Edward Maxey, Sr. was the husband of Susannah (maiden name not proven).
Known children of Edward and Susannah Maxey: Edward Jr., Susannah, Elizabeth, John, William, Nathaniel, Sylvanus, and Walter.
Attached researched document from "The Maxeys of Virginia" by Edythe Maxey Clark.
A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Edward and Susannah Maxey. Third Edition 2000.
Although there is no legal document validating Susannah's maiden name, some genealogists claim her maiden name was Gates. Evidence used to support this claim includes the fact James Gates was a witness to her will. He and John Gates, reported to be his father, were named in a 1724 court petition directed to Susannah's son, Edward Maxey, Jr. Additionally, the map, "Maxey Patent Lands in Powhatan County, VA., 1725-32," identifies John Gates as having patent land adjacent to the Maxey land holdings. These links between the Gates and Maxey families lend credence to Gates being Susannah's maiden name.
Burial records for the earliest Maxey ancestors in our direct line have not been found. However, the will of Walter, the youngest son of Edward and Susannah Maxey, was found on file in the Rocky Mount Courthouse in Franklin County, Virginia. Walter was born in 1720 and died in September 1791, in Franklin County, Virginia. Additionally, the following information was printed In a 1961 Virginia Maxey Family Reunion bulletin: "The Maxey Cemetery containing the (unmarked) graves of Walter Maxey, Sr., who died in 1791 and near kin...is located on the old Maxey plantation on a sloping hillside overlooking Blackwater River in Franklin County, Virginia. Their remains are to be removed and reinterred on a plot at Mt. Ivy Baptist Church* which is a very fitting location as it is in the general vicinity in which they lived and died and also more accessible to travel. Their peaceful slumbers are being interrupted by the rising waters of Smith Mountain Lake formed by a dam that is being constructed a few miles below the Appalachian Power Company. All expense of plot, removal and reinterment is being taken care of by the Power Company. *Note: The grave site is actually behind Mt. Ivy Christian Church across the road from Mt. Ivy Baptist on Hwy.606, plot 1002."
Historically, this church was built in 1895 as a "union church" shared by the Christian, Baptist, and Methodist churches who had use of the building on alternating Sundays. In the 1950's, the Baptists build a church across the road. The Baptist and Methodist Churches deeded their interest in the property to the Mt. Ivy Christian Church in the 1970's. Today, this church has a rich heritage of ministry in the Smith Mountain Lake area.
This information establishes burial sites for some early Maxey ancestors. Since Walter was a son of Edward and Susannah, and the original burial site mentioned, The Maxey Cemetery, was on the "old Maxey plantation," it could be concluded that the earliest generations of Maxeys may have been buried on the old Maxey plantation too. The names of Edward Maxey, Sr. and his four oldest sons, are listed on adjacent land patents on the "Maxey Patent Lands in Powhatan County, VA, 1725-32" map. Unfortunately, as noted in the reinterment article, the burial sites are unmarked. Oral history of the area, early burial traditions, wills, and death dates, substantiate they lived and died on their original Maxey Plantation. Their graves remained in the family cemetery on their original plantation land and have since been engulfed by the Smith Mountain Lake, near the Blue Ridge Mountains, Franklin County, Virginia. Source: "Smith Mountain Lake Cemetery Restoration Project", Franklin County Historical Society.
Known children of Edward and Susannah Maxey: Edward Jr., Susannah, Elizabeth, John, William, Nathaniel, Sylvanus, and Walter.
Attached researched document from "The Maxeys of Virginia" by Edythe Maxey Clark.
A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Edward and Susannah Maxey. Third Edition 2000.
Although there is no legal document validating Susannah's maiden name, some genealogists claim her maiden name was Gates. Evidence used to support this claim includes the fact James Gates was a witness to her will. He and John Gates, reported to be his father, were named in a 1724 court petition directed to Susannah's son, Edward Maxey, Jr. Additionally, the map, "Maxey Patent Lands in Powhatan County, VA., 1725-32," identifies John Gates as having patent land adjacent to the Maxey land holdings. These links between the Gates and Maxey families lend credence to Gates being Susannah's maiden name.
Burial records for the earliest Maxey ancestors in our direct line have not been found. However, the will of Walter, the youngest son of Edward and Susannah Maxey, was found on file in the Rocky Mount Courthouse in Franklin County, Virginia. Walter was born in 1720 and died in September 1791, in Franklin County, Virginia. Additionally, the following information was printed In a 1961 Virginia Maxey Family Reunion bulletin: "The Maxey Cemetery containing the (unmarked) graves of Walter Maxey, Sr., who died in 1791 and near kin...is located on the old Maxey plantation on a sloping hillside overlooking Blackwater River in Franklin County, Virginia. Their remains are to be removed and reinterred on a plot at Mt. Ivy Baptist Church* which is a very fitting location as it is in the general vicinity in which they lived and died and also more accessible to travel. Their peaceful slumbers are being interrupted by the rising waters of Smith Mountain Lake formed by a dam that is being constructed a few miles below the Appalachian Power Company. All expense of plot, removal and reinterment is being taken care of by the Power Company. *Note: The grave site is actually behind Mt. Ivy Christian Church across the road from Mt. Ivy Baptist on Hwy.606, plot 1002."
Historically, this church was built in 1895 as a "union church" shared by the Christian, Baptist, and Methodist churches who had use of the building on alternating Sundays. In the 1950's, the Baptists build a church across the road. The Baptist and Methodist Churches deeded their interest in the property to the Mt. Ivy Christian Church in the 1970's. Today, this church has a rich heritage of ministry in the Smith Mountain Lake area.
This information establishes burial sites for some early Maxey ancestors. Since Walter was a son of Edward and Susannah, and the original burial site mentioned, The Maxey Cemetery, was on the "old Maxey plantation," it could be concluded that the earliest generations of Maxeys may have been buried on the old Maxey plantation too. The names of Edward Maxey, Sr. and his four oldest sons, are listed on adjacent land patents on the "Maxey Patent Lands in Powhatan County, VA, 1725-32" map. Unfortunately, as noted in the reinterment article, the burial sites are unmarked. Oral history of the area, early burial traditions, wills, and death dates, substantiate they lived and died on their original Maxey Plantation. Their graves remained in the family cemetery on their original plantation land and have since been engulfed by the Smith Mountain Lake, near the Blue Ridge Mountains, Franklin County, Virginia. Source: "Smith Mountain Lake Cemetery Restoration Project", Franklin County Historical Society.
Edward Maxey, Sr. was the husband of Susannah (maiden name not proven).
Known children of Edward and Susannah Maxey: Edward Jr., Susannah, Elizabeth, John, William, Nathaniel, Sylvanus, and Walter.
Attached researched document from "The Maxeys of Virginia" by Edythe Maxey Clark.
A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Edward and Susannah Maxey. Third Edition 2000.
Although there is no legal document validating Susannah's maiden name, some genealogists claim her maiden name was Gates. Evidence used to support this claim includes the fact James Gates was a witness to her will. He and John Gates, reported to be his father, were named in a 1724 court petition directed to Susannah's son, Edward Maxey, Jr. Additionally, the map, "Maxey Patent Lands in Powhatan County, VA., 1725-32," identifies John Gates as having patent land adjacent to the Maxey land holdings. These links between the Gates and Maxey families lend credence to Gates being Susannah's maiden name.
Burial records for the earliest Maxey ancestors in our direct line have not been found. However, the will of Walter, the youngest son of Edward and Susannah Maxey, was found on file in the Rocky Mount Courthouse in Franklin County, Virginia. Walter was born in 1720 and died in September 1791, in Franklin County, Virginia. Additionally, the following information was printed In a 1961 Virginia Maxey Family Reunion bulletin: "The Maxey Cemetery containing the (unmarked) graves of Walter Maxey, Sr., who died in 1791 and near kin...is located on the old Maxey plantation on a sloping hillside overlooking Blackwater River in Franklin County, Virginia. Their remains are to be removed and reinterred on a plot at Mt. Ivy Baptist Church* which is a very fitting location as it is in the general vicinity in which they lived and died and also more accessible to travel. Their peaceful slumbers are being interrupted by the rising waters of Smith Mountain Lake formed by a dam that is being constructed a few miles below the Appalachian Power Company. All expense of plot, removal and reinterment is being taken care of by the Power Company. *Note: The grave site is actually behind Mt. Ivy Christian Church across the road from Mt. Ivy Baptist on Hwy.606, plot 1002."
Historically, this church was built in 1895 as a "union church" shared by the Christian, Baptist, and Methodist churches who had use of the building on alternating Sundays. In the 1950's, the Baptists build a church across the road. The Baptist and Methodist Churches deeded their interest in the property to the Mt. Ivy Christian Church in the 1970's. Today, this church has a rich heritage of ministry in the Smith Mountain Lake area.
This information establishes burial sites for some early Maxey ancestors. Since Walter was a son of Edward and Susannah, and the original burial site mentioned, The Maxey Cemetery, was on the "old Maxey plantation," it could be concluded that the earliest generations of Maxeys may have been buried on the old Maxey plantation too. The names of Edward Maxey, Sr. and his four oldest sons, are listed on adjacent land patents on the "Maxey Patent Lands in Powhatan County, VA, 1725-32" map. Unfortunately, as noted in the reinterment article, the burial sites are unmarked. Oral history of the area, early burial traditions, wills, and death dates, substantiate they lived and died on their original Maxey Plantation. Their graves remained in the family cemetery on their original plantation land and have since been engulfed by the Smith Mountain Lake, near the Blue Ridge Mountains, Franklin County, Virginia. Source: "Smith Mountain Lake Cemetery Restoration Project", Franklin County Historical Society.
Known children of Edward and Susannah Maxey: Edward Jr., Susannah, Elizabeth, John, William, Nathaniel, Sylvanus, and Walter.
Attached researched document from "The Maxeys of Virginia" by Edythe Maxey Clark.
A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Edward and Susannah Maxey. Third Edition 2000.
Although there is no legal document validating Susannah's maiden name, some genealogists claim her maiden name was Gates. Evidence used to support this claim includes the fact James Gates was a witness to her will. He and John Gates, reported to be his father, were named in a 1724 court petition directed to Susannah's son, Edward Maxey, Jr. Additionally, the map, "Maxey Patent Lands in Powhatan County, VA., 1725-32," identifies John Gates as having patent land adjacent to the Maxey land holdings. These links between the Gates and Maxey families lend credence to Gates being Susannah's maiden name.
Burial records for the earliest Maxey ancestors in our direct line have not been found. However, the will of Walter, the youngest son of Edward and Susannah Maxey, was found on file in the Rocky Mount Courthouse in Franklin County, Virginia. Walter was born in 1720 and died in September 1791, in Franklin County, Virginia. Additionally, the following information was printed In a 1961 Virginia Maxey Family Reunion bulletin: "The Maxey Cemetery containing the (unmarked) graves of Walter Maxey, Sr., who died in 1791 and near kin...is located on the old Maxey plantation on a sloping hillside overlooking Blackwater River in Franklin County, Virginia. Their remains are to be removed and reinterred on a plot at Mt. Ivy Baptist Church* which is a very fitting location as it is in the general vicinity in which they lived and died and also more accessible to travel. Their peaceful slumbers are being interrupted by the rising waters of Smith Mountain Lake formed by a dam that is being constructed a few miles below the Appalachian Power Company. All expense of plot, removal and reinterment is being taken care of by the Power Company. *Note: The grave site is actually behind Mt. Ivy Christian Church across the road from Mt. Ivy Baptist on Hwy.606, plot 1002."
Historically, this church was built in 1895 as a "union church" shared by the Christian, Baptist, and Methodist churches who had use of the building on alternating Sundays. In the 1950's, the Baptists build a church across the road. The Baptist and Methodist Churches deeded their interest in the property to the Mt. Ivy Christian Church in the 1970's. Today, this church has a rich heritage of ministry in the Smith Mountain Lake area.
This information establishes burial sites for some early Maxey ancestors. Since Walter was a son of Edward and Susannah, and the original burial site mentioned, The Maxey Cemetery, was on the "old Maxey plantation," it could be concluded that the earliest generations of Maxeys may have been buried on the old Maxey plantation too. The names of Edward Maxey, Sr. and his four oldest sons, are listed on adjacent land patents on the "Maxey Patent Lands in Powhatan County, VA, 1725-32" map. Unfortunately, as noted in the reinterment article, the burial sites are unmarked. Oral history of the area, early burial traditions, wills, and death dates, substantiate they lived and died on their original Maxey Plantation. Their graves remained in the family cemetery on their original plantation land and have since been engulfed by the Smith Mountain Lake, near the Blue Ridge Mountains, Franklin County, Virginia. Source: "Smith Mountain Lake Cemetery Restoration Project", Franklin County Historical Society.
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