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Notes

• I continue to investigate the details of Terry family relationships inthe 1600s and 1700s, and have not sorted out all errors and falsetrails.  The connection of James Terry and his wife Diane Royall to aBenjamin Terry, often reported in popular genealogies as their son, istenuous.  Here are some notes from researchers, data found in theTerry Family Historian newsletter.  Dates vary and it appears two ormore James Terrys have been confused.  Little detail is available tosort this out.
  
  U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  James Terry, Birth 1666 VA
  Spouse Mary Diane Royall
  Spouse Birth 1666; Marriage 1688 VA
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  The Terry Family Bible was purchased by Nathaniel Terry Jr. at the1806 estate sale and was taken to Logan/Todd County, Kentucky.  It waspresented in Robertson Courthouse TN., as late as 1855.  It is unknownwhere it is today, but a transcription from a grandson Robert Y.Lewis, is available at the TN State Archives.  In the early part ofthe 1900's a descendant out of one of the sons of Nathaniel Sr., whowas from Virginia, mistakenly joined the SAR on the service ofNathaniel Terry Jr, who he did not descend from, he named a Miss Smithas Nathaniel Sr's wife when Nancy Hopkins Smith was the wife ofNathaniel's son Robert, and continued on back to Benjamin Terry whodied in 1771, naming apparent siblings of his great grandfather, JamesA. Terry and Diana Royall Terry as the parents of Benjamin.  This hasnever been proven by any document and was done from family lore, butis often repeated.
  
  Source: Margie Brown  Mgbrown105aol.com
  
  Note by Robert "Mike" Terry:  At last count there were 37 usersubmitted trees on Ancestry.com for James Terry and Mary Diane Royalas the parents of Benjamin Terry d. 1771 and the list keeps growing.If you ask where this information comes from you will probably not getan answer. If they even bother to cite a source it is based on theerroneous information from the SAR record of Thaddeus McGee Terry.This same information was provided to me and appears in severalpublications in the 1980's. -- So like other beginning genealogists Ijust passed it along in old issues of the Terry Family Historian andit becomes carved in stone. PLEASE Correct your information on thisfamily.
  --  Terry Family Historian,http://www.terry-family-historian.com/SouthsideVA/Genealogy_and_Myth.htm
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  Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
  Book: C, transcribed by Ancestry.com
  1 Jul 1735 Spotsylvania Co., VA
  Property: 600 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co.
  Description: Thomas x Sartin of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., to PeterGustavus of Par. and Co. afsd. 600 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co.-partof a tract granted sd. Sartin by pat. May 6, 1727. July 1, 1735. Mary,wife of Thomas Sartin, acknowledged her dower, etc.
  Witnesses:  William Waller, James Terry, Thomas Estes
  Notes: This land record was originally published in Virginia CountyRecords - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I, edited by WilliamArmstrong Crozier.
  
  Another land transaction appears to involve this same James Terry,when he transferred a piece of land to John Holliday.
  
  Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
  Book: C, transcribed by Ancestry.com
  James Terry
  Date: 10 Oct 1737 Spotsylvania Co., VA
  Property: 200 a, in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co.
  Notes: This land record was originally published in "Virginia CountyRecords - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by WilliamArmstrong Crozier.
  Remarks: James Terry of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., to John Holliday,Senr., of county and par. afsd. 20 curr. 200 a. Dec, 6, 1737.
  Description: Grantor

Sources

• 1. Ancestry Trees
  • Terry Family Tree,
• 2. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• 3. Ancestry Trees
• 4. Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
  • Book: C, transcribed by Ancestry.com
• 5. Ancestry Trees
  • Castle Famliy,
• 6. Ancestry Trees
  • Casler,
• 7. Family Data Collection - Individual Records