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- Courtesy of Judith Nan Lewis:
William Lax is the son of William Lax (1667 Nottinghamshire, England - 1740 Goochland County, VA) and Ann (Frankling) Lax (Born abt. 1672).
He was the husband of Susannah (Chandler) Lax.
Their records show their surname was spelled as Lax.
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Name: William Lax Lax
Father: William Lax Lax
Birth Date: 1727
County: Goochland
State: VA
Country: USA
Source: Edmund West, comp..Family Data Collection-Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2001.
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Name: William Lax Lax
Spouse: Susanna Chandler
Parents: William Lax Lax
Birth Place: Goochland Co., VA
Birth Date: 1727
Death Place: New Kent Co., VA
Death Date: Apr 1783
Source: Edmund West, comp..Family Data Collection-Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2000.
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William Lax, 375a, Lunenburgh Co on the Brs of Meherrin Riv., bounded by Hatcher's c on a Br, Twitty's line [torn] 10 Mar 1756, p. 703. 40 shill.
Source: Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly; Volume 32; Number 1.
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Land of William Lax (1667 Nottinghamshire, England - 1740 Goochland County, VA):
William Lax, 250a, in Goochland Co., on S. side of James R. (p. 523) 10 Jan 1735).
Source: Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly; Volume 24; Number 3.
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William MAYO, 9350 acs. (O.& N.L.) Goochland Co., on S. side of James Riv., from upper Manacan Cr. to Deep Cr.; 28 Sept 1730, p. 138. Beg. on N. side of sd. Crddk, adj. lands of THOMAS JEFFERSON, Gent., & Company, DANIEL THOMAS, WILLIAM ALLEN, MATHEW LYGON, WILLIAM RANDOLPH, Esqu., ABRAHAM MICHEAUX, JOHN SAUNDERS, WILLIAM LAX, JOHN WOODSON, Gent., BARTHOLOMEW STOVAL, on MATHEW'S Licking Br., DANIEL STONER, Gent., on N. side of Fine Cr. 1000 acs. part granted THOMAS RANDOLPH, Gent.; 2 June 1722; 400 acs. granted MATHEW COX; 18 Feb. 1722; 7950 acs. being waste land adj. 39 Lbs., 15 Shill.
Source: Chapter: Abstracts of Land Patents - Goochland County; Page Number: 81; Title: Early Virginia Families Along the James River: Their Deep Roots and Tangled Branches. Vol. I.
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Name: Susannah Chandler
Father: William Chandler
Birth Date: 10 Oct 1727
County: New Kent
State: VA
Country: USA
Source: Edmund West, comp..Family Data Collection-Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
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Name: Susannah Chandler
Spouse: William Lax
Parents: William Chandler
Birth Place: New Kent County, VA
Birth Date: 10 Oct 1727
Source: Edmund West, comp..Family Data Collection- Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
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- Research courtesy Judith Nan Lewis:
Title
Land grant 28 September 1730.
Creator
Lax, William. grantee.
Creation Date
1730 - 0928
Description
Location: Prince George County.
Description: 200 acres on the south side of Appomattox River, beginning &c. below his house.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 13, 1725-1730 (v.1 & 2 p.1-540), p. 534 (Reel 12).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
Genre
Land grants
Title
Land grant 10 January 1735.
Creator
Lax, William. grantee.
Creation Date
1735 - 0110
Description
Location: Goochland County.
Description: 250 acres on the south side of James River beginning on the east side the Main South Deep Creek just below the mouth of a small branch.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 16, 1735, p. 522 (Reel 14).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
Title
Land grant 10 March 1756.
Creator
Lax, William. grantee.
Creation Date
1756 - 0310
Description
Location: Lunenburg County.
Description: 375 acres on the branches of Meherrin River, adjoining Hatchers line.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 32, 1752-1756 (v.1 & 2 p.1-715), p. 703 (Reel 30).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
Title
Land grant 15 July 1760.
Creator
Lax, William, Jr. grantee.
Creation Date
1760 - 0715
Description
Location: Halifax County.
Description: 400 acres on a branch of Difficult Creek, and adjoining Ephraim Hill's land.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 34, 1756-1765, p. 606 (Reel 33-34).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
- Will of William Lax
"...tho weak in body yet of a sound and perfect memory and understanding........who I trust will not reject me a returning penitent sinner...." I will & positively order that all my debts be paid & c. To my only son John Lax his heirs & assigns forever 100 ac of land lying & being on the waters of Difficult Creek. To my son William Lax his heirs, etc. 100 ac of land being part of the same tract. To my son Benjamin Lax 200 ac of land being part of the same tract. To my two only sons Timothy Lax & Joel & to each of their heirs & assigns 130 ac of land whereon I now dwell to be equally divided between them & if either should die without heir the one living shall take full possession. Also, to son Timothy Lax 2 cows. To my only friend John Lewis one horse & cow. To my only daughter Elizabeth Lewis one pound current money do. To my only daughter Susannah Childress one pound do. To my only two daughters & son, Obedience Lax, Tabitha Lax & Joel Lax all that remains at my death & my only wifes death, then to be divided equally between them. WD 21 July 1778. Signed William (X) Lax
Witnessed: Wm. Keeling, John (x) Piles, Timothy Chandler, Peter Crews O.R. Benj. Lax one other Exr. refused & on motion of said John Lax certificate granted him for probate.
Sec: William Chandler & Benjamin Lax
Source:
Halifax County, Virginia Will Book 1 1773-1783 by Marion Dodson Chiarito, pg 107.
433 WILLIAM LAX Will
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1727 - 1783 (56 years)
