Jeremiah Spurling
Born 1704 in Cople, Westmoreland, Virginiamap
Son of Jeremiah Spurling and Mary (Chandler) Spurling
Brother of Sarah Spurling and Thomas Spurling
Husband of Hannah Mae Johnson — married 1738 in Virginia, United Statesmap
Father of John Spurlin, Keziah Spurling, John Spurling, Jeremiah Spurling, Zachariah Spurling, William Spurling and Jesse Band Spurling
Died 1770 in Alexandria, Fairfax, Virginiamap
Settled in vicinity of Falls Church & Alexandria some years before Fairfax Co. was formed from Prince William, where he probably married his wife, Hannah.Spurling leased tobacco plantation of more than a hundred acres in Truro Parish, where he and his wife reared a family of at least one daughter and four sons.[citation needed]
, . Acquired his land as a yeoman farmer. In 1743, Jeremiah Spurling, then about thirty-nine years old and probably married with children, turned up in newly-formed Fairfax Co. Va. If he had been in the area any time earlier--as it appears he was, he would have been in Prince William County. He raised tobacco on plantations leased from John Musgrove and Owen Williams. Actually, Spurling was a tenant planter here as early as March 23, 1743 (Fairfax Surveys, Page 6 & 8), when he was chain carrier for surveyor Henry (?) Brant, who later brought suit against Musgrove; Spurling also was among Musgrove's tenants. This survey shows Spurling's house and cornfield on a plat of tracts on North and South Branches of Little Hunting Creek. On June 8, 1756 (Fairfax Surveys, Page 102), another survey of Major Fitzhugh's part of the Fitzhugh & Pearson grant showed that Spurling's lot really amounted to 108 acres; In this plat, courses are given. John Musgrove died in September, 1746, and, according to terms of his will, written on October 1, 1744 (Fairfax Wills A:182-184), Jeremiah Spurling's annual rental was to be paid to Mary Musgrove, one of his seven children. Thus, it appears, Spurling became one of a whole class of yeoman farmers who were able to acquire plantations as indentured servants, clearing land and cultivating tobacco fields, and obtain tools and supplies from area merchants, using their crops to pay annual rentals as well as for collateral on loans. Jeremiah and Hannah Spurling evidently had at least five children, a daughter, named Keziah, and four sons, John, Jeremiah, Zachariah and William, all born between 1730 and 1752 in Truro Parish. In springof 1749 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1749:316, 325), Spurling was accused of trespass by Joseph Cockerill. In July, 1752 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1749-219), John Cockerill also brought suit against Owen Williams, Spurling's landlord, and, in July, 1752, the court ordered that Spurling be paid for nineteen days of attendance on Cockerill's behalf. Joseph Cockerilll's trespass case against Jeremiah was dismissed on February 21, 1754 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1754:248), when the principals agreed to a mutual settlement. Another lawsuit was brought against Spurling by John Craig on behalf of his late father, David Craig (Fairfax Court Minutes 1756:387,496), and, on June 18, 1761 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1756:609), Spurling--in absentia--was ordered to pay twenty-two pounds, fifteen shillings, plus five per cent interest, to Craig's estate. In May, 1756, it was learned that Keziah Spurling, presumably Jeremiah's daughter, had a base born child. When she failed to answer a summons to appear in court to answer charges on June 22, 1757 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1756:387), the justices ordered her to pay fifty pounds sterling or 500 pounds tobacco cask, plus court costs, to Truro Parish church wardens. As a plaintiff, there also are records of Spurling's suits against Silvester (?) Adams (Fairfax Court Minutes 1763:82, 88, A:47; 1764:B:2; 1765:36), eventually dismissed, and one Masters (Fairfax Court Minutes 1763:82, B:45), who was exonerated of Spurling's charges. Records reflect some of Spurling's business deallings. Jeremiah Spurling's name appears among those who had accounts due to the estate of William Donaldson, who died prior to May 21, 1761 (Fairfax Wills B:272-275). Spurling's family frequented Glassford & Company's trading stores at Falls Church and nearby Alexandria, which had been established in 1748. Glassford was a trading firm from Glasgow, Scotland, which set up numerous stores in Maryland and Virginia. Some of Glassford's account books have been preserved (Library of Congress MS Division). Four of them show that Jeremiah Spurling, Keziah and sons Jeremiah, William and Zachariah, purchased a great variety of goods at the two stores between August, 1756, and August, 1766. Only Hannah Spurling's name is not found in these particular ledgers. Because these books do not distinguish between the older and younger Jeremiahs, it is impossible to determine whether father or son was in the store on a given day. At Falls Church (Glassford Vol. 187:22,182; Vol. 188:11,148,182). Jeremiah Spurling bought a "rasor," worsted stockings, fine linen, soap, rum, a horn comb, buckles and sleeve buttons, a pewter dish and a dyed rug as well as other things. He paid for these with a hogshead of tobacco "on the Falls" and a "balance of money," transferred from the Alexandria store. He also bought twelve yards of Orenbrigs, a common coarse linen which derives its name from Ostenbruck, Germany. At the Alexandria store (Glassford, Vol. 164:5,50,74,111,125,164,174; Vol. 165:83,89,172,182), Jeremiah Spurling purchased English blankets, ribbon "for Peggy Stern," rum, molasses, sugar, "loading lines," sheeting, nails, a pewter basin, a pair of "best garters," pepper, scissors, and indigo. He also paid money he owed to Francis Whiting and Silvester Adams through the store. Spurling paid for these accounts with "3/4 Cush. Oats" and two hogsheads of tobacco, one "on Hunting Ck." and another "on the Falls." He also bought more than 6,000 nails and powder and owed money to John Riddell for port; These debts were paid by goods in barter, cash, 7 "trasf. notes on the Falls," and "by charges on loading the Ann, His expenses at your house 4 days." Ann was a ship that brought goods to the stores in port towns. It is inferred that Spurling may have stayed with the wealthy merchant, Glass-ford, while helping to load the Ann. On June 17,1765 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1765:26), Jeremiah Spurling--then about sixty-one years old--was exempted from paying annual taxes. On July 19, 1769 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1768:20), there is a record of Jeremiah Spurling's having received a baarrel of corn in 1756 from the "Sebastian account." Dates involved are too early to involve Jeremiah Spurling Jr. So, although numerous references to the younger Jeremiah continue past the end of the seventeenth century, this may well be the last mention of Jeremiah Spurling Sr. in Fairfax County records. Thus, Jeremiah Spurling evidently died around 1770, when he would have been about sixty-six years old. . Otherwise described as the road from Madden's shop to Little Falls, the line-up of residents was Daniel Halbert, Jeremiah Spurling, Hannah Spurling and George Mason. Hannah Spurling was abaout seventy-three years old by this time. The other three sons of Jeremiah and Hannah, John, Zachariah and William Spurling, moved to North Carolina between 1770 and the end of the Revolutionary War. No record has been found to tell what became of Keziah Spurling.
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The last recorded incident concerning Jeremiah Spurling's estate case was on July 27,1726 (Westmoreland Court Order 1721-31:125, when the court directed Widow Mary Spurling to appear at the next session to answer a petition preferred against her by Jeremiah Spurling Jr. No subsequent judgment is in evidence, and it may be presumed any dispute had been settled out of court. On Sept. 10, 1744 (Fairfax Deeds Br"252), Jeremiah Spurling leased a one hundred aacre plantation in Truro Parish from Owen Williams. Terms of this lease was twenty-one years at a price of 550 pounds of tobacco annually with first year's rental free, although Spurling paid an advance of five shilllings sterling. Spurling's property was one of three pieces of leased land, originally part of 1,604 acres granted on January 24, 1726 (Northern Neck Grants B:340), to Major John Fitzhugh & Simon Pearson: It was described then as being on Horsepen Run and North Branch of Hunting Creek. written on October 1, 1744 (Fairfax Wills A:182-184), Jeremiah Spurling's However, as late as October 16, 1797 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1797:P), Hannah Spurling was living next door to Jeremiah Spurling Jr. on the road from Falls Church to Alexandria Twice in late summer of 1765, Spurling was arrested for a debt, allegedly owed Hunter & Company. Charles Broadwater and Francis Dade provided bail and, although it was declared a "non-suit" on August 22, 1765 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1765:26,52), Spurling was ordered to pay damages of more than one pound, five shillings.
Born 1704 in Cople, Westmoreland, Virginiamap
Son of Jeremiah Spurling and Mary (Chandler) Spurling
Brother of Sarah Spurling and Thomas Spurling
Husband of Hannah Mae Johnson — married 1738 in Virginia, United Statesmap
Father of John Spurlin, Keziah Spurling, John Spurling, Jeremiah Spurling, Zachariah Spurling, William Spurling and Jesse Band Spurling
Died 1770 in Alexandria, Fairfax, Virginiamap
Settled in vicinity of Falls Church & Alexandria some years before Fairfax Co. was formed from Prince William, where he probably married his wife, Hannah.Spurling leased tobacco plantation of more than a hundred acres in Truro Parish, where he and his wife reared a family of at least one daughter and four sons.[citation needed]
, . Acquired his land as a yeoman farmer. In 1743, Jeremiah Spurling, then about thirty-nine years old and probably married with children, turned up in newly-formed Fairfax Co. Va. If he had been in the area any time earlier--as it appears he was, he would have been in Prince William County. He raised tobacco on plantations leased from John Musgrove and Owen Williams. Actually, Spurling was a tenant planter here as early as March 23, 1743 (Fairfax Surveys, Page 6 & 8), when he was chain carrier for surveyor Henry (?) Brant, who later brought suit against Musgrove; Spurling also was among Musgrove's tenants. This survey shows Spurling's house and cornfield on a plat of tracts on North and South Branches of Little Hunting Creek. On June 8, 1756 (Fairfax Surveys, Page 102), another survey of Major Fitzhugh's part of the Fitzhugh & Pearson grant showed that Spurling's lot really amounted to 108 acres; In this plat, courses are given. John Musgrove died in September, 1746, and, according to terms of his will, written on October 1, 1744 (Fairfax Wills A:182-184), Jeremiah Spurling's annual rental was to be paid to Mary Musgrove, one of his seven children. Thus, it appears, Spurling became one of a whole class of yeoman farmers who were able to acquire plantations as indentured servants, clearing land and cultivating tobacco fields, and obtain tools and supplies from area merchants, using their crops to pay annual rentals as well as for collateral on loans. Jeremiah and Hannah Spurling evidently had at least five children, a daughter, named Keziah, and four sons, John, Jeremiah, Zachariah and William, all born between 1730 and 1752 in Truro Parish. In springof 1749 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1749:316, 325), Spurling was accused of trespass by Joseph Cockerill. In July, 1752 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1749-219), John Cockerill also brought suit against Owen Williams, Spurling's landlord, and, in July, 1752, the court ordered that Spurling be paid for nineteen days of attendance on Cockerill's behalf. Joseph Cockerilll's trespass case against Jeremiah was dismissed on February 21, 1754 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1754:248), when the principals agreed to a mutual settlement. Another lawsuit was brought against Spurling by John Craig on behalf of his late father, David Craig (Fairfax Court Minutes 1756:387,496), and, on June 18, 1761 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1756:609), Spurling--in absentia--was ordered to pay twenty-two pounds, fifteen shillings, plus five per cent interest, to Craig's estate. In May, 1756, it was learned that Keziah Spurling, presumably Jeremiah's daughter, had a base born child. When she failed to answer a summons to appear in court to answer charges on June 22, 1757 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1756:387), the justices ordered her to pay fifty pounds sterling or 500 pounds tobacco cask, plus court costs, to Truro Parish church wardens. As a plaintiff, there also are records of Spurling's suits against Silvester (?) Adams (Fairfax Court Minutes 1763:82, 88, A:47; 1764:B:2; 1765:36), eventually dismissed, and one Masters (Fairfax Court Minutes 1763:82, B:45), who was exonerated of Spurling's charges. Records reflect some of Spurling's business deallings. Jeremiah Spurling's name appears among those who had accounts due to the estate of William Donaldson, who died prior to May 21, 1761 (Fairfax Wills B:272-275). Spurling's family frequented Glassford & Company's trading stores at Falls Church and nearby Alexandria, which had been established in 1748. Glassford was a trading firm from Glasgow, Scotland, which set up numerous stores in Maryland and Virginia. Some of Glassford's account books have been preserved (Library of Congress MS Division). Four of them show that Jeremiah Spurling, Keziah and sons Jeremiah, William and Zachariah, purchased a great variety of goods at the two stores between August, 1756, and August, 1766. Only Hannah Spurling's name is not found in these particular ledgers. Because these books do not distinguish between the older and younger Jeremiahs, it is impossible to determine whether father or son was in the store on a given day. At Falls Church (Glassford Vol. 187:22,182; Vol. 188:11,148,182). Jeremiah Spurling bought a "rasor," worsted stockings, fine linen, soap, rum, a horn comb, buckles and sleeve buttons, a pewter dish and a dyed rug as well as other things. He paid for these with a hogshead of tobacco "on the Falls" and a "balance of money," transferred from the Alexandria store. He also bought twelve yards of Orenbrigs, a common coarse linen which derives its name from Ostenbruck, Germany. At the Alexandria store (Glassford, Vol. 164:5,50,74,111,125,164,174; Vol. 165:83,89,172,182), Jeremiah Spurling purchased English blankets, ribbon "for Peggy Stern," rum, molasses, sugar, "loading lines," sheeting, nails, a pewter basin, a pair of "best garters," pepper, scissors, and indigo. He also paid money he owed to Francis Whiting and Silvester Adams through the store. Spurling paid for these accounts with "3/4 Cush. Oats" and two hogsheads of tobacco, one "on Hunting Ck." and another "on the Falls." He also bought more than 6,000 nails and powder and owed money to John Riddell for port; These debts were paid by goods in barter, cash, 7 "trasf. notes on the Falls," and "by charges on loading the Ann, His expenses at your house 4 days." Ann was a ship that brought goods to the stores in port towns. It is inferred that Spurling may have stayed with the wealthy merchant, Glass-ford, while helping to load the Ann. On June 17,1765 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1765:26), Jeremiah Spurling--then about sixty-one years old--was exempted from paying annual taxes. On July 19, 1769 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1768:20), there is a record of Jeremiah Spurling's having received a baarrel of corn in 1756 from the "Sebastian account." Dates involved are too early to involve Jeremiah Spurling Jr. So, although numerous references to the younger Jeremiah continue past the end of the seventeenth century, this may well be the last mention of Jeremiah Spurling Sr. in Fairfax County records. Thus, Jeremiah Spurling evidently died around 1770, when he would have been about sixty-six years old. . Otherwise described as the road from Madden's shop to Little Falls, the line-up of residents was Daniel Halbert, Jeremiah Spurling, Hannah Spurling and George Mason. Hannah Spurling was abaout seventy-three years old by this time. The other three sons of Jeremiah and Hannah, John, Zachariah and William Spurling, moved to North Carolina between 1770 and the end of the Revolutionary War. No record has been found to tell what became of Keziah Spurling.
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The last recorded incident concerning Jeremiah Spurling's estate case was on July 27,1726 (Westmoreland Court Order 1721-31:125, when the court directed Widow Mary Spurling to appear at the next session to answer a petition preferred against her by Jeremiah Spurling Jr. No subsequent judgment is in evidence, and it may be presumed any dispute had been settled out of court. On Sept. 10, 1744 (Fairfax Deeds Br"252), Jeremiah Spurling leased a one hundred aacre plantation in Truro Parish from Owen Williams. Terms of this lease was twenty-one years at a price of 550 pounds of tobacco annually with first year's rental free, although Spurling paid an advance of five shilllings sterling. Spurling's property was one of three pieces of leased land, originally part of 1,604 acres granted on January 24, 1726 (Northern Neck Grants B:340), to Major John Fitzhugh & Simon Pearson: It was described then as being on Horsepen Run and North Branch of Hunting Creek. written on October 1, 1744 (Fairfax Wills A:182-184), Jeremiah Spurling's However, as late as October 16, 1797 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1797:P), Hannah Spurling was living next door to Jeremiah Spurling Jr. on the road from Falls Church to Alexandria Twice in late summer of 1765, Spurling was arrested for a debt, allegedly owed Hunter & Company. Charles Broadwater and Francis Dade provided bail and, although it was declared a "non-suit" on August 22, 1765 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1765:26,52), Spurling was ordered to pay damages of more than one pound, five shillings.
Jeremiah Spurling
Born 1704 in Cople, Westmoreland, Virginiamap
Son of Jeremiah Spurling and Mary (Chandler) Spurling
Brother of Sarah Spurling and Thomas Spurling
Husband of Hannah Mae Johnson — married 1738 in Virginia, United Statesmap
Father of John Spurlin, Keziah Spurling, John Spurling, Jeremiah Spurling, Zachariah Spurling, William Spurling and Jesse Band Spurling
Died 1770 in Alexandria, Fairfax, Virginiamap
Settled in vicinity of Falls Church & Alexandria some years before Fairfax Co. was formed from Prince William, where he probably married his wife, Hannah.Spurling leased tobacco plantation of more than a hundred acres in Truro Parish, where he and his wife reared a family of at least one daughter and four sons.[citation needed]
, . Acquired his land as a yeoman farmer. In 1743, Jeremiah Spurling, then about thirty-nine years old and probably married with children, turned up in newly-formed Fairfax Co. Va. If he had been in the area any time earlier--as it appears he was, he would have been in Prince William County. He raised tobacco on plantations leased from John Musgrove and Owen Williams. Actually, Spurling was a tenant planter here as early as March 23, 1743 (Fairfax Surveys, Page 6 & 8), when he was chain carrier for surveyor Henry (?) Brant, who later brought suit against Musgrove; Spurling also was among Musgrove's tenants. This survey shows Spurling's house and cornfield on a plat of tracts on North and South Branches of Little Hunting Creek. On June 8, 1756 (Fairfax Surveys, Page 102), another survey of Major Fitzhugh's part of the Fitzhugh & Pearson grant showed that Spurling's lot really amounted to 108 acres; In this plat, courses are given. John Musgrove died in September, 1746, and, according to terms of his will, written on October 1, 1744 (Fairfax Wills A:182-184), Jeremiah Spurling's annual rental was to be paid to Mary Musgrove, one of his seven children. Thus, it appears, Spurling became one of a whole class of yeoman farmers who were able to acquire plantations as indentured servants, clearing land and cultivating tobacco fields, and obtain tools and supplies from area merchants, using their crops to pay annual rentals as well as for collateral on loans. Jeremiah and Hannah Spurling evidently had at least five children, a daughter, named Keziah, and four sons, John, Jeremiah, Zachariah and William, all born between 1730 and 1752 in Truro Parish. In springof 1749 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1749:316, 325), Spurling was accused of trespass by Joseph Cockerill. In July, 1752 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1749-219), John Cockerill also brought suit against Owen Williams, Spurling's landlord, and, in July, 1752, the court ordered that Spurling be paid for nineteen days of attendance on Cockerill's behalf. Joseph Cockerilll's trespass case against Jeremiah was dismissed on February 21, 1754 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1754:248), when the principals agreed to a mutual settlement. Another lawsuit was brought against Spurling by John Craig on behalf of his late father, David Craig (Fairfax Court Minutes 1756:387,496), and, on June 18, 1761 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1756:609), Spurling--in absentia--was ordered to pay twenty-two pounds, fifteen shillings, plus five per cent interest, to Craig's estate. In May, 1756, it was learned that Keziah Spurling, presumably Jeremiah's daughter, had a base born child. When she failed to answer a summons to appear in court to answer charges on June 22, 1757 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1756:387), the justices ordered her to pay fifty pounds sterling or 500 pounds tobacco cask, plus court costs, to Truro Parish church wardens. As a plaintiff, there also are records of Spurling's suits against Silvester (?) Adams (Fairfax Court Minutes 1763:82, 88, A:47; 1764:B:2; 1765:36), eventually dismissed, and one Masters (Fairfax Court Minutes 1763:82, B:45), who was exonerated of Spurling's charges. Records reflect some of Spurling's business deallings. Jeremiah Spurling's name appears among those who had accounts due to the estate of William Donaldson, who died prior to May 21, 1761 (Fairfax Wills B:272-275). Spurling's family frequented Glassford & Company's trading stores at Falls Church and nearby Alexandria, which had been established in 1748. Glassford was a trading firm from Glasgow, Scotland, which set up numerous stores in Maryland and Virginia. Some of Glassford's account books have been preserved (Library of Congress MS Division). Four of them show that Jeremiah Spurling, Keziah and sons Jeremiah, William and Zachariah, purchased a great variety of goods at the two stores between August, 1756, and August, 1766. Only Hannah Spurling's name is not found in these particular ledgers. Because these books do not distinguish between the older and younger Jeremiahs, it is impossible to determine whether father or son was in the store on a given day. At Falls Church (Glassford Vol. 187:22,182; Vol. 188:11,148,182). Jeremiah Spurling bought a "rasor," worsted stockings, fine linen, soap, rum, a horn comb, buckles and sleeve buttons, a pewter dish and a dyed rug as well as other things. He paid for these with a hogshead of tobacco "on the Falls" and a "balance of money," transferred from the Alexandria store. He also bought twelve yards of Orenbrigs, a common coarse linen which derives its name from Ostenbruck, Germany. At the Alexandria store (Glassford, Vol. 164:5,50,74,111,125,164,174; Vol. 165:83,89,172,182), Jeremiah Spurling purchased English blankets, ribbon "for Peggy Stern," rum, molasses, sugar, "loading lines," sheeting, nails, a pewter basin, a pair of "best garters," pepper, scissors, and indigo. He also paid money he owed to Francis Whiting and Silvester Adams through the store. Spurling paid for these accounts with "3/4 Cush. Oats" and two hogsheads of tobacco, one "on Hunting Ck." and another "on the Falls." He also bought more than 6,000 nails and powder and owed money to John Riddell for port; These debts were paid by goods in barter, cash, 7 "trasf. notes on the Falls," and "by charges on loading the Ann, His expenses at your house 4 days." Ann was a ship that brought goods to the stores in port towns. It is inferred that Spurling may have stayed with the wealthy merchant, Glass-ford, while helping to load the Ann. On June 17,1765 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1765:26), Jeremiah Spurling--then about sixty-one years old--was exempted from paying annual taxes. On July 19, 1769 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1768:20), there is a record of Jeremiah Spurling's having received a baarrel of corn in 1756 from the "Sebastian account." Dates involved are too early to involve Jeremiah Spurling Jr. So, although numerous references to the younger Jeremiah continue past the end of the seventeenth century, this may well be the last mention of Jeremiah Spurling Sr. in Fairfax County records. Thus, Jeremiah Spurling evidently died around 1770, when he would have been about sixty-six years old. . Otherwise described as the road from Madden's shop to Little Falls, the line-up of residents was Daniel Halbert, Jeremiah Spurling, Hannah Spurling and George Mason. Hannah Spurling was abaout seventy-three years old by this time. The other three sons of Jeremiah and Hannah, John, Zachariah and William Spurling, moved to North Carolina between 1770 and the end of the Revolutionary War. No record has been found to tell what became of Keziah Spurling.
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The last recorded incident concerning Jeremiah Spurling's estate case was on July 27,1726 (Westmoreland Court Order 1721-31:125, when the court directed Widow Mary Spurling to appear at the next session to answer a petition preferred against her by Jeremiah Spurling Jr. No subsequent judgment is in evidence, and it may be presumed any dispute had been settled out of court. On Sept. 10, 1744 (Fairfax Deeds Br"252), Jeremiah Spurling leased a one hundred aacre plantation in Truro Parish from Owen Williams. Terms of this lease was twenty-one years at a price of 550 pounds of tobacco annually with first year's rental free, although Spurling paid an advance of five shilllings sterling. Spurling's property was one of three pieces of leased land, originally part of 1,604 acres granted on January 24, 1726 (Northern Neck Grants B:340), to Major John Fitzhugh & Simon Pearson: It was described then as being on Horsepen Run and North Branch of Hunting Creek. written on October 1, 1744 (Fairfax Wills A:182-184), Jeremiah Spurling's However, as late as October 16, 1797 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1797:P), Hannah Spurling was living next door to Jeremiah Spurling Jr. on the road from Falls Church to Alexandria Twice in late summer of 1765, Spurling was arrested for a debt, allegedly owed Hunter & Company. Charles Broadwater and Francis Dade provided bail and, although it was declared a "non-suit" on August 22, 1765 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1765:26,52), Spurling was ordered to pay damages of more than one pound, five shillings.
Born 1704 in Cople, Westmoreland, Virginiamap
Son of Jeremiah Spurling and Mary (Chandler) Spurling
Brother of Sarah Spurling and Thomas Spurling
Husband of Hannah Mae Johnson — married 1738 in Virginia, United Statesmap
Father of John Spurlin, Keziah Spurling, John Spurling, Jeremiah Spurling, Zachariah Spurling, William Spurling and Jesse Band Spurling
Died 1770 in Alexandria, Fairfax, Virginiamap
Settled in vicinity of Falls Church & Alexandria some years before Fairfax Co. was formed from Prince William, where he probably married his wife, Hannah.Spurling leased tobacco plantation of more than a hundred acres in Truro Parish, where he and his wife reared a family of at least one daughter and four sons.[citation needed]
, . Acquired his land as a yeoman farmer. In 1743, Jeremiah Spurling, then about thirty-nine years old and probably married with children, turned up in newly-formed Fairfax Co. Va. If he had been in the area any time earlier--as it appears he was, he would have been in Prince William County. He raised tobacco on plantations leased from John Musgrove and Owen Williams. Actually, Spurling was a tenant planter here as early as March 23, 1743 (Fairfax Surveys, Page 6 & 8), when he was chain carrier for surveyor Henry (?) Brant, who later brought suit against Musgrove; Spurling also was among Musgrove's tenants. This survey shows Spurling's house and cornfield on a plat of tracts on North and South Branches of Little Hunting Creek. On June 8, 1756 (Fairfax Surveys, Page 102), another survey of Major Fitzhugh's part of the Fitzhugh & Pearson grant showed that Spurling's lot really amounted to 108 acres; In this plat, courses are given. John Musgrove died in September, 1746, and, according to terms of his will, written on October 1, 1744 (Fairfax Wills A:182-184), Jeremiah Spurling's annual rental was to be paid to Mary Musgrove, one of his seven children. Thus, it appears, Spurling became one of a whole class of yeoman farmers who were able to acquire plantations as indentured servants, clearing land and cultivating tobacco fields, and obtain tools and supplies from area merchants, using their crops to pay annual rentals as well as for collateral on loans. Jeremiah and Hannah Spurling evidently had at least five children, a daughter, named Keziah, and four sons, John, Jeremiah, Zachariah and William, all born between 1730 and 1752 in Truro Parish. In springof 1749 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1749:316, 325), Spurling was accused of trespass by Joseph Cockerill. In July, 1752 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1749-219), John Cockerill also brought suit against Owen Williams, Spurling's landlord, and, in July, 1752, the court ordered that Spurling be paid for nineteen days of attendance on Cockerill's behalf. Joseph Cockerilll's trespass case against Jeremiah was dismissed on February 21, 1754 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1754:248), when the principals agreed to a mutual settlement. Another lawsuit was brought against Spurling by John Craig on behalf of his late father, David Craig (Fairfax Court Minutes 1756:387,496), and, on June 18, 1761 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1756:609), Spurling--in absentia--was ordered to pay twenty-two pounds, fifteen shillings, plus five per cent interest, to Craig's estate. In May, 1756, it was learned that Keziah Spurling, presumably Jeremiah's daughter, had a base born child. When she failed to answer a summons to appear in court to answer charges on June 22, 1757 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1756:387), the justices ordered her to pay fifty pounds sterling or 500 pounds tobacco cask, plus court costs, to Truro Parish church wardens. As a plaintiff, there also are records of Spurling's suits against Silvester (?) Adams (Fairfax Court Minutes 1763:82, 88, A:47; 1764:B:2; 1765:36), eventually dismissed, and one Masters (Fairfax Court Minutes 1763:82, B:45), who was exonerated of Spurling's charges. Records reflect some of Spurling's business deallings. Jeremiah Spurling's name appears among those who had accounts due to the estate of William Donaldson, who died prior to May 21, 1761 (Fairfax Wills B:272-275). Spurling's family frequented Glassford & Company's trading stores at Falls Church and nearby Alexandria, which had been established in 1748. Glassford was a trading firm from Glasgow, Scotland, which set up numerous stores in Maryland and Virginia. Some of Glassford's account books have been preserved (Library of Congress MS Division). Four of them show that Jeremiah Spurling, Keziah and sons Jeremiah, William and Zachariah, purchased a great variety of goods at the two stores between August, 1756, and August, 1766. Only Hannah Spurling's name is not found in these particular ledgers. Because these books do not distinguish between the older and younger Jeremiahs, it is impossible to determine whether father or son was in the store on a given day. At Falls Church (Glassford Vol. 187:22,182; Vol. 188:11,148,182). Jeremiah Spurling bought a "rasor," worsted stockings, fine linen, soap, rum, a horn comb, buckles and sleeve buttons, a pewter dish and a dyed rug as well as other things. He paid for these with a hogshead of tobacco "on the Falls" and a "balance of money," transferred from the Alexandria store. He also bought twelve yards of Orenbrigs, a common coarse linen which derives its name from Ostenbruck, Germany. At the Alexandria store (Glassford, Vol. 164:5,50,74,111,125,164,174; Vol. 165:83,89,172,182), Jeremiah Spurling purchased English blankets, ribbon "for Peggy Stern," rum, molasses, sugar, "loading lines," sheeting, nails, a pewter basin, a pair of "best garters," pepper, scissors, and indigo. He also paid money he owed to Francis Whiting and Silvester Adams through the store. Spurling paid for these accounts with "3/4 Cush. Oats" and two hogsheads of tobacco, one "on Hunting Ck." and another "on the Falls." He also bought more than 6,000 nails and powder and owed money to John Riddell for port; These debts were paid by goods in barter, cash, 7 "trasf. notes on the Falls," and "by charges on loading the Ann, His expenses at your house 4 days." Ann was a ship that brought goods to the stores in port towns. It is inferred that Spurling may have stayed with the wealthy merchant, Glass-ford, while helping to load the Ann. On June 17,1765 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1765:26), Jeremiah Spurling--then about sixty-one years old--was exempted from paying annual taxes. On July 19, 1769 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1768:20), there is a record of Jeremiah Spurling's having received a baarrel of corn in 1756 from the "Sebastian account." Dates involved are too early to involve Jeremiah Spurling Jr. So, although numerous references to the younger Jeremiah continue past the end of the seventeenth century, this may well be the last mention of Jeremiah Spurling Sr. in Fairfax County records. Thus, Jeremiah Spurling evidently died around 1770, when he would have been about sixty-six years old. . Otherwise described as the road from Madden's shop to Little Falls, the line-up of residents was Daniel Halbert, Jeremiah Spurling, Hannah Spurling and George Mason. Hannah Spurling was abaout seventy-three years old by this time. The other three sons of Jeremiah and Hannah, John, Zachariah and William Spurling, moved to North Carolina between 1770 and the end of the Revolutionary War. No record has been found to tell what became of Keziah Spurling.
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The last recorded incident concerning Jeremiah Spurling's estate case was on July 27,1726 (Westmoreland Court Order 1721-31:125, when the court directed Widow Mary Spurling to appear at the next session to answer a petition preferred against her by Jeremiah Spurling Jr. No subsequent judgment is in evidence, and it may be presumed any dispute had been settled out of court. On Sept. 10, 1744 (Fairfax Deeds Br"252), Jeremiah Spurling leased a one hundred aacre plantation in Truro Parish from Owen Williams. Terms of this lease was twenty-one years at a price of 550 pounds of tobacco annually with first year's rental free, although Spurling paid an advance of five shilllings sterling. Spurling's property was one of three pieces of leased land, originally part of 1,604 acres granted on January 24, 1726 (Northern Neck Grants B:340), to Major John Fitzhugh & Simon Pearson: It was described then as being on Horsepen Run and North Branch of Hunting Creek. written on October 1, 1744 (Fairfax Wills A:182-184), Jeremiah Spurling's However, as late as October 16, 1797 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1797:P), Hannah Spurling was living next door to Jeremiah Spurling Jr. on the road from Falls Church to Alexandria Twice in late summer of 1765, Spurling was arrested for a debt, allegedly owed Hunter & Company. Charles Broadwater and Francis Dade provided bail and, although it was declared a "non-suit" on August 22, 1765 (Fairfax Court Minutes 1765:26,52), Spurling was ordered to pay damages of more than one pound, five shillings.
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