Nathaniel Tatem “V” of Norfolk County, Virginia – A Family Reconstruction

Born 1745/50

Marriage bond on 1773 October 29 - Norfolk County: Nathaniel Tatem to Rebecca Portlock

Died 1791/92

Occupation: probably a merchant and planter

Will: not found.

Note: Original records never used “V” after Nathaniel Tatem’s name; only used here to separate various Nathaniel Tatems.

 

Rebecca Portlock

Born

Died after 1840

Parents: John and Abia Portlock

Brothers/sisters:  John Portlock, Edward Portlock, Mary Portlock and her husband Peter Edwards

Will – not found

Researcher is James R. Murphy, planetmurphy.org, last revision 1 December 2014.

 

This Chapter contains Nathaniel Tatem “V” (1745/50 to 1791/92) Line:

 

Nathaniel Tatem “V” (1744/45 to 1791/92 Norfolk, another missing will) + Rebecca Portlock.   Incomplete list of children include (aa) to (ee):

(aa). Love Tatem married 1810 October 6 to William Portlock.  Daughter of Rebekah Tatem who consented.

(bb). Rebecca Tatem

(cc). John Tatem (~1774 to 1832) married 1st on 1800 to Ann Nash and 2nd on 1816 to Mrs. Nancy Etheridge (both county records). Children: (1^).  Rebecca Tatem who married a Herbert; (2^). John Portlock Tatem; (3^). Thomas Tatem (24 March 1811); (4^). Ann Nash Tatem

(dd) Major James Tatem (24 October 1777 (Bible Record) to 17 October 1829 will & newspaper obit  + Peggy _   or Margaret Nash (1775-1817) + Abigail Murden (1777-1824).  Bible Records.  Children: (1^).  James Tatem (25 February 1799 to 17 August 1859); (2^).  Nathaniel Tatem (15 August 1800 to 26 February 1852) married Rebecca Francis (Fanny) Cornick; (3^).  Thomas N. Tatem (26 May 1802 to May 1804); (4^).  Martha N. Tatem (31 May 1804 to 22 November 1844); (5^).  Peggy Tatem (2 May 1806 to ?); (6^).  William Tatem (2 May 1806 to 4 October 1853); (7^).  Mary E. Tatem (5 November 1808 to 18 December 1832); (8^).  Elizabeth Tatem (25 May 1811 to 30 July 1812); (9^).  Love Caroline Tatem (8 February 1813 to 18 June 1861) married William Sparrow.

(ee) “Nathaniel Portlock Tatem” (1780-1835 NYC will) + Mary Nash. Children: (1^). Mary Herbert Tatem (November 1809).  (2^). Margaret Ann Tatem (15 November 1815 Prince William Co, Va.). (3^) Nathaniel Nash Tatem (18 May 1818 Norfolk to 1853 Norfolk); (4^). Ellen Catherine Tatem (1828 to 1899); (5^) Benjamin T. Tatem (~1817 to 1882/83), (6^) Franklin W. Tatem  (7^) Lydia  C. Tatem.

 

Details for Nathaniel Tatem “V” and wife Rebecca Portlock

 

Nathaniel Tatem “V” (1744/45 to 1791/92) marriage bond on 29 October 1773 (county record) to Rebecca Portlock (_ to 1840’s).    Rebecca Portlock was the daughter of John and Abia Portlock.   No will has been found for either Nathaniel Tatem “V” or Rebecca Portlock Tatem.  His involvement in the American Revolution is not known.

 

1761 June 10 – Norfolk County tax, Ferry Point to Great Bridge:  Tithables for Nathaniel Tatem and son Nathaniel Tatem; negroes Manuel, Pony, Darby, Jonas, Dick, Toney, Toney, Bess, Phillis, and Jenny. (Taken by James Webb)

 

            This tax gives us an excellent chance to estimate a birth date for “son” Nathaniel Tatem “V.”  White Males on this tax list begin at age 16.   Therefore, 1761 – 16 = 1745.  His parents married 13 December 1743.

 

1765 April 29/1766 May 15 – Norfolk County: Will of Martha Linus. 

Executor – Nathaniel Tatem, Senior.    

To Nathaniel Tatem, son of Nathaniel Tatem – negroes Nancey and Affa; bed and bed stead, sheets, plate, quilts, silver pepper box, etc…if he dies all goes to his brother James Tatem.

To Lovey Tatem, daughter of Nathaniel Tatem – negro Juda…if she dies, Juda goes to her sister, Ann Tatem

To Marian Abyvon – chest and 5 pounds cash

To Ann Tatem, daughter of Nathaniel – chest and silver teaspoons

To Mary Avery – 5 pounds cash;  To Mary Carter, daughter of Mary Avery – bed, rug, etc.

To Cousin – Nathaniel Tatem, Senior – negro Jammy; remainder of estate not before given.  

Witnesses: Matthew Godfrey, Dinah Tatem  (DB F/144)

Norfolk County, Virginia Will Book 1, 1755-1772 by Elizabeth B. Wingo 1986

 

1767-1772 Norfolk County tax

Missing Years: 1769; 1773-1777

Location: Great Bridge to Ferry Point: “Nathaniel Tatem, Junr.”

Slaves: Nancy, 1767, 1768; Affee, 1768, 1771, 1772; Susi 1770; Judy 1770-1772; Charles 1772; Toney 1770, 1772; Tom 1772;

Norfolk County, Virginia Tithable 1766-1780 by Elizabeth B. and W. Bruce Wingo 1985.

 

1773 October 29 - Norfolk County:  marriage bond of Nathaniel Tatem to Rebecca Portlock with Bondsmen: Nathaniel Tatem and John Portlock (county record).  

 

The American Revolution comes to Norfolk

 

1775 June: Virginia’s English Governor, Lord Dunmore flees Williamsburg fearing for his life and begins to assemble a small British fleet at Norfolk.  Norfolk is thought to be British leaning.  Minor opposition occurs near Hampton to the north. 

1775 November: Dunmore offers to free Virginia slaves who would serve in the British Army.   At least one such unit was formed, which later caught smallpox.  

1775 November 14 – Royal Navy ships land 120 English soldiers at nearby Kemp’s Landing (now Kempsville, Princess Anne County, near Virginia Beach) in order to check out rumors that North Carolina Patriots had arrived in the area. 

1775 November 15 – Dunmore’s militia reach Great Bridge and determines the rumors were wrong and returns. 

1775 November 16 – Battle of Kemp’s Landing takes place with 170 Princess Anne Patriots under Joseph Hutchings and Anthony Lawson who lay an ambush, but the British are victorious.   Seven Patriots were killed or wounded and 18 captured.

1775 December 9 – The Battle of Great Bridge takes place ten miles south of Norfolk Town.  At dawn, Captain Leslie of the British regulars ordered gunners from the ship Otter to shoot at Patriot emplacements and moved his infantry toward the bridge. Two canon at the British Fort Murray (slightly southwest of Great Bridge) poured grapeshot towards the patriot bunkers north of the river.   Planks previously removed from the bridge, were replaced by the British.   British Captain Charles Fordyce moved his grenadiers forward over the Great Bridge.   When the British were only 50 yards from the Patriot breastworks, Virginians under Culpeper’s Colonel William Wolford fired and the British stopped and fell back.  A second Patriot volley killed Fordyce and two of his Lieutenants.  The British fell back.  The Virginians moved across the bridge and drove the British back into their Fort Murray.   The battle lasted a half hour and there were 62 British casualties.  No Patriot was killed and only one or two were slightly wounded, including Lt. Thomas Nash of Norfolk County Militia.   The battle cut off British supply lines.  This was one of earliest battles during the American Revolution.

James Lambert (1758-1847): An Elaboration of His American Revolutionary War, by George Robert Lambert page 39-40. 

The War of the American Revolution, by Robert W. Coakley and Stetson Conn, page 95.

History of Chesapeake, Virginia by Raymond L. Harper, 2007

American Revolution in the Southern Colonies, by David Lee Russell, 2000

 

1776 January 1: British ships burn parts of Norfolk Town, made worse with more burning by angry Patriots.  Much of Norfolk Town is destroyed.

1776 February: Lord Dunmore moves to Portsmouth (Virginia) which becomes his raiding base.

1776 late March: Soldiers of Patriot General Charles Lee force Dunmore back into his ships.  Dunmore no longer has a land base in the area.

1776 May to July 5th Virginia Convention Assembly: Voted to support the War for Independence.   On 8 May 1776, their council of war proposed that their patriot post at Great Bridge be strengthened to prevent “Dunmore’s avenue of southern retreat.”  The post at nearby Kemp’s Landing would be abandoned because it was too expensive to maintain.  However, this would expose citizens of Princess Anne County and Norfolk County to Dunmore’s raiding parties.  At the same time, the Council of War advised the convention to evacuate “those counties” of male slaves and all inhabitants of military age, who are not active Partisans of the Public Liberty.” The effect is seen in the Norfolk petition (below) which John Tatem, Sr. and Nathaniel Tatem signed. 

Revolutionary Virginia, The Road to Independence, Volume VII, Part One, Independence and the Fifth Convention 1776, by Brent Tarter and Robert L. Scribner, 1983, pages 227-229.

Battle of Kemp’s Landing and Battle of Great Bridge, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

 

1776 Norfolk County: 

Undated Petition of Inhabitants of Norfolk County

 to the 5th Virginia Convention (May 6 to 5 July 1776):

 

“To the honourable the President and Delegates for the several Counties and Corporations in the Colony an Dominion of Virginia in Convention Assembled.  The Petition of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Norfolk humbly sheweth:”

“That they have been informed that a Resolution hath been Passed by this Convention to compell the removal of All the Inhabitants of the said County living on the South side of the Western Branch of Elizabeth River and on the North East side of the Road leading from the Head of the Branch to the Great Bridge and also on the East side of the Road leading from the Great Bridge to the North West Landing and (North) Carolina Line, which Resolution if carried into Execution will involve Your Petitioners in the greatest Distress as many of them have Large Families and have no Places to retreat to, nor can they Transport their provisions Necessary to support them, nor have they Money to buy it elsewhere, and most of them have Pitched their Crops for this Year.  Your Petitioners further shew that by the burning of the Borough of Norfolk the Court-house of the said County was Destroyed and the Place where it stood in the Power of the Enemies of America whereby Your Petitioners were Prevented from Choosing Delegates to represent them in Convention from which unfortunate Circumstance Your Petitioners humbly Presume their Situation & Circumstances could not be Properly represented to this Convention.  Wherefore Your petitioners humbly Pray that their extreme hard Case may again be taken into Consideration and that if any such Resolution hath Passed that the same my be rescinded or that they may have such other Relief in the premises as to you in your great Wisdom shall seem meet.  And your Petitioners shall Pray & ca.”  

196 Signers include Samuel Portlock, John Tatem, Senr., John Herbert, Matt. Godfrey, James Nicholson, John Nash, Thos. Nash, Nathaniel Tatem, Caleb Wilson, John Portlock, Geo. Abyvon. 

Revolutionary Virginia, The Road to Independence, Volume VII, Part One, Independence and the Fifth Convention 1776, by Brent Tarter and Robert L. Scribner, 1983, pages 227-229.

 

1776 May 28 – 5th Virginia Convention Assembly:  The motion for removal of inhabitants of Norfolk and Princess Anne Counties is rescinded. 

1776 August: Dunmore and the British fleet depart for New York City and British don’t return until 1779.

  

1777 September 26 – Norfolk County: Will of John Portlock, St. Brides Parish.  Probated December Court 1778.   Ex’x/Ex’r: wife Abia  Portlock and son John Portlock.  Names sons John Portlock, Edward Portlock.  Daughter Mary Edwards.  Daughter Rebecca Tatem – Negro man Jack Negro girl Hagar, ¼ rest of estate, 35 pounds money.  Son-in-laws: Peter Edwards and Nathaniel Tatem.  Niece: Kezia Pool.

Norfolk County Will Book II, 1772-1783 by Pamela W. McVey, 1986.

 

1778 to 1786 Norfolk County Personal Tax: Nathaniel Tatem

Missing Tax Years, 1779, 1781

Location: Ferry Point to Great Bridge 1778 to 1783, not stated 1784-1786

Tax taken by Samuel Veal 1782, 1783

Other White Males included: James Tatem 1778, 1780 as “brother James Tatem”, and 1782

Slaves: Jack 1780-1786; Charles 1778-1786 ; Ned 1782 (under 16), 1785; Lewis 1783-1785; Affey 1778-1786 ; Nancy 1782 (under 16), (Girl Nancy) 1783, 1785-1786; Affee 1783; Hargus (Harger) 1778-1786; Rachel 1782 (under 16)1783-1786; Ned 1783, 1786; Jeffrey 1783-1786; Lew 1783; Bristol? 1784; Jeffrey #2 1785, Isaac 1785, 1786; Nancy or Nannie (#2), 1783-1786; Sue 1785, 1786; James 1785, Jack #2 1785-1786.  (Slaves are not named in tax records after 1786.)  

Horses 1782-1786: 3 to 4

Cattle: 1782-1786: 13 to 16

 

1779 - Portsmouth: English under General Edward Mathews return and take over Portsmouth, Virginia.

1781 November 19 - Yorktown, Virginia:  The British are defeated at Yorktown on 19 November 1781.

 

1782 – Norfolk County tax: A list of white and black persons from the Ferry Point to the Greate Bridge taken by Sam Veal:

Dinah Tatim: 2 white, 4 black.

Nathl Tatem: 7 white, 9 black

The Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Antiquary, Volume 5, by Edward Wilson James, page 6.     This Dinah Tatim should be Dinah Nash Tatem, widow of Nathaniel Tatem “IV.”

 

(~1782 to 1785?)  Post American Revolution – no date: (money owed to) Nathaniel Tatem for wood furnished the Garrison at Portsmouth: 22.10.0 pounds

Virginia Military Records from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary Quarterly as found on Google Books.

1785 US Census of Norfolk County, Virginia: Heads of Families for District from the Ferry Point to the Great Bridge: James Tatem, 4 white souls, 1 dwelling, 0 other holdings.  Also, next to him is Nathaniel Tatem, 5 white souls, 1 dwelling, 4 other holdings.  (list of Thomas Nash)

Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States, Taken in 1790, by US Bureau of the Census.  Census year for Norfolk was 1785.

 

1787 Norfolk County:  Nathaniel Tatem and Rebecca his wife of Norfolk County deeded to Edward Almond of same county…for 80 pounds Va. money…about 68 acres with house, buildings…one piece or parcel of land lying in Parish of St. Brides, Norfolk County…as follows…line between said Nathaniel Tatem and William Nicholson standing in the road and on the east side of the Road that leads from the Ferry Point to the Great Bridge…to Capt. Samuel Davis line…to Edmond Almonds line…to a branch and meanders of which…to a line formerly Rebecca Newton, now Capt. Talbots to the main road and meanders of the road to the beginning.  (Signed) Nathaniel Tatem, Rebecca Tatem.  Witnesses: William Smith, Thomas Willock, Daniel Broadbent.  Rebecca Tatem acknowledges and understands the sale 17 Dec. 1787.  Received 18 December 1787.  Entered 20 December 1787.   (DB 30/187-189)

 

1790 + 1791 - Norfolk Personal Tax List: Nathaniel Tatem with 6 slaves and 2 horses.

1792 – Norfolk Tax: Estate of Nathaniel Tatem, deceased, with 7 slaves and 3 horses.

1793 to 1824 – Norfolk County tax, St. Brides Parish or location not given: Rebecca Tatem.  Tax records after 1824 not checked.

 

1812 August 24 – Norfolk County: William Portlock and Love his wife deeded to Rebecca Tatem, both of the Borough of Norfolk…for $500 Virginia money…land in Norfolk County…which was assigned and set apart to the said Love Portlock, formerly Love Tatem, in a division of her father’s estate among his children made by the…decree of the …Court of Norfolk County…containing by late survey 121 ¼ acres with all houses, etc.  Signed William Portlock, Love “x” Portlock, Witnesses, Robert Simington, William Babbington, William Simington, Robert Brough, Stephen Wright.  Entered 24 August 1812.  On the next day, Rebecca Tatem deeded back the same exact land to William Portlock.  Signed: Rebeckah Tatem.  Entered 22 September 1812.  (DB 45/292 and 45/289)

 

(probably) 1820 US Census of Norfolk County, no further location: Rebecca Tatem: 1 male 26-44; 1 female 0-10, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 45+; 2 persons engaged in Agriculture, 4 slaves. Alphabetical list, 

(probably) 1840 US Census of Norfolk, St. Brides Parish: Rebecca Tatem: 1 male 20/30, 1 female 0-5; 1 female 20-30, 1 female 30-40, 1 female 80-90, 4 slaves.  One person engaged in manufacture and trade.  This listing is six families from Jno P. Tatem.

 

Children of Nathaniel Tatem ‘V” and Rebecca Portlock

Married 29 October 1773; children are incompletely known: (aa), (ee).

 

(aa). Love Tatem, daughter of Nathaniel Tatem “V” + Rebecca Portlock

 

1810 October 6 – Norfolk County: Lovy Tatem to William Portlock.  Daughter of Rebekah Tatem who consents.  Married by Rev. Thomas T. Jones on 6 October 1810.

 

(bb. probably – Rebecca Tatem, daughter of Nathaniel Tatem “V” + Rebecca Portlock. 

 

1804 April 12 – Norfolk County: Rebecca Tatem to Charles Nash; surety Nathaniel P. Tatem.

 

(cc). probably – John Tatem (~1774 to November or December 1832), probable son of Nathaniel Tatem “V” + Rebecca Portlock.   Less likely he is the son of James Tatem (1773+ to 1846) and grandson of John Tatem “II” (1743/50 to 1783).   John Tatem, Sr. married 1st on 1800 August 5 Norfolk County to Ann Nash (county record).  John married 2nd  on 12 December 1816 to Mrs. Nancy Etheridge (county record).   Best clues linking this John Tatem to his parents are found in the middle names given to his children - “Portlock” and “Nash.”   Tax records from 1801 through 1824 (not checked thereafter) suggest John Tatem developed a large plantation.

 

1800 August 5 – Norfolk County: Marriage bond of John Tatem to Ann Nash (county record)

1807 June 14 – Norfolk County:  William Nash deeded to John and James Tatem, all of Norfolk County…for $1343.75, …land/buildings lying in Norfolk County…268 ¾ acres, gives long history.  Signed William Nash.  Witnesses: James Waugh, Cornelius Nash, Nath’l McCoy.  Court 21 October 1811 (45/207)

1811 April 10 - Norfolk County: John Tatem and Ann his wife deeded to Powell Reins, all of Norfolk County…for 515.02, …land/buildings…34 acres situate on the head of Nicholsons Creek in the Parish of St. Brides, beginning at Nathaniel P. Tatem’s SW corner to the creek and its meander.  Signed: John Tatem, Ann Tatem.  Witnesses: James Tatem, John Anderson, James William, James S. Matthews.  Entered 10 April 1811 (45/217)

1811 April 10 – Norfolk County: Powell Reins and Ann his wife deeded to John Tatem, all of Norfolk County…for $225.93, 15 acres situate near the head of Nicholsons Creek in St. Brides Parish, beginning at said John Tatem’s land near the head of a branch to Lovett Fentiess and James Tatem’s land to Nathaniel P. Tatem’s corner.  Signed: P. Reins, Ann Reins.  Witnesses: James Tatem, Jr., John __, James William, James L. Matthews.  Entered 10 April 1811 and 19 April 1811.  (DB 45/216)

1816 December 12 - Norfolk County: Marriage bond of John Tatem to Mrs. Nancy Etheridge (county record)

1832 November 18 – Norfolk County:  Died on Sunday (November 18) at his residence in Norfolk County, John Tatem, aged 58 years (p. 4, c. 5).  This would make his birth date about 1774.

From American Beacon and Virginia and North Carolina Gazette, Thursday, 22 November 1832 at Library of Virginia, system number 001158146

1832 November 18 – Norfolk County: Will of John Tatum of Norfolk County:

To wife Nancy Tatem 1/3 part of my estate

To daughter Rebecca Herbert, negro girl Missy and negro boy Nelson

To son John Portlock Tatem, the plantation which I now reside; also, Negro girl Susan and negro men Ned Armstrong and Ned Tatem

To son Thomas Tatem; negro boys Sam and Thomas

To daughter Ann Nash Tatem, negro boy Willis and girl Margaret. Ann Nash Tatem to live with John P. Tatem on plantation until she marries.

Rest of estate to daughter Rebecca Herbert, son Thomas Tatum and daughter Ann Nash Tatem. 

Executors: sons John P. Tatem and Thomas Tatem.

12 November 1832.  Signed: John “x” Tatem.  Witnesses: Thomas Nash, Joseph P. Tatem, John F. Foreman, Caleb M. Herbert, James Tatem.  Probated 17 December 1832. (WB5/311).

 

Children of John Tatem, son of Nathaniel Tatem “V” + Rebecca Portlock

 

(1^). Rebecca A. Tatem who married on 17 June 1830 to Edward H. Herbert.  (Rebecca A. Tatem was the) eldest daughter of John Tatem, all of Norfolk County. (American Beacon, Lib Va online)

 

(2^). John Portlock Tatem (__ to ~1841 will)

 

1839 October 17 – Norfolk County:  Will of John P. Tatum of Norfolk County:  Bequeaths to brother Thomas Tatem and sister Ann N. Tatem.  Witnesses; Maxim’n Herbert, Thomas Nash.   Probated 21 June 1841   (WB 6/125)

 

(3^). Thomas Tatem (24 March 1811 to 2 August 1874 Norfolk County married Mary H. __.

 

1835 September 24:  Died on Thursday, 24 September 1835, age 9 months and 13 days, Mary Love Tatem, daughter of Thomas and Mary Tatem.  (Am. Beacon & Norfolk & Portsmouth Daily Advertiser, 26 September 1835, Lib Va. Online)

1850 US Census of Norfolk County, St. Brides District: Nancy Cotton 48, Thos. Tatem 35, Lumber (Dealer), Mary Tatum 35, Rochar? Tatem 14, America Sharrow 22, laborer.

1851-1852 Norfolk Directory: Thomas Tatem, Attorney at Law and Notary Public. 

Norfolk Directory for 1851-1852, William S. Forrest, 1851.

1860 US Census of Norfolk County, Elizabeth River Parish: Thos. Tatem 49, Notary Public, Mary H. Tatum 50, Mary R. Tatum 19, Ann W. Snell 52, Anna Snell 14.

1870 US Census of Norfolk County, Washington, post office of Washington Point, Virginia: Thomas Tatum 59, Mary H. Tatum 60, Mary R. Tatum 33 living in household of F. (Franklin) W. Tatem 50, and wife Harriet P. Tatem.  

 

(4^). Ann Nash Tatem

 

(dd). Major James Tatem (24 October 1777 to 2 October 1829) – son of Nathaniel Tatem “V.”   He married 1st Peggy __ and 2nd on 8 December 1818 Norfolk (county record) to Abigail Murden.   County marriage bond indicates he married 1st on 1 April 1799 to Margaret Nash who may or may not be Peggy.  More info is needed to understand his marriages.

 

Bible record of James Tatem (Tatem family Bible record, 1775-1896), found at Library of Virginia online and rearranged here:

 

“James Tatem, son of Nathaniel and Rebecca Tatem,” was born 24 October 1777 and died 30 January 1829, Bible Record.   He married 1st to Peggy __ (6 August 1775 to 28 May 1817 Bible record) and 2nd to Abigail __ (22 October 1777 to 30 January 1824 Bible record).  

 

1799 April 1 – Norfolk County: James Tatem and Miss Margaret Nash (county record).

1799 – 1812+ - Norfolk County Tax, St. Brides Parish: Listed as James Tatem, Jr.  Slaves increase from 1 in 1799 to 8 in 1812.

1810 US Census of Norfolk County, St. Brides: James Tatem - 1 male and 2 females 0-10; 2 males 10-15, 2 males and 1 female 26-44, 7 slaves.

1818 December 8 – Princess Anne County: James Tatem to Abigal Murden (county record)

1822 September 27 – Norfolk County:  Will of James Tatem of Norfolk County.  Probated 21 December 1829.  

To my wife Murden Tatem 1/3 of estate; after her death, to children

To my children all the rest of estate: James Tatem, Nath’l Tatem, Martha Tatem, William Tatem, Mary Tatem, and Love C. Tatem.  Timber of my lands for support and education of my children.

Appoint executors, wife Abigail Tatem, and my two sons James Tatem and Nathaniel Tatem.  27 September 1822.  Signed: James Tatem.  Witnesses: N. P. Tatem, John Barrett, Absolom Hallowell.  Probated 21 Dec. 1829.   (WB5/252)

1824 June 23 – Norfolk County: Abigail Tatem (deceased) – Administrator James Tatem with additional security provided by Joseph Schoolfield for a bond of $500.

Norfolk County, Virginia (Extant) Administrators Bonds 1711-1850, by Sharon Rea Gable and Truit M. Bonney, 2008.

1829 October 2 (died) in Norfolk County:  “Major James Tatem,” age 51.

Newspaper – Visitor and Telegraph, publication date 17 October 1829.  (p. 3, c 5), from the marriage and obituary citations compiled by Bernard J. Henley from Virginia newspapers on microfilm at the Library of Virginia.  System Number 001174611.

 

Children of James and Peggy/Margaret Tatem, Bible record dates

listed (1^), (2^), (3^), etc:

 

(1^). James Tatem “II” (25 February 1799 to 17 August 1859 Bible record), son of James Tatem “I” (1777 – 1729), married Ann F.  __ and had no children or no children living at the time of his 1859 will.  Norfolk tax records begin in 1823 for him.

 

1850 US Census of Norfolk County, St. Brides: James Tatem 51, farmer; Ann F. Tatem 41, Obid Nottingham 20, laborer.

1859 August 10 – Norfolk County:  Will of James Tatem of Norfolk County

To wife Ann F. Tatem, estate

To Mary W. Tatem and Avecenna Tatem, the children of my brother Nathaniel Tatem, deceased…$100 each and after death of my wife, $1800 each, and 1/3 residue.

To Fanny W. Tatem and Mary L. Tatem, the children of my bother William Tatem, deceased after my wife’s decease, $500, and 1/3 of residue.

To niece Eugenia H. Portlock, negro woman Mary. 

To Franklin Portlock in trust to give 1/3 of residue of estate after debts paid to my sister Love C. Sparrow

Executor: Nathaniel Portlock.  Signed - James Tatem.  Witnesses - Nathaniel Portlock, Robert W. Keeling, Robert Cutherell, Walton Godfrey.  Probated 10 August 1859.  (WB 6/535) 

1860 US Census of Norfolk, St. Brides Parish: Ann F. Tatem 47, farmer, Susan Davidison 50 domestic.

1872 September 4 – Norfolk County: Will of Ann F. Tatem

To cousin Elizabeth Edwards $100.

To woman Lucy, my clothes, one pare of sheats and one quilt.  and one acre of land that joins Mary Hollstead.

To Sarah Jane two blankets with sheets and a bed.

To friends William N. Portlock and Franklin Portlock rest of estate.

Executor to be Franklin Portlock.  Probated 15 October 1877.

Signed: Ann F. Tatem.  Witnesses: I C. Ivy, W. G. Cooke.

 

(2^). Nathaniel Tatem (15 August 1800 to 26 February 1852 Bible record), son of James Tatem “I,” married Rebecca Francis (Fanny) Cornick (11 October 1829 – 31 July 1878 burial at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth). 

 

1850 US Census of Norfolk County: Nathn’l Tatem, age 50 farmer, Rebecca F. Tatem 25, and Mary F. Tatem (missed age).

1860 US Census of Norfolk County: Fanny Tatem 33? (age blotted out), Mary S. Tatem 10? (age blotted out), Avoca M. Tatem 9 (male), Mary Hare 34.

1870 US Census of Norfolk County: Warner L. Hewlett 45 photographer, Mary L. Hewlett 20, George N. Hewlett 1, Fanny Tatem 44 living with Son-in-law, Avacana Tatem 18 (male) clerk in store.  

 

Children of Nathaniel Tatem (1800 to 1852) + Rebecca Francis Cornick – (i^), (ii^).

 

(i^). Mary Lucrace/Lucerce Tatem (7 June 1849)

(ii^). Avacenna Tatem (male) (3 June 1851 to 1923)

 

(3^). Thomas N. Tatem (26 May 1802 to May 1804 Bible Record), son of James Tatem “I” (1777 to 1829)

(4^). Martha N. Tatem (31 May 1804 to 22 November 1844 Bible record), daughter of James Tatem “I” (1777 to 1829)

(5^). Peggy Tatem (2 May 1806 to 22 November 1844 Bible record), daughter of James Tatem “I” (1777 to 1829)

 

(6^). Dr. William Tatem (2 May 1806 to 4 October 1853 Bible record), daughter of James Tatem “I” (1777 to 1829),  and married 1st to Ann Wiles Herbert (died 7 November 1834) and 2nd to Virginia W. __.    William Tatem was a physician.

 

“William Tatem, son of James and Margaret Tatum,” was born 2 May 1806 (Bible Record).  Ann Wiles Tatem, wife of William Tatem died 7 November 1834.  William Tatum, husband of Virginia W. Tatem died 4 October 1853. (Bible Record).

 

1840 US Census of Norfolk, St. Brides: William Tatem.  2 males 30-39, 2 females 20-29, 2 females 5-9.

1847 July 22 –City of Norfolk: Will of William Tatem. 

To be buried in the family burying ground on the farm formerly owned by my grandfather and afterwards wards by my uncle Jno Tatem who died there.

To my loving wife Virginia W. Tatem all the property, unless wife Virginia W. Tatem should have a child or children by me, then bequeath this after wife dies. 

To two daughters (before the age of 21) Ann E. H. Tatem and Mary E. B. Tatem…money and tract of land purchased from brother James Tatem adjoining my farm Knell’s Ridge….negroes Amy, Eliza, Mary, Hannah, and girl Ann, boy Isiah.  

To the grandchild Francis Costin money

Signed: Wm Tatem.  Witness Th. Tatem.   

Probate 22 October 1853, with wife Virgina W. Tatem refusing executrix, and Franklin Portlock made executor, with securities by James Tatem, Nathaniel Portlock and Hy. Williamson.

1850 - US Census of Norfolk Independent City: William Tatem, 44, Physician, Virginia W. Tatem 24, Ann E. H. Tatem 18, Mary E. B. Tatem 17, Fanny W. Tatem 1.  

1851 Norfolk County: Magistrates of Norfolk County: S. B. Tatem, William Tatem

The Norfolk Directory for 1851-1852 by William S. Forest 1851.

1860 US Census of Norfolk, St. Brides Parish slave schedule: Owner of slaves – Virginia W. Tatem, age 41 with 4 unnamed slaves.

 

Children of William Tatem (1806 to 1853) + Ann Wiles Herbert, (i) to (iii):   

 

(i). Mary Eugenia (or Emily) B. Tatem (7 April 1832 Bible record to 15 March 1859 Bible record) who married Nathaniel Portlock. 

(ii). Emily Boughan Tatem (23 April 1833 – bible record).  Missing in father’s will.

(iii) Ann E. H. Tatem.

 

Children of William Tatem (1806 to 1853) + Virginia W. __ - (iv):

 

(iv) Fanny W. Tatem (1848/49 to 7 October 1865 Bible record)

 

Continued - Children of James Tatem (1777 to 1829) + Peggy/Margaret Nash:

 

(7^). Mary E. Tatem (5 November 1808 to 18 December 1832 Bible record), daughter of James Tatem “I” (1777 to 1829)

 

1832 December 20 – Norfolk County: Died – at the residence of her brother, James Tatem, in Norfolk County, on Tuesday (Dec. 18), Mary E. Tatem, second daughter of Maj. James Tatem, deceased, in her 24the year.

American Beacon and Virginia and North-Carolina Gazette, published 20 December 1832, p.2, c5, Library of Virginia 

 

(8^). Elizabeth Tatem (25 May 1811 to 30 July 1812 Bible record), daughter of James Tatem “I” (1777 to 1829)

 

(9^). Love Caroline Tatem (8 February 1813 to 18 June 1861 Bible record), daughter of James Tatem “I” (1777 to 1829), married William P. Sparrow (died 14 June 1863 or 1873) and had the following children: 

 

(i). James Henry Sparrow (28 July 1844 to 14 June 1863)

(ii) Eugene Tatem Sparrow (28 July 1850 to 21 February 1896 Bible record)

(iii) Love Caroline Sparrow (died 14 June 1863)

(iv.) Mary C. Tatem married Zack D. Hewett and had son Frank P. Hewett (died 27 October 1896).

 

(ee. Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Porlock Tatem (25 August 1780 Norfolk to 14 December 1835 in New York), son of Nathaniel Tatem “V.”    He married Mary Nash (1784 to 1861), “wife of Dr. Nathaniel Portlock Tatem.”  Mary is buried at Magnolia Cemetery, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia.  Her grave stone also states she is the mother of Dr. Geo. Washington Tatem.  Her iron casket was removed 1925 from Tatem Town, as reported by findagrave.com.   Nathaniel P. Tatem was a minister, physician, plantation owner, and timber supplier for the Navy.  He has numerous land transactions.

 

Warning: There are 3 Nathaniel P. Tatems to understand, all related, including one who moved to Tennessee. 

 

1805-1812+  Norfolk County Tax, St. Brides Parish: Nathaniel Tatem or Nathaniel P. Tatem. 

1807 April 4 – Norfolk County: Marriage bond of Nathaniel P. Tatem to Mary Nash (county record)

1810 U.S. Census of St. Brides, Norfolk County, Virginia: Nathaniel Tatem 1 males and 1 female 0-10; 1 male and 1 female 16-25, 1 male and 1 female 26-44; 13 slaves.

1814 – Norfolk County: Justices of Norfolk County, with approximate date of commission: (includes) Nathaniel P. Tatem, 1814.

The County Court 1637-1904, Norfolk County, Virginia, by Charles B. Cross, Jr. 1964, page 145.

1817 June 9:  Naval Contract to N. P. Tatem for pine planks, knees, beams, ledges, mast stuff, long combings, etc. to be delivered to Norfolk Naval Yards.

American State Papers, Documents, Legislative, and Executive of the Congress of the United States, Issue 23, Gales and Seaton, 1934, Public Law, page 587.

1829 December 2: Virginia Land Grant to Nathaniel P. Tatem, 931 acres in Norfolk County at the intersection of Henry Garrett’s Road and Dismal Swamp.  (Lib. Va. online) 

1833: Contract to N.P. Tatem for 16 February 1833 to 31 December 1833 for 200,000 cubic feet pine plank stocks for Charlestown (Naval Yards).

House documents, Otherwise Publ, as Executive Orders 13th Congress, 2nd Session to 49th Congress 1st Session, Document #42, page 4.

1834: Government contracts made with the follows persons: N. P. Tatem for 235,775 (cubic feet) Oak Plank; 130, 250 pine plank; 6555 beams; 19,800 ledges, etc; 4154 knees; 41,343 Mast, stuff etc.

American State Papers, Documents, Legislative, and Executive of the Congress of the United States, Issue 23, Gales and Seaton, 1934, Public Law, pg 482-483.

 

1834 August 29:  Abstracted letter in the publication Healthside, from N. P. Tatem, Pleasant Hill.

 

            “I conceive it my duty…to make known the following facts in relation to the Thomsonian Practice of Medicine.  In the latter part of the year 1832, Scarlet Fever in its most malignant state, made its appearance in my family.  It first attacked a child, which was immediately placed in the hands of one of the most skillful physicians in your Borough, after suffering for 10 days without any abatement of the disease, it died in the state of putrefaction.  About the same time one of my negro men was attacked with pleurisy and placed in the hands of the same physician.  He died in the course of ten days.”

 

            “As my family was very large, numbering 75 in all, the scarlet fever had now attacked several other members, and believing the disease almost incurable…I was induced to try the Thomsonian Practice, and, much to the gratification and surprise of my family, we succeeded in curing every case amounting to twenty….”

 

            (As a physician, N. P. Tatem began using it.)  “The number of my patients has exceeded one hundred and their diseases have been various….”

 

            “During the last month August, I was myself attacked with sun stroke, produced by exposure and was entirely relieved after taking four Thomsonian courses, administered by my son and Mr. T. Nash….”    Signed – N.P. Tatem. 

Healthside, The Thomsonian Recorder or Impartial Advocate of Botanic Medicine, Volume 3, 1835, pages 57-58. 

 

1835 December 9 – Norfolk County: Will of Nathaniel P. Tatem, Minister of the Gospel.  Probated 18 January 1839.  Directs executors, if necessary, to sell or sublet 3 brick tenements in Gosport (now within Portsmouth, Norfolk, County), Virginia.  Also if necessary, sell the planation called Crooked Run.

To son Nathaniel N. Tatem house and plantation in which he now resides.

To daughter Mary Tatem plantation purchased from Portlock Executors extending from the creek to Peter Portlock’s lane

To wife Mary Tatem, all the rest.

Executors to be wife Mary Tatem and Joseph P. Tatem.  Dated 9 December 1835.  Letters to New York City to have 3 persons testify they saw Nathaniel P. Tatem sign the will.  (WB6/208)  

 

Problem with this will: N. P. Tatem names only two children: son Nathaniel N. Tatem and daughter Mary.  A full set of children’s names need to be found and confirmed.

 

1835 December 14 – New York:  From American Beacon and Norfolk and Portsmouth Daily Advertiser – Died in New York on Monday, December 14, Nathaniel P. Tatem of Norfolk County, buried in Norfolk.  (p.2, d.5, Library of Virginia)

 

1840 US Census of Norfolk, St. Brides: Mary Tatum with large household.  Next door is her son Nathl. (Nash) Tatem.

 

1860 US Census of Norfolk, Elizabeth River Parish: Mary Tatem 76, value of real estate 5000, value of personal estate 26000, N. Chas. Tatem 25, in with family of Chas. H. Drummond 38 and his wife Lydia C. (Tatem) Drummond 29. 

 

1860 – Norfolk County:  Will of Mary Tatem, dated only 1860, probated 20 May 1861.   Mary bequeathes money, personal and household items.

To my daughter Ellen C. Tatem 2 table spoons, 8 tea spoons, butter knife, 2 trunks and set of drawers.

To my daughter Lydia C. Drummond, various household items mentioned, and to her oldest son Nathaniel C. Drummond….

To my daughter Margaret A. Herbert, various household items…

To Nathaniel P. Tatem, son of my son Benjamin Tatem…

To grand daughter Mary Richie Tatem…

To my daughter Mary H. Tatem…

To my son Franklin W. Tatem and my son Benjamin T. Tatem…residue of estate.

To children of my son Nathaniel N. Tatem, deceased…

Executor to be my son Franklin W. Tatem.  (Signed: Mary Tatem.  Witnesses Wm. H. Haynes, Th. Tatem.  Probated 20 May 1861.  (WB 6/570)    

 

Children of Nathaniel Portlock Tatem (1780 to 1844) + Mary Nash: (1^) to (10^)

 

(1^). Rev. Nathaniel Nash Tatem (11 March 1808 to 20 September 1855) married on 20 December 1831 to Abigail F. Etheridge (county record) and had 4 sons.  He continued his father’s business after he died.  N. N. Tatem was ordained August 1846.   Virginia Death Index (ancestry.com) states Nash Tatem, born ~1808, died 20 September 1855 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. 

* Lives of Christian Ministers: Over Two Hundred Memoirs, by Peter Jefferson Kemodle.   Children include Nathaniel Charles Tatem (1835); Elijah Abner Tatem 1839; Camillus Tatem (1842)

** American Beacon and Virginia and North-Carolina Gazette, publication 24 December 1831, p2, c2, Library of Virginia.

 

1834 June 14 – Norfolk County: Will of Charles Etheridge, Sr. of Norfolk County, proved 16 November 1840, included daughter Abigail Tatem 1/5 of remainder of my estate.  Executors were sons Alexander Etheridge and William Etheridge.

Norfolk County, Virginia Will Book – Lost Wills 1744-1903, by Sharon Rea Gable and Truitt M. Bonney, 2011, folio 11.

 

1850 US Census of Norfolk County, St. Brides Parish: N. N. Tatem 42, Inspector, Va; Abigail F. Tatem 39 Va; N. C. Tatam 15, Va, Elijah A. Tatem 11, Camilla Tatem 8, Va.

 

1866 February 7 – Norfolk County:  N.C. Tatem, Arthur H. Tatem, and Camillas E. Tatem, children of N. N. Tatem, deceased who was a son of Nathaniel P. Tatem, deceased, deed to John West for $540, 43 acres of land in Bear Quarter Norfolk County, and then 34 acres and 37 acres - last two from the Commonwealth of Virginia.  Signed: N.C. Tatem, E.A. Tatem, A.H. Tatem, “C.S. Tatum.”  Entered 9 March 1867.  (DB90/346)

 

Bio on Rev. Nathaniel N. Tatem, son of Rev. Nathaniel P. Tatem, and a native of Norfolk County died in 1855.  He joined the church at Providence in Norfolk County in 1829.  He married Abigail Etheridge, who with 4 sons survived him.  …At the Conference held at Union, he was ordained 2 August 1846.  He was a pastor of Providence Chapel in 1855 when he died from Yellow Fever.”

Lives of Christian Ministers, by Peter Jefferson Kernode, 1909.

 

Children of Nathaniel Nash Tatem (1808 to 1855) + Abigail Etheridge:

(Incomplete list) - (i^) to (iv^)

 

(i^). Nathaniel Charles Tatem (1835 to 28 October 1902 and buried Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia), son of Nathaniel Nash Tatem + Abigail Etheridge, married on 5 August 1869 Portsmouth to Emilie Ann Hancock Penner.   They had no children.   Nathaniel Charles Tatem is the 8th, and the last of a long consecutive line of Nathaniel Tatems.

 

1860 US Census of Norfolk County, Elizabeth River Parish:  Head of household: Charles H. Drummond 38, farmer; Lydia C. (Tatem) Drummond 29, 4 Drummond children; N. Chas. Tatem 25 farmer, Mary Tatem (grandmother Mary Nash Tatem) 76, 500 real estate value, 26,000 personal estate; Sarah Pannel 68, Nancy Cotton 51 domestic.

1862 March 1:  Enlistment date at Portsmouth, Virginia, Private.  Enlisted in Company F. Virginia 41st Infantry Regiment; mustered out on 01 January 1863; transferred to the Virginia Branch Light Artillery Battery on 01 January 1863.  Mustered out on 9 April 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. 

Virginia Regimental Histories Series, US Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles 1861-1865, on ancestry.com   

1869 August 5 – Portsmouth, Norfolk County: Marriage of Nathaniel Charles Tatem to Emilie Ann Hancock Penner (Pinner).   Record states Nathaniel Charles Tatem was single, age 32, born 1837, father - Nathl. A. Tatem, mother - Abigail F. Tatem. (county record, per ancestry.com)  Middle initial “A” is wrong.

1870 US Census of Norfolk County, Portsmouth, Jefferson Ward: Charles Tatem 34 and Emily A. H. Tatem 30, living in boarding house of Anna T. R. Penner. 

1900 US Census of Norfolk City, Norfolk Ward 01: Nathaniel C. Tatem, Feb 1845 born Virginia, married 31 years, Pinner Tatem, (f), wife, May 1855 born Virginia, 45, married 31 years, no children living, no children born.  Birth dates on this census are incorrect.

1902 Norfolk City Directory, Virginia:  Nathaniel C. Tatem living at 112 High Street, Norfolk Virginia.  Occupation: Clerk. 

1902 October 28: Richmond City, Virginia: Nathaniel Charles Tatem buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond City.  Death date: 28 October 1902.  Listed as Co. F. 41st Inf. Regt; Branch’s Field Arty.  

 

(ii^). Elijah Abner (E.A.) Tatem (1839), son of Nathaniel Nash Tatem + Abigail Etheridge.  Enlisted 4/22/1861 Washington Point, Norfolk for one year.  Pvt. Company F, 41st Regiment.  Absent - sick several times.  Enlistment extended 2 years beginning 4/30/1862.  Wounded in action, severe, Malvern Hill on 7/1/1862.  Medical discharge 1862.

 

(iii^). Camillus E. Tatem (male, born 1842), son of Nathaniel Nash Tatem + Abigail Etheridge.  Enlisted 4/11/1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County for 1 year.  Pvt. Company F 41st Regiment. Promoted to a Sergeant in 1862.  Reenlisted 3/1862, received $50 bounty, transferred to Company E. 61st Regiment, 7th (Wilson’s Battalion, Infantry) under Lt./Capt. Jetson Jett.  When enlisted 1862, was age 20.   In May 1862, company left Portsmouth and served in Northern Army of Virginia.   Sergeant Camillus E. Tatem was wounded 30 July 1864 at the Battle of the Crater, south of Richmond.

41st Virginia Infantry, by William D. Henderson, 1986, page 141

A Record of Events in Norfolk County, Virginia From April 19, 1861 to 10 May 1862, by John W.H. Porter, 1892.

 

1860 US Census of Norfolk County, St. Brides Parish: Geo. W. Tatem 35, Farmer, Mary N. Tatem 22, wife, born N. Carolina; Edwin E.S. Tatem 2, Va; unnamed 6/12 Va.  Camillus Tatem 18, farmer.

 

(iv^). Arthur H. Tatem (1833/34), son of Nathaniel Nash Tatem + Abigail Etheridge. 

 

1860 US Census of Princess Anne County: Jos. P. Tatem, 48 Va., farmer, Jane V. Tatem 40, Ann M. Tatem 9; Mary A. Tatem 7, Jos. P. Tatem 5, Martha J. Tatem 3, Rich. _ Tatem 1, Ann Sparrow 80, Arthur H. Tatem 16.

 

Continued – Children of Nathaniel Porlock Tatem (1780 to 1844) + Mary Nash.

        

(2^). Franklin W. Tatem (born ~1820 to 1880+), son of Nathaniel P. Tatem, married Harriet P. __ and was a Dentist.

 

1850 US Census of Norfolk County, St. Brides Parish: Franklin W. Tatum, 30, Dentist and Mary A. Portlock 24 living in household of Nath’l W. Warden 42 farmer with Elizabeth Warden, 23.

1860 US Census of Warren County, Warrenton, North Carolina: F. W. Tatem 40
Dentist, house 5500, personal 10300; Harriett Tatem 25, Mary Tatem 5, Lizzie A. Tatem 3.

1870 US Census of Norfolk County, Washington: F.W. Tatem 50, Harriet P. Tatem 36; Mary N. Tatem 16; Eliza A. Tatem 13; Frank W. Tatem 7, Thomas Tatum 59, Mary H. Tatum 60, Mary R. Tatum 33.

1880 US Census of Nansemond County, Suffolk, Virginia: Frank W. Tatem 60, Dentist; Harriet P. Tatem 46 wife; Lizzie A. Tatem 22, Frank. W. Tatem 17.

 

Children of Franklin W. and Harriet P. Tatem – (1^) to (3^):

(1^). Mary N. Tatem (1854/55)

(2^). Elizabeth A. Tatem (1856/57)

(3^). Frank W. Tatem (1862/63)

 

(3^). Margaret Ann Tatem (1815 to 1870 Norfolk County), daughter of Nathaniel P. Tatem, married Edward Henry Herbert (1806 to 1862).

 

(4^). Benjamin T. Tatem (1818 to 1882/83 Norfolk County), son of Nathaniel P. Tatem + Mary Nash, married Mary Louisa Cherry (MLCT buried at Magnolia Cemetery, Norfolk City, no dates on stone).   Benjamin was a Norfolk Harbor Master.

 

1860 US Census of Norfolk County, St. Brides Parish: Benj’n Tatem 42, Norfolk Harbor Master; Mary L. Tatem, 30; Mary Tatem 3; Jas. Tatem 3; Nathal. Tatem 6/12.

1861 –Civil War:  Enlisted 4/22/1861 Washington Point, Norfolk County for one year.  Pvt. Co. F. 41st Virginia Infantry.   Born 1818.  Promoted to Quarter Master in 1862.  Norfolk Harbor Master, married, owned 1079 acres 6-15 miles south of Norfolk.  Absent sick 7/12/1861 to 8/7/1861.  Present 8/16/1861 final roll.

41st Virginia Infantry, by William D. Henderson, 1986, page 141

A Record of Events in Norfolk County, Virginia From April 19, 1861 to 10 May 1862, by John W.H. Porter, 1892.

 

            Company F, 41st Virginia was the Norfolk County Rifle Patriots under Captain William H. Etheridge.  One duty of Company F. was to guard the Portsmouth shipyard.  In general, the 41st was formed in the Norfolk area and fought later with the Army of Northern Virginia in Longstreet’s Corps and in the army’s Third Corps. 

 

1864/65 – Civil War: Benjamin T. Tatem - Quarter Master Sergeant for 61st Virginia Regiment.

1870 US Census of Norfolk County, Washington (town): Benjamin Tatem 52; Mary L. Tatem 39; Franklin W. Tatem 12; Nathaniel P. Tatem 10; Mary S. Tatem 7; Margaret E. Tatem 4.  Ancestry.com image not readable, and their printout on Franklin W. Tatem is probably wrong.

1880 US Census of Norfolk County, Washington: Benjamin T. Tatem 62, Justice of Peace, Va; Mary L. Tatem 50 wife, Va; Jas. Tatem 22 (m), Nathaniel Tatem 19, Susan Tatem 16; Margareth Tatem 13, Rachie Tatem 42 niece, Eleanor Cherry 22 niece.

 

Children of Benjamin T. Tatem + Mary Louisa Cherry - (i^) to (iv^):

 

(i^). James Tatem (1857/58)

(ii^). Nathaniel Portlock Tatem (1860 to 9 March 1918 and buried Magnolia Cemetery, Norfolk City) was the “son of Benjamin T. Tatem and Mary Cherry.”

(iii^). Mary Susan Tatem (1863/4)

(iv^). Margareth or Margaret E. Tatem (1865/66)

 

(5^). Lydia C. Tatem (1830/31), daughter of Nathaniel P. Tatem + Mary Nash, married Charles H. Drummond (1821/22).

 

1860 US Census of Norfolk, Elizabeth River Parish: Chas. H. Drummond 38, Farmer, Lydia C. Drummond 29, Hugh P.P. Drummond 15, Chas. N. Drummond 6, George G. Drummond 4; Henry F. Drummond 2, Thos. W. Drummond 9/12, N Chas. Tatem 25; Mary Tatem 76, value of real estate 5000, value of personal estate 26000; Sarah Panel 68, Nancy Cotton 50, domestic.

 

(6^). Ellen Catherine Tatem (1828 to 1899 Norfolk County), daughter of Nathaniel P. Tatem + Mary Nash.

(7^). Mary H. Tatem, daughter of Nathaniel P. Tatem + Mary Nash.   

(8^). Elizabeth R. Tatem (died 1859), daughter of Nathaniel P. Tatem + Mary Nash. 

 

1859 May 2 – Norfolk County: Will of Elizabeth R. Tatem of Norfolk County, probated 19 September 1859.  Executor Thomas Tatem.  Bequeathed to sister Lydia C. Drummond and sister Mary H. Tatem, and to brother Franklin W. Tatem.  Witnessed by William Haynes, N.C. Tatem, Th. Tatem.  (WB 6/538) 

 

(9^). George W. Tatem (1825 to after 1886), son of Nathaniel P. Tatem, married in NC to Mary N. Bridges (1835 to 1906 and buried Magnolia Cemetery, Norfolk City).   George W. Tatem became a dental surgeon.   His mother – Mary Nash Tatem’s grave stone states she is the mother of George W. Tatem.   This is the only evidence linking the two, as he isn’t mentioned in his mother’s 1860 will.    

 

1856 October 23 – Franklin County, North Carolina:  Marriage bond of Mary N. Bridges to George W. Tatum (county record).

1860 US Census of Norfolk County, St. Brides Parish: Geo. W. Tatem 35, Farmer, Mary N. Tatem 22, wife, born N. Carolina; Edwin E.S. Tatem 2, Va; unnamed 6/12 Va.  Camillus Tatem 18, farmer.

1862 Virginia: George W. Tatem served in the Civil War as a Sergeant in 61st Virginia Infantry, Captain Maxamillian Herbert’s Company.   Discharged 30 August 1862, disability.

A Record of Events in Norfolk County, Virginia From April 19, 1861 to 10 May 1862, by John W.H. Porter, 1892.

1880 US Census of Norfolk, Washington: Geo. W. Tatem, 56, Dental Surgeon, Mary N. Tatem 47 wife; Edward R. Tatem 22, clerk in cigar store; Lola M. Tatem, 19; William H. Tatem 14; George N. Tatem 11. 

1886 – Norfolk City Directory:  George W. Tatem, spouse Mary N. Tatem.

1900 US Census Norfolk County, Washington: Alfred J. Massey May 1854, married 16 years, born England, Machinist; Lola M. Massey, Jan 1863, married 16 years, 3 children, 1 living; George H. Massey, January 1893, 7; Mary N. Tatem, mother-in-law, December 1836, widow, 5 children, 4 living. 

 

Children of George W. Tatem + Mary N. Bridgers - (i^) to (iv):

 

(i^). Edwin Tatem (1857/58)

(ii^). Lola M. Tatem (1860/61) who married Alfred J. Massey

(iii^). William H. Tatem (1865/66)

(iv^). George N. Tatem (1868/69)

 

(10^). Likely - Joseph P. Tatem “I” (11 December 1811, Virginia to 14 July 1879 Norfolk County, buried at Magnolia Cemetery, Norfolk City), probably a son of Nathaniel P. Tatem + Mary Nash, married 10 April 1849 Princess Anne County to Jane V. Sparrow (19 April 1819 to 26 October 1897 Norfolk, Norfolk County, buried at Magnolia Cemetery.)  

 

1850 US Census of Princess Anne County, Virginia: Family of Richard Sparrow, farmer, 74; Anne Sparrow 69; Joseph P. Tatem 38, Jane V. Tatem 31, Nathaniel Tatem 8.

1857 August 24 – Norfolk County: Whereas Mary Tatem Executrix and Joseph P. Tatem, Executor of the last will and testament of Nathaniel P. Tatem, deceased, did purchase at public auction on July 1837 a lot…part of Portsmouth called Gosport, bounded as follows…on the southern branch of Elizabeth River…80 feet on Henry Street…150 feet deep to the river… this lot is now deeded to Joseph P. Reynolds for $1500.   (Signed: Mary Tatem, Jos. P. Tatem.   Witnessed and certified by Th. Tatem, Notary Public.  Entered 10 August 1857 (DB85/101).

1860 US Census of Princess Anne County: Jos. P. Tatem, 48 Va., farmer, Jane V. Tatem 40, Ann M. Tatem 9; Mary A. Tatem 7, Jos. P. Tatem 5, Martha J. Tatem 3, Rich. _ Tatem 1, Ann Sparrow 80, Arthur H. Tatem 16.

1870 US Census of Norfolk County, Washington: Joseph P. Tatem 58 Va, Jane V. Tatem 51; Anna Tatem 19, Mary Tatem 17, Joseph P. Tatem 14, Jane Tatem 13, Richard Tatem 11; Bettie Tatem 8.

1880 US Census of Norfolk County, Washington: Jane V. Tatem 61, Anna M. Tatem 29, Jane M. Tatem 23, Richard S. Tatem 21, Bettie D. Tatem 18, Lucy Johnson 10, adopted daughter.

 

Children of Joseph P. Tatem + Jane V. Sparrow - (i^) to (vii^)

 

(i^). Nathaniel Tatem (1843/44)

(ii^). Ann M. Tatem (1850/51)

(iii^). Mary A. Tatem (1852/53)

(iv^). Joseph P. Tatem “II” (1854/55)

(v^). Jane Tatem (1856/57)

(vi^). Richard Tatem (1858/59)

(vii^). Bettie (possibly Elizabeth) D. Tatem (1861/62 to 19 April 1896)