Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Birth1768, VA15517
Deathbef 184015518
Spouses
Birthaft 176015171,15511,15510
MemoForeign Birth bef 1770
Census1840, Greenbrier County, VA15512,15513
MemoSouth Greenbrier
Research
Pg 7 Johan Willm Mey - Arrived on ship William and Sarah, William Hill, Master from Rotterdam in Philadelphia 18 Sep 172715514 (His father or grandfather?)

Bath 1791, 1st District, Ln 175 8/2/1791 May, William: 1 Titheable, No Slaves, 2 Horses, No Studs3149 (Him? Relationship?)
Bath 1792, 2nd District, Ln 177 No Date May, William: 1 Titheables, No Slaves, 1 Horses, No Studs
Bath 1793 2nd District Ln 181 5-27-1793 May, William: 1 Titheable, No Slaves, 1 Horses, No Studs

US Revolutionary War Rolls 1775-17839986 (Ancestor?)
David May; Rank - Induction: Private; Roll Box 109; Roll State: VA
David May; Rank - Induction: Privt; Roll Box 109; Roll State: VA
Gep May; Rank - Induction: Private; Roll Box 97; Roll State: VA
George May; Rank - Induction: Private; Roll Box 97; Roll State: VA
Humphrey May; Rank - Induction: Serjeant; Roll Box 99; Roll State: VA
Humphrey May; Rank - Induction: Serjt; Roll Box 99; Roll State: VA
Humphry May; Rank - Induction: Serjeant; Roll Box 99; Roll State: VA
Humphry May; Rank - Induction: Serjt; Roll Box 99; Roll State: VA
Thomas May; Rank - Induction: Priv; Roll Box 98; Roll State: VA
Thomas May; Rank - Induction: Private; Roll Box 98; Roll State: VA
Thomas May; Rank - Induction: Priv; Roll Box 98; Roll State: VA
Thomas May; Rank - Induction: Private; Roll Box 98; Roll State: VA
Thomas May; Rank - Induction: Privt; Roll Box 98; Roll State: VA
Thos May; Rank - Induction: Fifer; Roll Box 104; Roll State: VA
Thos May; Rank - Induction: Private; Roll Box 101; Roll State: VA
Ths (sic) May; Rank - Induction: Pri; Roll Box 98; Roll State: VA
William May; Rank - Induction: Corpl; Roll Box 113; Roll State: VA
William May; Rank - Induction: Corporal; Roll Box 113; Roll State: VA
William May; Rank - Induction: Private; Roll Box 94; Roll State: VA
William May; Rank - Induction: Privt; Roll Box 94; Roll State: VA
Wm May; Rank - Induction: Corporal; Roll Box 113; Roll State: VA
Jno Terris D May; Rank - Induction: Drum Major; Roll Box 101; Roll State: VA

VA Colonial Militia, 1651-1776251 (An Ancestor? To early to be him?)
Pg 30 Land Bounty Certificates: James May, soldier in Col. Washington’s Regt from 1756-1762 till properly discharged. Frederick Co, 9 Mar 1780
Pg 42 Land Bounty Certificates: Jesse May, soldier in one of the VA Regts raised during the late war between Great Britain and France. Certificate from Thos Bullett, a Capt in that regiment. General Court, 19 Oct 1779.

VA Colonial Soldiers2750 (An ancestor?)
Pg 45 Return of Capt Hog’s Company, 9 Jul 1754. Men fit for duty: Jesse May
Pg 46 Return of Capt George Mercer’s Company, 9 Jul 1754. Lame on the Road: John May
Pg 48 Pay Bill of Capt George Mercer’s Company from 29 May until 29 Jul 1754: The following were paid 2.0.8 (pounds, shillings, pence) each: John May
Pg 50 Capt George Mercer’s Company: John May
Pg 56 Pay Roll of Capt Thomas Waggener’s Company, Jan 1756: James May
Pg 57 Pay Roll of Capt Thomas Waggener’s Company, Jan 1756: James May; Robert May
Pg 61 List of Men out of Westmoreland County enlisted 25 May 1756: John May, age 25, Irish Nativity, dark complexion. occupation: planter; height: 5’7 1/2”
Pg 62 Pay Roll of Capt Thomas Waggener’s Company, 7 Jul 1756: James May
Pg 93 Pay Roll of Capt Peter Hog’s Company, Dec 1756: Martin May
Pg 112 Return of Maj Andrew Lewis’s Company wanting necessaries Sep 1757: Jesse May
Pg 242 Reference to Colonia War Service in the Revolutionary War Pensions Granted by the state of VA (VA State Library, Archives Division): Joseph Mays (Maze), private in the Augusta militia under Col Andrew Lewis; wounded in right leg on 10 Oct 1774 at Point Pleasant; aged about 32 on 12 Jun 1788; Pension File # 282 and 282a
Pg 267 Bounty Land Warrants: Men who served in Military Units from 1754 until units disbanded entitled to bounty land. Warrant for 2,000 acres issued to John May who by Jerman Baker, his attorney, brought in a commission from Robert Dinwiddie to Francis Eppes appointing him a lieutenant in the rgmt of William Byrd. The warrant had been transferred from Thomas Woodlief who married Elizabeth Hill Eppes, daughter and sole heir of Francis Eppes by his wife Elizabeth Hill. 17 Aug 1779 Prince George’s Co.
Pg 273-274 Bounty Land Warrants: Men who served in Military Units from 1754 until units disbanded entitled to bounty land. Warrant issued to John May, assignee of William Hughes, who held a commission from Francis Fauquier, formerly Governor of VA, 8 Jun 1762 appointing him Adjutant of Col Adam Stephen’s Rgmt & another commission from Francis Fauquier 22 May 1762 appointing him Lieutenant in the said Rgmt. Proved on oath of Evan Shelby. 22 Oct 1779 Williamsburg.
Pg 274 (con’t) Warrant issued to John May, assignee of William Hughes, executor of the last will and testament of Robert Johnson, dec., who was a surgeon in the 1st Rgmt under Col William Byrd. 8 Nov 1779 James City Co.
Warrant for 50 acres issued to John May, assignee of William Kelly, a soldier. Proved on oath of William Hughes. 7 Oct 1779 Williamsburg.
Warrant for 50 acres issued to John May, assignee of James Parish, a soldier in one of the VA Rgmts. Proved on oath of Evan Shelby. 19 Mar 1779 Williamsburg.
Warrant for 50 acres issued to John May, assignee of Thomas Poe, a soldier under Col William Byrd. Proved on oath of William Hughes, 8 Nov 1779 James City Co.
Warrant for 50 acres issued to John May, assignee of Henry Bolton, a soldier in one of the VA Rgmts in 1758 in Capt Hancock Eustace’s Company. Proved on oath of William Hughes. 21 Oct 1779 Williamsburg.
Warrant for 50 acres issued to John May assignee of David Poe, a soldier in the 1st VA Rgmt under Col William Byrd. Proved on oath of William Hughes 8 Nov 1779 James City Co.
Warrant for 50 acres issued to John May assignee of John Williams, a soldier in the 1st VA Rgmt under Col Byrd. 8 Nov 1779 James City Co.
Warrant for 50 acres issued to John May assignee of Mathew Robarts, a soldier in the 1st VA Rgmt under Col William Byrd. Proved on oath of William Hughes. 8 Nov 1779 James City Co.
Pg 278 Warrant for 2000 acres issued to John May, assignee of William Hughes, a lieutenant and adjutant in the VA Rgmt of Regulars under Col Adam Stephen in 1762. 10 Jan 1780 James City Co.
Warrant for 2000 acres issued to John May, assignee of William Hughes, adjutant in the 1st VA Rgmt of Regulars under Col Washington in 1759-61. 10 Jan 1780 James City Co.
Warrant for 2000 acres issued to John May, assignee of William Hughes, a subaltern officer and adjutant in the 1st VA Rgmt of Regulars under Col Washington in 1756-58. 10 Jan 1780 James City Co.
Warrant for 200 acres issued to John May, assignee of William Soudran, an inhabitant of VA upwards of 40 years who served as a sergeant in the 1st VA Rgmt in Capt Thomas Bullet’s Company. His discharge from Col Adam Stephen is lost. Charlotte Co.
Warrant for 2000 acres issued to John May, assignee of William Finnie, heir at law of Alexander Finnie, dec., who was a lieutenant in a company of Regulars under Capt DePereony in 1755. 10 Jan 1780 James City Co.
Two warrants each for 500 acres issued to John May, assignee of Abner Nash, lieutenant in the 2nd VA Rgmt under William Byrd. Proved on oath of William Hughes. 17 Jan 1780 York Co.
Pg 279 Warrant for 2000 acres issued to John May, assignee of Alexander Finnie. William Finnie made oath that Alexander Finnie was a lieutenant in the 2nd VA Rgmt under Col Byrd on 29 Apr 175- and quartermaster of same on 28 May 1758; a warrant for 2000 acres from Lord Dunmore for one or the other of these commissions had already been obtained. 4 Jan 1780 Williamsburg.
Warrant for 50 acres issued to John May, assignee of James Hiling, a soldier in Capt Thomas Booth’s Company of the 2nd VA Rgmt under Col William Byrd; served until disbanded. 7 Feb 1780 Williamsburg.
Warrant for 50 acres issued to John May, assignee of Sylvester Hughes, a soldier in the VA Rgmt under Col Adam Steven. 7 Feb 1780 Williamsburg.
Warrant for 50 acres issued to John May, assignee of Charles Croucher, a soldier in the VA Rgmt under col Adam Steven. 7 Feb 1780 Williamsburg.
Pg 280 Warrant for 2000 acres issued to John May who served as lieutenant & adjutant in the VA Rgmt under Col Adam Stephen in 1762. 22 Oct 1779 Williamsburg and 10 Jan 1780 James City Co.
Pg 291 Eight warrants issued to John May, assignee of David Kennedy who served in 1755 as quartermaster to a troop of light horse under Capt Robert Steward until 1756 when appointed Deputy Commissary under Dr. Thomas Walker to the troop serving the frontiers and served until 1758 when appointed quartermaster to the VA Rgmt under Col George Washington; also as ensign in the VA Rgmt in 1758; in 1762 a lieutenant and quartermaster under Col Adam Stephen. Feb 1780 Frederick Co.
Pg 294 Warrant for 50 acres issued to John May, assignee of John Hiland, a soldier for 4 years in the Old VA Rgmt from 1756 until discharged by Col William Byrd. 8 Mar 1780 Frederick Co.
Warrant for 5000 acres issued to John May, assignee of Adam Stephens, who in 1754 was the appointed eldest captain under Col Fry; he was promoted to the rank of major or lieutenant colonel in said corps; he was appointed to paymaster to the troops raised in the winter 1754 & spring 1754 until Mr. Boyd was appointed in April; he served under Gen Braddock as captain, commandant & eldest officer at that time in VA service upon said Braddock’s expedition; under George Washington he was appointed lieutenant colonel & served in that capacity under Col Byrd as well until the spring of 1762; he commanded the VA Rgmt in 1762. 8 Mar 1780 Frederick Co.
Pg 295 Two warrants for 5000 acres issued to John May, assignee of Gabriel Throckmorton, a lieutenant in 1758 in the Rgmt of Col William Byrd until 1759 & a captain in the battalion under Col William Peachey. 8 Mar 1780 Frederick Co.
Pg 305 Warrant for 200 acres issued to John Mays, a corporal in the old VA Rgmt. 21 Feb 1780 Goochland Co.

Mays, DAR Ancestor Database (only copied VA; additional information available, not here)15515 (any of these Him or his father?)
Anc # A076288 Mays, Benjamin; Service: VA; Rank: Private; b: 10 Sep 1757 Stafford VA d: 25 May 1835 Iredell Co NC
Anc # A076290 Mays, George; Service: PA; Rank: Private; b: 10 Jan 1755 Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster Co, PA d: 31 Mar 1820 Heidelberg Twp, Lebanon Co, PA
Anc # A134388 Mays, Henry; Service: VA; Rank: Patriotic Service; b: ca 1716 d: aft 15 May 1787 Henry Co VA
Anc # A076292 Mays,James; Service: VA; Rank: Patriotic Service; b: ca 1720 d: aft 22 Jun 1795 Bedford Co VA
Anc # A076295 Mays, John; Service: PA; Rank: Corporal; b: aft 1754 PA d: aft 10 Apr 1800 Botetourt Co VA
Anc # A076297 Mays, Joseph Jr.; Service: VA; Rank: Soldier; b: 17 Mar 1752 Augusta Co, VA; d: 16 Apr 1840 Cow Pasture Bath Co VA (Service Source: Liby of VA, State Pension of Joseph “Maze”; Battle of Point Pleasant)
Anc # A076300 Mays, Joseph Jr.; Service and Rank not listed; b: 18 Apr 1756 Stafford Co VA d: A (sic) 1 Jun 1825 Amherst Co VA
Anc # A076301 Mays, Joseph Sr.; Service VA; Rank: Patriotic Service; b: 1722 Spotsylvania Co VA d: aft 25 Jul 1786 Cow Pastures, Augusta Co, VA (Service Source: Augusta Co VA Court of Claims 1782-1785 p.8; Service Description: Furnished Supplies)
Anc # A076302 Mays, Joseph Sr.; Service: VA; Rank(s): Patriotic Service, Soldier; b: ca 1732 VA d: aft 18 Jun 1798 Amherst Co VA
Anc # A076305 Mays, Matthew; Service: VA; Rank: Private; b: 1762 Dinwiddie Co VA d: 1820 Dinwiddie Co VA
Anc # A076312 Mays, Sherwood; Service: VA; Rank: Patriotic Service; b: ca 1737 Brunswick Co VA d: aft 9 Jul 1836 Grainger Co TN
Anc # A113601 Mays, William; Service: VA; Rank: Patriotic Service; b: ca 1735 Amelia Co VA d: aft 28 Jul 1794 Halifax Co VA

The Douglas Register; Goochland, VA15516 (Related?)
May, Ambrose & Ann Chisolm Marr: by 4 Jan 1781 (date of first child)
May, John & Chloe Chisom Marr: by 2 Mar 1779 (date of first child)
ChildrenWilliam (1788-1875)
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