William Hope ¹

  Notes:

William was named in his uncle's will on 23 July 1698 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as nephew William Hope, son of George & Temperance Hope, and given 250 acres at Forked Neck at the head of Pitts Creek in Somerset Co, MD, being 1/2 of 500 acres called Fookes Choice, in the will of William Anderson.

He was named in a land cause on 27 November 1732 at Accomack Co, VA. John Jackson vs Thomas Parramore & Joanna Custis, his wife. That the said John and the aforesaid Thomas and Joanna, in right of the said Joanna, together and undivided hold two orchards, 1 garden, four dwelling houses, two kitchens, one barn, 1013 acres of land and 200 acres of Marsh, upon Matompkin Creek, in the Parish of Accomack, late the inheritance of William Custis, dec., whereon unto him the said John and to his heirs it belongs to have one orchard, one dwelling house, 200 acres of land and Marsh, and to the said Thomas & Joanna, in right of the said Joanna, the residue of the premises according to the last will and testament of the said William Custis, the said 200 acres being devised by the said William Custis, dec., to his wife, Bridget, and conveyed to the aforesaid John by William Arbuckle and the said Bridget, then his wife. (Joanna Custis Hope, wife of Thomas Parramore, dau. of William Hope and Gr. Dau. of Capt. George Hope; also gr. dau. of Capt. William Custis.)

William married Joanna Mary Custis, daughter of Col. William Custis and Joan (?). (Joanna Mary Custis was born about 1681 in Accomack Co., VA.)