Essex County Records

Essex County was created in 1692 from Rappahannock County and was probably named after the Earl of Essex.

Marriages

Marriages were published in The Genealogy Magazine: A Journal of American and British Ancestry.

• Parker, Anne to Thomas Winslow 15 Aug 1694
• Winslow, Thomas to Anne Parker 15 Aug 1694

Miscellaneous

• 1704 Quit Rent Rolls

Passenger Ship Lists

• 1764 Passenger List of Charming Molly to Essex County

Indexes to Probate Records

• Orders, Deeds, Wills 1692 to 1695 (no index)
• Deed Book 1695 to 1699 | Index
• Wills and Deeds 1695 to 1699
• Deeds and Wills 1717 to 1721
• Wills, Deeds, Bonds 1722 to 1730
• Wills 1775 to 1785
• Wills 1786 to 1792

Miscellaneous Images of Wills

• Dobyn, William (1730)
• Shippy, James (1730)

Miscellaneous from Essex Will Book No. 7, 1743 to 1747

Baker, Amy, Mrs. Additional inventory of tobacco and Indian corn. Signed by Thomas and James Gatewood, executors. 19 August 1746. pp. 474.

Gatewood, William. Estate Account. Payments made to Mr. Alexander Parker, Gent., Mr. James Garnett, Gent., John Corrie, Ben Johnson, James Curtis, Capt. Denham, Thomas Lankford, Aires Boughan, John Upshaw, John Holder, Mr. Thomas Edmondson, Junr., Colo. Beverley, Secretary Nelson. Receipts from Francis Gatewood, Griffin Purkins, John Pitts, Henry Brown and Thomas Gatewood Jr. Signed by Catha. Gatewood, executrix. 19 ug 1746. Source: pp. 476-477.

Griffing, Mary, Estate Account made pursuant to an order of 15 July 1745. Payments made to Doctor John Clements, Mathew Welmar, John Holder, Capt James Garnett. Reference was made to the probate of the estate of her father. Division to Augtn. Boughan, John Chamberlain, Thomas Ley, Betty Griffing and Margaret Griffing, each one-fifth part. Source: pp. 474-476.

Tribble, William. Inventory of his estate in Essex County made in obedience to order of 15 July 1746. Total evaluation 36.7.1. /s/Thos. Edmondson, Wm Dunn, John Evans Jr. Source: pp. 472-473.

Informational

• Essex County Settlers
• Sir Edmund Coke