Marty and Karla Grant

!CENSUS:1787 Albemarle Co, VA pg 136 John BURCH Sr age 21+ (bef 1766) "0-0-0-0-1";

!CENSUS:1790 * Lost for VA;

!NOTES from Linda Wolf regarding this family:
Hi Marty,
I am hoping that you might have some ideas as to whom my John Burch Sr is. The following is the information that I have discovered thus far

I descend from Jane Epperson and John Burch Jr. I am certain of the identities of both John Burch Sr, John Burch Jr and Jane Epperson because I have pension papers for John Burch Jr. and widows pension for Jane Epperson Burch.

Confusion seem to lie with John Burch Sr and Judith Maupin Epperson, did they have any issue? I will include a brief summary:
Here is the John Burch Sr line that I have discovered to date:

Will of John Burch SR
Albemarle Co VA Will Book 10 Page 253

I John Burch snr of Albemarle county Knowing the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death & being weak of body, though of disposing mind & memory do constitute and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following (to wit) 1st My desire is that if my wife should be the longest lives that she shall enjoy my whole estate both real and personal during her life and at her death to be disposed of as I shall hereafter direct. 2nd I give to Dilliard Sandige my wife's son inlaw the land that I now live on containing one hundred acres more or less on Mormans River on the condition the said Dillard Sandige will come & build on the land and take care of me & my wife Judith Burch as long as we live and keep us free from want in our old age to him & his heirs forever 3rdly I give to my grand daughter Hannah Burch 1 large iron kettle at the death of my wife judith Burch. 4thly I give to Dilliard Sandige my plough geer (to wit) harnes(?) collar and iron chains at my death. 5thly All the Balance of my perrishable property I Give to my beloved wife Judith Burch except what I shall hereafter name to do with as she sees cause at her death 6thly I give to each of my children John Burch jr George Burch Charles Burch Daniel Burch Polly Mabery Hanna Burch & Henry Burch one dollar to them & their heirs forever 7thly and lastly I constitute & ordain Chapman W Maupin my executor of this my last will & testament hereby revoking all other wills & testaments by me heretofore made in witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 19th day of July in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred & fourteen-
Codicel to the above will my desire is that their may be no appraisment of my estate concluded as above &c

Teste his
David Viand John x Burch seal
Adam Viand mark


at a court held for Albemarle county 4th July 1831
This instrument of writing perporting to be the last will & testament of John Burch was produced into court & proved by the oaths of David Viand & Adam Viand witness these to & ordered to be recorded-

Teste
I Ganell cc

JOHN BURCH SR b ?c1730 or before (based on his son John Burch Jr birth date of 1752), d between 1814-1831 (based on time his will was written and when it was proved 1831 in Albemarle Co VA). He is found living in Albemarle Co VA and perhaps Reading, Berks Co PA c 1776/77 where some of his children testified they were living (based on pension application of John Burch Jr). John Burch Jr entered the Revolutionary war in Reading, BerksCoPA. John Burch Sr's parents are still unknown to date.

JOHN BURCH SR married ?UNKNOWN
Living children of John Burch Sr and Unknown by 19 July 1814, (perhaps there were additional children who were deceased prior to 1814 when will was written).
1. JOHN BURCH JR * [my 4th great grandfather]
2. GEORGE BURCH
3. CHARLES BURCH
4. DANIEL BURCH
5. POLLY BURCH MABERY
6. HANNAH BURCH
7. HENRY BURCH
(George Burch, and Polly Mayberry testified on behalf of their brother John Burch Jr for pension application in 1820 in Montgomery Co KY. Daniel Burch also testified but did not state his relationship, Daniel was living in Scott Co IN.)

JOHN BURCH SR married #2 JUDITH MAUPIN EPPERSON after 1777 date unknown, location unknown
(There were probably not any children from this union. Judith Maupin b c 1756 is the d/o Gabriel Maupin and Anna Ballard, Judith Maupin married first to David Epperson Jr, David Epperson Jr b c 1754, d 1777 Valley Forge PA. David Epperson Jr is the s/o David Epperson Sr and Hannah Thompson).

JOHN BURCH JR s/o John Burch Sr and Unknown b 7 Nov 1752 d 30 Aug 1837. John Burch Jr aged 34 years, married 17 Jan 1786 in Albemarle VA to [Lucy] Jane Epperson. Jane Epperson b c 1765 was the d/o David Epperson Sr and Hannah Thompson (Jane Epperson is also presumed to be the sister of David Epperson Jr, presumed sister in law to Judith Maupin Epperson and presumed step daughter in law to John Burch Sr and Judith Maupin Epperson Burch...(Judith Maupin, Judith Maupin Epperson and Judith Maupin Epperson Burch are the names of the same person)...this is where I think the confusion lies). Dates for John Burch Jr and Jane Epperson were gathered from pension papers.

Living children of John Burch Jr and Jane Epperson Burch named in will written 21 July 1837, will was proved January 1838 in Montgomery Co KY. The children of John Burch Jr and Jane Epperson were all born in VA., they are also found in the 1810 census of Albemarle Co VA, as is John Burch Sr but in different households. John Burch Jr and family are also found in census records in Bath/Montgomery Co KY. starting 1820.

1. Polly Maupin- deceased [married 3 Oct/Nov 1808 AlbCoVA to Bennett Maupin s/o Matthew Maupin/Lucy Ballard]
2. Nancy Maupin [married 2 Aug 1813 to Carr Maupin s/o John Maupin/Frances Dabney]
3. David D Burch
4. William Burch
5. John S Burch
6. Hannah Nichols
7. Daniel Burch
8. James W Burch
9. Sarah Oakley * my ggg grandmother [married 29 July 1829 BathCoKY to Edmund Seat Oakley]

Will of Judith Maupin Epperson Burch
Albemarle Co VA Will book ? page 24 or 24? page is cut off

I Judith Burch of Albemarle county Va being of sound mind & disposing memory do make and constitute this my last & only will and testament & desire it to be received by all as such. First I give my soul to god the author of it and my Body to the grave to be decently buried by my Executor hereafter named there it is my will that all my just debts be paid next I will to my daughter Anna Gardiner my walnut Beaurough a small iron pot & a large stone butter pot. I will to my daughter Hanah Sandridge an Iron skillet & a small stone butter pot. I will to my grand daughter Sarah Jane Sandridge a feather bed & bedstead furnished as followeth Viz two cotton sheets a cotton counterpain striped with blue & a bed quilt. I will to my grand daughter judith America Gardiner a feather bed & bedstead furnished as followeth (viz) two cotton sheets a cotton counterpane striped with blue and a bed quilt. I desire that the above named beds be left in the care of the mothers of the above named children till they arrive at the age of fifteen years. I give to my daughter Jane Burch. one dollar. & my desire & will is that there shall be no sale of the Balance of my estate but that it shall be divided into two equal lots & a lot given to each of my two daughters ( to wit) Anna Gardiner & Hannah Sandige & I do hereby constitute my friend Thompson Brown my executor to this my last will & testament hereby revoking all other wills or testaments made by me heretofore. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this twelfth day of November one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight.
Signed sealed & delivered in the presence of

Martin Maupin her
Tilmon I Maupin Judith + Burch seal
William Harris mark

At a court held for Albemarle county the 6th of June 1831

This instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Judith Burch deceased was produced into court & proved by the oaths of Tilman I Maupin & William Harris witnessses thereto & ordered to be recorded.

A Ganell cc
(either A or I)


Thanks to Barbara Hicks for this will. I again transcribed it verbatim. I think the wills (John Burch Sr and Judith Maupin Epperson Burch) proves Judith Maupin Epperson Burch is not the mother of John Burch Jr which many researchers state. It would appear as though Judith Maupin had three daughters with David Epperson Jr. [I believe there were only two]

Hannah Sandridge
Anna Gardiner/Gardner
Jane Burch

The Jane Epperson who married John Burch Jr in 1786 is stated as being the daughter of David Epperson, if she were the daughter of David Jr she would only be around 12 years old when she married John Burch Jr (age 34) so I think that scenario is highly unlikely [widow pension records show Jane's birth date to be c 1765 placing her in the right time frame for being the daughter of David Epperson Sr]. Jane Epperson Burch is listed at times as Lucy Jane Epperson, yet I have never seen Lucy being used in any of her descendant's given names nor pension documents. In the will of David Epperson Sr he refers to 'Jane' as Lucy Burch. I believe that [Lucy]Jane Epperson Burch, being sister in law and stepdaughter of Judith Maupin probably had a very close relationship with each other and that is why Judith listed her as a daughter instead of step daughter. The other scenario is that if John Burch Sr and Judith Maupin were the parents of Jane Burch, why then wasn't she listed in John Burch Sr will? and why wasn't she treated as an equal to Hannah Epperson Sandridge and Anna Gardner?

I believe that Hannah [named for Hannah Thompson, paternal grandmother] Epperson Sandridge was the first born and Anna [named for Anna Ballard, maternal grandmother] Gardner was born second...perhaps shortly after the death of her father David Epperson Jr.

Would love to know your thoughts and if you have additional information? Do you have any clues to whom John Burch Sr might descend from, his first wife or information on his other children? Several researchers place my John Burch Sr as being the father of John Burch of BarrenCoKY which is incorrect, as the pension papers prove. I would love to find the marriage records for Judith Maupin Epperson and John Burch Sr. I have not found any sources re these issues.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
Linda D Wolf <ldwolf@capecod.net> or <wolf@capecod.net>
Box 752
Nantucket, MA 02554

!NOTE:Thanks to Linda Wolf for this name;