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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. [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. [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. [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". 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. |