THE MINGE FAMILY

Rearranged by Donald M. Ricks

An article appearing in The William and Mary Quarterly provides considerable information on the James Minge family (Note 1):

[Generation One]

MINGE: James¹ Ming was a clerk of the General Assembly in 1673, and in 1676 was a friend of Nathaniel Bacon Jr. He resided in Martin Brandon Parish, Charles City county (afterwards Prince George county).

[Generation Two]

In 1693 James² Minge, probably son of the first named, was clerk of James City county. In 1693 a deed recorded in York county names the following children of Robert Harrison, gent., of York county: Nicholas, James, Amadea, wife of James Minge, of Charles City county, gent., and Frances, wife of Thomas Shands.

[Generation Three]

In 1712 deeds were recorded in Surry county from James³ Minge, -eldest son of James Minge, deceased. This James Minge must have been the third descent. He probably moved to North Carolina, as in 1722 James Minge, of North Carolina, appointed Captain Edward Wyatt, of Prince George county, Virginia, as his attorney in fact. [Hathaway writes that James Minge (of Martin Brandon, Virginia,) married Ruth Laker 16 October 1701 (Note 2). James Minge, of Perquimans Precinct, "Departed this lif on ye 23d of January 1723/4" (Note 3). On 29 April 1724, his widow, Ruth Laker Minge, sold part of her late husbands land to John Wiatt (Wyatt) for 100 pounds, land on or near land originally granted to her father, Benjamin Lakers (Note 4). Evidently, when the deed was recorded in 1712, James³ Minge was living in Perquimans County. It is almost certain that the above John Wiatt (Wyatt) was of the same family as Captain Edward Wyatt. See the Wyatt Family material for further information.

Valentine³ Minge is mentioned in 1716 as son of James Minge, deceased.

[Generation Four]

A deed recorded in Surry county and dated March 18, 1741, from John⁴ Minge and George Minge to Benjamin Harrison is for land given to them by their father, Valentine³ Minge, who made his will March 18, 1719. John⁴ Minge lived at Weyanoke, in Charles City county, and his widow, Elizabeth, qualified on his estate in 1746 (Charles City county records).

[Generation Five]

He [John⁴ Minge] left among other children, it is believed, John⁵ Minge Jr., who was one of the justices of Charles City county as early as 1737. He [John⁵] married Rebecca (Jones?), administrator of Thomas Collier, deceased, and had David⁶ Minge, eldest son (Note 5).

Footnotes:
• Note 1: "Historical and Genealogical Notes," The William and Mary Quarterly, Ser. 1, Vol. 15, No. 4 (April 1907), pp. 279-283 (rearranged by generation, with additional information).
  
• Note 2: J. R. B. Hathaway (James Robert Bent), 1831-1904, The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 3, "Records of Perquimans Precinct Court" (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1979), 219.
  
• Note 3: Weynette Parks Haun, comp., Old Albemarle County, North Carolina, Perquimans Precinct, Births, Marriages, Deaths and Flesh Marks, 1659-1820 (Durham, N. C.: N. pub., 1980), 57.
  
• Note 4: Weynette Parks Haun, comp., Perquimans County, North Carolina, Deed Abstracts, 1681-1729 (Durham, NC: N. pub., 1983), 108.
  
• Note 5: See the cited article for additional information concerning David⁶ Minge, including family links to President William Henry Harrison.

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