
Bulkeley, Sir William Mounson, Captain William Nuce and Captain Ralph
Hamor, who had "undertaken to transport great multitudes of People and
Cattell". Printed,, 4pp., with endorsement only on p.4, which is slightly
soiled.(Eighth Report, 37b.)
The "Supply" was the companioned ship to the Mayflower. It left 3 weeks
Individual Summary:
Richard Milton
1595 - 1670
Sex: Male
Father: Thomas Milton
Mother: Margaret Ross
Notes:
The "Supply" was the companioned ship to the Mayflower. It left 3 weeks
late from England, unlike the Mayflower, the "Supply" found it's way to
Virginia. This information comes from the RECORDS OF THE VIRGINIA
COMPANY p. 426.
Cliv.Sir George Yeardley. Certificateto the Council and Company of Virginia
of the arrival of Planters at Barklay: Jan. 29, 1620/21.
[Seal] These are to certifie the right Honorable Right worshipfull, and others
of the Counsell and Company for this first Southern Colonyof Virginia, that
there arrived at Barklay in the same country, for the account of that Society,
and the Plantation for the said hundred, upon the 29th of January 1620,
these fifty persons underwritten. (Richard Milton is listed among the
passengers arriving in Virginia.)
William Tracy Esqr., Mary Tracy his wife, Thomas Tracy their sonne, Joice
Tracy their daughter, Francis Grevel; Elizabeth Webbe; Alice HeskinsIsabell
Gifford;
Giles Carter; George Hall; John Baily; Thomas Baugh; Gabriel Holland;
Richard Holland; Giles Wilkins; Giles Broadway; Richard Dutton; Richard
Milton;
Joane Coopy; Antony Coopy; Elizabeth Coopy; Philip Vrange; John Page;
Roger Linzey; Arnold Oldsworth Esqr.; Robert Pawlett Diuine; Thomas
Kemys, gent;
Robert Long, gent; John Holmden, gent; Richard Ferriby, gent; Thomas
Sheepy, gent; George Keene, gent; Nicolas Camme, gent; William Finche,
gent,
Margaret his wife (note* this is incorrect, as this Maragret was married to
John Fludd, however it is found in the Muster of Jordon’s Journey of 1624
that Francis was married to William Finche)Francis their daughter (perhaps
engaged to William Finche); John Gibbes; Robert Baker; John Howlett, the
elder, John Howlett his sonne, Willia Howlett also his sonne; Walter Prosser;
James Jelfe; Richard Rolles, Jane his wife, Benedict Rolles their sonne.
Sources:
1 Ancestry Family Trees (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data:
Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com,
Ancestry Family Trees.
2 Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
(Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010), Ancestry.com,
http://www.Ancestry.com, Place: Virginia; Year: 1620; Page Number: 21.
Individual Summary:
Richard Milton
1595 - 1670
Sex: Male
Father: Thomas Milton
Mother: Margaret Ross
Sources:
3 McCartney, Martha W., Virginia Immigrants and Adventures 1607-1635 (Baltimore, MD,
USA:, Genealogical Publishing Co., 2nd Printing 2007), Cleveland Public Library, 325
Superior Avenue E, Virginia Immigrants and Adventures 1607-1635, p. 494. RICHARD
MILTON
On September 3, 1620, Richard Milton left Bristol, England, on the ship Supply with William
Tracy, who was bringing a group of settlers to Berkeley Hundred (55). He was to serve a
certain number of years and, in exchange, was to receive a quantity of land. The Virginia
Company learned that Tracy's group arrived at their intended destination on January 29,
1621. In August 1622 Richard Milton, despite his association with the Society of Berkeley
Hundred, was described as a Virginia Company servant. On June 28, 1624, he testified
before General Court about the late George Thorpe's debt to a Mr. Dade. Thorpe, who had
been one of Berkeley Hundred's leaders, had been killed in the March 22, 1622, Indian
attack. On January 17, 1625, Richard Milton was ordered to live at Shirley Hundred (41), so
that he could take care of Berkeley Hundred's cattle. By January 21, 1625, he had relocated
to Jordan's Journey (46), where he was living along in a home of his own. He was relatively
well supplied with stored food and defensive weaponry and had some livestock in his
possession. On April 25, 1625, he was ordered to appear before the General Court as a
representative of Berkeley Hundred, so that he could testify about some cattle that Sir
Samuel Argall was trying to claim. In 1630 Richard Milton prepared a memorandum about
the cattle that had been in his custody, animals that belonged to John Smyth and Richard
Berkeley, members of the Society of Berkeley Hundred. In 1632 when the Society of
Berkeley Hundred's investors considered reviving their plantations, they noted that Richard
Milton and John Gibbs had asked for a much larger number of servants than they had been
given (CBE 21, 28, 43, 52; VCR 3:396-397, 426, 674; MCGC 17-18, 55; S of N 40, 41; DOR
1:19).
4 Foley, Louise Pledge Heath, Early Virginia Families along the James River, Their Deep Roots
and Tangled Branches (Baltimore, MD, USA:, Genealogical Pub. Co.,, 1979-, Reprint 2002),
Early Virginia Families along the James River, Their Roots Run Deep Volume II. RICHARD
MILTON, 75 acs. in Charles City Co., 26 May 1637, p. 432. Being at Westover, S. upon the
maine river, E. upon JOHN CLAY, West upon WILLIAM THOMASON & N. upon Herring
Cr., which land is half of a plantation formerly belonging to JOHN DAVIS & JOHN CLAY
in equall portions with all buildings etc. which sd. DAVIS sold to THOMAS STEGG, Merchant.
Due by deed of sale from sd. STEEG.