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- [S11418] Smith, Lawrence C, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Twomey): TALBOT Matthew, (Name: SmithLC.com;), TALBOT Colonel Matthew Sr 1699-1758 (Veteran).
As a youth he was apprenticed to a blacksmith named John Higginson. Still in his teens, he and his brother, Edmund, sailed for America, arriving in Maryland. On 6 May 1721, when he was 21, he married Mary Williston in St. Paul's Church, Baltimore. Their son, Charles Moyle Talbot was born in 1723. He went into the merchant mariner trade with Nicholas Hale. After heavy losses at sea, the Talbot and Hale families moved to Virginia. In September 1828 he bought 251 acres in Prince George County. In 1729 his son, Matthew was born and in 1832 his son, James was born. In 1735 his wife, Mary, bore their last son, John Williston Talbot. She died fourteen months later. In 1736 he remarried to Jane Clayton. Together they had two more children, Isham, from her side of the family, and Martha, after his mother. In about 1742 the family moved about 100 miles west into wilderness near what is now Bedford, Virginia. Over twenty years he bought 10,000 acres. He was a respected leader, swore allegiance to King George II, was a devout Church of England member, and served on the Vestry. He helped define the boundaries of Lunenburg and Bedford counties, made a list of the tithables property, collected money owed to Lunenburg County, and served as the Clerk of the Chapel. The first meeting of the Bedford County Court was held at his house. Until a modest courthouse and prison were erected in November of 1754, the meetings continued to be held at his house, and he served as one of the justices of the court. Hostile Natives were a problem and the settlers formed a militia. The French allied with Native tribes to drive out the English and the French and Indian War began in 1754, the American branch of the Thirty Years War in Europe. Matthew was commissioned as a colonel of the Bedford Militia in 1755, and his sons served as officers. Indeed in 1756 Natives killed his neighbor, Ambrose Arthur and his wife, Keziah, in-laws of his daughter, Martha, orphaning Ambrose and Keziah's son, Benjamin, who was Martha's foster brother-in-law. Later Benjamin Arthur became a Captain in the Patriot Army in the Revolutionary War. On 4 January 1758 he made his Will, confessing himself to be sick and weak of body. He died of ill health and his Will was proved on 27 November 1758. He was the grandfather of U. S. Senator for Kentucky, Isham Talbot and of Matthew Talbot, Governor of Georgia.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162736146/mathew-talbot
- [S608] USWars: French Indian War, (Name: USWars;), The French and Indian War (aka The Seven Years War).
In 1756, war erupted into a world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years’ War. It was was referred to in the colonies as The French and Indian War and thus came to be regarded as the North American theater of that war. It was the beginning of open hostilities between the colonies and Great Britain. In Canada, it is referred to as the Seven Years’ War, and French Canadians call it La guerre de la Conquête (“The War of Conquest”). The name refers to the two main enemies of the British colonists: the royal French forces and the various Native American forces allied with them, although Great Britain also had Native allies.
England and France had been building toward a conflict in America since 1689. These efforts resulted in the remarkable growth of the colonies from a population of 250,000 in 1700, to 1.25 million in 1750. Britain required raw materials including copper, hemp, tar, and turpentine. They also required a great deal of money, and so they provided that all of these American products be shipped exclusively to England (the Navigation Acts). In an effort to raise revenue and simultaneously interfere with the French in the Caribbean, a 6 pence tax on each gallon of molasses was imposed in 1733 (the Molasses Act and The Sugar Act). Enforcement of these regulations became difficult, so the English government established extensive customs services, and vice-admiralty courts empowered to identify, try, and convict suspected smugglers. These devices were exclusive of, and superior to, the colonial mechanisms of justice.
The colonies were wholly interested in overcoming the French in North America and appealed to the King for permission to raise armies and monies to defend themselves. Despite determined petitions from the royal governors, George II was suspicious of the intentions of the colonial governments and declined their offer. English officers in America were also widely contemptuous of colonials who volunteered for service. A few of the men who signed the Declaration had been members of volunteer militia who, as young men, had been dressed down and sent home when they applied for duty. Such an experience was not uncommon. It led communities throughout the colonies to question British authorities who would demand horses, feed, wagons, and quarters – but deny colonials the right to fight in defense of the Empire, a right which they considered central to their self-image as Englishmen.
https://www.uswars.net/french-indian-war/
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The French and Indian War (1754–1763) aka The Seven Years War -- In 1756, war erupted into a world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years’ War. It was was referred to in the colonies as The French and Indian War and thus came to be regarded as the North American theater of that war. It was the beginning of open hostilities between the… |
- [S11419] Smith, Lawrence C, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Twomey): CLAYTON Jane Talbot, (Name: SmithLC.com;), CLAYTON Jane Isham "Minnie" Talbot 1714-1758.
Wife of Col Matthew Talbot
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162734884/jane-isham-talbot
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1699 - 1758 (58 years)
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