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| Name |
Drury Stith |
| Title |
Lt. Col. |
| Suffix |
II |
| Birth |
Abt 1695 |
(Virginia)  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
(Virginia) |
| Person ID |
I41747 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
24 Mar 2015 |
| Family |
Elizabeth Buckner, b. Yorktown, York County, Virginia |
| Marriage |
Abt 1717 |
(Virginia) [1] |
| Residence (Family) |
Prince George County, Virginia [1] |
| Residence (Family) |
Brunswick County, Virginia [1] |
| Family ID |
F15111 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- LT. COL. DRURY STITH the 2nd., was the first of the known children LT. COL. Drury STITH the 1st, and wife Susanna Bathurst STITH.
Born presumably about 1695 and lived for some time in Prince George County, Virginia, later in Brunswick County.
September 10, 1722, Robert Bolling of Prince George County and Anne his wife convey to "Frury STITH, Jr.," of said County, 892 acres of land on the north side of Sappony Creek the consideration being 5 shillings and "the natural affection he bare unto the said STITH" (Prince George Co., Book 1, p. 557.) This expression implies close relationship and is therefore a valuable bit of evidence. DRURY STITH appears to have acquired a very considerable amount of land. Nov. 21, 1724, "Mr. Drury STITH, Jr.", has surveyed for him, 1,200 acres on Sappony Creek. And again, 11th. Feb., 1725-6 "Capt. Drury STITH" has surveyed, for him including his old land 3,496 acres (Prince George County, Book 1, p. 816, 1025.) A patent soon followed. 13th, Oct., 1727, there is a patent for 3,596 acres on Sappony Creek, Prince George County, to Drury STITH, Jr., of the same county (Va. Land Patents, Book 13, p. 192.) In this year his wife Elizabeth (Buckner) joins him in a deed. 5th June, 1727, Drury STITH, Jr., of Prince George County, and Elizabeth his wife give to Henry Harrison of the county of Surry, Gent., a mortgage of 600 acres on Sappony Creek, part of a tract on which said Drury lives, and which was conveyed to him by Robert Bolling of Prince George County, Gent. (Prince George County, Book 1, p. 1027.)
In 1726, Drury STITH was a Justice of the County (Ibid., 1, 940) and also in 1720 (Va. Mag., XX, 90.) In 1727, he was still captain (Chamberlain's Bristol Parish, p. 35;) but he was colonel (or rather lieutenant-colonel) before 1735 (Ibid., p. 83.) The records of Brunswick County show that he produced his commission as Clerk of the county and qualified for the position at a court held 11th of May, 1732, and, the same year he was the county surveyor, holding both positions until his death (Va. Mag., XIII, 281.) He was also interested in copper mining and Col. William Byrd, in his "History of the Dividing Line" (11; 3) give a humorous account of Col. Drury STITH and his mine.
The Brunswick records show that at a court held 6th June, 1740, an attachment obtained by Drury STITH, Gent., and Clement Read "abates by the death of the said Drury", and at this term Sterling Clack qualifies as clerk. At a Court held 3rd July, 1740, letters of administration on the estate of Drury STITH, Gent., were granted to Drury STITH, Gent., who entered bond and qualified.
Lieut. Col. Drury STITH married about 1717, Elizabeth, daughter of Major William Buckner (d. 1716) of Yorktown (Wm. & Mary Quarterly VII; 57.)
Children of Lt. Col. Drury STITH & Elizabeth Buckner STITH:
Col. Drury STITH (4) of Brunswick Co., Va., b. circa, 1718; d. 1770.
Griffin STITH of Northampton Co., Va., b. 28th, Nov. 1720; d. 1784.
Buckner STITH of Brunswick Co., Va., b. circa 1722; d. 1791.
John STITH, b. 20th, March 1724; d. unmarried 29th, May 1773.
RICHARD STITH, SR., b. Sept. 30th, 1727. (Complete information later.)
Bathurst STITH, b. 19th Sept. 1729.
Thomas STITH, b. 29th Dec. 1731; d. 1801; Burgess of Brunswick Co., Va., 1769-1774.
Dudley STITH. Date of birth not given but Wm. Armstong Crazier in his "Buckners of Virginia" states he was a son of Drury STITH, Gent, and Elizabeth Buckner STITH. [1]
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