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William Pierce Bayly (1773-1842) was the son of Pierce Bayly (1742-1801) and Mary Payne (1754-1826) of Loudoun County, Virginia.  Prior to 1800 William and his father operated a general merchandise store in the village of Aquia in Stafford.  This site was lost to the development of Aquia Harbour subdivision.  After his father’s death in 1801,…

Ketura Barret (1746-1794) was the illegitimate daughter of Sarah Barret of St. Paul’s Parish, now King George County.  Ketura had an illegitimate son, Thomas Con(a)way Barret (1779-1825), by Thomas Conaway whose name was included in a 1785 business ledger from the town of Aquia in Stafford.  Ketura then moved in with Charles Porter (c.1729-1788) who…

William Barber (1787-1881) was one of Stafford’s most prominent nineteenth century citizens, yet relatively little is known of him or his family.  He was the son of Edward Barber (died c.1843) who lived near Deep Run on the western side of Stafford.  William married Sarah Roy Mason (c.1799-after 1870), the daughter of Col. Enoch Mason…

This William Ball (1768-1815) was not of the Virginia Ball family, but was born in Pennsylvania, a fact that causes confusion as both he and several of his Virginia Ball counterparts lived simultaneously in the White Oak area of Stafford.  He was the son of William Ball (died 1782) and Martha Brumfield and owned and…

Charles Thornton Alexander (1790-1842) was the son of William Alexander (1758-1804) of Stafford.  He appears in the records as Thornton Alexander and was the brother of Lewis Alexander (1776-1827), Falmouth merchant.  He was a veteran of the War of 1812 and worked as a tavern keeper and slave trader.  In 1816 he married Frances A.…

1744-1834 Thomas Alcock (1744-1834) was the son of William Alcock (died 1768) of Caroline County. Like his father, Thomas was involved in Caroline County affairs, serving as tobacco inspector at Roy’s Warehouse in 1778. In 1772 he married Fanny Hackett who seems to have died shortly thereafter. His second wife was Anne Roane (c,1757-1836) of…

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