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The Royal road to Sampson begins in 1666 when Thomas Roya l immigrated to America and Isle of Wight County in Virginia. The International Genealogical Index (IGI) does not identify where in England he came from. Most likely Thomas was in his early-twenties when he arrived, and 43 years later he died. The following is one of the most unusual wills I have ever read. It is the 1709 will of Thomas Ryall. In the name of God Amen, I Thomas Ryall of the Upper Parish of the Isle Of Wight County in Virginia, being sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory thanks be to the Almighty God and rising to remembrance the immortality state of this life on earth and being desirous to settle things in order do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following: That is to say, first and principall y I commend my soul to Almighty God my Creator and Redeemer . Assured by believing that I shall receive full pardon an d remission of my sins and be saved by the precious death and merits of my blessed Savior and Redeemer Christ Jesus and my body to earth from whence it was taken, to be buried in a decent and Christian like manner as my executrix, hereafter named, shall think fit and convenient and as something so worldly as an estate, as the Lord in mercy is pleased to bestow on me. My Will and meaning is the same and shall be employed and bestowed hereafter by this my will as expressed and first I do revoke, forsake, renounce, and make void all wills formerly by me. I make and ordain and appoint this to be taken only for my last will and testament I give unto my son Thomas Ryall one shilling. I give unto my gr andson Lawrence Brown one shilling. I give all the rest of my estate unto my well beloved wife Isabel Ryall during the time of her widowhood but if she should remarry, then my will is that all the estate be equally divided between her and my four children: George Ryall, Charles Ryall, John Ryall and Isabel Ryall, and I do acknowledge, conscience and do appoint my kind and loving wife Isabel Royall whole and sole executr this my last will and testament. Witness my hand and seal this 26th of May 1709. Signed Thomas "T" "R " Ryall (seal), signed, sealed and delivered in the year o f 1709. Proven in open court held for the Isle of Wight County 1709. Probate granted for Executrix herein named. Attested to by Charles Chapman, Clerk of Court. Witnesses: John Carroll, Elizabeth E. Carroll and William Clark.
Note: The above George, Thomas Royal Jr. and Isobel Brown are not traced. The above Charles Royall was I believe the youngest and was born about 1690. He married Ann ____. They lived in Bertie County, N.C. around 1730 but settled in Onslow County and had six children. Most of his children moved to Georgia after the death of Charles Ryall in 1755. The above Jo Royal had an Indian slave by the name of March. In 1717 he w as granted 136 acres of land in northeast N.C. It also must be concluded that this John Royal married _____ Hardy, since all the early Sampson County Royals liked the Hardy name .
In 1719, Cornelius Royal was granted 300 acres of land in Pasquotank County, N.C. In 1724 John lost his Indian slave and filed a complaint in Edenton. The identity of this family is further established by a 1721 will in Pasquotank County. Anne Barnsfeld wrote a will and listed daughters Elizabeth Royal and Ann Cowles (Callis). Also listed was a grand daughter named Elizabeth Royal. The executor of this wil l was Cornelius Royal. There was in this area a William Barnsfeld in early records, likely the husband of Anne and source of the name "William" Royall. In 1724, Cornelius deeded his son Cornelius Jr. and daughter Elizabeth Ryall 300 ac res of land to be split between them. This appears to be his only family. The 300 acres had been obtained in 1719 by patent. Therefore, Cornelius Ryall had married Elizabeth Barnsfeld about 1710. His oldest children were Cornelius Ryal l Jr. and Elizabeth. In a 1752 Pasquotank County document two other children are named as John and William Royall. This document lists all four children of this family. Cornelius Royal Jr. had died young. There were three Royal families in Colonial Sampson County, namely John, William and Owen . Since we know that Owen was not the son of Cornelius, and he also had children named Hardy Royal, he was connected . The connection must have been to Owen Royal in 1739 Bertie County. This Owen must have been the brother of Cornelius Royall, the father of Owen Royal of Sampson County, and the son of John Royall and a woman named Hardy. The Hardy name does not exist in the Royal family of Onslow County.
Therefore, neither Thomas Royal the immigrant nor his son Charles married a Hardy ---- but son John Royall must have. ___ ______ http://www.lamar.k12.ga.us/royal/royal.htm arrived in Surrey and Isle of Wight Co, Virginia on May 14, 1666. He died there May 26, 1709, leaving a will which named his wife, Isabel (Hardy) b ca 1648 d 26 May 1709 , and sons,
THE ROYAL ROAD TO SAMPSON -- by Jerome Tew
The Royal road to Sampson begins in 1666 when Thomas Royal l immigrated to this country and Isle of Wight County Virginia. The International Genealogical Index (IGI) does not identify him and where in England that he came from. Most likely Thomas was in his twenties when he arrived and 43 years later, he died. I (Jerome Tew) have a copy of one of the most unusual wills that I have ever read. It is the 1709 will of Thomas Ryall. It is not east to decipher this will and it took me and a professional genealogist nearly one month to fully decipher and understand this will.
A Thomas Ryall is located in 1720 in Pasquotank area and also a Thomas Ryall is identified in Isle of Wight County, Virginia in 1716 and later Thomas Ryall and Thomas Ryall II are ident ified in 1739. This latter Thomas had a wife named Martha. Records are thin. I (Jerome Te w ) believe that this Thomas Ryall I, to be Thomas Ryall II in the will . Thomas' wife was Isabel Ryall and his five children were George Ryall, Charles Ryall, John Ryall, Thomas Ryal lII and Isabel Ryall Brown. The spelling of the name Royall or Ryall is different, even in the will. The full transcription of this will is posted on the Isle of Wight Count y Virginia site at this address: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/isleofwight/wills/willbk2 .txt
Bacon's Rebellion: Ten years after Thomas Royall arriving in America, came Bacon's Rebellion , a 1676 uprising in V irginia of a few hundred farmers of Henrico and Isle of Wig ht Counties against the colonial authorities headed by <<http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg = 2 &ti=o165C000>> Sir William Berkeley, Governor of Virginia. The rebellion began when a group of former indentured servants led by Nathaniel Bacon, a young plantation owner, accused Governor Berkeley of failing to protect them from raids by Native Americans. Under Bacon's authority, the men formed an army to punish the raiding tribes. Berkeley denounced the men as rebels and accused them of attacking and killing not just hostile Native Americans, but membersof friendly tribes. After defeating the Native Americans, Bacon and his men occupied Jamestown, the capital of the colony . The farmers, who were now demanding governmental reforms in addition to protection from hostile Native Americans , forced the Governor to flee. Bacon then led another expedition against Native Americans, defeating them at the Battle of Bloody Run. While Bacon was engaged in this effort , Berkeley began to raise a force to fight him. Marching against Jamestown a second time, Bacon and several hundred o f his men, captured the city and burned it in September 1676. In the following month, Bacon died suddenly and his rebellion soon collapsed. The Governor took revenge upon Bacon's followers, executing several, banishing some, and confiscating the property of many. One of those executed was 54 year old William Scarborough, he was executed on March 6, 1677. Later his great grandson, Benjamin Scarborough moved to Dobbs (later Greene) County North Carolina. One of those who gave testimony in the inquiry into this rebellion was William Blackman. He denied involvement. He was a direct ancestor of Edith Blackman who married Young Royal in 1779 in Duplin, later Sampson County North Carolina . William Blackman was her great-great grandfather. John Goode of Henrico County, Virginia was a friend of Bacon and rode with him to fight the Indians. However when Bacon took Jamestown and begun to rebel against the King and ran Berkeley out of town, Goode broke with Bacon. He did this before the second visit to Jamestown and attempted to dissuade Nathaniel Bacon from continuing his revolt against the King. The conversation between John Goode c1635-1709 and Nathaniel Bacon occured on Sept. 2, 1676 and is frequently mentioned in histories of the rebellion and is published in its entirety in Virginia Cousins, a book about the Goode Family. His grandson Bennett Goode married Marth a Jefferson, sister of Peter Jefferson and aunt to President Thomas Jefferson. Elizabeth Goode c1675, a daughter of the above John Goode and his 2nd wife Anne Bennett, married John Blackman, son of William above and great grandfather of Edith Blackman Royal 1763-1845, wife of Joseph Black man 1725-1768, he died when she was five and left his will in Duplin. I (Jerome Tew) have a copy of the extract f the will of John Goode. His family can be traced back for 700 years. These are the children of John Goode: 1. Robert 2. John II 3. Thomas 4. Katherine Roberts 5. Elizabeth Blackman 6. Susanna 7. Anna 8. Joseph 9. Robert 10. Thomas 11. Mary 12. Martha 13. Ursula 14. Samuel (oldest from first wife)
Sons Thomas and Joseph were underage in 1709. Anne Bennett was born about 1650 and married Goode about 1667 and died before John Goode wrote his will.
*It should be noted that although John Goode was against this rebellion against the King, one hundred years later during the Revolutionary War, the Goode family were a major force as many served the USA.
About 1750 the Isle of Wight Court house was moved to the town of Smithfield and three substantial brick buildings were erected, the courthouse, clerk's office and jail, about 2500 people lived in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. A number of those tried for treason, were tried in Isle of Wight County court house. During the Revolutionary War, Colonel Banastre Tarleton' s British Troopers made a raid on Smithfield with the intent to destroy the county records, but they had been removed by the wife of the Deputy Clerk, Mr . Francis Young, who was an officer in the army and was with his regiment, to a farm near Smithfield, and there buried in a box and a hair trunk which trunk is still in possession of the Young family.
Info from http:..www.royaltree.org/genealogy/Thomas%20Ryall .htm
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1648 - 1709 (65 years)