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DESCENDANTS OF REVEREND BEROALD INNES OF INCHSTELLIE 1644-1722 PARISH OF ALVES, MORAYSHIRE, SCOTLAND WHOSE GRANDSONS, REVEREND ROBERT INNES AND HUGH INNES, CAME TO THE COLONY OF VIRGINIA IN THE MID-1700'S COMPILED BY SUSAN INNES KITCHENS 1994 Chapter 1 SCOTLAND 1. Beroald Innes. Minister at Alves, Chanter of Moray[1]; b. about 1644, his parents unknown[2]; d. March 27, 1722; buried at the old Kirk of Alves in Moray, Scotland; married August 15, 1678, at Forres to Jean, daughter of Colin Falconar, minister at Forres and Archdeacon of Moray, and his wife Lilias Rose. Colin Falconar was the son of William Falconar of Downduff and Beatrice Dunbar of Bogs[3]; Lilias Rose was the daughter of William Rose of Clava, younger son of William Rose, 11th Baron of Kilravock, and his wife, Lilias Hay of Delgaty[4]. On May 21, 1692, Beroald Innes and his wife, Jean Falconar, received from James Falconar of Phesdo a sasine to the lands of Inchestellie[5]. The arms of Beroald Innes are presented in the fourth quarter of Arms granted in 1939 to his descendant, Hugh William Innes-Lillingston of Lochalsh. (See page 4 and Appendix B). Children of Beroald Innes and Jean Falconar.[6] 2. Lillias Innes. Bapt. June 2, 1681; died June 7, 1682. + 3. James Innes. 2nd of Inchstellie; bapt. January 30, 1683. + 4. William Innes. In Wester Alves; bapt. July 25, 1686. 5. John Innes. Bapt. October 21, 1690; died September 24, 1691. 6. Robert Innes. Bapt. July 10, 1692. 7. Jean Innes. Bapt. September 3, 1694. 8. Hugh Innes. Bapt. March 31, 1698; Episcopal minister in Forres. 9. William Innes. Bapt. March 12, 1701[7]. 3. James Innes (Beroald¹) of Inchstellie, born 1683; oldest son of Beroald Innes and Jean Falconar[8]; buried May 9, 1732; married Katherine, daughter of Hugh Falconar of Inverness. James was a minister of the Church of Scotland. As the oldest son he inherited the lands of Inchstellie. In 1734 his widow, Katherine Falconar, appeared in a case in the Sheriff's Court for unpaid bills. She was mentioned as "Katherine Falconar, relict of James Innes of Inchstellie[9]". Children of James Innes of Inchstellie and Katherine (Falconar) Innes: 10. Jean Innes. Bapt. June 3, 1725; married Captain MacKenzie. + 11. Reverend Hugh Innes. Born June 7, 1727; bapt. July 30, 1727. 12. Beroald Innes. Born May 4, 1730; bapt. May 15, 1730. 4. William Innes (Beroald¹), born July 23, 1686, in Wester Alves, the second son of Reverend Beroald Innes and Jean Falconar[10]. Died about 1740. Married Margaret MacKay. William Innes appeared in a sasine in 1732 as procurator for Jean Innes, his lawful daughter, concerning the lands of Coltfield. In 1732 Jean married John Gilzean, portioner of Coltfield. The settlement concerned her dowry and life settlement in the lands of Coltfield[11]. A second sasine, dated August 14, 1776, finds Jean Innes as relict of John Gilzean (Gillan).[12] In a number of law cases entered in the Sheriff's Court of Moray is found the name of William Innes in Wester Alves included among the lists of defendants between 1729 and 1740. In an entry for July 14, 1738, James Russell in Earlesmiln, factor to the Earle of Moray, pursuer, seeks payment of unpaid rents, customs, vicarage and land duties from William Innes in Wester Alves, and other defendants[13]. The year 1740 is used only as an approximate time of death. Children of William Innes and Margaret (MacKay) Innes: 13. Jean Innes. Bapt. June 5, 1713; married March 13, 1732, John Gilzean. Moray, Scotland. 14. James Innes. Born January 1, 1715; bapt. January 2, 1715. 15. Janet Innes. Bapt. April 7, 1717. + 16. Robert Innes. Born June 28, 1720. + 17. Hugh Innes. Born August 12, 1729. 18. Beroald Innes. (Twin of Hugh) born August 12, 1729; died young. 11. Reverend Hugh Innes (James²; Beroald¹) of Parkhouse near Glasgow, born 1727, son of James Innes of Inchstellie and Katherine Falconar. Died in 1765. Married Jean, daughter of Thomas Graham, Esquire, of Glasgow. Reverend Hugh Innes received a sasine to the lands of Inchstellie on February 7, 1750, as the grandson of Reverend Beroald Innes[14]. Children of Reverend Hugh Innes and Jean (Graham) Innes: 19. Sir Hugh Innes. Born in 1764, son of Reverend Hugh Innes and Jean Graham; died in 1831; made his fortune as a planter in the West Indies; returned to Scotland and acquired the Village of Plockton[15] in Ross-Shire. He was created 1st Baronet of Lochalsh in 1819. Sir Hugh Innes died unmarried and the baronetcy expired. His estate went to the granddaughter of his sister, Katherine[16]. 20. Katherine Innes (Hugh³, James², Beroald¹) born at Parkhouse, near Glasgow, daughter of Reverend Hugh Innes and Jean Graham; married James Lindsay. Their granddaughter, Katherine Lindsay, married Isaac William Lillingston of Elmdon January 9, 1832, and had issue who took the name Innes-Lillingston. (Burke’s Landed Gentry, Innes-Lillingston of West Tortington).[17] Arms were granted Hugh William Innes-Lillingston of Lochalsh June 20, 1939. (Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, Volume 33, Fol. 67).^[18] [1] Charles Rampini, A History of Moray and Nairn, (Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, MDCCCXCVII), p. 89. From the 1200's forward, the successive ministers at Alves Church held the office of Chanter. They served their parish at Alves, and were also called on to serve at the Elgin Cathedral. The Chanter had charge of the choir, the music books, and all of the musical services at the Cathedral. [2] Court of the Lord Lyon, "A Genealogy of the Inneses of Coxton, County of Moray", author unknown. The genealogy states that "Berowald Innes was either the illegitimate son of John Innes of Culdrain, or the son of James Innes, son to Robert Innes of Speyslaw." [3] The Reverend John Archibald, Historic Episcopate in the Diocese of Moray, (Edinburgh, St. Giles Printing Company, 1893), pages 154-158 "Colin Falconar". [4] Spalding Club, A Genealogical Deduction of the Family of Rose of Kilravock, (Edinburgh, The Club, MDCCCXLVIII), page 82. [5] The Particular Register of Sasines for Elgin, Forres and Nairn, Volume I #RS29/3, page 383, New Register House, Edinburgh, Scotland. Hereafter cited as Register of Sasines. [6] Old Parochial Register of Alves, Volume I. [7] A William Innes, born in 1701, is credited to Beroald. It is doubtful that he was the father of a child born in 1713, the year given for the birth of Jean, the first child of William Innes and Margaret MacKay. [8] Old Parochial Register of Alves, Volume I. [9] Law Cases, Sheriff's Court of Moray, #AEMm B32/734/73. Held in the Archives at the Tolbooth in Forres, Moray, Scotland. [10] Scots Ancestry Research Society, "Report on the Ancestry of Hugh Innes, born in Alves in 1729," 5 pages, Edinburgh, The Society, 1968. Hereafter cited as Report on Ancestry of Hugh Innes; Appendix A. [11] Register of Sasines, Volume II, #RS29/6, page 256. [12] Ibid, #RS29/8, page 446. [13] Law Cases, Sheriff's Court of Moray, #ZEMm B32/738/33. [14] Register of Sasines, Volume II,#RS29/7, page 106. [15] Readers Digest Association, Limited, Book of British Villages, for Drive Publications Limited, Berkely Square House, London WIX 5PD, 1st Edition, 1980, reprinted 1981, page 315, "Plockton". [16] John Burke and John Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland, 2nd Edition, (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company), page 278, "Innes of Lochalsh". [17]Ashworth P. Burke, Family Records, New York: Heraldic Publishing Company, Inc., 1965, page 188, “Crawfurd”. [18] Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight, Lord Lyon King of Arms, 1990, Personal Correspondence (Appendix B) Chapter 2 VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY 16. Robert Innes (William², Beroald¹). The EMIGRANT - born June 28, 1720, at Wester Alves in Moray, Scotland, son of William Innes and Margaret MacKay[1]. Robert was a student at the University and King's College in Aberdeen until 1740. In his book, Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, Bishop William Meade said that after finishing his studies at the university, Robert made a voyage to Virginia where he resided for several years, and returned to Scotland in 1743/44 to complete his studies for the ministry[2]. Robert received a Master of Arts degree on August 2, 1745. He was ordained at St. Paul's Cathedral in London on Sunday, June 14, 1747, with Edmund, Bishop of London, officiating. On Sunday, July 5, 1747, Robert was admitted into the Holy Orders of a Priest[3]. He returned to Virginia but there are few details recorded about Reverend Robert Innes before 1754. It is known that he married Catherine Richards and that their first son, Robert, was born in 1750. All of the biographies about his famous second and third sons, Harry and James, give their place of birth as Caroline County, Virginia. In 1870 his granddaughter, Elizabeth (Innes) Alexander, recalled hearing in her childhood that her grandfather (Robert) was serving as a minister in Hanover County, Virginia, when the church burned, and he lost many of his sermons and valuable papers. Both 1754 and 1758 are given as the year that he began his ministry at Drysdale Parish. He was the first minister to live in their new glebe. That Robert remained at Drysdale Parish until his death in 1765 is mentioned in the records left by Donald Robertson, who had a school in the immediate vicinity of Drysdale Parish . Master Bobbie, Master Harry and Master Jamie, the three sons of Robert and Catherine, were enrolled in his school until the time of their father's death in 1765[4]. The date of Robert's marriage to Catherine Richards is not known. Catherine and her brothers, William Byrd Richards and John Richards, were members of Drysdale Parish. After Robert finished his studies for the ministry at King's College in Aberdeen, several testimonials were signed by the members of Drysdale Parish and sent to Scotland, testifying to Robert's good character. The name of John Richards appeared on one of these testimonials. These facts indicate that Robert spent time among the members of Drysdale Parish during his first visit to Virginia, and he no doubt met his bride-to-be at that time. Though void of any dates, a mention is made of the marriage of Robert Innes and Catherine Richards in a detailed genealogy of the Richards Family in Genealogies of Kentucky Families[5]. After the death of her husband in 1765, Catherine left Drysdale Parish. According to a notice in the Virginia Gazette, December 13, 1770, Catherine was living at Beverly Park in King and Queen County, Virginia[6]. Reverend Robert Innes left a will, but a copy of it has not been located. The fact that one did exist appeared in a Notice in the Virginia Gazette on August 8, 1766. It read, "To be sold pursuant to the will of the Reverend Robert Innes, late of Caroline County, deceased.....". The notice mentioned two large tracts of land in Halifax County, Virginia, one for 2,200 acres on Panther Creek in Halifax County; the other for 5,300 acres on Fall Creek adjoining the Leatherwood Tract in the same county. (At the time these deeds were entered in Robert's name, the County of Halifax extended west to the Cumberland Mountains. Fall Creek and Leatherwood Creek are found today in Henry County, below the town of Martinsville, Virginia.) The executors of his will were identified as Edmund Pendleton, Alexander Rose, John Richards, and Hugh Innes[7]. Children of Robert Innes and Catherine (Richards) Innes: 21. Robert Innes (Physician). Born in 1750; died after 1790 census, in Ware Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia. Married Rebecca Lewis, daughter of Colonel Warner Lewis and Eleanor Bowles of Warner Hall, in Gloucester County[8]. No issue. + 22. Harry Innes. Born 1752. + 23. James Innes. Born 1754. 17. Hugh Innes (William², Beroald¹). The EMIGRANT - born August 12, 1729, Wester Alves, Moray, Scotland, son of William Innes[9] in Wester Alves and Margaret MacKay. Hugh was a student at the University and King's College in Aberdeen from 1743 until 1747[10]. He was a lawyer by profession. Our earliest record for Hugh in the American Colonies was in Halifax County, Virginia. On January 16, 1758, Hugh entered a deed for 400 acres of land in Halifax County.[11] In the absence of information prior to this date, the only possible way to link the Hugh Innes in Wester Alves, Scotland to the Hugh Innes in Halifax County, Virginia, was through his brother, the Reverend Robert Innes of Caroline County, Virginia. The lives of the brothers passed without one recording that he was brother to the other. It was left to their children to do this for them. In August of 1797, the Honorable Harry Innes, son of the Reverend Robert Innes, appeared in court in Franklin County, Kentucky, to testify to a document in the handwriting of Hugh Innes. In his testimony Harry said that "This deponent further says that James Parberry to whom the assignment was made, was bred up by his father who was brother to the said Hugh Innes, and afterwards lived with Hugh Innes himself." Harry also said that "Hugh Innes was a man of very fair character, and he is convinced would not connive at or assist in either a forgery or fraud."[12] The second occasion was an interview by John D. Shane with Robert Innes, the oldest son of Hugh Innes, conducted at Lexington, Kentucky, in 1858. In the interview Robert said that "he was born in Henry County, Virginia, the son of Hugh Innes. His uncle, Robert Innes, was an Episcopal Minister in King and Queen County, Virginia."[13] On August 17, 1758, Hugh Innes produced a commission to the court of Halifax as a Captain of the Halifax County Militia.[14] His commission was based on the fact that he was a landowner in the county, with qualities of leadership, and did not reflect any previous military experience. Sometime between the years 1758 and 1761 Captain Hugh Innes led a band of men to Fort Chiswell.[15] Fort Chiswell was a military outpost in southwestern Virginia from 1758 to 1776, and the county seat of old Montgomery County from 1776 to 1790. A marker east of Wytheville, in Wythe County, commemorates the site of the old fort. One important deed in Hugh's name was discovered in Halifax County. On April 6, 1764, he received from the estate of Richard Randolph, deceased, of Henrico County, Virginia, 1,245 acres of land on Snow Creek.[16] Located today in Franklin County, Virginia, Snow Creek was the area in which Hugh Innes settled and established his plantation. Hugh Innes was among the justices sworn in at the meeting of the first court held in the newly formed Pittsylvania County, Virginia, on Friday, June 26, 1767.[17] On the tax list for that year Hugh reported five tithables: himself, James Parberry (his overseer), and Negroes Juba, Peat and Keat. He also listed 1,245 acres of land.[18] In 1769 John Donelson, surveyor for Pittsylvania County, and Hugh Innes, lawyer, were chosen by local election to represent Pittsylvania County in the House of Burgesses. They served from May, 1769, through May, 1774.[19] It was during this period of time that Hugh Innes, one of the Representatives from Pittsylvania County, was married to Hannah Eggleston of James City County. They were married January 2, 1772, the same day that Thomas Jefferson married Martha Skelton. News of both marriages appeared in the Virginia Gazette.[20] After 1776 the land at Snow Creek went into Henry County, Virginia. In August of 1779 Hugh was recommended to serve on the Commission of Peace for the county.[21] Hugh took the oath as a Justice of the Peace in Henry County on March 25, 1784.[22] Hugh was a resident of Henry County until Franklin County was formed out of Henry and Bedford Counties in 1786. On June 1, 1782, Hugh received a grant for 2,000 acres of land on Elkhorn Creek, in Fincastle County, Virginia.[23] This land on the North Fork of the Elkhorn Creek went into Fayette County, Kentucky. The provision was left in his will that this land was to be divided among his three youngest sons. A letter from Judge Harry Innes to James Browning of Fayette County, dated January 1797, shows that James Browning of Fayette County was farming the land that Hugh claimed even before the date of Hugh's death, which was in March of 1797. There is said to be included within the pages of Record Book B of Fayette County, an agreement for the continuation of this lease to James Browning, by the three sons of Hugh Innes, bearing the date of January 1798, for a period of ten years. This entry was included in the record of a long legal battle that developed in Fayette County between "the heirs of Hugh Innes, deceased, vs. John Bradford". John Bradford was contesting Hugh's claim to the lands on North Elkhorn Creek. The record of the lawsuit, entered September 25, 1806, in Record Book B, starts on page 274 and covers many pages. The heirs won the case and a final division of the lands among the three sons took place on January 26, 1811.[24] On May 20, 1786, Thomas Arthur of Franklin County, Virginia, wrote to Governor Patrick Henry objecting to the appointment of Hugh Innes as Colonel of the militia of Franklin County. Arthur based his opposition on "Hugh's age, his being inactive, and never shewd his friendship to the commonwealth in our last war (the American Revolution)".[25] Hugh was appointed Colonel of the Franklin County Militia in July of 1786, and served for two years.[26] The Will of Hugh Innes was written December 28, 1796, and probated in April of 1797.[27] From the exclusion of his wife, Hannah, we know that she died prior to the writing of the will. With the children named and provided for, the only subject left to consider is the name Sarah Turley, who is mentioned in both Item 4 and Item 5 of the will. (The Will of Hugh Innes - Appendix B) The Last Will and Testament of Peter Turley, probated in Henry County in February of 1782, mentioned his wife, Sarah, as one of his two executors. He also named two sons and a son-in-law, Owen Hunt.[28] Considering that Hugh was a man of advanced years, with a family that included young children, the widow Sarah Turley may have been employed to help with the care and raising of the children. Her help would have been especially critical if the death of Hannah occurred at a much earlier time. Children of Hugh Innes and Hannah (Eggleston) Innes: + 24.

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DESCENDANTS OF

REVEREND BEROALD INNES OF INCHSTELLIE

1644-1722

PARISH OF ALVES, MORAYSHIRE, SCOTLAND

WHOSE GRANDSONS, REVEREND ROBERT INNES AND HUGH INNES,

CAME TO THE COLONY OF VIRGINIA IN THE MID-1700'S

COMPILED BY

SUSAN INNES KITCHENS

1994

Chapter 1

SCOTLAND

1. Beroald Innes. Minister at Alves, Chanter of Moray[1]; b. about 1644, his parents unknown[2]; d. March 27, 1722; buried at the old Kirk of Alves in Moray, Scotland; married August 15, 1678, at Forres to Jean, daughter of Colin Falconar, minister at Forres and Archdeacon of Moray, and his wife Lilias Rose.

Colin Falconar was the son of William Falconar of Downduff and Beatrice Dunbar of Bogs[3]; Lilias Rose was the daughter of William Rose of Clava, younger son of William Rose, 11th Baron of Kilravock, and his wife, Lilias Hay of Delgaty[4]. On May 21, 1692, Beroald Innes and his wife, Jean Falconar, received from James Falconar of Phesdo a sasine to the lands of Inchestellie[5]. The arms of Beroald Innes are presented in the fourth quarter of Arms granted in 1939 to his descendant, Hugh William Innes-Lillingston of Lochalsh. (See page 4 and Appendix B).

Children of Beroald Innes and Jean Falconar.[6]

2. Lillias Innes. Bapt. June 2, 1681; died June 7, 1682.

+ 3. James Innes. 2nd of Inchstellie; bapt. January 30, 1683.

+ 4. William Innes. In Wester Alves; bapt. July 25, 1686.

5. John Innes. Bapt. October 21, 1690; died September 24, 1691.

6. Robert Innes. Bapt. July 10, 1692.

7. Jean Innes. Bapt. September 3, 1694.

8. Hugh Innes. Bapt. March 31, 1698; Episcopal minister in Forres.

9. William Innes. Bapt. March 12, 1701[7].

3. James Innes (Beroald¹) of Inchstellie, born 1683; oldest son of Beroald Innes and Jean Falconar[8]; buried May 9, 1732; married Katherine, daughter of Hugh Falconar of Inverness.

James was a minister of the Church of Scotland. As the oldest son he inherited the lands of Inchstellie. In 1734 his widow, Katherine Falconar, appeared in a case in the Sheriff's Court for unpaid bills. She was mentioned as "Katherine Falconar, relict of James Innes of Inchstellie[9]".

Children of James Innes of Inchstellie and Katherine (Falconar) Innes:

10. Jean Innes. Bapt. June 3, 1725; married Captain MacKenzie.

+ 11. Reverend Hugh Innes. Born June 7, 1727; bapt. July 30, 1727.

12. Beroald Innes. Born May 4, 1730; bapt. May 15, 1730.

4. William Innes (Beroald¹), born July 23, 1686, in Wester Alves, the second son of Reverend Beroald Innes and Jean Falconar[10]. Died about 1740. Married Margaret MacKay.

William Innes appeared in a sasine in 1732 as procurator for Jean Innes, his lawful daughter, concerning the lands of Coltfield. In 1732 Jean married John Gilzean, portioner of Coltfield. The settlement concerned her dowry and life settlement in the lands of Coltfield[11]. A second sasine, dated August 14, 1776, finds Jean Innes as relict of John Gilzean (Gillan).[12]

In a number of law cases entered in the Sheriff's Court of Moray is found the name of William Innes in Wester Alves included among the lists of defendants between 1729 and 1740. In an entry for July 14, 1738, James Russell in Earlesmiln, factor to the Earle of Moray, pursuer, seeks payment of unpaid rents, customs, vicarage and land duties from William Innes in Wester Alves, and other defendants[13]. The year 1740 is used only as an approximate time of death.

Children of William Innes and Margaret (MacKay) Innes:

13. Jean Innes. Bapt. June 5, 1713; married March 13, 1732, John Gilzean. Moray, Scotland.

14. James Innes. Born January 1, 1715; bapt. January 2, 1715.

15. Janet Innes. Bapt. April 7, 1717.

+ 16. Robert Innes. Born June 28, 1720.

+ 17. Hugh Innes. Born August 12, 1729.

18. Beroald Innes. (Twin of Hugh) born August 12, 1729; died young.

11. Reverend Hugh Innes (James²; Beroald¹) of Parkhouse near Glasgow, born 1727, son of James Innes of Inchstellie and Katherine Falconar. Died in 1765. Married Jean, daughter of Thomas Graham, Esquire, of Glasgow. Reverend Hugh Innes received a sasine to the lands of Inchstellie on February 7, 1750, as the grandson of Reverend Beroald Innes[14].

Children of Reverend Hugh Innes and Jean (Graham) Innes:

19. Sir Hugh Innes. Born in 1764, son of Reverend Hugh Innes and Jean Graham; died in 1831; made his fortune as a planter in the West Indies; returned to Scotland and acquired the Village of Plockton[15] in Ross-Shire. He was created 1st Baronet of Lochalsh in 1819. Sir Hugh Innes died unmarried and the baronetcy expired. His estate went to the granddaughter of his sister, Katherine[16].

20. Katherine Innes (Hugh³, James², Beroald¹) born at Parkhouse, near Glasgow, daughter of Reverend Hugh Innes and Jean Graham; married James Lindsay. Their granddaughter, Katherine Lindsay, married Isaac William Lillingston of Elmdon January 9, 1832, and had issue who took the name Innes-Lillingston. (Burke’s Landed Gentry, Innes-Lillingston of West Tortington).[17]

Arms were granted Hugh William Innes-Lillingston of Lochalsh June 20, 1939. (Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, Volume 33, Fol. 67).^[18]

[1] Charles Rampini, A History of Moray and Nairn, (Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, MDCCCXCVII), p. 89. From the 1200's forward, the successive ministers at Alves Church held the office of Chanter. They served their parish at Alves, and were also called on to serve at the Elgin Cathedral. The Chanter had charge of the choir, the music books, and all of the musical services at the Cathedral.

[2] Court of the Lord Lyon, "A Genealogy of the Inneses of Coxton, County of Moray", author unknown. The genealogy states that "Berowald Innes was either the illegitimate son of John Innes of Culdrain, or the son of James Innes, son to Robert Innes of Speyslaw."

[3] The Reverend John Archibald, Historic Episcopate in the Diocese of Moray, (Edinburgh, St. Giles Printing Company, 1893), pages 154-158 "Colin Falconar".

[4] Spalding Club, A Genealogical Deduction of the Family of Rose of Kilravock, (Edinburgh, The Club, MDCCCXLVIII), page 82.

[5] The Particular Register of Sasines for Elgin, Forres and Nairn, Volume I #RS29/3, page 383, New Register House, Edinburgh, Scotland. Hereafter cited as Register of Sasines.

[6] Old Parochial Register of Alves, Volume I.

[7] A William Innes, born in 1701, is credited to Beroald. It is doubtful that he was the father of a child born in 1713, the year given for the birth of Jean, the first child of William Innes and Margaret MacKay.

[8] Old Parochial Register of Alves, Volume I.

[9] Law Cases, Sheriff's Court of Moray, #AEMm B32/734/73. Held in the Archives at the Tolbooth in Forres, Moray, Scotland.

[10] Scots Ancestry Research Society, "Report on the Ancestry of Hugh Innes, born in Alves in 1729," 5 pages, Edinburgh, The Society, 1968. Hereafter cited as Report on Ancestry of Hugh Innes; Appendix A.

[11] Register of Sasines, Volume II, #RS29/6, page 256.

[12] Ibid, #RS29/8, page 446.

[13] Law Cases, Sheriff's Court of Moray, #ZEMm B32/738/33.

[14] Register of Sasines, Volume II,#RS29/7, page 106.

[15] Readers Digest Association, Limited, Book of British Villages, for Drive Publications Limited, Berkely Square House, London WIX 5PD, 1st Edition, 1980, reprinted 1981, page 315, "Plockton".

[16] John Burke and John Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland, 2nd Edition, (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company), page 278, "Innes of Lochalsh".

[17]Ashworth P. Burke, Family Records, New York: Heraldic Publishing Company, Inc., 1965, page 188, “Crawfurd”.

[18] Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight, Lord Lyon King of Arms, 1990, Personal Correspondence (Appendix B)

Chapter 2

VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY

16. Robert Innes (William², Beroald¹). The EMIGRANT - born June 28, 1720, at Wester Alves in Moray, Scotland, son of William Innes and Margaret MacKay[1].

Robert was a student at the University and King's College in Aberdeen until 1740. In his book, Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, Bishop William Meade said that after finishing his studies at the university, Robert made a voyage to Virginia where he resided for several years, and returned to Scotland in 1743/44 to complete his studies for the ministry[2]. Robert received a Master of Arts degree on August 2, 1745. He was ordained at St. Paul's Cathedral in London on Sunday, June 14, 1747, with Edmund, Bishop of London, officiating. On Sunday, July 5, 1747, Robert was admitted into the Holy Orders of a Priest[3].

He returned to Virginia but there are few details recorded about Reverend Robert Innes before 1754. It is known that he married Catherine Richards and that their first son, Robert, was born in 1750. All of the biographies about his famous second and third sons, Harry and James, give their place of birth as Caroline County, Virginia. In 1870 his granddaughter, Elizabeth (Innes) Alexander, recalled hearing in her childhood that her grandfather (Robert) was serving as a minister in Hanover County, Virginia, when the church burned, and he lost many of his sermons and valuable papers. Both 1754 and 1758 are given as the year that he began his ministry at Drysdale Parish. He was the first minister to live in their new glebe. That Robert remained at Drysdale Parish until his death in 1765 is mentioned in the records left by Donald Robertson, who had a school in the immediate vicinity of Drysdale Parish . Master Bobbie, Master Harry and Master Jamie, the three sons of Robert and Catherine, were enrolled in his school until the time of their father's death in 1765[4].

The date of Robert's marriage to Catherine Richards is not known. Catherine and her brothers, William Byrd Richards and John Richards, were members of Drysdale Parish. After Robert finished his studies for the ministry at King's College in Aberdeen, several testimonials were signed by the members of Drysdale Parish and sent to Scotland, testifying to Robert's good character. The name of John Richards appeared on one of these testimonials. These facts indicate that Robert spent time among the members of Drysdale Parish during his first visit to Virginia, and he no doubt met his bride-to-be at that time. Though void of any dates, a mention is made of the marriage of Robert Innes and Catherine Richards in a detailed genealogy of the Richards Family in Genealogies of Kentucky Families[5]. After the death of her husband in 1765, Catherine left Drysdale Parish. According to a notice in the Virginia Gazette, December 13, 1770, Catherine was living at Beverly Park in King and Queen County, Virginia[6].

Reverend Robert Innes left a will, but a copy of it has not been located. The fact that one did exist appeared in a Notice in the Virginia Gazette on August 8, 1766. It read, "To be sold pursuant to the will of the Reverend Robert Innes, late of Caroline County, deceased.....". The notice mentioned two large tracts of land in Halifax County, Virginia, one for 2,200 acres on Panther Creek in Halifax County; the other for 5,300 acres on Fall Creek adjoining the Leatherwood Tract in the same county. (At the time these deeds were entered in Robert's name, the County of Halifax extended west to the Cumberland Mountains. Fall Creek and Leatherwood Creek are found today in Henry County, below the town of Martinsville, Virginia.) The executors of his will were identified as Edmund Pendleton, Alexander Rose, John Richards, and Hugh Innes[7].

Children of Robert Innes and Catherine (Richards) Innes:

21. Robert Innes (Physician). Born in 1750; died after 1790 census, in Ware Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia. Married Rebecca Lewis, daughter of Colonel Warner Lewis and Eleanor Bowles of Warner Hall, in Gloucester County[8]. No issue.

+ 22. Harry Innes. Born 1752.

+ 23. James Innes. Born 1754.

17. Hugh Innes (William², Beroald¹). The EMIGRANT - born August 12, 1729, Wester Alves, Moray, Scotland, son of William Innes[9] in Wester Alves and Margaret MacKay. Hugh was a student at the University and King's College in Aberdeen from 1743 until 1747[10]. He was a lawyer by profession.

Our earliest record for Hugh in the American Colonies was in Halifax County, Virginia. On January 16, 1758, Hugh entered a deed for 400 acres of land in Halifax County.[11] In the absence of information prior to this date, the only possible way to link the Hugh Innes in Wester Alves, Scotland to the Hugh Innes in Halifax County, Virginia, was through his brother, the Reverend Robert Innes of Caroline County, Virginia.

The lives of the brothers passed without one recording that he was brother to the other. It was left to their children to do this for them. In August of 1797, the Honorable Harry Innes, son of the Reverend Robert Innes, appeared in court in Franklin County, Kentucky, to testify to a document in the handwriting of Hugh Innes. In his testimony Harry said that "This deponent further says that James Parberry to whom the assignment was made, was bred up by his father who was brother to the said Hugh Innes, and afterwards lived with Hugh Innes himself." Harry also said that "Hugh Innes was a man of very fair character, and he is convinced would not connive at or assist in either a forgery or fraud."[12]

The second occasion was an interview by John D. Shane with Robert Innes, the oldest son of Hugh Innes, conducted at Lexington, Kentucky, in 1858. In the interview Robert said that "he was born in Henry County, Virginia, the son of Hugh Innes. His uncle, Robert Innes, was an Episcopal Minister in King and Queen County, Virginia."[13]

On August 17, 1758, Hugh Innes produced a commission to the court of Halifax as a Captain of the Halifax County Militia.[14] His commission was based on the fact that he was a landowner in the county, with qualities of leadership, and did not reflect any previous military experience. Sometime between the years 1758 and 1761 Captain Hugh Innes led a band of men to Fort Chiswell.[15] Fort Chiswell was a military outpost in southwestern Virginia from 1758 to 1776, and the county seat of old Montgomery County from 1776 to 1790. A marker east of Wytheville, in Wythe County, commemorates the site of the old fort.

One important deed in Hugh's name was discovered in Halifax County. On April 6, 1764, he received from the estate of Richard Randolph, deceased, of Henrico County, Virginia, 1,245 acres of land on Snow Creek.[16] Located today in Franklin County, Virginia, Snow Creek was the area in which Hugh Innes settled and established his plantation.

Hugh Innes was among the justices sworn in at the meeting of the first court held in the newly formed Pittsylvania County, Virginia, on Friday, June 26, 1767.[17] On the tax list for that year Hugh reported five tithables: himself, James Parberry (his overseer), and Negroes Juba, Peat and Keat. He also listed 1,245 acres of land.[18] In 1769 John Donelson, surveyor for Pittsylvania County, and Hugh Innes, lawyer, were chosen by local election to represent Pittsylvania County in the House of Burgesses. They served from May, 1769, through May, 1774.[19]

It was during this period of time that Hugh Innes, one of the Representatives from Pittsylvania County, was married to Hannah Eggleston of James City County. They were married January 2, 1772, the same day that Thomas Jefferson married Martha Skelton. News of both marriages appeared in the Virginia Gazette.[20]

After 1776 the land at Snow Creek went into Henry County, Virginia. In August of 1779 Hugh was recommended to serve on the Commission of Peace for the county.[21] Hugh took the oath as a Justice of the Peace in Henry County on March 25, 1784.[22] Hugh was a resident of Henry County until Franklin County was formed out of Henry and Bedford Counties in 1786.

On June 1, 1782, Hugh received a grant for 2,000 acres of land on Elkhorn Creek, in Fincastle County, Virginia.[23] This land on the North Fork of the Elkhorn Creek went into Fayette County, Kentucky. The provision was left in his will that this land was to be divided among his three youngest sons. A letter from Judge Harry Innes to James Browning of Fayette County, dated January 1797, shows that James Browning of Fayette County was farming the land that Hugh claimed even before the date of Hugh's death, which was in March of 1797. There is said to be included within the pages of Record Book B of Fayette County, an agreement for the continuation of this lease to James Browning, by the three sons of Hugh Innes, bearing the date of January 1798, for a period of ten years. This entry was included in the record of a long legal battle that developed in Fayette County between "the heirs of Hugh Innes, deceased, vs. John Bradford". John Bradford was contesting Hugh's claim to the lands on North Elkhorn Creek. The record of the lawsuit, entered September 25, 1806, in Record Book B, starts on page 274 and covers many pages. The heirs won the case and a final division of the lands among the three sons took place on January 26, 1811.[24]

On May 20, 1786, Thomas Arthur of Franklin County, Virginia, wrote to Governor Patrick Henry objecting to the appointment of Hugh Innes as Colonel of the militia of Franklin County. Arthur based his opposition on "Hugh's age, his being inactive, and never shewd his friendship to the commonwealth in our last war (the American Revolution)".[25] Hugh was appointed Colonel of the Franklin County Militia in July of 1786, and served for two years.[26]

The Will of Hugh Innes was written December 28, 1796, and probated in April of 1797.[27] From the exclusion of his wife, Hannah, we know that she died prior to the writing of the will. With the children named and provided for, the only subject left to consider is the name Sarah Turley, who is mentioned in both Item 4 and Item 5 of the will. (The Will of Hugh Innes - Appendix B)

The Last Will and Testament of Peter Turley, probated in Henry County in February of 1782, mentioned his wife, Sarah, as one of his two executors. He also named two sons and a son-in-law, Owen Hunt.[28] Considering that Hugh was a man of advanced years, with a family that included young children, the widow Sarah Turley may have been employed to help with the care and raising of the children. Her help would have been especially critical if the death of Hannah occurred at a much earlier time.

Children of Hugh Innes and Hannah (Eggleston) Innes:

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