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Alice: My line of descent is from Winifred Mardis (or the earlier spelling "Marders"), daughter of James Marders, Sr. and Ann ( ) Marders. Winifred was born about 1768 in King George County, VA and died in 1847 at Preston County, WV. She married 1785 to Ambrose Lipscomb (c.1762-1841), a brother of the Elizabeth Lipscomb (c.1857-1840) who married Winifred's brother William Mardis (who died abt 1802 in Campbell County, KY). Ambrose Lipscomb and William Mardis served together in the Revolutionary War, and afterwards both leased land on adjacent tracts from Lord Fairfax in Frederick County, VA.
The will of "James Marders, Sr. of King George County, Parish of Hanover" was written 5 Oct. 1781 and proved (by his son Rowley Marders) on 7 June 1787 (King George County Will Book 1780-1804, page 97). Marders' will stipulated that all of his land, about 200 acres, was to be inherited by his eldest son James. To his daughter Lucy Rollins were bequeathed "a cow and two ewes and lambs and a beehive." The remainder of Marders' estate was divided equally among four children: sons William, James and Stephen, and daughter Winney Marders (who married 1785 to Ambrose Lipscomb).
The maiden name of Ann, wife of James Marders, Sr., is not known - some researchers have suggested that she might have been a sister to the Stephen Bailey who witnessed the will of James Marders, Sr. (who had a son named Stephen), but no concrete evidence exists to prove that assertion.
James Marders, Sr. was apparently the son of William and Ann (Rowley) Marders. His siblings were William Marders(died before 1774?,), Samuel Marders (died after 1786, wife Martha ___), Moses Marders (died 1783), Aaron Marders (died after 1781, married Elinor Swain), Rowley Marders (died abt 1804, married Elizabeth ____), and Mary Marders (died 1820, wife of Daniel White).
William Marders, father of James Marders, Sr., was probably the son of John Marders, who died intestate in 1725 - see "King George County Will Book A-I, 1721-1752" by George Harrison Sanford King (1978). It cites the following from Court Order Book #1, p. 272: "3 Sept 1725: William Rowley qualified as an administrator of John Marders, deceased." This same William Rowley gave a deposition with his wife Mary in a suit at King George that same year (1725) in which his age was stated as "about 60" and hers as "about 53." In his own 1751 will, William Rowley made a bequest to "my daughter Ann Mardis," who was the wife of William Marders (the latter presumably the son of John Marders).
The Marders and Rowley families were closely connected. From the evidence that I examined back in the early 1980's, here is my best guess at the ancestry of James Marders, Sr:
I. WILLIAM MARTER - he is mentioned in a Land Patent of Old Rappahannock County (which became Richmond County in 1692) dated 20 July 1662. This Patent gave 2,500 acres of land to George Morris and William Lane for having transported 50 persons into the colony. One of those persons was William Marter (see Nell Marion Nugent's "Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1666"). This was the earliest Marders/Marter name found - but no hard proof has been found that he was an ancestor of James Marders, Sr.
II. JOHN MARDERS (died 1725), possible son of William Marter; wife's name unknown.
III. WILLIAM MARDERS (died 1750), probably son of John Marders. Married Ann Rowley, daughter of William Rowley, Sr. (c.1665-1754) and Mary ( ) Rowley (died before 1751).
IV. JAMES MARDERS, SR., who married Ann _____.
As for Ann (Rowley) Marders, mother of James Marders, Sr., my best current guess at her ancestry is the following:
I. MOSES ROWLEY - he and his wife Margaret certified land at Accomack county in 1667. Just a possible connection.
II. JOHN ROWLEY, possible son of Moses Rowley, married Amy ____ (her maiden name may have been either Wood or Hinson). They lived in Stafford County, across the Chesapeake Bay from Accomack County.
III. WILLIAM ROWLEY, Sr., (c.1665-1754) was definitely the son of John Rowley of Stafford County. In a deed of 5 July 1734 at King George County, William Rowley, Sr. conveyed "to my loving son William Rowley, Jr., of King George County, and his heirs, the plantation and all land joining it where he now lives, which is part of 2,000 acres that my father, John Rowley, late of Stafford County, deceased, by his last will and testament gave to William Rowley, Sr." The children of William Rowley, Sr. and his wife Mary appear to be: William Rowley, Jr. (eldest son and principal heir); Moses Rowley (c.1719-after 1803); Amy Rowley, who married George(?) Proctor; Ann Rowley, who married William Marders; Margery Rowley, who married William(?) Smith; and Elizabeth Rowley, who married _____Armstrong.
IV. AMY ROWLEY, wife of William Marders.
A great deal of information on Amy Rowley's immediate family can be gleaned from the 1774 will of her brother William Rowley, Jr. in King George County, VA Will Book 1, page 354. Her brother died childless and very wealthy, and he left many legacies to various relatives.
Hope this is helpful!
Jeff Lipscomb
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