Hugh Reese 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Bef 1709 - Virginia
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Roger Reese (Abt 1680-Bef 1739)
         Mother: Mary Anderson (Abt 1685-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Sarah (       -       )
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Capt. Hugh Reese (Abt 1725-1790)
                2. Priscilla Reese (1730-      )
                3. Isham Reese (1732-      )
                4. Sarah Reese (1735-      )
                5. James Reese (1741-1823)
Notes
General:
BRISTOL PARISH in VIRGINIA:

The residual Prince George area and the area which became Dinwiddie in 1752 were parts of the Bristol Parish. The area which became Amelia was not. The Bristol Parish Register is extant from 1720 to 1792. In 1742, the part that became Dinwiddie was transferred to Bath Parish, for which no records are extant. (page 5, "Hugh Rees (20 Dec 1742-12 Dec 1825)" by Davis R. Reese (2005, unpublished))

The following procession reports are from the Bristol Parish Vestry Book (https://archive.org/details/vestrybookregist00bris/page/n185/mode/2up). Davis R. Reese says that the purpose of processioning was to check all property boundaries in the assigned area.

At a Vestry held at the Ferry Chapple Septembr 15th 1735, ordered that Hugh Reese and John West Procession Between white Oake and Namos, to the extent of the County (page 78)

At a Vestry held at the Brick Church on Wells's Hill August 20th 1739, ordered that Hugh Reese and Robert West Procession Between white Oak and Namos: to the extent of the County (page 93).

Hugh Reese is not among the men ordered to procession at a vestry on August 22, 1743, and White Oak Swamp and Namos are not mentioned. The reason is presumably that their area became part of Bath Parish in 1742.

CHILDREN:

Hugh, husband of Sarah, may or may not be the same person as Hugh, husband of Elizabeth. Davis R. Reese in "Hugh Rees" (2005, unpublished) says that the western part of Dinwiddie Co. around White Oak Swamp was transferred to Bath Parish in 1742 and no records for Bath Parish are extant. Thus, if Hugh husband of Sarah didn't move/relocate, his children after 1742 would have been christened in Bath Parish and we would have no record of them. Hence, we deduce that Hugh husband of Elizabeth and Hugh husband of Sarah are different people.

"Births from the Bristol Parish Register of Henrico, Prince George, and Dinwiddie Counties, Virginia, 1720-1798" (originally transcribed and published by Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne in 1898) at Ancestry.com, Bristol Parish Register, pages 82-86, images 85-89/137:

Prissilla D of Hug and Sarah Riss Born 21th febr 1729 Bapt 10th May 1730.
Isham Son of hugh & Sarah Reese Born 8th august 1732 Bapt 20th may 1733.
Sarah D. of Hugh & Sarah Reese Born 10th Octobr 1735.
James S of Hugh & Sarah Reess Born August ye 29 1741.

Elizabeth D. of Hugh & Elizabeth Raes born April 25th 1743 & baptd May 22d 1743.
Neil S. of Hugh & Elizabeth Raes was born Feb. 19th 1745-6 baptd Apr 2d 1746.

BIRTH YEAR:

Just a guess based on the birth date of his oldest known child.

PRESENCE in PRINCE GEORGE CO., VIRGINIA:

Prince George Co., Virginia Court Records at FamilySearch, "County Court minute book 1737-1740", film # 007895942:

May 9, 1738 -- Hugh Reess, having been summoned to give evidence for Williams Lockley in his Action of Trespass against Edmond Irby and having attended 5 days, is to be paid 125 pounds of tobacco by Williams Lockley (page 119, image 229/359).

September 12, 1738 -- Hugh Reess, having been summoned to give evidence for Robert Moody in his Action of Trespass against Peter Wynne and having attended one day, is to be paid 25 pounds of tobacco by Robert Moody (page 170, image 254/359).

February 13, 1738/39 -- Akra, a Negro boy belonging to Hugh Reess, is adjudged to be nine years old (page 234, image 286/359).

The above 3 cases are abstracted in Prince George County Records 1733-1792 compiled by Benjamin B. Weisiger III (1975).

LAND in PRINCE GEORGE CO., VIRGINIA:

In August 1743 Hugh Reece received a patent on 323 acres in Prince George Co., Virginia. The details can be seen at the website of the Library of Virginia (https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/land-grants as of March 2022). Highlight "Virginia Land Office patent and grants volumes" below the search box and search for a name.

Hugh Reece, August 30, 1743, page 481, 35 shillings; unto Hugh Reece a tract of 323 acres lying and being in the County of Prince George on the lower side of Cooks Branch -- beginning at Mrs. Wyatt's upper corner on Cooks Branch at the Falls,
thence along her upper end line E22N 116 poles to her corner,
thence N28W 29 poles to Woodleif's corner white oak,
thence N25W 300 poles to a corner in a thicket,
thence W22S 203 poles to a corner on Cooks Branch,
thence down Cooks Branch as it meanders to the beginning.

A grant to Richard Taylor in 1740 adjoins this grant to Hugh Reece in 1743 and the 315-acre grant in 1740 to Roger Reece, Jr. on the upper side of White Oak Swamp. Hugh's land and the land of Roger, Jr. are very close together but not contiguous. We can conclude that Cook's Branch is close to White Oak Swamp. In fact, Davis R. Reese says that his atlas shows that Cook's Branch run southward into Butterwood Creek, which is south of White Oak Creek.

On a modern map the headwaters of White Oak Creek are in the westernmost part of Dinwiddie Co. about 2 miles east of where Namozine Creek (northeastern boundary of Nottoway Co.) meets the north-south straight line boundary of Nottoway Co. The creek runs mostly east and slightly south roughly 15 miles before it flows into Butterwood Creek, which flows into Stony Creek, which flows into the Nottoway River. Dinwiddie Co. was formed in 1752 from Prince George Co.


In 1727 Roger Reece received a grant of 300 acres in Prince George Co. on the north side of White Oak Swamp. A 1739 grant of 321 acres to William Featherstone, Jr. adjoins on the east side the 300 acres just mentioned and indicates that in 1739 the owner of the tract is Hugh Reece. This might mean that by 1739 Roger has died and his son Hugh has inherited the 300 acres granted to Roger in 1727.

Grant to Richard Taylor for reference:

Capt. Richard Taylor, December 1, 1740, page 868; unto Richard Taylor Gentleman a tract of 261 acres on the lower side of Cookes Branch adjoining Hugh Reece's upper line -- beginning at the said Reece's upper corner upon Cook's Branch,
thence E22N 203 poles along his line to his corner,
thence N4.5E 12 poles to Roger Reece Junior his corner pine,
thence W13N 96 poles along his line to a corner red oak of the said Reece,
thence W40N 74 poles to a corner pine of the said Reece,
thence W13N 172 poles to a corner pine of the said Reece,
thence W40S 180 poles to 2 ash and one poplar trees on Cookes Branch,
thence down Cookes Branch as it meanders to the beginning.

The sequence W13N 96--W40N 74--W13N 172 matches Roger Reece, Jr. 1740.
E22N 203 matches Hugh Reece 1743.
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