Mary HERBERT^[1]

1764 -

• Name	Mary HERBERT
  Birth	Before 25 Feb 1764	Virginia Colony   [1]
  	Mary was named in the 25 February 1764 will of her Grandaunt Mary Curle as being under the legal age of 21 years.
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I1242	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	John Markham HERBERT   d. 1799
  Mother	Sarah SUMMERELL
  Marriage	Between 5 Aug 1755 and 29 Jan 1763  [2, 3, 4]
  	Confusion as to whether Sarah, or her sister Jane, married John Markham Herbert has existed for years due to an erroneous entry, dated 2 August 1765, in the records of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. The clerk incorrectly noted "Jane" as the wife of John Markham Herbert when listing a Chancery Suit against John Wills. An examination of the listing of the same suit on 6 April 1764 and then on 5 October 1766 makes it evident that the wife of John was Sarah, and not Jane. The couple married after 5 August 1755, the settlement date of Sarah's guardian account, but before 29 January 1763, the date on which John and Sarah sold 200 acres of property to Charles Driver in Isle of Wight County. The property was part of Sarah inheritance.
  Family ID	F57	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S4753] Sarah Curle will (1766), Elizabeth City Co, VA [Loose] Wills Vols. 1 - 3, item 132. [S4825] John Markham Herbert et ux to Charles Driver, deed (1763), Isle of Wight Co, VA Deed Book 11, pp. 126 - 129. [S4826] John Markham Herbert will (1799), Shelburne, Shelburne Co, Nova Scotia original estate papers "A", #112. [S4827] Sarah & Jane Summerel, guardian accounts (1752, 1754, 1756), Isle of Wight Co, VA, Guardian Accounts.