Roger Reese 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Abt 1680 - (Charles City Co., Virginia)
    Christening: 
          Death: Bef 1739 - Virginia
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Roger Reese (Abt 1660-      )
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Anderson (Abt 1685 -       )
       Marriage: Abt 1705 - (Prince George Co., Virginia)
       Children:
                1. Thomas Reese (Bef 1707-Abt 1775)
                2. Hugh Reese (Bef 1709-      )
                3. John Reese (Bef 1719-      )
Notes
General:
LAND GRANTS in VIRGINIA:

Between November 1721 and September 1730 Roger Reece received 3 patents on a total of 800 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.

Roger Reece, November 13, 1721, page 78, no payment indicated; unto Roger Reece a tract of 100 acres lying and being in Prince Georg County adjoining Col. Edward Hill's Burley tract. . ."along Coll Hills line"; hard to read

In the second half of the 1600s and in the early 1700s Col. Edward Hill received several land grants. Most are north of the James River. I could not find a grant in Prince George Co., but a few are in Charles City Co. Prince George Co. was formed in 1703 from that part of Charles City Co. south of the James River.

Roger Reece, June 16, 1727, page 121, 30 shillings; unto Roger Reece a tract of 300 acres lying and being in Prince George County on the north side of White Oak Swamp -- beginning at a white oak on the upper side of the mouth of the Beaver pond Branch,
thence N22E 132 poles to a corner hickory,
thence W22N 354 poles to a shrub white oak,
thence S22W 132 poles to a white and Spanish oaks,
thence down the said swamp as it meanders to the beginning.

A 321-acre grant in 1739 to William Featherstone Junior immediately east of this tract says that the tract belongs to Hugh Reece. This suggests that by 1739 Roger has died and his son Hugh has inherited the tract.

Roger Reece, September 28, 1728, page 13, 40 shillings; unto Roger Reece of Prince George County a tract 400 acres lying and being on the south side of White Oak Swamp in the county aforesaid -- beginning in Robert West's upper line on the said swamp 12 poles from the run or water course,
thence S15W 94 poles to a corner,
thence W13N 440 poles to a corner,
thence N10E 70 poles to William's line,
thence N18E 88 poles along his line to his corner upon the run of the swamp,
thence down the swamp as it meanders to the beginning.
(date of September 28, 1730 in the index is wrong)

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.

Surveys for the above 3 tracts occurred several years before the grants.

Prince George Co., Virginia Probate Records at FamilySearch, "Surveyor's platt book, deeds, wills, inventories, and settlements of estates, 1711-1792",

"Mixed records 1724-1728", film #007645713, page 754, image 38/408:
12 Nov 1718 -- a survey for Roger Reess, adjoining Col. Edward Hill's Burleigh Tract; 100 acres

"Mixed records 1724-1728", film #007645713, page 765, image 49/408:
1 Feb 1723/4 -- a survey for Roger Reess, on the north side of White Oake Swamp; 300 acres

"Mixed records 1724-1728", film #007645713, page 1024, image 314/408:
1 Jan 1725/6 -- a survey for Roger Reess on the south side of White Oake Swamp; 400 acres

PRESENCE in PRINCE GEORGE CO., VIRGINIA:

"Virginia Tax Records", "Virginia Quit Rent Rolls, 1704: Prince George County" at Ancestry.com; A Rent Roll of all the Lands held in the County of Prince George for the year 1704:

Roger Reace Senr -- 100 acres
Roger Reace Junr -- 100 acres
Tho: Anderson -- 450 acres
5 other Andersons

Prince George County, Virginia Wills & Deeds 1710-1713 compiled by Benjamin B. Weisiger III (1992) is based on "Ledger B" containing wills, deeds, and estates for the period 9 Jan 1710/11 until 9 Feb 1713/14. This book was removed near the end of the Civil War and was recently returned to Prince George Co. by a woman in Cincinatti who agreed with her lawyer that it should be returned to Virginia. Weisiger reports the following deed:

On March 7, 1712 James Anderson of Surry Co. sells 155 acres in Prince George Co. to Cornelius Cargill of Prince George Co. The deed was recorded October 13, 1713. Roger Reess is one of three livery and seizin witnesses.

At the April 1715 Court for Prince George Co., Roger Rease, Richard Kirkland, and Robert Poythres are on a jury. (Prince George Co. Court Records at FamilySearch, "County Court order book 1714-1720", film #7895942, page 10, image 9/359)

On June 12, 1716 Roger Reese, Richard Pace, Thomas Kirkland, and Michal Rosser or any 3 of them are ordered to appraise the estate of John Daniell, dec'd, and make a report to the next court. (Prince George Co. Court Records at FamilySearch, "County Court order book 1714-1720", film #7895942, page 59, image 32/359)

SONS:

Between November 1721 and September 1730 Roger Reece received 3 patents on a total of 800 acres in Prince George Co., Virginia. Between 1720 and 1727 no children with surname Reese were born or christened in Bristol Parish (the baptismal records begin in 1720); then between 1727 and 1746 the following 4 men with surname Reese had children born or christened there:

Thomas Reese, 5 between 1727 and 1740
Hugh Reese, 6 between 1729 and 1746
Roger Reese, 2 between 1730 and 1733
John Reese, 1 in 1739

It would be plausible to conjecture that these 4 men are sons of the Roger Reese who patented land in the 1720s and that the older Roger Reese did not have any children born after 1720. We have documentary evidence that Thomas is a son of Roger. Other documentary evidence strongly suggests that Hugh is a son of Roger. However, a 1738 land grant to Roger Reese (presumably the younger Roger rather than the older one) says that Roger is the son of a William Rees of Prince George Co., now deceased. The grant is to Roger and his brother William. It will be convenient to assume that old William and old Roger are brothers so that young Roger (usually 'Roger Junior' in the grants) is a first cousin of Thomas, Hugh, and John.

In 1740 and in 1756 Roger Reese, Jr. received 2 patents on a total of 715 acres. In 1734 and in 1745 Thomas received 2 patents on a total of 400 acres. All of above-mentioned patents with the exception of the one in 1721 state explicitly that the land is adjacent to or near White Oak Swamp. All of them are in Prince George Co. In 1743 Hugh Reese patented 323 acres in Prince George Co. on Cook's Branch. A grant to Richard Taylor in 1740 adjoins Hugh's land on Cook's Branch and the land of Roger, Jr. "on the upper side of White Oak Swamp". This shows that Cook's Branch is very close to White Oak Swamp.

Thomas died in about 1775 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia, which was formed in 1752 from a part of Prince George Co. His sons Thomas, John, and Henry left Virginia; his son Francis is probably the Francis Reese in the Dinwiddie Co. personal property tax lists from 1782 until 1815. 1782 is the first year in which the list is available.

There are no land records for John in Virginia. He went to South Carolina.

In 1782 there are 13 Reese entries in the Dinwiddie personal property tax list. The 5 Reese brothers (Edwin, Isham, William, Benjamin, Hugh) who were in South Carolina in the late 1700s probably came from Dinwiddie Co. It seems to me unlikely that this many Reeses in the late 1700s were descendants of just the 4 men conjectured above to be brothers and sons of the elder Roger Reese. It might be that Roger had a brother (or other relative) in Prince George Co. who did not patent any land and about whom we therefore have no information.

WIFE:

See http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~anderson/va/trees/thomas.html.

"Mary was married to the son of Roger Rees an associate of Thomas Anderson, her father. Roger Rees, Jr. appears in the 1712 deed of James Anderson relinquishing control of his father's estate together with the brother in law William Sanders so it would appear that Mary married Roger Rees, Jr."

The 1711 will of Thomas Anderson refers to his daughter Mary Rees.

"Fifthly I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Rees forty HHD in cask for her one particular use after my decease If she lives and one cow and calf and one to year ould hefer to my grandson Thos Rees and one mare filly the first that be fallen of any of my mares after me decease. To my said daughter Mary Rees."

DEATH:

A 321-acre grant in 1739 to William Featherstone Junior immediately east of the tract granted to Roger Rees in 1727 says that the tract belongs to Hugh Reece. This suggests that by 1739 Roger has died and his son Hugh has inherited the tract.
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