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Richard Luttrell
(info from "The Luttrell Family in Virginia" by Rev. Terril Littrell,
Ph. D)
Born abt. 1690 in Prince William Co., VA
Son of Robert and Ann Luttrell
(immigrants from Ireland)
Siblings:
Simon, lived in Prince William
and Westmoreland Cos, VA.
Thomas, died early in life.
His sources are not known
In 1881, John Willis Luttrell, is quoted as having expressed the belief that his great grandfather, Richard Luttrell, emigrated to this country from England.
Allied Families of Read, Corbin, Luttrell & Bywaters by Prichard.
Many Luttrell researchers show Richard Luttrell
as son of James Luttrell, the immigrant in Northumberland Co.
There has not yet been found conclusive documentation for Richard's parentage, DOB or POB.
for Richard Luttrell's relationship with other VA Luttrells
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Will of Richard Luttrell, Sr. 1766
Fauquier County, Virginia, Will Book 1, Page 95
In the name of GOD Amen, this 10th day of September 1764. I Richard LUTTRELL of Fauquier County,
in the Colony of Virginia being of perfect health and sound mind and memory thanks be given to GOD for it therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men to once die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that the hands of Almighty GOD that gave it and my body I recommend to earth to be buried in a decent christian burial at the descretion of my Executors nothing doubting that at the General resurection I shall receive the same by the Mighty of GOD and as touching such worldy estate wherewith it has pleased GOD to bless me in the manner following:
IN PRIMIS I give to my son James Luttrell, 70 acres of land more or less and being the land whereon he now lives and bounded by me.
ITEM I give to my son Michael Luttrell 70 acres of land more or less being the land whereon he now lives and being on the same side of the run that my son James lives on and bounded by me.
ITEM I give to my son Samuel Luttrell 70 acres of land more or less being the same land and plantation whereon he now lives and where John Collier formerly lived and bounded by me.
ITEM I give to my son John Luttrell 70 acres of land more or less it being that part of land whereon he now lives and bounded by me.
ITEM I give to my son Richard Luttrell my new patent of land containing 58 acres of land whereon he now lives.
ITEM I give to my daughter Unstiss Luttrell part of the land that I bought off George Crump lying on the south side of Rocke Run that runs from John Nelsons old field to William Raussaus mill bounded by Woods line, Forsythes line and Dearmons line, containing 80 acres of land more or less.
ITEM I give to my daughter Mary Luttrell part of the said land on the west side of the run bounded by Woods line, Dearmans line and Peters line and the ridge path that goes from John Combs to John Nelsons, containing 80 acres of land more or less.
ITEM I give to my daughter Susan Luttrell the remainder part of the land on the west side of the said path bounded by woods line and Peters line, containing 80 acres of land more or less.
ITEM I give to my son Robert Luttrell the plantation whereon I now live and the remaining part of my land adjoining to my said plantation being 74 acres of land more or less.
ITEM I give to my son Robert one feather bed and furniture, my new gun, sword and coutch box.
ITEM I give to my daughter Catherine Corum five pounds of current money of the Colony to be raised within the compass of one year after my decease, out of what part of my moveable estate my Executors and Executri shall think most proper to sell for the raising of said money.
ITEM I give to my daughter Sarah Luttrell five pounds and my young bay mare branded on or near the buttock to be delivered to her at the age of eighteen or marryed.
ITEM I give to my granddaughter Mary Corum five pounds of current money of Virginia to be paid at the age of eighteen or when she is marryed.
ITEM I give to my loving wife, Mary all the rest of my moveable estate to be by possessed and enjoyed during her natural life and after her decease to be equally divided amongst my children.
ITEM I constitute my loving wife, Mary and sons, Richard and Robert Luttrell to be Executors of this my last will and testament and do hereby utterly, disallow, revoke and dismell all and every other former testament, wills legates and bequeathed ratifying this to be my last will and testament and no other in witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand seal, day and year above written VS.
HIS
Richard X Luttrell
Mark
Signed sealed and delivered by said Richard Luttrell on his Last Will and Testament.
HIS Edward X Lorrence Mark HIS Richard Luttrell Mark
Edward Lorrence
Richard Lorrence
At a court held for Fauquier County, Virginia, 26th day of May 1766 this will was proved by Edward Lorrence--Witness thereto and ordered to be recorded and on the motion of Richard Luttrell and Robert Luttrell who made oath and acknowledged bond as the law directs Certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof indue form.
Children of Richard Luttrell
shown on Virginia Rent Rolls
per "Early American Series,
Early Virginia, Vol I" by R. V. Jackson
for Fauquier Co., VA 1770
Lutrell, Alstace
Lutrell, James
Lutrell, Mary
Lutrell, Michael
Lutrell, Richard
Lutrell, Robert
Lutrell, Samuel
Lutrell, Samuel
(Samuel listed twice)
Lutrell, Susannah
Luttrell, Austice
Luttrell, Jas
Luttrell, Mary
Luttrell, Michl
Luttrell, Richd
Luttrell, Robt
Luttrell, Saml
Luttrell, Susanna
for Fauquier Co., VA 1777
Luttrell, James
Luttrell, Micl
Luttrell, Richd
Luttrell, Robert
Luttrell, Saml
Some sources show this Richard as son of Robert Luttrell who was son of Simon of Luttrellstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Notes RE:
Mary Carewick Dermont
Michael Dermont Will; dated 3 Feb 1730, probated 18 Apr 1733 , Prince William County, Virginia
Shows his daughter Mary Carewick married to Richard Luttrell. Their children listed in the will are Catherine, James, Richard and Michael. (4 children by 1730 - marriage of Richard & Mary surely prior to 1726)
Michael Dermont Sr's 1730 will, which is now in the Library of Virginia, lists his wife Mary, children Michael, Catherine, and Mary, and his grandson William Miller. It also proves his daughter Mary's marriage to his first neighbor on Town Run, Richard Luttrell, Esq., who received a grant for 354 acres adjoining the north boundary of Michael's 636 acres.
http://dearmontfamilyhistory.org/index.php Dearmont Family History
Notes for Richard Luttrell:
From "Westmoreland County Deeds and Wills 1723 - 1738
21 Apr 1718 - Richard Littrell made his mark as a witness to the Will of George Lamkin of Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, VA . The Will was recorded 20 Apr 1727.
Source: Allied Families of Read, Corbin, Luttrell Bywaters, by A.M. Prichard, Staunton, Virginia 1930.
12 Mar 1722 - By grant, the Proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virgina conveyed unto "Richd Lutterall" of Stafford County, a track of 354 acres of land lying on "Brent Town Run" in Stafford County, Virginia;
1735Prince William County, Virginia, Hamilton Parish rent rolls;354 acres R'd Lutteral
1739 - Rent Roll [Prince William County, Virginia; Hamilton Parish] - from Michaelmass 1738 to Michaelmass 1739
Lutterall, Richard354 acres0L 7s 1d Dermott Michael 1058 1 : 1 : 2 1 Year
27 Jul 1745 - "Lord Fairfax conveyed. . . "Richard Lutterel of Pr. William Co. 58 A. in said Co. Surv.George Byrn. Adj. Lutterel's other land, on Town Run, Crossby's now Edw'd Lawrence, Thomas Hooper, Thomas Berry's now Thomas Conway's."
1751 - Census: Listed as a taxpayer in Hamilton Parish, Prince William Co, VA. - LUTTERELL, Rchd., LUTTERELL, Wm. . .LUTTERELL, Rchd., Jr.. . . .CRUMP, Capt. Jno., CRUMP, Geo., CRUMP, Capt. Beni., . . .COOMBS, Jno., COOMBS, Jos. . . .DERMOT, Ritch.. . .SHUMATE, Wm., SHUMATE, Jno. . .TULLUS, Rhodham
A List of Taxpayers for Hamilton Parish, 1751. (*)"A List of Taxpayers for Hamilton Parish, 1751" Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, v. 10, no. 6 (December, 1991), pp. 43-45. Reprintd from "List of Taxpayers, Elk Run and Vicinity, 1751,"Bulletin of the Fauquier Historical Society, June 1923, pp. 239-242. The article states it is from the Account Book of Capt. John Crump, Sheriff of Prince William County, and that, "The original book was presented to the Fauquier Historical Society in 1922, by Col. Malcolm H. Crump, Bowling Green, Kentucky."
26 Nov 1760 - Bought 240 acres adjacent to the south end of the 422-acre Michael Dermont, Sr, grant, Fauquier Co, VA. By deed of 26 November 1760, recorded in Fauquire County, Virginia, Richard Luttrell acquired from George Crump a track of 240 acres of land on a branch of Negro Run, which was granted to John Crump by the Proprietors of the Northern Neck on the 29 July 1745.
26 November 1760 - (deed) Richard Luttrell, Sr., of Fauquier County, conveyed to his son, Samuel Luttrell, 70 acres of the 350 acres acquired from the Proprietors, as above shown.
ADDL INFO RE: Michael Dermont
http://dearmontfamilyhistory.org/
Michael Dermont's first documented presence in Virginia is his 1712 grant for 248 acres of land on Accokeek Run in Stafford County, VA. The deed says that the land adjoined a Norman plantation and was already occupied by Michael.
Ten years later, in 1722, Michael received a grant for 636 acres of land on Town Run, near Negro Run, in Stafford County. In 1723 he sold the 248 acres purchased in 1712,
to Augustine Washington, father of George Washington.
In 1724 he purchased a grant of 422 acres which adjoined the 636 acres he had purchased in 1722.
A 1723 tax list documents Michael Dermont and a son Michael, Jr., and a grandson William Miller,
who were both 13 at the time.
Richard Luttrell land grant on Town Run, Fauquier Co., VA 1722 - on the edge of the frontier
(location estimated from information provided by deeds and Northern Neck of VA Historical Society - Oct 2021)
The land that Richard Luttrell entered in 1722 was on the edge of the Virginia frontier. It had previously been occupied by native people. In 1722 the Six Nations ceded the entire region including modern Fauquier to Virginia Colony at the Treaty of Albany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauquier_County,_Virginia
Brent Town
In 1687, King James II granted 30,000 acres of land here as a sanctuary for Roman Catholics to George Brent, of Stafford County and others.
In 1748, Charles Brent sells land bordering Michael Dermont and Richard Luttrell’s
land on Elk Run.
The Luttrells in Ireland were Catholic. Did Richard Luttrell seek out this Catholic-friendly area in anti-Catholic Virginia after emigrating from Ireland?
Stafford County was erected in 1664 from Westmoreland; King George was taken from Richmond County in April, 1721; Prince William, embracing parts of Stafford and King George , was made a county in March 1731; and Fauquier County was erected from Prince William on the 1 May 1759.
Two of Richard’s sons serve in
the French and Indian War
(AKA “Seven Years’ War”)
https://ststephenscatlett.org/elkrun/index.php/
elk-run-valley-soldiers/
French & Indian War Officers
(1756 to 1763)
and Soldiers from Elk Run Valley
John Luttrell, soldier
Samuel Luttrell, soldier
Village of Elk Run
from https://ststephenscatlett.org/elkrun/index.php/history/ more info re Elk Run Church
The first English settlement of the Elk Run Valley took place in the late 1600s, with more settlement taking place from 1710 to 1759 as European settlers began moving into this region of Fauquier County in the early 1700s. With the establishment of Hamilton Parish in 1730, there were several hundred people living in the Elk Run vicinity of northern Virginia. A wooden Chapel already existed prior to 1744 when Prince William Minute Books makes note of road repairs being done in front of the Elk Run Chapel. This wooden church structure served Anglican communicants in Elk Run and provided pastoral care as well as secular administration for this active frontier community.
First established prior to 1744 as a “wooden chapel,” the Elk Run Church was important because it was the local parish that everyone was required to attend once a month by colonial Virginia law,
The Church served respectively as a governing and administrative body under British colonial rule, and the bustling village of the 1750s boasted a tavern, a blacksmith shop, an ordinary, and was a stopover point for travelers going north or west in the constant expansion into what later became Fauquier County in 1759.
Brent Town
Brent Town VA - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=2734
In 1687, King James II granted 30,000 acres of land here as a sanctuary for Roman Catholics to George Brent, of Stafford County, and London residents Robert Bristow, Richard Foote, and Nicholas Hayward. Brent established a fortified outpost the next year that overlooked an Indian path later called the Carolina Road; the Indians cut a new path farther west. In 1742, when the Prince William County seat was moved from Woodbridge, Brent Town, as the settlement on the Brent tract was known, was called but rejected as the new site.
The Brent Town Survey of 1737 (Prince William County)
Brent Town was the name of a tract of 30,000 acres of land which was granted by the Northern Neck proprietor to four English businessmen, 10 January 1686/7. This territory, located between Cedar Run and Broad Run, now in western Prince William and eastern Fauquier County, was originally intended as a colony for Huguenot and Catholilc refugees. That plan fell through, however, and in 1737 the tract was divided among the heirs of the owners.
This map shows the metes and bounds of each of the four divisions, the streams running through them, and the names and locations of each of the tenants on the property. Settlement was quite advanced on Cedar, Broad, and Town Runs, but appears to have hardly begun on Slaty and Kettle Runs.
This entire tract lay within Prince William County in 1737. After 1759, the houses on Town Run and Cedar Run west of Dorrills Run would fall within Fauquier County.
Building roads in the wilderness
http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/
online_reports/pdf/19-r22.pdf
Fauquier County Road Orders 1759 – 1783
In the 1750’s and 60’s the residents in the vicinity of Elk Run were building roads where there were only paths.
Richard Luttrell, Jr. is mentioned several times in the records of Fauquier County as a surveyor and adviser on the construction of roads in the Elk Run vicinity.
354 acres
