Sources:
Tidewater Virginia Families
Names & Dates for the children come from TURFF & TWIGG by Priscilla Harriss Cabell.
His approximate date of birth from FAURE FORD FORE FOREE OF MANAKIN TOWN by Larry Ford
Name of wife comes from TURFF & TWIGG, by Priscilla Harriss Cabell. A couple of sources indicate he married Marie Gaudwin 1742 in Cumberland, Va.
Pierre sailed on the ship "la Nasseau" with his wife & child & landed in James Town March 5, 1701. The Coat of Arms is of the Faure Family of Auvergne, France. He was a member of the Vestry of the French Refugee Church 1731-1744. He was naturalized May 12, 1705. He has a recorded will dated 1745.
The Ford family were Huguenot Refugees that were given a home in a deserted Indian village named Mannakin in the early 1700's.Patentees of the French Land
Patentees Patent # Acres Year
Upper Part of the Last 5000 Acres
Foure, Peter 786 107 1716From the Manakin Town website
A LIST OF THE REFUGEES WHO ARE TO RECEIVE OF YE MILLER OF FALLING CREEK MILL ONE BUSHEL A HEAD OF INDIAN MEALE MONTHLY AS SETTLED AT OR ABOUT KING WILLIAMS TOWN TO BEGIN IN FFEB. 1700- 1701].
ffaure, his brother, and 2 Sisters, - 4Peter Faure's will
: In the Name of God Amen, I Peter For-- [sic] of the Parish of King William in the cunty of Goochland being Sick and weak but of Perfect mind and memory and Calling to mind and Duly Considering the Uncertainly of Human life do make this my Last Will and Testament. First and Principallly I Commit my Soul into the hands of my Blessed maker, Trusting in his mercies and in the Merits of my Redeemer for the Remission of all my Sins my Body I Commit to the Earth to be decently Intered at the Discretion of my Executors hereinafter mentioned as to my Temporal Estate I bequeath and Dispose of it in the following manner. First Item. I give and bequeath to my son James Ford the Plantation whear he now lives to him and his heirs and assigns forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my Son Peter Ford to him andhis heirs forever three hundred acres of Land on Matthews branch Whear he now lives. Item. I give and bequeath to my Son John Ford to him and his heirs forever one hundred and twenty five acres of Land whear he now lives on Jones Creek. Likewise one Negro Wench Jugg to him and his heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son Daniel Ford to him and his heirs forever the Plantation whear I now live being in the Manakin ton on the River. I give to my Son Daniell one Negro boy Tom to him and his heirs forever. I give to my son Daniell one feather bed and Furniture two Cows and Calfs one Sow and Piggs. Item. I give and bequeath to my two daughters Judith and Mary Ford to them and their heirs forever all the Remainder of my Movable Estate to be Equally Devided between them both. If either of my Daughters should Dey under the age of Twenty one Ears or not Marry the Suviver shall heir her part of the Estate. I do apint my Son John Ford and Daniell Ford to bee Executors of this my last Will and Testament. Dated twenty ninth of April Seventeen hundred and forty four. His Peter X Ford. MarkSigned in the presence of us Samuel Weave. (Weaver?) Demetrius Young. John Harris. At the Court of Goochland county, April 16, 1745.
This Writing was proved by the Oaths of the Witnesses hereto to be the last Will and Testament of Peter Ford Deceased and it was thereupon Admitted to Record. A copy from the records. Teste: P. G. Miller. Cleark of the Circuit Court of Goochland County, Va. Recorded D. B. No. 4, page 525.
Rose Waldon states in her website on the Faure Family: "Peter Faure, son of Daniel Isaac Faure and Mary Chastain, grandson of Isaac and Mary Ann Thiboult. Peter was born about 1675 in France, married Elizabeth Agar (Agee) born about 1677 in France. One of the founders of Manakin Town. Children of Peter Ford and Elizabeth Agee: Peter Ford, James Ford, Judith Ford, Mary Ford. (This record sent to this compiler by Miss Josephine Dupuy, member of Huguenot Society Founders of Manakin Town; from Ford Family Bible; Ayers Family Bible; Huguenot records.)" So this does raise a question as to whether Elizabeth or Judith was the mother of Judith Faure/Ford who married John Leake.
Name of wife comes from TURFF & TWIGG, by Priscilla Harriss Cabell. A couple of sources indicate he married Marie Gaudwin 1742 in Cumberland, Va.