Simon OVERZEE

- 1659

• Name	Simon OVERZEE
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Merchant
  Death	Between Feb 1659 and Mar 1659
  Notes	(1) Johnston, Dr. Christopher, "Thoroughgood and Chandler Families," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jan. 1896), pp. 321-323: Simon Overzee, whom Job Chandler call his brother-in-law, was a merchant, and though it is stated that he was an "Englishman borne" . . . , was probably of Dutch parentage or descent. His name is undoubtedly Dutch, and a tract of land owned by him was called Rotterdam. He resided at various times both in Virginia and Maryland. . . . January 20, 1658, he entered rights for himself, Sarah his wife, and one child "in I650". . . . His wife, Mrs. Sarah Overzee, died in child-bed, and was buried 9th October, 1658. . . . Now in a petition of Thomas Cornwaleys, dated 1st December, 1658, Mrs. Yardley, "widow of Colonel Francis Yardley," is called the mother-in-law of Job Chandler and Simon Overzee. . . . The whole relationship therefore becomes perfectly clear. The evidence here presented, compared with the Thoroughgood genealogy, . . . puts it beyond a reasonable doubt that Mrs. Ann Chandler-Fowke and Mrs. Sarah Overzee were the daughters of Captain Adam Thoroughgood and Sarah his wife. Simon Overzee, however, married a second time. He died at the end of February or the beginning of March, 1659, without issue . . . , and 18th December, 1660 his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Overzee was granted administration on his estate, giving bond, 7th January, 1660[/61], for 100,000 pounds tobacco. . . . Soon after this she married Major George Colclough, for one Hugh Brain demands, 7th February, 1660, a scire facias against Major George Colclough and Elizabeth his wife, widow and administratrix of Simon Overzee, deceased. . . . Major Colclough had also been previously married, his former wife having been Ursula, widow of Colonel John Mottrom, and before of Richard Thompson. Major Colclough died about 1662, and in 1663 his widow, Elizabeth, appears as the wife of Isaac Allerton . . . , who had previously had a wife in New England also named Elizabeth. . . . The personality of Mrs. Elizabeth Overzee-Colclough-Allerton is now not difficult to discover. The power of attorney, 20th February, 1663, from Thomas Willoughby and Sarah, his wife, to "our loving brother, Isaac Allerton," the fact that Isaac Allerton had a son named Willoughby Allerton, and the entry of Elizabeth Willoughby among the headrights of Captain Thomas Willoughby, in 1634, all combine to prove that she was none other than Elizabeth, sister of Colonel Thomas, and daughter of Captain Thomas Willoughby. . . . (2) Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury, Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Boston, MA & New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1934, Vol. 1, p. 842: Elizabeth Willoughby was mar., first, as his second wife, to Simon Overzee, a Hollander, who was prominent as a merchant in Maryland and Virginia. Overzee's first wife was Sarah, daughter to Captain Adam and Sarah Thoroughgood; she was buried Oct. 9, 1658. Administration was granted, Dec. 18, 1660, to Elizabeth, widow of Simon Overzee; and soon after she was mar. to Major George Colclough, as his second wife. Ursula, the first wife of Major Colclough, mar., first, Richard Thompson; second, Colonel John Mottrom; and third, Colclough. The death of Major Colclough occurred about 1662, and, in 1663, his widow was the wife of Isaac Allerton. By this it appears that Elizabeth (Willoughby) (Overzee) (Colclough) Allerton was married three times within five years. She died before October, 1702.
  Person ID	I17731	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah THOROUGHGOOD   d. Bef 9 Oct 1658
  Marriage	Bef 1650
  Family ID	F7931	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY   d. Bef Oct 1702
  Marriage	Bef 18 Dec 1660
  Family ID	F7925	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024