STOKES

"Windows Into Our Past A Genealogy of Lewis Green & Associated Families, Volume 6", compiled by Judy Parsons Smith © 2005

Silvanus Stokes

Silvanus /Sylvanus Stokes [i], m. Celia (unknown). [ii]

Will of Silvanus Stokes

Dated:  25 Feb 1758      Proved:  19 June 1766

Names:             Wife:            Celia

                         Son:        Marcus Stokes
                         Son:        Silvanus Stokes
                         Son:        Drury Stokes
                         Son:        Macajah Stokes
                         Daughter:         Lucy Stokes
                         Daughter:         Agnes Stokes
                         Daughter:         Ledia Stokes
                         Daughter:         Theba (Phoebe) Freeman
                         Daughter:         Susanna Green
                         Daughter:         Elizabeth Knight

Silvanus  & Celia (unknown) Stokes  had ten (10) children[iii]:

1.       Marcus Stokes [iv]
2.       Silvanus Stokes [v]
3.       Drury Stokes [vi]
4.       Macajah Stokes [vii]
5.       Lucy Stokes [viii]
6.       Agnes Stokes [ix]
7.       Ledia Stokes [x]
8.       Theba or Phoebe Stokes [xi], m. Mr. Freeman [xii]
9.       Susanna Stokes , m. ca. 1752[xiii] to Burrell/Burrill[xiv] Green [xv], b. ca. 1727; d. 29 Nov[xvi] 1788[xvii], Sussex Co., VA
10.   Elizabeth Stokes[xviii], m. Mr. Knight [xix]

Susannah Stokes [xx]

9.  Susannah Stokes [xxi], daughter of Silvanus [xxii] & Celia (unknown) Stokes [xxiii], m ca. 1752[xxiv] to Burrell/Burrill[xxv] Green [xxvi], son of William & Mary (unknown) Green , b. ca. 1727; d. 29 Nov[xxvii] 1788[xxviii], Sussex Co., VA[xxix]; Burrell Green  m 2nd to Lucy Mangum [xxx], possible daughter of James  & Mary Mangum [xxxi].

Will of Burwell Green
Dated 29 Nov 1788, probated 18 Dec 1788, in Sussex Co., VA[xxxii].

Names:  Wife:   Lucy

Son:     Benjamin Green

    Daughters:    Mary Chambless
                        Salley Owen
                        Elizabeth Jones

Granddaughter: Rebecca Green
Grandson:         Thomas Green

In the appraisal of the estate, it says Rebecca  and Thomas Green , children of my dec’d son James[xxxiii]. 

Burwell  & Susannah (Stokes) Green  had four (4) children:

1.1.       Benjamin Green [xxxiv], b. 21 Aug 1753, Albemarle Parish, Prince George Co., VA[xxxv]; m. Pheobe Bell , daughter of Benjamin Bell  (d. 1820, Sussex Co., VA[xxxvi]).  His godparents were Marcus  and Sylvanus Stokes , Betty Stokes [xxxvii].
1.2.       James[xxxviii] Green [xxxix], b. 25 Jul 1755, Sussex Co., VA[xl], godparents: Josiah Freeman , Lewis Tyus , Phoebe Freeman [xli].
1.3.       Drury Green [xlii], b. 26 Mar 1758, Albemarle Parish[xliii], Sussex Co., VA[xliv], godparents:  Micajah Stokes , Robert Owen , Penelope Whittington [xlv].
1.4.       James Green [xlvi], b. 4 Feb 1760, Albemarle Parish[xlvii], Sussex Co., VA[xlviii], godparents: James Richardson , Tho Wynne Jr.,  Agnes Freeman [xlix]; d. bef. 1788[l], Sussex Co., VA[li]; m ca. 1782[lii], Sussex Co., VA[liii] to unknown[liv].  James Green had two (2) children:  Rebecca Green  and Thomas Green [lv].

For Further Information See Burwell Green

[i] The Lewis Green  Senior  Family of Southside VA, notes by Emilee Mills Staubach, Houston , Texas , 1976 – these records were donated to the VA State Library by Mrs. Staubach in Dec. 1978 – from Correspondence dated 22 Apt 1962 to Mrs. Reddock, which cites Will of Silvanus Stones, 2-25-1758 proved 19 Jun 1766
[ii] The Lewis Green  Senior  Family of Southside VA, notes by Emilee Mills Staubach, Houston , Texas , 1976 – these records were donated to the VA State Library by Mrs. Staubach in Dec. 1978 – from Correspondence dated 22 Apt 1962 to Mrs. Reddock, which cites Will of Silvanus Stones, 2-25-1758 proved 19 Jun 1766
[iii] The Lewis Green  Senior  Family of Southside VA, notes by Emilee Mills Staubach, Houston , Texas , 1976 – these records were donated to the VA State Library by Mrs. Staubach in Dec. 1978 – from Correspondence dated 22 Apt 1962 to Mrs. Reddock, which cites Will of Silvanus Stones, 2-25-1758 proved 19 Jun 1766
[iv] The Lewis Green  Senior  Family of Southside VA, notes by Emilee Mills Staubach, Houston , Texas , 1976 – these records were donated to the VA State Library by Mrs. Staubach in Dec. 1978 – from Correspondence dated 22 Apt 1962 to Mrs. Reddock, which cites Will of Silvanus Stones, 2-25-1758 proved 19 Jun 1766
[v] The Lewis Green  Senior  Family of Southside VA, notes by Emilee Mills Staubach, Houston , Texas , 1976 – these records were donated to the VA State Library by Mrs. Staubach in Dec. 1978 – from Correspondence dated 22 Apt 1962 to Mrs. Reddock, which cites Will of Silvanus Stones, 2-25-1758 proved 19 Jun 1766
[vi] The Lewis Green  Senior  Family of Southside VA, notes by Emilee Mills Staubach, Houston , Texas , 1976 – these records were donated to the VA State Library by Mrs. Staubach in Dec. 1978 – from Correspondence dated 22 Apt 1962 to Mrs. Reddock, which cites Will of Silvanus Stones, 2-25-1758 proved 19 Jun 1766
[vii] The Lewis Green  Senior  Family of Southside VA, notes by Emilee Mills Staubach, Houston , Texas , 1976 – these records were donated to the VA State Library by Mrs. Staubach in Dec. 1978 – from Correspondence dated 22 Apt 1962 to Mrs. Reddock, which cites Will of Silvanus Stones, 2-25-1758 proved 19 Jun 1766
[viii] The Lewis Green  Senior  Family of Southside VA, notes by Emilee Mills Staubach, Houston , Texas , 1976 – these records were donated to the VA State Library by Mrs. Staubach in Dec. 1978 – from Correspondence dated 22 Apt 1962 to Mrs. Reddock, which cites Will of Silvanus Stones, 2-25-1758 proved 19 Jun 1766
[ix] The Lewis Green  Senior  Family of Southside VA, notes by Emilee Mills Staubach, Houston , Texas , 1976 – these records were donated to the VA State Library by Mrs. Staubach in Dec. 1978 – from Correspondence dated 22 Apt 1962 to Mrs. Reddock, which cites Will of Silvanus Stones, 2-25-1758 proved 19 Jun 1766
[x] The Lewis Green  Senior  Family of Southside VA, notes by Emilee Mills Staubach, Houston , Texas , 1976 – these records were donated to the VA State Library by Mrs. Staubach in Dec. 1978 – from Correspondence dated 22 Apt 1962 to Mrs. Reddock, which cites Will of Silvanus Stones, 2-25-1758 proved 19 Jun 1766
[xi] The Lewis Green  Senior  Family of Southside VA, notes by Emilee Mills Staubach, Houston , Texas , 1976 – these records were donated to the VA State Library by Mrs. Staubach in Dec. 1978 – from Correspondence dated 22 Apt 1962 to Mrs. Reddock, which cites Will of Silvanus Stones, 2-25-1758 proved 19 Jun 1766
[xii] The Lewis Green  Senior  Family of Southside VA, notes by Emilee Mills Staubach, Houston , Texas , 1976 – these records were donated to the VA State Library by Mrs. Staubach in Dec. 1978 – from Correspondence dated 22 Apt 1962 to Mrs. Reddock, which cites Will of Silvanus Stones, 2-25-1758 proved 19 Jun 1766
[xiii] The Lewis Green  Senior  Family of Southside VA, notes by Emilee Mills Staubach, Houston, Texas, 1976 – these records were donated to the VA State Library by Mrs. Staubach in Dec. 1978 – from Correspondence dated 22 Apt 1962 to Mrs. Reddock, which cites Albemarle Parish Register, Surry and Sussex Counties, VA
[xiv] Notes of Mrs. Barnett July 1983, p. 11
[xv] From J. B. Rand (6/83) compiled by Mrs. Stone. ; Wills of Surry Co., compiled by Eliza Timberlake Davis , pp. 20, 76, 79, 80, 124, 137, 183.
[xvi] Information compiled by Mrs. M. G. Ward , 11030 SW 52nd Ct, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33328 ca. 1983; The Lewis Green  Senior  Family of Southside VA, notes by Emilee Mills Staubach, Houston, Texas, 1976 – these records were donated to the VA State Library by Mrs. Staubach in Dec. 1978 – from Correspondence dated 22 Apt 1962 to Mrs. Reddock, which cites Albemarle Parish Register, Surry and Sussex Counties, VA
[xvii] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.
[xviii] The Lewis Green  Senior  Family of Southside VA, notes by Emilee Mills Staubach, Houston , Texas , 1976 – these records were donated to the VA State Library by Mrs. Staubach in Dec. 1978 – from Correspondence dated 22 Apt 1962 to Mrs. Reddock, which cites Will of Silvanus Stones, 2-25-1758 proved 19 Jun 1766
[xix] The Lewis Green  Senior  Family of Southside VA, notes by Emilee Mills Staubach, Houston , Texas , 1976 – these records were donated to the VA State Library by Mrs. Staubach in Dec. 1978 – from Correspondence dated 22 Apt 1962 to Mrs. Reddock, which cites Will of Silvanus Stones, 2-25-1758 proved 19 Jun 1766
[xx] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.
[xxi] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.
[xxii] The Lewis Green  Senior  Family of Southside VA, notes by Emilee Mills Staubach, Houston , Texas , 1976 – these records were donated to the VA State Library by Mrs. Staubach in Dec. 1978 – from Correspondence dated 22 Apt 1962 to Mrs. Reddock, which cites Will of Silvanus Stones, 2-25-1758 proved 19 Jun 1766
[xxiii] Information compiled by Mrs. M. G. Ward , 11030 SW 52nd Ct , Ft. Lauderdale , FL 33328 ca. 1983 – citing Births and Death’s, 1717-1778 from Albemarle Parish Register, Surry and Sussex Counties , VA.   The will of Sylvanus Stokes  speaks of his daughter, Susanna Green .
[xxiv] The Lewis Green  Senior  Family of Southside VA, notes by Emilee Mills Staubach, Houston, Texas, 1976 – these records were donated to the VA State Library by Mrs. Staubach in Dec. 1978 – from Correspondence dated 22 Apt 1962 to Mrs. Reddock, which cites Albemarle Parish Register, Surry and Sussex Counties, VA
[xxv] Notes of Mrs. Barnett July 1983, p. 11
[xxvi] From J. B. Rand (6/83) compiled by Mrs. Stone. ; Wills of Surry Co., compiled by Eliza Timberlake Davis , pp. 20, 76, 79, 80, 124, 137, 183.
[xxvii] Information compiled by Mrs. M. G. Ward , 11030 SW 52nd Ct, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33328 ca. 1983; The Lewis Green  Senior  Family of Southside VA, notes by Emilee Mills Staubach, Houston, Texas, 1976 – these records were donated to the VA State Library by Mrs. Staubach in Dec. 1978 – from Correspondence dated 22 Apt 1962 to Mrs. Reddock, which cites Albemarle Parish Register, Surry and Sussex Counties, VA
[xxviii] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.
[xxix] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.
[xxx] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.
[xxxi] Information compiled by Mrs. M. G. Ward , 11030 SW 52nd Ct, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33328 ca. 1983; W&M Quarterly, Vol II, Surry County.
[xxxii] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995. – citing Sussex Co., Will Book D, p. 537; Information compiled by Mrs. M. G. Ward , 11030 SW 52nd Ct, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33328 ca. 1983 – citing Births and Death’s, 1717-1778 from Albemarle Parish Register, Surry and Sussex Counties, VA.
[xxxiii] Information compiled by Mrs. M. G. Ward , 11030 SW 52nd Ct , Ft. Lauderdale , FL 33328 ca. 1983 – citing Births and Death’s, 1717-1778 from Albemarle Parish Register, Surry and Sussex Counties , VA.
[xxxiv] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.
[xxxv] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.
[xxxvi] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995. – the will of Benjamin Bell  proved 1 Dec 1820, Sussex Co., VA Will Book I, p. 138.
[xxxvii] Information compiled by Mrs. M. G. Ward , 11030 SW 52nd Ct , Ft. Lauderdale , FL 33328 ca. 1983 – citing Births and Death’s, 1717-1778 from Albemarle Parish Register, Surry and Sussex Counties , VA.
[xxxviii] I’m guessing that this should be James.
[xxxix] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.
[xl] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.
[xli] Information compiled by Mrs. M. G. Ward , 11030 SW 52nd Ct , Ft. Lauderdale , FL 33328 ca. 1983 – citing Births and Death’s, 1717-1778 from Albemarle Parish Register, Surry and Sussex Counties , VA.
[xlii] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.
[xliii] Information compiled by Mrs. M. G. Ward , 11030 SW 52nd Ct , Ft. Lauderdale , FL 33328 ca. 1983
[xliv] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.
[xlv] Information compiled by Mrs. M. G. Ward , 11030 SW 52nd Ct , Ft. Lauderdale , FL 33328 ca. 1983 – citing Births and Death’s, 1717-1778 from Albemarle Parish Register, Surry and Sussex Counties , VA.
[xlvi] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.
[xlvii] Information compiled by Mrs. M. G. Ward , 11030 SW 52nd Ct , Ft. Lauderdale , FL 33328 ca. 1983
[xlviii] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.
[xlix] Information compiled by Mrs. M. G. Ward , 11030 SW 52nd Ct , Ft. Lauderdale , FL 33328 ca. 1983 – citing Births and Death’s, 1717-1778 from Albemarle Parish Register, Surry and Sussex Counties , VA.
[l] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.
[li] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.
[lii] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.
[liii] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.
[liv] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.
[lv] The Green Family History The Descendant of Lewis Green  (1625-  ), compiled by Charles A. Barker , P. O. Box 1461, Ashland, KY 41105-1461 © 1995.