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Hugh Drysdale , Lt. Governor of Virginia 1722-1726
Hugh Drysdale
Below : photos of original documents supposedly signed by Hugh .
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Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on September 18, 2024 at 13:08
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In my understanding from the initial posting By Dictionary of Virginia Biography , contact with Westminster Archive centre was attempted. ...'' The researchers reached out to Westminster back in 2007 when the biography was written, but they couldn’t help them at the time. They are hoping that in the intervening years more records have become accessible so that they might get a conclusive answer. They have reached out to Westminster and I will let you know what they come back with.
Best regards,
Managing Editor
Encyclopedia Virginia
below was her reply .
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Comment by William Douglas on September 18, 2024 at 11:09
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Will you be sharing the Encyclopedia Virginia contribution with the Westminster Archive centre ?
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And to wrap it up with a bow from Encyclopedia Virginia -
Hi Russ,
Thanks for getting in touch with us about the Hugh Drysdale entry. The researchers at the Dictionary of Virginia Biography are able to confirm that Hester did request that Hugh Drysdale be moved in her will and did purchase a burial plot at St. George’s but are still unable to confirm that he was actually moved, which was no small undertaking. Westminster also has not been able to provide confirmation.
As a result, we’re updated the entry to read that it’s likely he was moved:
“He was buried in the yard of Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, although it is likely that his widow later had his remains transferred to a tomb she purchased for the purpose in the Parish of Saint George, Hanover Square, London.”
Best regards,
Managing Editor
Encyclopedia Virginia
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Comment by Ronald Drysdale on August 23, 2024 at 14:25
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A reply from the Westminster Archive centre regarding the records of Hugh & Hester's tomb in Mount Street graveyard, St Georges Church, is copied below.
Unfortunately it would seem as if the tomb & its contents, and any records of its past existence, have disappeared from the face of the earth:
Quote:
"Dear Ron Drysdale
Thank you for your email of 14 August regarding the inscriptions on the gravestones of Hugh and Hesther Drysdale who were buried at the Mount Street Burial Ground in the 18th Century.
I had a look at the list of inscriptions compiled by the City Surveyor’s department in 1931, but there was no mention of the Drysdale tomb. It probably isn’t a complete list of the gravestones, as the title says: List of the grave stones previously stored on the site of and adjoining the tool sheds and stores which are now demolished in connection with the building of the new Mayfair Telephone Exchange.
There is a list of the monumental inscriptions in A Brief History of St George’s Chapel by Cecil Moore, but I’m afraid the Drysdales are not mentioned there either.
I don’t know whether there are still any gravestones in what is now Mount Street Gardens, but if not, I’m afraid I can’t say what happened to them.
I’m sorry I cannot be of more help to your research.
Kind regards
------------ (Ms)
Senior Archives & Local Studies Officer"
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Regards
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St George's, Hanover Square is a popular venue for baptisms, weddings and burials, as seen here:
https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/places-oneletter.php?psearc...I am about to tidy up the entries to make them more accessable.
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Over the centuries, land in central London has been under a continuous cycle of development & then redevelopment etc. including graveyards.
From Wikipedia:
St George's, Hanover Square
Burial ground
St George's was opened in the new residential development of Hanover Square with no attached churchyard. Its first burial ground was sited beside its workhouse at Mount Street. When this filled up a larger burial ground was consecrated at Bayswater in 1765. They were closed for burials in 1854, when London's city churchyards were closed to protect public health.............
The Mount Street ground was later cleared of monuments and turned into a small park. Some of the old tombstones were used for guttering and drainage, and may be seen today.
During the First World War the Bayswater ground was covered with 4' of top soil and used
for growing vegetables. In 1969 the burial ground was cleared to enable land to be sold
off for redevelopment.Best regards
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Hi all,
Came across this in my wanderings earlier today:
"3-6-1747 - Last will & testament of Hester Drysdale [Man] - widow of Governor Hugh Drysdale - from Uk National Archives"
First page of will copied here:
Also pdf of full will:
3-6-1747 - Last will & testament of Hester Drysdale - Man - wid...
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Mobilisation of Major Hugh Drysdale into Churchill's Dragoons in 1715
Ref: The London Gazette Issue 5353 - 1715-08-06 - LIST of the Officers of Thirteen Regiments of Dragoons - see attached pdf
The list includes Major Hugh Drysdale & his cousin, Lieutenant Thomas Drysdale.
Churchill's Dragoons including Major Hugh Drysdale and Lieutenant T...
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Ronald Drysdale had found an ineresting piece concerning Sawney, a Saponi Indian and his words regarding Hugh Drysdale - William Douglas, This is possibly the precursor to Col.George Douglas of Accomack s later Involvement with the Saponi Indians as recorded in Orange County records.
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The Virginia Indians had signed the treaty of Middle Plantation in the year 1677 with Charles ll of England, Sawney in my understanding was Saponi, this made him a subject of the Crown. The french indians [as it says below] were Iroquois.
Executive Journals, Council of Colonial Virginia 77
...''At a Council held at the Capitol November 5 th 1724 On reading this day at the Board sundry Depositions taken before the Justices of Spotsylvania County against a Saponie
Indian nam'd Sawney lately return'd from Canada, whereby it appears that the said Indian did behave himself very insolently threatning the Inhabitants with a speedy Incursion of the French Indians ; and the said Indian being examin'd in Council did acknowledge that he was taken by the French Indians, and carried into Canada about two years ago, That he had been with the said French Indians in an incursion on the people of New-England but that last Summer he was permitted to go to Albany in Company with some of the said French Indians, from whence, by the Favour of Cap* Collins the Officer of the Fort there, he had Liberty to return to Virginia, and the said Indian alledg'd whatever he said at Germanna in the County of Spotsyl-vania was spoken whilst he was in Drink. And being examind if he brought any message from the French Indians to the Saponies or any other of the Tributarys or if he intended to return to Canada as he had formerly given out, he denyed both : But forasmuch as it appears to this Board that the said Indian hath by his Speeches & Actions given just cause of Suspicionof his ill Intentions. It is Ord d that he be committed to Prison there to remain untill farther Order, unless the Great Men ofhis Nation shall engage for his good behaviour, and that he shallnot depart out of this Government, or hold Correspondence with any Forreign Indians And the Interpreter is directed to signify to the Saponie Nation the Terms upon wich they may have thesaid Indian delivered to them.
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Hi all,
The 23-2-1721 will and 14-2-1726 probate document for Major Hugh Drysdale is copied below - my Latin is not very good but it seems "Dat Decimo quarto die mensis february Anno Dni 1726" translates to "Dated the fourteenth day of February in the year 1726". Probate is normally granted after death and his death is generally reported as being on 22 July 1726???
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https://encyclopediavirginia.org/732hpr-c25667b62df577c/
Letter from Robert ''King'' Carter in regards to Hugh Drysdales funeral service .
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http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/george1stearloforkney.htm
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Please start again ,
if you copy and paste it into a browser , it gives the proper article
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Earl of Orkney, Governor of Virginia apparently never visited Virginia
http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/george1stearloforkney.htm ;
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https://www.facebook.com/notes/260309528751868/?pnref=lhc
Col. Spotswood , Lord Orkney George Douglas-Hamilton , Major Drysdale this is a rather long piece , about a 45 minute read . Major Drysdale is Hugh Drysdale .
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https://www.british-history.ac.uk/jrnl-trade-plantations/vol5/pp62-...
Paragraph 67
Virginia.
Letter from Earl of Orkney.
Councillor.
¶A letter from the Earl of Orkney, Governor of Virginia, to the Board, dated the 17th inst., recommending Mr. John Carter to be of the Council there, in the room of Colonel Bassett, deceased, was read, as also
Letter from Major Drysdale on same subject and peace with Indians.
A letter from Major Drysdale, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, dated 1st November, 1723, upon the same subject, and transmitting Articles of Peace made by Colonel Spotswood with the Five Nations of Indians in 1722.
Representation for a new Councillor.
Ordered that the draught of a representation to His Majesty, recommending the said John Carter to be of the Council of Virginia, in the room of Colonel Bassett, be prepared.
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I had more land Grants Hugh Drysdale had signed , I will have to dig around on my old PC The grant below appears to be written out to a Captain Adolphus Beverley if you look in the middle paragraph and go down about 6 lines
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These are great finds!
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