FAMILY MATTERS
* John Fugate “Jr.”
Posey/Poschet
b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.
m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.
Francis POSEY was transported to VA by 1637 when William FARRAR, son and
Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757
heir of Wiliam FARRAR, deceased, received land for transportation of Fr. POSEY and 39 other persons. 1 Francis
“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River
transported himself into MD in 1640, and a warrant was issued for land in what was Charles County. 2 In 1650 Francis John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name POSEY demanded 50 acres “in right of his now wife whom he bought of Mr. Fenwick whose Servant she was being for her
“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.
Transportation into this Province about 7 Years Since.” 3
Benjamin Fugate
Claims have been made by some that Francis was born in France, that he was a son of Marteyn POSCHET of London, and b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.
descended from the Poschet family of Voyaux, Cambrai, France. No one has ever provided evidence that Francis POSEY
m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100
of MD is related to Marteyn POSCHET, or indication that his ancestry
Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.
was French, and not English. No records of Francis POSEY prior to his arrival in VA have been found. In no records in 7 Children
VA or MD did he use the spelling POSCHET. It is has also been shown that the alleged ancestry of Marteyn POSCHET in
France was based on an 18th century fraud to buy a nobility title. 4
Henley Fugate
b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.
Francis POSEY died between 3 Mar. 165321 [1653/4] and 23 May 1654 in Charles Co., MD. 5 He married Elizabeth, m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh
who probably died before 1669. There are claims that her maiden name was “FOSTER” apparently because William
21 Children (two wives)
FERRAR claimed land for transporting 40 persons at the same time he claimed land for transporting Francis POSEY
to Virginia. One of these was Elizabeth FOSTER. There are no indications that they even knew each other, much less William B. Fugate
that were transported at the same time, only that William Ferrar claimed land for themat the same time he did for
b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.
others. There are also no indications that she could be indentical to the Elizabeth, last name unknown, that Cuthbert m. Rachel Neace
FENWICK transported into MD 3 years after Francis was already in MD. The other claim to Elizabeth’s maiden name
Granville Pearl Fugate
is HUMPHREY, based on the fact that John named a son HUMPHREY. Humphrey was a common given name in
b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104
this time period in MD, and to make an assumption that was Elizabeth’s maiden name without additional evidence is
m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895 – 1990)
unwarranted. –
5 children.
Francois & Martin seem to be the two who escaped from France to England. In London-Church of St. Anthony’s Hospital Edward James Fugate
on Threadneedle St. was set aside for use of French refugees in 1546; due to interest of King Edward VI. Stream of refugees b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.
increased - many churches were eventually reserved for their use…Martin Poschet married twice. (William Campbell m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.
Posey research)”
Inez Fugate Liftig
Ann Posey Mould
b. 1948
(1647-1717)
m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947
m. John Mould
Anya Liftig
Peter Fugate (La Foucate) (son of James Fugate (La Foucate) and Em Lambe) was born Abt. 1650 in France941, and died Abt.
b. 1977
1695 in MD941. He married Frances Mould (1660-1695) on Abt. 1675 in Baltimore County, MD, daughter of John Mould and m. Noel Hartman, 2011
Ann Posey.
Notes for Peter Fugate (La Foucate):According to the Bicentennial history of Lee County, Virginia 1992, the Fugates were Dorothy Liftig
French Hugenots. During the reign of the French Kings, the Protestants fled France. The kings were Catholic. The Fugates were in b. 1981
Westmoreland County, Virginia in 1664. A will of Henley Fugate was probated in that year. When they came to Virginia sometime m. David Martin, 2009
before 1664 and settled in the county, the offspring moved west shortly thereafter. In the early 1700’s, they were in Botetort County. Another article in that book says that the Fugates emigrated from France to Maryland in the mid 1600’s, and then moved on to King George County, Virginia in the mid 1700’s. They soon, thereafter, moved to Russell County, from which Lee County was formed in 1792.[Simmons-Smith.FTW]More About Peter Fugate (La Foucate) and Frances Mould:Marriage: Abt. 1675, Baltimore County, MD.
b. approx. 1650, Normandy, France. Age 60.
Transported to Maryland in 1662 on the King David.
Sold to Peter Goldsmith by Capt. Francis Spooner.
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