Jost HITE

1685 - Bef 1761  (< 75 years)

• Name	Jost HITE
  Birth	5 Dec 1685	Bonfeld, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  Christening	6 Dec 1685	Bonfeld, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Name	Hans Justus HEYD
  Will	25 Apr 1758
  Death	Bef 2 May 1761	Frederick County, VA
  Probate	2 May 1761
  Notes	(1) Source: Strother, Edward L., The William Strother Family Database <http://wmstrother.org/database/getperson.php?personID=I44268&tree=wms>. (2) Connor, Ralph, Jost Hite from the Neckar to the Shenandoah, Chicago, IL: June B. Barekam, 1980, p. 1: Jost Hite's . . . birth, as Hans Justus Heyd, was recorded in the village of Bonfeld in the beautiful Neckar Valley in Germany, where he later was listed as a "linenweaver". In 1709, seeking a safer home and better economic prospects in America, he, his father and their families Joined over 13,000 other Germans in making their way to Rotterdam and thence to London. In 1710 about one-fifth of these Germans came to New York - the largest single group of immigrants in colonial times. His father was then dead but Jost, his wife, infant daughter and stepmother were among the fortunate ones who reached this land. After a couple of years in camp along the Hudson, Hite came to the Philadelphia area where, in 1714, he purchased land along the Skippack Creek. He sold this shortly after he purchased a larger tract of land a few miles farther west on the Perkiomen [Creek]. There he built his home and a grist mill. He sold this property in 1730, prior to acquiring rights to 140,000 acres of land in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Of Hite's grant, 100,000 acres was a grant from the Council of Virginia, the other 40,000 acres had been granted to the Van Meters, whose rights Hite purchased. Much earlier, King Charles II had made a large grant to Lord Colepepper which by 1732 had been inherited by Thomas, Lord Fairfax; this included the land granted to Hite. This led to litigation which was decided in favor of "The Old German Baron" [Hite] long after both Hite and Fairfax were dead. (3) O'Dell, Cecil, Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia, Marceline, MO: Walsworth Publishing Company, 1995, pp. 17-28: Hans Jost Hyde/Hide (of the County of Philadelphia and Province of Pennsylvania) and his wife Anna Maria sold 141½ acres located on a branch of Skippack Creek to Peter Tysin on 14 May 1719. Skippack Creek is a branch of Perkiomen Creek, which is a branch of Schuylkill River. They had purchased this land from Peter Wints on 16 May 1716. The 141½-acre tract is located in present-day Montgomery County, Pennsylvania approximately 4-5 miles east-southeast of Schwenksville, Pennsylvania. Jost Hite and Robert McKay were the orators mentioned in the following discourse on settlements west of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia: "Orators formerly lived in the Province of Pensylvania where it being currently reported that the Government of Virginia proposed to give Encouragement for the Settlement of the Frontiers of that Colony which were much exposed to the Incursions of the Indians and other enemies several persons from the said Province and the Province of New York were induced to come and send to this Colony to be satisfied of the Truth thereof and particularly one John Vanmeter now dec'd. in the year one thousand seven hundred and thirty came from the Province of New York into this Colony & applied to the Governour and Council for a Grant of thirty thousand acres of Land and thereupon obtained an Order of Council in the Words following: At a Council held at the Capitol the 17th day of June 1730 Present the Governour in Council on reading at this board the Petition of John Vanmeter setting forth that he is desirous to take up a tract of Land in this Colony on the West side of the Great Mountains for the Settlement of himself and eleven Children and also that divers of his Relations and Friends living in the Government of New York are also desirous to remove with their families and Effects to settle in the same Place if a sufficient quantity of Land may be assigned them for that purpose & praying that ten thousand acres of Land lying in the Fork of Sherrando River including the Places called by the name of Cedar Lick and Stoney Lick and running up between the Branches of the said River to compleat the Quantity and twenty thousand acres of Land not already taken up by Robert Carter & William Page Esquires or any other lying in the fork between the said River Sherrando and the River Cahongaroota and extending thence to Opeckan and up the South Branch thereof, may be assigned for the Habitation and Settlement of himself and his family & friends. The Governour with the advice of the Council is pleased to give leave to the said John Vanmeter to take up the said first mentioned tract of ten thousand acres for the Settlement of himself and his family and that as soon as the Petitioner shall bring on the last mentioned tract twenty Families to inhabit or that this Board is satisfied so many are ready to so remove thither Leave is hereby granted for surveying the said last mentioned Tract of twenty thousand acres within the Limits above described in so many several dividends as the Petitioner and his said Partners shall think fit And it is further Ordered that no person be permitted to enter for or take up any part of the aforesaid Lands in the meantime provided the said Vanmeter and his family and the said twenty other Families of his Relations and Friends do settle thereon within the space of two years according to his proposal. Will: Robertson Cls Con: Which Order of Council the said John Vanmeter did afterwards on the fifth day of August 1731 for a valuable Consideration sell and assign to your Orator Joist Hite as by an Endorsment on the said Order of Council may more fully appear and one Isaac Vanmeter procured an Order of Council on the same 17th day of June 1730 to take up the Quantity of ten thousand acres of Land which Order is in the words following: Isaac Vanmeter of the Province of West Jersey having by his Petition to this board set forth that he and divers other German Families are desirous to settle themselves on the West Side the great Mountains in this Colony he the Petitioner has been to view the Lands in those parts and has discovered a Place where such Settlement may conveniently be made and not yet taken up or possessed by any of the English Inhabitants and praying that ten thousand acres of Land lying between the Land surveyed for Robert Carter Esquire, the fork of Sherando River and the River Opeckon in as many several tracts or dividends as shall be necessary for the accomodation and Settlement of ten families (including his own) which he proposes to bring on the said Land. The Governour with the Advice of the Council is pleased to Order as it is hereby Ordered that the said Isaac Vanmeter for himself & his Partners have leave to take up the said quantity of ten thousand acres of Land within the Limits above described and that if he brings the above number of families to settle there within two years Patents be granted him and them for the same in such several Tracts and Dividends as they shall think fit and in the meantime that the same be reserved free from the entry of any other Person and the said John & Isaac Vanmeter afterwards for valuable Consideration did sell and assign to your Orator Joist Hite the said last mentioned Order of Council and the forty thousand acres of Land therein mentioned And your Orators afterwards on the twenty first day of October one thousand seven hundred and thirty one being then settled Inhabitants of the Province of Pensylvania and in behalf of themselves and divers other Inhabitants of the said Province who were desirous to remove out of the said Province and settle in this Colony obtained another Order of Council in the words following: At a Council held at the Capitol the 21st day of October 1731 Present The Governour in Council On the Petition of Robert McKay and Joost Heyd of the Province of Pensylvania setting forth that they and divers other families in the number of one hundred are desirous to remove from thence and seat themselves on the back of the Great mountains within this Colony and praying that one hundred thousand acres of land lying between the Lines of the Land granted to John Vanmeter, Jacob Stover, John Fishback and others may be assigned them and that the Residue of the said one hundred thousand acres may be assigned upon and including the several Branches of Sherundo River above the Lands of the said Stover and Fishback and Partners The Governour with the advice of his Council is pleased to order as it is hereby Ordered that the Petitioners in behalf of themselves and their Partners have leave to take up the said Quantity of one hundred thousand acres of Land within the Limits above described and that when the above number of Families coming to dwell thereon within two years Patents shall be granted them in such manner as they shall agree to divide the same. Will: Robertson And your Orators further show unto your Honours that your Orator Joist Hite having purchased the Interest of the said John and Isaac Vanmeter in the forty thousand acres of Land aforesaid in manner before mentioned and having obtained such Order of Council for one hundred thousand Acres of Land as is before set forth entirely relying on the honour and Justice of the Government of Virginia to render the said Grants valid and Effectual upon the considerations therein mentioned being performed in order the better to perform the said Conditions and to make a Provision for his numerous family was in the said year one thousand seven hundred and thirty one induced to sell a very valuable piece of Land on which he then lived in the County of Philadelphia in the Province of Pensylvania for the sum of six hundred & fifty Pounds altho' the same was of much greater value as lying within fifteen miles of the City of Philadelphia and being long since actually sold for above double that sum and to remove with all his family & Estate into this Colony upon the said Lands in order to settle the same according to the Conditions in the said Order of Council mentioned by which your Orators and several of the families who first removed and settled there were put to such Hardships and difficulties as are scarcely to be conceived being obliged to live in their Waggons till they could build some small Huts to shelter themselves from the Inclemency of the weather and so far distant from any Settlement (but especially from any such as could supply them with any Provisions or Necessaries) that they could scarcely procure any one thing necessary nearer than from Pensylvania or Fredericksburg (which was near two hundred miles distant)." Hite moved into the area which would become Frederick County, Virginia sometime between 21 October 1731 and 28 November 1732 when Robert Brooke completed surveys for George Branson (622 acres) and George Harrison (622 acres). These two surveys lay within the "Limits of an order of Council granted to the Vanmeters." Jost Hite was appointed a Justice of Spotsylvania County, Virginia for the area west of the Blue Ridge Mountains on 28 April 1734. He was also appointed a Justice of Orange County, Virginia on 1 January 1734/35. His wife Mary died sometime after 28 December 1738 when her last right of dower was released. Hite's second marriage was to Maria Magdalena (widow of Christian Niswanger) by 10 September 1741. Lord Fairfax entered a caveat with the Governour and Council of Virginia in 1733 and 1736 objecting to Jost Hite's grants of 40,000 and 100,000 acres of land. Fairfax claimed that he had rights to the land. Jost Hite filed a lawsuit against Lord Fairfax on 31 July 1749 to protect his and his partners interests. The following is a summary of the suit and the actions taken in 1745, 1769 and 1771: "Order of his late Majesty in his privy Council of the eleventh day of April 1745 the said Orders of the Governour and Council of this Colony the said other papers produced as exhibits the said Memorial of the Complainants aforesaid and hearing what could be alledged on all sides this honourable Court did declare that under Lord Fairfax's Agreement with the Crown the Pits and those claiming under the said Jost Hite deced were entitled to the thirty thousand acres of Land mentioned in the Order of Council of the seventeenth day of June 1730 to John Vanmetre and to the ten thousand acres mentioned in the Order of Council of the same date to Isaac Vanmetre for which said tracts of Land it appeared that patents had been already obtained from the Crown and confirmed by Act of the General Assembly of this Colony & that the said Pits and those claiming under the said Joist Hite & Robert McCoy deced were also entitled to fifty four thousand acres of Land part of the one hundred thousand acres mentioned in the Order of Council of the twenty first of October 1731 to the said Robert and Joist fifty four families having been settled thereon according to the Terms of the said Order that the Persons who had contracted with the said Hite & McCoy or their representatives for part of the said fifty four thousand acres and had since obtained Deeds from Lord Fairfax be quieted in their Possession and pay to the Plts entitled thereto the purchase money still due with Interest thereon and deliver up the Bonds for conveyance to be made to them to be cancelled and that the Persons who have obtained Deeds from Lord Fairfax without making such Contracts for other Part of the said fifty four thousand acres ought also to be quieted in their possession and to pay to the Plts or such other persons as are entitled thereto after the rate of three pounds per hundred acres of the Land held under such Deeds with legal Interest thereon from the times they respectively became possessed of such Lands and doth think fit to Order and Decree and accordingly It is this present day that is to say the tenth day of October in the eleventh year of his present Majesty's Reign by this honourable Court Ordered adjudged and Decreed that David Ashby, Elisha Isaacs, Lewis Neill, Philip Ingle, John Ingle, George Ingle, William Ingle, Michael Ingle, John Smith, John Briscoe, Lewis and John Neill, Burket Regon, John Lemon, Edward Mercer, Jacob Vandivier, Abraham Vanmeter, Charles Mynn Thurston, Charles Smith, Thomas Colston, James Keith, William Grubb, Isaac Larew, John Lindsey jun., Abraham Lindsey, Thomas Lindsey, Edmund Lindsey jun., Jacob Lindsey and Warner Washington for what he holds in Long Marsh Tract George Hyett, Isaac Hyett, James Hyett Greenleaf, Benjamin Blackborne, James Foreman, George Wright, William Ewings, David Vaunce, James Vaunce, Benjamin Leman, Ulrick Kellar, Palser Counts, Cutlyn Link, Frederick Parrot, Reynold Burden, Charles Huddle, Burr Harrison, Casper Hood, Lunon (?) Hyett, Adam Livingston, Jacob Hite, Joseph Funk and Daniel Holeman for two hundred acres who are in possession of the Lands under Contracts with the Plts or their Ancestors and have paid the purchase money and since obtained Deeds of Confirmation from Lord Fairfax be at peace and deliver up to the Plts the bonds or contracts to be cancelled from which the Plts are discharged and that the Plts pay to the said John Briscoe, Burr Harrison, Lewis Neill, John Smith, Burket Regan, John Leman, Edward Mercer, Jacob Vandivier, George Hyett, John Hyett, Isaac Hyett and Casper Hoop respective Costs. That George Washington, James Russell, Cornelius Anderson, Joseph Hampton, Joseph Anderson, John Anderson, Edward Snickers, Humphrey Keys, Augustine Windle, Christopher Windle, George Seller, Jacob Sparr, John Tipton, Jonas Little, Jacob Cockner, Frederick Dusserman, John Lacy, Jacob Barner, Christian Luther, Jacob Strickler, Abraham Denton, John Hilbrand, Michael Speggart, Jonathan Langdon, John Henry Neave, William Rogers, Adam Funk, Henry Hockman, David Bowman, Ulrick Kenar, Henry Frevell, Jacob Bowman, Archibald Ruddell, Charles Devenny, Daniel Holdman for all his Claim above two hundred Acres & John Little who are possessed of their Lands under Contracts with the Plts or their Ancestors and have obtained such Deeds of confirmation from Lord Fairfax but have not paid the whole purchase money be quieted in their respective possessions & do severally pay to the Plts or those claiming under them the Balance of such purchase money with legal Interest thereon from the times the same was agreed to be paid and in like manner deliver up the bonds or contracts to the Plts to be cancelled. That Abraham Vanmeter, John Strode, George William Fairfax Esquire, William Dark, William Maxwell, Stephen West, Jacob Morgan, John Keywood, John Burden, Jacob Better, Michael Pyke, Owen Thomas, the heirs of George Lee deced, John Augustine Washington, David Castleman, John McCormick, Warner Washington for what he holds on Arnolds branch Philip Wiseman, Peter Mauk, Jacob Burden, Ulrick Tiller, Augustine Windle, Fathy Windle, Christopher Windle, George Huddell, John Worth, Joseph Pugh, Adam Denton, George Somerville, John Summer, the Orphans of Christian Bowman deced, Frederick Dillenger, John Walsenburger, Samuel Fry, Charles Huddell, John Morrell, John Carrier, Jonathan Roberts, Abraham Dulback, Thomas Scott, Samuel Smith, Jonathan Denton, John Denton, Caleb Odell, William Wood, Francis McFell, Robert Combs and Job Combs together with the other persons not named in the said memorial in possession of the twelve hundred Acres on the West side of Shanando who have obtained Deeds from Lord Fairfax but had not made any contracts with the Plts or their Ancestors for the same be also quieted in their respective Possessions upon their severally paying to the Plts or those entitled thereto at the rate of three pounds per hundred Acres for so much Land as they respectively hold within any of the Surveys mentioned in the said memorial together with legal Interest for the same from the times they respectively became possessed of the said Lands that for such Lands within the said Surveys or have not been conveyed to any person by Lord Fairfax nor agreed to be sold by the Plts or their ancestors to any other Person nor are possessed by any other Persons who or those under whom they claim became possessed thereof at any time before the bringing of this Suit to wit the last day of July 1749 Lord Fairfax execute deeds to the Plts in fee Simple receiving the usual Quitrents upon their paying the fees of Office but no Composition money and that Lord Fairfax execute the like Conveyances to the Assignees of the Plts or their Ancestors for such of the said Lands as have been sold or contracted for by them and to the Persons now in Possession who or those under whom they claim the Land became possessed thereof at any time before the Commencement of this Suit where he hath not already conveyed the same to any other person and that those to whom any such Conveyances are to be made shall respectively pay to the Plts or those entitled thereto for the Lands so conveyed according to their several Contracts but where no such contracts shall appear then at the Rate of three pounds per hundred Acres with Interest thereon from the time of their Contracts or becoming possessed of such Land reserving to either party the Liberty of applying to this Court to settle and adjust any disputes which may arise in the Execution of this Part of this Decree which cannot be adjusted between themselves. That perpetual Injunctions be granted to stay the executions of the Judgments at Law recovered by the said William Ewings, William Rogers, George Wright and David Vaunce against the said Joist Hite mentioned in the Proceedings in this Cause. That the Costs of this Suit including an allowance of twenty shillings per day to each of the Commissioners amounting to three hundred and twenty three pounds together with the other expences attending the Execution of the former decretal Order made in October 1769 be paid and borne one moiety by the Plts & the other moiety by the Defts such excepted as are mentioned to be at peace in the first part of this Decree and that somuch of the said Decretal Order as is contrary to this Decree be set aside All which is the final Order and Decree of this hon'ble Court in the Premises aforesaid. Decree signed October the 15th, 1771 From which Decree the said Lord Fairfax prayed an Appeal to the Kings most Excellent Majesty in his Privy Council and having given Security according to the Royal instruction in that behalf his Appeal is granted and allowed him. The Plts also prayed the like Appeal to his Majesty in his Privy Council from such Parts of the said Decree as confirm the Grants made by Lord Fairfax since the Commencement of this Suit or which are directed to be made by him to any Persons not claiming under the said Plts or their Ancestors which is also granted them they having given the like Security." After the American Revolution, the lawsuit was finally settled by an Appeals Court in Richmond, Virginia on 8 May 1786. The Court made the following decree: "It is decreed and ordered, that the heir and devisee of the late Lord Fairfax, claiming the proprietary of the Northern Neck, or both if it shall be judged necessary, or those having the legal title therein by conveyance from the late Lord Fairfax, subsequent to the 25th day of December, 1735, do severally convey to the plaintiffs such parts of the lands contained within the twenty-seven surveys stated in the memorial of Thomas Marshall and others as they respectively hold the legal title in reserving to all such persons as are in possessions of lands under contracts derived from the plaintiffs or their ancestors, and have since procured deeds of confirmation from the late Lord Fairfax. And also reserving to all persons affected by this decree (except the heir, devisees and executors of the said late Lord Fairfax) as well those who derive any equity from the contracts or conduct of the plaintiffs, or their ancestors as others, to state such equity to this Court, at any Court next succeeding the expiration of three months after they, their husbands, or guardians, as the case may require, shall have been served with a copy of this decree, and have the same discussed and decided upon: And all such persons as do not state their cases within that time are to be bound by this decree, unless upon good cause shewn to this Court, shall grant a further day for stating such equity. That all other persons being in possession of the lands, or any part thereof, included within the twenty-seven surveys aforesaid, and not falling within either of the reservations aforesaid, do deliver possession of the same to the plaintiffs on the first day of January next, reserving liberty to the plaintiffs in the mean time, to enter thereon and use the same so as not to disturb the occupants in the possession of the houses, or to interfere with the cornfields, or to molest or injure their crops or prevent them from being carried off. That the plaintiffs are also intitled to the profits of the said lands, from the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and forty nine-fifty, after making thereout a reasonable allowance for lasting improvements, composition, money and quitrents, which said profits are to be accounted for out of the estate of Thomas Lord Fairfax, deceased, by those defendants who are his executors, before James Pendleton, Samuel Clayton, Francis Peyton, William Pickett, French Strother and John Smith, Gent: or any three of them, to whom it is refered to examine, state, and settle the said account; stating all such matters specially as they shall be desired to state by either party and report the same to the court in order to a final decree, liberty being reserved to the defendants to be heard before the court of appeals, at any time before the final decree on any exception specially stated in the report aforesaid, whether tending to shew the said estate to be free from account or otherwise. That the Register of the Land Office do issue Grants to the plaintiffs for such of the aforesaid surveys as were made before the twenty-fifth day of December 1735, and remain ungranted by the said Thomas Lord Fairfax, deceased, they complying with the conditions required by law, in cases of surveys, actually lodged in the seccretaries office, and not carried into patents before the Revolution. That the plaintiffs ought to be at liberty to resort to this court, to obtain satisfaction for any damages which they make appear (at any time before the final decree) to have been by them sustained in the loss of any other surveys not yet carried into Grant through the means of Thomas Lord Fairfax, deceased, or his agents. An[d] that so much of the said decretal order as relates to the cost be suspended until the final decree." On 9 and 15 September 1791, the executors of Lord Fairfax's estate made two payments of 1,500 pounds each to the Representatives of Hite, McKay, Duff and Green on account of rent. Hite sold 47,278 acres of his 40,000-acre grant which he purchased from the Vanmeters and 54,000 acres from their 100,000-acre grant and was subsequently awarded these sales by the Court. On 10-26 November 1742, Jost Hite sold 1,080 acres (part of a larger tract containing 5,018 acres, granted 3 October 1734) to his son John Hite for 20 pounds, 10 shillings. . . . This land is located on both sides of Opequon Creek at present-day Bartonville, Virginia. Interstate Highway 81 and U.S. Highway 11 cross the tract from the south corner (at Stephens City, Virginia) to the northeast property line. Frederick County Highways 642, 649 and 651 also cross the land. Jost Hite probably lived on this tract on Opequon Creek when he first came to Virginia in early 1732. He was living there on 23 April 1737 and had established an ordinary in his house on 27 April 1738. By 27 September 1741, he had built a mill on "Opeckon Creek" (located on the west side of present-day U.S. Highway 11). Although not the original mill, another mill currently exists at the same site. His house was located on the west side of U.S. Highway 11 and his son John's house was on the east side. Both houses were north of Opequon Creek. Jost Hite sold a 568-acre tract of land (part of 668-acre tract "on the western side of Sherrendo on both sides of Evets Marsh") to his son John on 21 May 1740. The 668-acre tract had been granted to Jost on 3 October 1734. . . . John and his wife Sarah sold the 568 acres to Gershom Keys for 113 pounds on 3 June 1745. Jost sold another 300-acre tract to his son John for 50 pounds on 21 May 1740. This tract was located about 50 poles below the mouth of Cedar Creek and on the north side of the North River Shenandoah. . . . John and his wife Sarah sold the 300 acres to John's brother Isaac Hite for 50 pounds on 12 September 1744. Jost sold 2,668 acres to his son Jacob Hite for 20 pounds on 20 October 1742. Jost had received a patent for this land on 3 October 1734. This land is located east of Opequon Creek on Hopewell Run. Present-day Leetown, West Virginia is located in the center of this tract. Jefferson County Highways 1 (Philadelphia Road), 4 (Sulphur Springs Road) and 15 cross this land. Jost Hite was deceased by 7 May 1761 when his will (dated 25 April 1758) was proved in Frederick County Court. He bequeathed his entire estate, both real and personal, in five equal parts as follows: One part each to his sons John, Jacob, Isaac and Abraham and one part to the heirs of his deceased son Joseph (Joseph's sons John and William and daughter Anne Hite). Jost's sons John, Jacob, Isaac and Abraham were appointed executors. The first three children of Jost and Mary Hite were girls; Mary (b. 1708 c.), Elizabeth (baptized 1711) and Magdalena (baptized 1713). Daughter Mary was married to George Bowman, who died by 1747. Elizabeth married Paul Froman and Magdalene married Jacob Chrissman. John Hite (b. 1710 c., Jost's son) married Sarah Eltinge (daughter of Cornelius and Rebecca Van Meter Eltinge). John and Sarah Hite sold the 1,080-acre tract at Bartonsville in four sales on 4 February 1753, 2 November 1768, 23 April 1772 and 2 December 1772. One of these land sales was a 310-acre tract to William Hough and his wife Eleanor (John Hite's sister) for five shillings on 2 November 1768. On 5 November 1772, William and Eleanor Hough sold the 310 acres to John Hite Jr. for 500 pounds. After 1772, John and Sarah Hite probably moved to Frederick County, Maryland where they died and were buried. Jacob Hite (b. 14 March 1719, Jost's son) married Catherine O'Bannon of Ireland about 1740. Jacob received five Fairfax grants adjacent to his 2,668-acre tract. Two grants (1751 and 1754) were adjacent north and three grants (1762, 1767 and 1769) were adjacent south. These five grants totalled an additional 2,001 acres. Jacob and Catherine sold 1,106 acres of the 2,668-acre tract to his brother Joseph Hite for 300 pounds on 8 May 1751. On 11 May 1751, Joseph and his wife Elizabeth sold 340 acres (part of the 1,106 acres) to Jacob for 100 pounds. Jacob Hite (b. 1719) moved to South Carolina where he was killed by Indians in 1776. His will (dated 7 March 1770) was proved in Berkeley County, Virginia (West Virginia) on 16 March 1779. He listed sons John, Thomas, James and George and daughters Betty, Mary Nelly and Sucky. He mentioned his wife Franey and brothers John and Isaac. His land was bequeathed to his four sons. John Hite Jr. was deceased by 18 March 1777 when his will (dated 25 October 1776) was proved in Berkeley County Court. He bequeathed his plantation (where he lived) to his son Jacob O'Bannon Hite. He listed his father's land in South Carolina and his daughters Mary, Catherine and Sarah. Thomas Hite (b. 13 September 1750, son of Jacob, b. 1719) was deceased by 6 September 1779 when the inventory of his estate was entered into the records. Isaac Hite (b. 12 May 1723, Jost's son) married Eleanor Eltinge (who was the sister of John Hite's wife Sarah). Isaac and Eleanor lived on the 300-acre tract which he had purchased from his brother John Hite on 12 September 1744. . . . On 28 March 1748, Isaac purchased 300 acres located on the north side of Long Meadow from James Hoge for 60 pounds. . . . This 300-acre tract was part of his father Jost's 2,168-acre 2 December 1732 survey land; Jost had received a patent for it on 3 October 1734. The 300-acre tract was located about 1½ miles south of present-day Middletown, Virginia on Meadow Brook and U.S. Highway 11. Frederick County Highway 727 provides access to the property as does County Highway 624 on the northwest property line. On 5 March 1770, Isaac purchased 183 acres on Meadow Brook and Cedar Creek (adjacent northwest to the 300-acre tract) from William Vance for 230 pounds. Warren County Highways 611, 612 and 842 provide access to the 300-acre tract on North River Shenandoah . . . . Isaac combined this 300-acre tract with seven adjacent tracts into a 1,689-acre 3 November 1788 Fairfax grant. Isaac Hite (b. 1723) was deceased by 6 October 1795 when his will (dated 4 January 1794) was proved in Frederick County Court. He bequeathed "to son Isaac Hite, 133 acres I purchased from William Vance; also 300 acres I purchased of James Hoge for which tracts I have made and recorded a deed; also 4¾ acres granted to me by deed (9 September 1788) and on which is a new merchant mill 'built in partners with my son.' Also 1,528 acres, part of entire survey of 1689 acres made by John Cordell on which I now live for which I obtained a patent; also a lot in town of Georgetown, state of Maryland, (also other lands in Maryland on Potomac River); also land in Shenandoah County on the south River, I purchased of John Hope; and negroes; sum of £350. To daughter Ann Buchannan, to daughter Rebecca Booth (her husband is William Aylette Booth) to daughter Sarah Clarke (son-in-law Jonathan Clarke), three grandchildren, Isaac Hite Williams, John Williams, Eleanor Long, Son Isaac Hite to help and support my daughter Ann Buchannan during her insanity; Grandchildren's mother, the late Eleanor Williams, dec., their father John Williams. It is my will and desire that such of my negroe women who have husbands belonging to me shall be sold with their husbands and where any of the women have young children that the child should be sold with the mother. Executors, son Isaac Hite and sons in law William Aylette Booth and Jonathan Clarke. Witnesses: Charles Beale, Alexander Hite, Wm. H. Boothe, Andw. Forsyth, William Stinson." His son Isaac Jr. (b. 7 February 1758) lived on the 300-acre Meadow Brook tract where he built his home called Belle Grove in 1792. Abraham Hite (b. 10 May 1729, Jost's son) married Rebecca Van Meter (daughter of Isaac and Hannah Van Meter). In 1751, Abraham began purchasing land on the south Branch Potomac River from Lord Fairfax ultimately receiving a total of eight grants and 2,554 acres as follows: 362 acres 20 September 1751; 400 acres 3 April 1753; 200 acres 13 April 1762; 110 acres 14 April 1762; 360 acres 1 April 1765; 324 acres 2 April 1765; 400 acres 11 August 1768; 398 acres 21 February 1776 These tracts were located between Romney, Hampshire County and Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia on or near U.S. Highway 220 (between Purgitsville, Hampshire County and Old Fields, Hardy County). Abraham and his wife Rebecca Hite moved to Jefferson County, Kentucky after selling their lands in Hampshire and Hardy counties. Abraham was deceased by 2 February 1790 when his will (dated 20 March 1787) was proved in Jefferson County, Kentucky Court. He bequeathed: "To wife Rebecca real and personal estate, after division in accordance with contract dated August, 1782, with sons Isaac, Abraham and Joseph Hite; at her death land, slaves, etc. to go to sons. To John and William Hite, sons of brother Joseph, 200 acres and 400 acres, respectively, in District of Kentucky; to Hannah Vanmetre, during life, 600 acres on Jessamine Creek, given me by military warrant, adjoining Adam Stephens and John Bowman. To Thomas Vanmetre the 600 acres, after death of his mother Hannah, and 100 acres bought from Daniel McNeal and he from Robert Higgins, also 500 pounds when he is twenty-one or marries. Executors: Sons, Isaac, Abraham and Joseph Hite. Witnesses: Vincent Williams, Alexander Doran, Isaac Vanmeter, Thomas Neale, Daniel Ashby, John Batman." Abraham's son Isaac Hite was deceased by 4 March 1794 when his will (dated 8 February 1794) was proved in Jefferson County, Kentucky Court. Isaac bequeathed: "To wife Harriet, home-farm 400 acres, part of 1400 acres patented to Abraham Hite; daughters Rebecca Vanmeter Hite, and Elizabeth Rigby Hite, and son Jacob, under twenty-one, mentioned; also refers to saw mill, grist mill, tanyard. All children under age. Executors: Robert Breckinridge, Richard C. Anderson, brother Abraham Hite, William Taylor, a family friend, and Moses Kuykendall. Witnesses: And's Livingston, Wm. Fitzgerald, Timothy Conditt, Samuel Grier, Joseph Hite."
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  Family 1	Anna Maria MERCKLIN,   b. 16 Jan 1687, Bonfeld, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d. Aft 28 Dec 1738, Frederick County, VA (Age > 51 years)
  Marriage	11 Nov 1704	Bonfeld, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  Family ID	F18417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Maria Magdalena STEFFAN,   b. Abt 1708
  Marriage	Bef 10 Sep 1741	Frederick County, VA
  Family ID	F18418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024