John Harrold of Northumberland County
The son of Walter and Priscilla Harrold; he was the twin brother of Hugh; he was bound as an apprentice to John Trimlett. Both his parents and his master were dead by 1702/03. Capt. Thomas Winder rescued John. Winder was the brother-in-law to Capt. Brereton, master of brother Nicholus. Two of his sons were born in Northumberland Co. In 1735, he was granted a lease of land in Orange Co. along with William Ingram, son of John Ingram. (This William Ingram was born in Northumberland Co. in 1717.) He was a petitioner for a wagon road through Chester’s Gap. He received money in the estate settlement of John Calvert of Orange Co. in 1740. He is the probable father of Jacob of Shenandoah Co.
Sources:
- Northumberland County Apprenticeships 1650-1750 compiled by W. Preston Haynie, part 1, p. 720
- Northumberland County Apprenticeships 1650-1750 compiled by W. Preston Haynie, part 1, p. 237
- Northumberland County Apprenticeships 1650-1750 compiled by W. Preston Haynie, part 1, p. 248
- Virginia Colonial Abastracts, Northumberland County Records of Births, 1661-1810, p. 440
- Virginia Colonial Abastracts, Northumberland County Records of Births, 1661-1810, p. 440
- Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 1735-1738, Compiled and Abstracted by John Frederick Droman, p. 7
- Orange County Virginia Deed Books 1738-1741 abstracted and compiled by John Frederick Dorman, pp. 112-113
- Orange County, Virginia Will Book I 1735-1743, Abstracted and Compiled by John Frederick Dorman, p. 24
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