I disconnected from second set of parents from a recent merge (Henry Batte, Mary Lounds) but I am still wondering the source for THESE parents.
The Wikitree shows different parents and is managed by the Virginia Project.
I DO see three husbands for her there and think it would be a good idea to add that to the Curator Note/header if they are all three correct. Presently I think the Cocke husband is the only one relationship locked to her.
The note/bio/references/sources from her Wikitree profile:
Biography
Martha Batte, born 1667, is the daughter of Thomas Batte and Mary Jennings[1] (other references have mother as Mary Randolph[2]).
Martha marries Lt. Abraham Wood Jones
Abraham Wood Jones was the son of Maj. Peter Jones I and his wife, Margaret —. Middle names in Colonial Virginia were very rare and his appeared in a patent to John Ellis. Martha’s sister, Mary, married Abraham’s brother, Peter Jones II.[3]
Abraham was a militia lieutenant in 1683. On 20 November 1683, he obtained a patent for 1,217 acres in Bristol Parish, Charles City County, for the transportation of twenty-five persons. His property was south of the Appomattox River and next to land of Maj. Gen. Abraham Wood. Martha and Abraham had at least two children for in 1704 Stephen Cocke, then Martha’s husband, paid quit rents on 2,405 acres of land "for Jones Orphans." We know the name of only one child [Peter]. Another may have been Abraham Jones because fragmentary records of Prince George County suggest more Abrahams than otherwise known.[3]
Martha marries John Banister
Abraham died before 3 December 1689 when the Charles City County court granted Thomas Wynne a judgement against the estate of Abraham Jones, deceased. Martha was by then the wife of Rev. John Banister. They had married before April 1687 when William Byrd I in a letter to English horticulturist, Jacob Bobart, told him Banister had married a "young widow."
Banister had entered Saint Mary Magdalen College of Oxford University on 21 June 1667 at age seventeen. He received his B.A. degree in 1671 and a master’s degree in 1674. He was a "clerk [cleric]" two years and chaplain from 1676 to 1678. On 9 October 1690, Charles City County confirmed John Banister was due 300 acres for six importations: four slaves and himself twice — once from England and once from New York. He was probably in the Colony by mid-1678 to serve as rector of Bristol Parish and was later an original trustee of the College of William and Mary. Upon his arrival, Banister began immediately to inspect the wildlife. A letter he wrote 6 April 1679 to Dr. Robert Morrison, Professor of Botany at Oxford, described his early observations.[3]
North America’s first "resident naturalist," John Banister spent fourteen years collecting specimens of insects, spiders, plants, and molluscs to send back to England. John Banister and his Natural History of Virginia 1678-1692 by Joseph Ewan and Nesta Ewan (University of Illinois Press, 1970) presents a collection of Banister’s works and document his place in the growth of knowledge of natural history of the Atlantic seaboard. They show that had his works been published, even as incomplete as they were at his death, they would have altered the course of American botany, entomology, and malacology. In addition, anthropologists would have rightfully credited Banister with much of the Virginian Indian lore attributed to Robert Beverly.[3]
During May 1692 Banister traveled southwestward to the Roanoke River to collect specimens. With him was a "woodsman" Jacob Colson. These two were undoubtedly part of a larger party of explorers — perhaps accompanying William Byrd I who inspected land he owned on the lower Roanoke River about this time. Banister strayed from the group to collect plants along the river and Colson, perhaps thinking he was a wild animal, shot him dead.[3]
Henrico County investigated "the death of Mr. John Banister, dec'd, per misadventure" and acquitted Colson for his death. During December 1692 Charles City County court ordered "Mrs. Banister, relict of Abraham Jones & John Banister" to report on her late husband's estate. Some of her Banister children were still underage on 15 May 1713 when she and two others made an orphans bond in Prince George County.[3]
Charles City County granted his widow administration of his estate on 3 June 1692. She was due in court 3 October 1692 to swear to the inventory of her husband's estate but was too sick to get there. The court empowered Richard Bland to see her and administer the oath. Acknowledging Martha now administered two estates, Charles City County ordered her to bring sureties for both estates to the October Court 1692. She evidently did not reply and they ordered her to appear at the February Court 1692/3.[3]
Martha marries Stephen Cocke
In Henrico County on 26 May (license) 1694,[4] Martha became the second wife of Stephen Cocke, the son of Capt. Thomas Cocke. Stephen had previously been married to Sarah (—) Marston.[5] Stephen’s father had married second Margaret (—) Jones, Martha’s widowed mother-in-law. In December 1694 Stephen and Martha Cocke sued John Evans.[3]
A wealthy land owner, Capt. Cocke paid quit rents on 2,976� acres in 1704. He refused to pay the quit rents on 1,970 acres belonging to the orphans of John Banister. Martha and Stephen were the parents of four children,[3] including a daughter named Agnes (b 1691) who married Richard Smith in 1711.[6]
During 1687 Stephen’s father had conveyed to him 200 acres of land "one part of which was part of the tract or dividend of land at Malvern Hills," including a mill. Stephen patented 1,040 acres in Henrico and Charles City counties in 1695. In 1701 Stephen and Martha conveyed 56 acres, including "an old mill," to John Pleasants. They sold his brother Thomas Cocke their 200 acres at "Malvern Hills" 2 March 1703/4.[3]
Stephen Cocke was living 24 February 1710/1 when William Byrd mentioned John Banister’s "father-in-law [stepfather]" in his diary. He was dead by 14 August 1711 when Martha Cocke, his widow, returned to Prince George County court a list of things not inventoried in his estate.[3]
Martha’s father, Thomas Batte, owed money to his son-in-law Rev. John Banister and had given him a mortgage on four slaves in June 1689. Fifteen years later, on 13 January 1713/4, Banister’s widow, Martha (Batte) Jones Banister Cocke, quit claimed her right to two surviving slaves to Richard Jones of Prince George County for 40 pounds.[3]
Martha still had Banister children under the age of 21 on May 12, 1713 when she, Richard Jones, and John Woodlief made a bond to the benefit of the orphans of John Banister. Martha was still living July 9, 1717 when she delivered an accounting of the debts of Stephen Cocke to court.[3]
The only known child of Abraham and Martha (Batte) Jones: Peter Jones, who was remembered in the 1718 will of his grandmother Margaret (—) Jones Cocke. He married his cousin Mary Jones. (From Virginians.com)[3]
Marriages
1685 to Abraham Wood Jones: from duplicate WikiTree profile, no source given. At least two Jones children from union (Stephen Cocke court document providing for Jones orphans), and she was widowed/married to John Banister by April 1687, so date of marriage to Abraham Wood Jones is probably before 1685
by April 1687 to Rev. John Banister: from William Byrd letter of April 1687 saying that Banister had married a young widow (and more - see Banister-59)
May 26, 1694 in Henrico County to Stephen Cocke: from text in Cocke-180 (source not given, but appears to be formatted similarly to Find a Grave entries); Batte-106 source for same date/place (no name): #S-409156100
The following is from Chapter 3, "Early Dinwiddians" (John Banister), Dinwiddie County, by Richard L. Jones (pp 22-23):
Martha Batte married (1) Abraham Jones I (Lieutenant Abraham Jones Jr.); (2) Reverend John Banister; and (3) Stephen Cooke [sic]. Reverend John Banister II died about 1692.[7]
Reverend John Banister II married Martha Batte, widow of Abraham Jones. Their son was John Banister III....The Battersea tract in Petersburg appears to be a dower partition allotted to Martha Jones (Banister) from the Estate of Abraham Jones, Jr., her first husband. After the death of Martha Jones Banister (Cocke), it was inherited by John Banister III, her son. Cox, or Cocke's Road, running through Dinwiddie County derives its name from the Cocke family (third marriage of Martha Batte). ...
[Son of John Banister III] Colonel John Banister, Revolutionary War hero and first mayor of Petersburg...built the Battersea mansion around 1762. The Battersea tract fronted on the south side of the Appomattox River located between Wood's Rohoic lands and his Fort Henry lands, and was bounded on the east by Wood's lands (William Pride after 1722), on the south by Brick House Run, and on the west by the remainder of Abraham Jones Jr.'s lands extending to Rohoic and Indian Town Creek.
Source
Dinwiddie County: Carrefour of the Commonwealth. A History by Richard L. Jones Published in connection with the celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the American Revolution by the Board of Supervisors of Dinwiddie County, under the direction of Dinwiddie County Historical Book Commission (1976). Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 76-47218.
Object
Ancestry link (htm): Title: Martha Batte and Husbands
Ancestry link (htm): Title: Research: The Farrar and Batte Connection
Ancestry link (htm): Title: Martha marries Stephen Cocke
Locations
Dinwiddie County was formed from Prince George County in 1752.
Prince George County was formed from Charles City County in 1702/3.[8]
Charles City County is just below Henrico County, but the portions that formed Prince George and then Dinwiddie counties were further to the southwest and not adjacent to Henrico County, although it appears Prince George and Henrico bordered each other a little (see History of County Formations in Virginia 1617-1995).
Sources
↑ from Jenna Glasscock: "she is mentioned in Cockes and Cousins Vol II"
↑ see Bevans website, for example
↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 Bevans website
↑ 26 May 1694. Stephen COCKE and Martha Banister. Deeds, Wills, etc., 1688-1697. p. 552.
from Marriages of Henrico County, Virginia 1680-1808, Compiled and Published by Joyce H. Lindsay
↑ Between 1688-1689. Stephen COCKE and Sarah Marston. Deeds, Wills, etc., 1688-1697. p. 97.
from Marriages of Henrico County, Virginia 1680-1808, Compiled and Published by Joyce H. Lindsay
↑ The Booth Family
↑ Note: The Dinwiddie County book uses I, II, III, IV to identify the four generations of John Banister. I don't know whether or not Rev. Banister used "II" himself, but I doubt it.
↑ Batte-106 had death in Charles City
S-408880576: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (Ancestry Online Publication; APID 1,2204::0). Text: SAR Membership Number 76723, APID 1,2204::790536.
Bevans website
S-409151181: Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members).
S-409156100: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Ancestry Online Publication; APID 1,7836::0). Text (APIDs 1,7836::251614 and 1,7836::56766): Source number/type: 3148.000/Electronic Database; Submitter Code: DP1. Text (APID 1,7836::76082): Source number/type: 18698.000/Electronic Database; Submitter Code: WAY
Marriages of Henrico County, Virginia, 1680-1808 complied by Joyce H. Lindsay, Richmond, Virginia, 1960. FHL Collection. Quote from page 20: 26 May 1694. Stephen COCKE and Martha Banister. Deeds, Wills, 1688-1697. p 552.
Additional Information
Martha Batte, born 1667 in Henrico County, Virginia to Thomas Batte and Mary Jennings (Batte-77)
Martha Cocke formerly Batte, born 1663 in Virginia to Thomas Batte and Mary (Randolph) Bates (Batte-100)
Martha, born 1663, the daughter of Thomas Bates and Mary Unknown (Travis Wagner's profile for her)
Sister of Thomas Batte, Amy Batte and Mary (Batte) Jones (Batte-77)
Sister of Thomas Bates, Sarah (Bates) Evans, Robert Bates, Mary (Bates) Jones and Amy (Bates) Jones (Batte-100)
Wife of Abraham Wood Jones — married about 1685 [location unknown] Wife of John Banister — married before April 1687 [location unknown] Wife of Stephen Cocke — married May 26, 1694 in Henrico County, Virginia (Batte-77)
Mother of John Banister Jr. and Peter Jones (Batte-77)
Mother of Abraham Cocke Sr. and Agnes (Cocke) Smith (Batte-100)
Died [date unknown] in Virginia (Batte-100)
Died July 9, 1717 in Prince George County, Virginia (Batte-77)
Note: Find A Grave: Memorial #77033342 Memorial for Martha (Batte) Jones has her as daughter of Mary Randolph, but no sources. The memorial gives Martha a birth date (July 2, 1672), making her 13 if she married Abraham Wood Jones in 1785 (possible, but just). But it also has the order of marriages rearranged (Banister, then Jones) and doesn't mention her third husband.
If the note that Abraham and his brother Peter Jones married sisters, then this Martha should have the same father as Peter's wife Mary. For her profile here on Geni, it is Thomas Batte, Sr.
Consistency Check:
Thomas Batts, Explorer is under 12 years old for the birth of his child Martha Banister (Batte).
More than 22 year age difference between Martha Banister (Batte) and her husband John Banister, Sr..
Martha Banister (Batte) is under 12 years old for the birth of her child Peter Jones Banister.
Angus Banister born after the death of his father John Banister, Sr..
Did you validate the children of Rev. John Banister, Sr. because the only child I have found is John Jr. - he had more than John, but don’t know their names so far. So the bio for Martha needs your adjustment.