NORFOLK COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Pension Applicatiions and Certifications, Bounty Land
Warrants and Certificates or Heirship
Revolutionary War
CALVERT, CHRISTOPHER - May 1834 - Original
Southampton County, to wit:
This day Mary Jones personally appeared before me a
Justice of
the peace for the said County & made oath that she was well
aquainted
with Capt. Christopher Calvert of the Virginia State Navy.
That he left
at the time of his death three sons and three daughters,
viz: Sam, Matt,
Cornelius, Fanny, Mary, and Nancy; that Saml left five sons,
viz: Saml,
Matt, Bassett, John and William; that Saml. is alive; Matt
is alive;
Bassett is alive; John is alive and William is alive - That
Matt the
son of the said Capt. Christopher Calvert died without
issue; that
Cornelius died without issue - That Fanny one of his
daughters married
Allbrighton Jones and died leaving only one child Margaret
B. Jones, who
married Griffin Styth and died leaving five children, (viz)
Caroline,
Maria, Antionette, Margarette, and Fabius - that Caroline
Styth married
John Jones & is alive; Maria married & is now is the wife of
Robt.
Ricks. Antionette Styth married & is now the wife of
Benjamin B. B.
Hunter; Margarette Styth died underage intestate & without
issue; that
Fabius Styth is alive. That Mary another of his daughters
married
Sparrow (?) Pierce and died leaving four children, viz:
Saml, Bolton,
Peggy, and Fanny. That Bolton Pierce is alive - Saml.
Pierce has left
the country & has not been heard from for more than seven
years; that
Peggy is alive; and that Fanny Pierce has married & and is
now the wife
of ____________. That Nancy the other daughter of the said
Capt.
Christopher Calvert married William Cahart and died without
issue and
that the said Saml., Matt, Bassett, John and William Cahart;
Caroline
Styth, Maria Ricks, who was
Maria Styth, Antionette Hunter, who was Antionette Styth and
Fabius
Styth; Bolton Pierce, Peggy Pierce and Fanny___________ who
was Fanny
Pierce are the only heirs at law living of the said Capt.
Christopher
Calvert.
Given under my hand & seal this 9th day of
April 1834
J. D.
Massenburg
(seal)