Dickinson Family Tree - Person Sheet
Dickinson Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameNicholas Muse 
174
174Birthca 1685, Westmoreland County, Va174
Deathbef Apr 1723
FatherJohn Muse Sr. (1633-ca1723)
MotherUNNAMED (-<1723)
Notes for Nicholas Muse
Not mentioned in father’s will
From HOPKINS:
On Oct. 30, 1707, Thomas Muse, of West'd Co., and John Muse, Jr., ofRichmond Co., Va., were granted 265 acres in West'd Co. On Nov. 10,1711, Nicholas Muse of West'd Co., received a grant of land of 179acres in West'd Co. on Holling Branch on Great Rappahannock Creek,between the counties of Richmond and West'd. (Northern Neck GrantBook No. 4, p. 60).
NOTE: Nicholas is not listed in HOPKINS as one of the children ofJohn Muse, Sr.--probably because he was not confirmed by being listedin the will. Later researchers list him as preceding his father indeath
From "A SOUTHERN LEGACY": "Despite the claim of parentage by West &Fauntleroy, John's purported son Nicholas, who also predeceased John,is unproven." "However, based on naming patterns and place ofresidence, the compiler suggests that Nicholas was a possible son."
From Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. I, Richmond County Records, p.308: p.84. Indenture. 11 Aug. 1715. Nicholas Muse planter of onepart and William Woodward of the other part. Woodward agrees "to bindmy Son Thomas Woodward unto Nicholas Muse and Mary Muse his wife orthe longest liver of them untill he come to the Age of Twenty OneYeares x x the said Thomas Woodward being eaight Yeares onto the 14day of Febuary before the date hereof." Muse agrees among otherthings "to learn him to read the Bible and also to learn him the Tradeof a Carpenter and Cooper in the last Two Yeares that he hath toserve." Signed William Woodward, Nicholas x Muse. Wit: RichardClaxton, James Sandie. Rec. 7 Sept. 1715. [Note from abstractor:Difficult for Muse, who could not write while Woodward could. B.F.]
From SOUTHERN LEGACY: In his will dated 9 Jan 1707, and probated 31Mar 1708, John Elliott [Nicholas's father-in-law] directed "Nichl.Mewes to have the house which he hath built and ground to tend forhimself for corn and tobo. for three or four years till he settlehimself".
Several land transactions involving Nicholas and Mary Mewes arelisted.174
From HOPKINS:
On Oct. 30, 1707, Thomas Muse, of West'd Co., and John Muse, Jr., ofRichmond Co., Va., were granted 265 acres in West'd Co. On Nov. 10,1711, Nicholas Muse of West'd Co., received a grant of land of 179acres in West'd Co. on Holling Branch on Great Rappahannock Creek,between the counties of Richmond and West'd. (Northern Neck GrantBook No. 4, p. 60).
NOTE: Nicholas is not listed in HOPKINS as one of the children ofJohn Muse, Sr.--probably because he was not confirmed by being listedin the will. Later researchers list him as preceding his father indeath
From "A SOUTHERN LEGACY": "Despite the claim of parentage by West &Fauntleroy, John's purported son Nicholas, who also predeceased John,is unproven." "However, based on naming patterns and place ofresidence, the compiler suggests that Nicholas was a possible son."
From Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. I, Richmond County Records, p.308: p.84. Indenture. 11 Aug. 1715. Nicholas Muse planter of onepart and William Woodward of the other part. Woodward agrees "to bindmy Son Thomas Woodward unto Nicholas Muse and Mary Muse his wife orthe longest liver of them untill he come to the Age of Twenty OneYeares x x the said Thomas Woodward being eaight Yeares onto the 14day of Febuary before the date hereof." Muse agrees among otherthings "to learn him to read the Bible and also to learn him the Tradeof a Carpenter and Cooper in the last Two Yeares that he hath toserve." Signed William Woodward, Nicholas x Muse. Wit: RichardClaxton, James Sandie. Rec. 7 Sept. 1715. [Note from abstractor:Difficult for Muse, who could not write while Woodward could. B.F.]
From SOUTHERN LEGACY: In his will dated 9 Jan 1707, and probated 31Mar 1708, John Elliott [Nicholas's father-in-law] directed "Nichl.Mewes to have the house which he hath built and ground to tend forhimself for corn and tobo. for three or four years till he settlehimself".
Several land transactions involving Nicholas and Mary Mewes arelisted.174