Lucretia Pott

Other Events:

• (Arrival): 3 September 1651, Northampton County, Virginia, USA; Certificate was granted to Mr. Edmund Scarburgh for 3,600 acres of land for transporting a list of persons into the colony including Lucretia Pott.
• Inquest: 17 April 1677, Accomack County, Virginia; Lucretia served on a jury on 17 April 1677 at Accomack Co, VA. Richard Hill summoned a jury of inquest to investigate the death of a bastard
• Inquest, Con't: 17 April 1677, Accomack County, Virginia; by: Mary Aires, Christian Blacklock, Ann Browne, Patience Drumond, Mary Finlow, Marie Hill, Rebecca Karte, Lucretia Lewis, Eliz. Loame, Eleanor Macklamie, Ann Marshall, Ann Ternan. Source: Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1676-1678, Volume 5, p. 38
• Inquest, Con't: 17 April 1677, Accomack County, Virginia; child born to Elizabeth Man, who was "privately delivered thereof contrary to law." The jury found several injuries on the child, so it was ordered that the sheriff take Eliz. Man into custody till the next court, where she was to appear for further
• Inquest, Con't: 17 April 1677, Accomack County, Virginia; in the mouth, and since Eliz. Man was delivered privately, they questioned her "for further light", as they did the reputed father, Peter Booty, who was the first person that came into the house. The jury found that their stories varied. Signed 26 Mar 1677
• Inquest, Con't: 17 April 1677, Accomack County, Virginia; questioning. Ordered that Mary Aires, Mary Finlow, Ann Brown, & Christian Blacklock be summoned to testify. The jury's verdict concerning a bastard child born to Eliz. Man, who reported that it was stillborn: the child was injured on the left breast and
• Will: 15 August 1690, Accomack County, Virginia; Named in John's will
• Will: 6 April 1697, Accomack County, Virginia; Lucretia Lewis (widow of John Lewis, Sr.) presented Lewis' will to the court. Robert Lewis, one of the sons of John Lewis, Sr., was granted administration. Capt. Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer,
• Will: 6 April 1697, Accomack County, Virginia; "The said will being very much impaired & torn, the said Lucretia Lewis & Robt. Lewis prayed that the said will might be put on record." Source: Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1690-1697, Volume 8, p. 241
• Will: 6 April 1697, Accomack County, Virginia; Nicholas Hill, Capt. Richard Hill and John Drumond had witnessed the will. John Drumond "being present in court did declare after the manner of the Quakers in ye presence of God that he writ the said will and saw the same sealed & delivered and published a
• Will: 6 April 1697, Accomack County, Virginia; the act & deed of the testator." Mr. Nicholas Hill had died since witnessing the will, but the court compared handwriting and proved his signature. However, since Capt. Danl. of St. Thomas Jenifer "is now out of ye country" full probate could not be made.

Notes:

Birth:
No documented proof that Pott is her last name. It's mostly conjecture based the right age of a Lucretia Pott who was on Shore at the right time to fit as John's wife, who was named Lucretia in multiple documents.

Lucretia married John Lewis, I in Winter 1651 in Northampton County, Virginia, USA. John was born in 1619 in London, England; died on 3 March 1697 in Accomac, Accomack County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert Lewis was born in 1651; died in 1704.
2. Richard Lewis was born in 1652; died in 1719.
3. Mary Lewis was born in 1655.
4. John Lewis, II was born in 1658 in Accomack County, Virginia; died in ca 1696 in Accomack County, Virginia.
5. Alexander Lewis was born in 1664.