Behethelan Foote was the daughter of George (1706-59) and Frances Berryman Foote, of Fauquier County, Va. She was a descendant of John Foote (-1648), a gentleman farmer whose home was in Cardenham, Cornwall County, England. She was also a descendant of Richard Foote (1632-post1691) who married in 1657, Hester Hayward (1639/40-post1683), daughter of Nicholas Hayward. Nicholas Hayward was a wealthy merchant whose business was located in Morefields in the Shoreditch Parish of London and who engaged in an extensive trade with the Virginians and Marylanders along the Potomac. He was a friend of Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope (c1610-60). Richard Foote traveled to Virginia in 1652 and 1654 but returned to London. His son, Richard Foote Jr. (1666-1725) moved to Virginia in 1688 and lived at "Cedar Grove" on a 400-acre plantation on the Potomac at Chotank Creek in Stafford County. Richard Foote Jr. also owned a 7500-acre interest in the Brent Town tract and in 1700 he was appointed a justice by King William III.
Behethelan Foote married in 1766, Ensign Benjamin Pope (1740-1816). Their seven children were Nathaniel (1768-), Benjamin Jr. (1770-1830), Worden, II (1776-1838), Frances who married Capt. Joseph Saunders, Susannah (1779-1818), Sally (1779-) who married in 1799, Samuel Simmons, and Lt. George Foote Pope (1782-1840).
Behethelan Foote married in 1766, Ensign Benjamin Pope (1740-1816). Their seven children were Nathaniel (1768-), Benjamin Jr. (1770-1830), Worden, II (1776-1838), Frances who married Capt. Joseph Saunders, Susannah (1779-1818), Sally (1779-) who married in 1799, Samuel Simmons, and Lt. George Foote Pope (1782-1840).
Behethelan Foote was the daughter of George (1706-59) and Frances Berryman Foote, of Fauquier County, Va. She was a descendant of John Foote (-1648), a gentleman farmer whose home was in Cardenham, Cornwall County, England. She was also a descendant of Richard Foote (1632-post1691) who married in 1657, Hester Hayward (1639/40-post1683), daughter of Nicholas Hayward. Nicholas Hayward was a wealthy merchant whose business was located in Morefields in the Shoreditch Parish of London and who engaged in an extensive trade with the Virginians and Marylanders along the Potomac. He was a friend of Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope (c1610-60). Richard Foote traveled to Virginia in 1652 and 1654 but returned to London. His son, Richard Foote Jr. (1666-1725) moved to Virginia in 1688 and lived at "Cedar Grove" on a 400-acre plantation on the Potomac at Chotank Creek in Stafford County. Richard Foote Jr. also owned a 7500-acre interest in the Brent Town tract and in 1700 he was appointed a justice by King William III.
Behethelan Foote married in 1766, Ensign Benjamin Pope (1740-1816). Their seven children were Nathaniel (1768-), Benjamin Jr. (1770-1830), Worden, II (1776-1838), Frances who married Capt. Joseph Saunders, Susannah (1779-1818), Sally (1779-) who married in 1799, Samuel Simmons, and Lt. George Foote Pope (1782-1840).
Behethelan Foote married in 1766, Ensign Benjamin Pope (1740-1816). Their seven children were Nathaniel (1768-), Benjamin Jr. (1770-1830), Worden, II (1776-1838), Frances who married Capt. Joseph Saunders, Susannah (1779-1818), Sally (1779-) who married in 1799, Samuel Simmons, and Lt. George Foote Pope (1782-1840).
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