John Florey

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• Name: John Flory

Notes:

Lived in London; also listed as Flory

Family/Spouse: Ann _____. Ann and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

...A Thomas Florrey was born to James and Penelope Florey in London, England in 1701. A Thomas Florie, aged 19, was transported to America as a criminal on the ship "Gilbert", landing at Annapolis, Maryland May 1721. A witness to his indenture (5 years) was Penelope Flora, possibly his mother.
...A map dated 1736 shows a Thomas Florry located on the Potomac River at a site which was designated "Flora" on a 1747 map drawn by Peter Jefferson, father of Thomas Jefferson. This may be Thomas' father. "Flora" is located near present day Big Pool, Washington County, Maryland.
...Also listed as Flory, Florey and Flurry

James married Penelope Davis on 6 Apr 1698 in London, England, United Kingdom. Penelope (daughter of John Davis and Living) was christened on 15 May 1674 in Southwark, Surrey, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: 6 Jul 1701; Thomas Flurry

James married Elizabeth Marriott on 13 Dec 1729 in London, England, United Kingdom. Elizabeth was born in prob. England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Thomas Flurry
• Baptism: 6 Dec 1702, Holborn, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom; Address:
  St. Sepulchre Church
• Misc: 12 Oct 1720, London, England, United Kingdom; was on trial and convicted for stealing a silk handkerchief and sentenced to be transported; Address:
  Old Bailey
• Emigration: 27 Oct 1720, London, England, United Kingdom; was transported to Maryland on the Ship Gilbert; Address:
  Newgate Prison
• Immigration: May 1721, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, British Colonial America

Notes:

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey
Thomas Flory, theft: pick pocketing, 12 Oct 1720
Trial Summary:
Crime(s): theft: pick pocketing,
Punishment Type: transportation, (Punishment details may be provided at the end of the trial.)
Verdict: part Guilty: theft under 1s

Original Text:
Thomas Flory, of St. Michael at Quern, was indicted for privately stealing a Silk Hankerchief value 2s. from the Person of Isaac Tilliard on the 26th of September lst. The Prosecutor deposed, that as he was going along Cheapside between 3 and 4 in the Afternoon aforesaid, he stopt to buy some Fruit, and the Woman told him there were two Pickpockets followed the Prosecutor, whereupon he made haste after them, and saw the Prisoner take the Prosecutor's Handkerchief out of his Pocket and drop it on the Ground; upon which he took him by the Collar, and acquainted the Prosecutor therewith. The Prisoner in his Defence said, that the Prosecutor's Handkerchief was half out of his Pocket, and he rushing by, it fell on the Ground. The Jury considering the Matter, found him Guilty to the value of 10d. Transportation. (Source: Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 12th October 1720, page 3.)

The Tryals being over, the Court proceeded to give Judgement as followeth:

Receiv'd Sentence of Death, 9.

William Fletcher alias Fellowes , Ann Tompion , Elizabeth Eves , Mary Granger , Martin Purdue , William Withall , Richard Cecil , John Harris , and Stephen Delforce .

Burnt in the Hand. 2

Richard Trantrum , and Lucius Owen , both formerly Convicted. To be Transported. 19.

Thomas Bostock , Joseph Johnson , Thomas Flory , David Wilford , Abraham Poor , James Allen , Benjamin Speed , John Brewinton , Charles Moore , Thomas Paine , Charles Saunders , Ann Powel , Richard Glassford , Elizabeth Firth , Ann Raven , Dorothy Hellom , Nathaniel Huwes , Mary Bowen , and Sussanah Martin.

To be Whipt. 5.

Elizabeth White , Elizabeth Fowlis, Alias Thewlis, Jane Worsley , Alice Hewton , and Mary Green , the three last formerly Convicted.

Joseph Jackson Fined. 20 l. for each Offence, to suffer 3 Years Imprisonment, and to stand committed till he pays his Fines.

Ann Tompion pleaded her Belly, and a Jury of Matrons being impannelled, found her with Quick Child.
(Source: Old Bailey Proceedings punishment summary. 12th October 1720)



...Thomas Flora was the son of James and Penelope Davis Flora; also listed as FLURRY, FLORIE, FLOREY, FLORRY, FLOWRE, and FLORA; christened St. Sepulchre, Newgate, in London on December 6, 1702. He was indentured for five years to be transported to Maryland by an agent, Captain John Larkin, witnessed by his mother, Penelope Flora, St. Giles Cripplegate, London, 1 February 1719; transported on the ship Gilbert by Captain Darby Lux, October 1720, and landed at Annapolis, Maryland, May 1721. His wife's name is unknown. Once having served out his indenture, he moved several times including to Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Orange County, Virginia, and Washington County, Maryland. His probable children lived in the Maryland and Virginia region.
...LONDON: Thomas Flora, age 17, was indentured for 5 years, to be transported to Maryland, Captain John Larkin was the agent for the indenture which was signed and witnessed by Penelope Flora, mother, on February 1, 1719. Since the new year then began in March, Thomas may well not have been actually transported until early in 1720.
...In "Bonded Passengers to America", is found this entry: "Florie, Thomas, transported Oct. 1720 on the ship Gilbert. Landing Certificate issued at Annapolis (Maryland) in May, 1721, age 19, dark." Darby Lux was the captain of the Gilbert. Since the Anne Arundel County, Maryland, land records of the early 1700's show Darby Lux as a land owner, perhaps Thomas Flora served out his indenture for Darby Lux, ship captain and land owner.
The following church records were found in the I.G.I. for London, England:
...6 April 1698, James Flory married Penelope Davis, St. James (Church) Dukes Place.
...6 December 1702, Thomas, son of James Flurry and Penelope, was baptized in St. Sepulchre.
...6 July 1701, James, son of James Flory and Penelope, was christened at St. Bride, Fleet Street. (Evidently this James died young as another son, also named James, was christened) 23 July 1714, James, son of James Flurry, was christened at St. Giles Cripplegate. (Source: Gladys Donson, Lawrence F. Athy, Jr., The Thomas Flora Family of London, Maryland & Virginia(Houston, TX: Donath Publishing, 1995))

...Thomas Flory (Florey, Flore) was sentenced to be transported to Maryland from Newgate Prison in October 1720. He was on board the ship Gilbert October 27, 1720, and he arrived and was issued a landing certificate at Annapolis May 1721, age 19, dark. Felons thus transported generally served for a period of seven years although some were for as long as 14 years. Records indicate that Thomas didn't arrive in what is now Washington County, Maryland until 1735. The record in Anne Arundel County that he ran afoul of the authorities for not burning tobacco seems to indicate he may have set himself up as a planter after his bondage. His older children would have been born in eastern Maryland.
...So what happened to young Thomas between the time he voluntarily signed an agreement for 5 years (Thomas Flora, from St. Giles Criplegate, agent, James Lindsay, St. Martins in the Field, Middlesex, for 5 years to Maryland, age 17, his mark, witnessed by Penelope Flora) and the time he was transported as a felon for seven years?

Thomas married Margaret _____ about 1735. Margaret and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Susan Florey

Notes:

Owned land, Frederick County, Virginia, 1750; took Oath of Allegiance, Washington County, Maryland, 1778; moved to Washington County, Virginia after1750 and before 1782. No known offspring. (Source: Gladys Donson, Lawrence F. Athy, Jr., The Thomas Flora Family of London, Maryland & Virginia (Houston, TX: Donath Publishing, 1995),)

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• Tax Record: 1800, Mason County, Kentucky, United States

Notes:

Robert Flora married perhaps Charity__?__; bought "Flora's Choice" from Thomas Flora, Jr., Frederick County, Maryland, 1773; took the Oath of Allegiance, Washington County, Maryland 1778; while living in Pennsylvania on way to Kentucky, sold land, Washington County, Maryland, 1787; owned land, Mason County, Kentucky, 1789-1802; died probably Mason County, Kentucky, ca. 1802. (Source: Gladys Donson, Lawrence F. Athy, Jr., The Thomas Flora Family of London, Maryland & Virginia (Houston, TX: Donath Publishing, 1995), pg. 70)

Family/Spouse: Charity _____. Charity and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William volunteered to fight the Indians, Captain William McClellans's Company, Colonel Bouquet's Ohio Expedition, Frederick County, Maryland, 1764; enlisted in Lieutenant Colonel James Innis' Company of the 15th Virginia Regiment, Continental Line, 22 November 1776; discharged 22 November 1779; appears Tax Lists, Hampshire County, Virginia 1782 and 1784; granted 200 acres of land, Hampshire County, Virginia 1804; had five children. (Source: Gladys Donson, Lawrence F. Athy, Jr., The Thomas Flora Family of London, Maryland & Virginia (Houston, TX: Donath Publishing, 1995), pg. 12)

Notes:

Isaac volunteered to fight the Indians, Captain William McClellan's Company, Colonel Bouquet's Ohio Expedition, Frederick County, Maryland, 1764. No known offspring. (Source: Gladys Donson, Lawrence F. Athy, Jr., The Thomas Flora Family of London, Maryland & Virginia (Houston, TX: Donath Publishing, 1995),)

Notes:

John Flora took the Oath of Allegiance, Washington County, Maryland.

John married Anna Marie Segesterin on 26 Dec 1769 in Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America. Anna and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1782, Hampshire County, Virginia, British Colonial America; now West Virginia
• Census: 1810, Hampshire County, Virginia, British Colonial America; now West Virginia

Notes:

...Thomas was born in Maryland about 1736 according to a deposition he gave in 1805 concerning land of Samuel Osman which Thomas helped survey in 1771.
...In 1761, Thomas entered a survey for fifty acres of land known as "Flora's Choice" in Frederick County, Maryland on the banks of the Potomac River. Thomas and Prudence appear in an earlier Allegany County deposition in 1790 concerning the estate of John Pursley.
...In 1791, Thomas Flora of Hampshire County, Virginia sold 40 acres of land known as "Better Than Mount Misery" in Allegany County, Maryland to Ignatius Brown. Thomas appears in Frederick County, Maryland land rents from 1766 to 1773 for two tracts known as Flora's Choice and Better than Mount Misery. Flora's Choice is now in Washington County, Maryland at the point where Sideling Hill Creek joins the Potomac River.
...Thomas appears in Hampshire County land records from 1782 to 1811. He first appears in 1782 with 110 acres of land on Sideling Hill near the Potomac river. He added a 39-1/2 acre tract in 1797 and 91 more acres by warrent issued 8 May 1783 and surveyed in 1797 on the waters of the Potomac, recorded 1 Nov. 1800. the 1782 census for Hampshire County lists 13 white souls. In the 1784 listing there are 10 white souls listed with Thomas.
...1810 census Hampshire County, Virginia - Thomas Flora. Males: 0-10, 3; 10-16, 1; 26-45, 1, over 45, 1; Females: 0-10, 2; 10-16, 1; 16-26, 1; 26-45, 1; over 45, 1. Thomas probably died about 1811 as Prudence appears on the Hampshire County tax rolls in his place that year. She continued to appear on the tax rolls of Morgan County which was cut from Hampshire, until 1840 when her son Archibald appeared in her place. The land is now in the Paw Paw district. The present town of Paw Paw, West Virginia was once know as Flora's Mills and is located in Moran County near the Hampshire County line.
...Prudence probably died in 1838 or 1839 in Morgan County, Virginia The 1830 census of Morgan County for Absalom Flora lists a female age 80-90, who may be Prudence. The family had a saw mill located at Flora's Falls. (Source: compiled by Donald H. Strong, "Southeastern Ohio Genealogies", (Preston, ID: D.H. Strong, 1992)
...Grantee-Grantor Index: Thomas Flora purchased land in 1795 and 1800. (Reference: Walter W. Bunderman, Flory, Flora, Fleury: ( Lebanon County Flory Reunion Organization, 1948).

Thomas married Prudence _____ in 1756 in Virginia, British Colonial America. Prudence died about 1839 in Morgan County, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jacob received a Maryland Bounty Land Grant for 100 acres for service in the Revolution, 24 December 1791; witnessed a land sale, Hampshire County, Virginia 13 April 1795; may have moved to and was taxed in Lincoln County, Kentucky, 2 June 1795. (Source: Gladys Donson, Lawrence F. Athy, Jr., The Thomas Flora Family of London, Maryland & Virginia: (Houston, TX: Donath Publishing, 1995)

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• Name: Albright Florea
• Birth: 1755, Virginia, United States
• Census: 1790, Frederick County, Maryland, United States; as Abright Flora
• Tax Record: 1800, Mason County, Kentucky, United States
• Tax Record: 1810, Adams County, Ohio, United States
• Census: 1820, Tiffin Township, Adams County, Ohio, United States; as Albright Flora, farmer

Notes:

The following is a summary and update concerning the Florea line...
..."Much effort has been devoted to the research of Albright Florea's forbearers, but so far they have not been identified. He appeared in Frederick County, Maryland just prior to the first Federal Census of 1790. The earliest record known which refers to Albright is found where he served as a juror on Coroner's inquest (1778 - 1789, Frederick County, Md. In 1790 the first Federal Census of Population was taken. Albright Florea is listed as the head of a family in Frederick County, Md.
His family consisted of:
Males over 16...1
Males under 16...3
Females.........5
...Apart from the head of the family, no other names were provided by this census. It is assumed, based on fact found later, that the family consisted of Albright, his wife, (Ruth), three sons, John, Joshua and Isaac, and four daughters, Elizabeth, Nancy, Rebecca and Mary. Considering the age of the children given in the census, it would suggest that Albright and Ruth began their family circa 1775, having been married a year or so before. With Albright's age estimated in his twenties, he would have been born circa 1750. There were earlier records of land transactions involving a tract called Foxes Chase. in 1796 Albright sold Foxes Chase in three separate parcels. there are some interesting observations in these transactions. It seems clear that Albright was unable to read, write or spell his name. He made his mark on all deeds, relying on the person preparing the deed to spell his name properly. On one deed the seller was identified as Albert Flory and Albert Florey. Officials who prepared the documents were able to read and write, their spelling relied on what they heard, or thought they heard. After selling Foxes Chase Albright took his family to the new state of Kentucky. He appears on the tax list for Mason County in 1796. His name has not been found on any land transfers in Kentucky. By 1810 Albright had moved again, this time to Adams County, Ohio. He appeared on the tax list for 1810 in that area. in 1820 the Federal Census shows him in Tiffin Township, Adams county, Ohio. This is the last official record of him.
...There is a land transaction record in West Union, Adams County, court house dated Oct. 10, 1812 where Albright gives land to his son, Isaac; the property is described as, "The Lands Where The Said Albright Florea Now Lives", so Albright must have owned property even though the deed to this tract isn't (apparently) recorded. Since Albright doesn't appear on the census of 1830, the best guess is that he died circa 1825. Many have searched for his grave, but it has not been located. (Source: Flory, Leslie E and Bill. The Flora-Flory-Fleury Family Newsletter Volume 8 Number 1 (January 1, 1995):.pg. 44)

Albright was residing in BOURBON County, Kentucky in 1804 as Rebecca was married there to Benjamin Franklin GUY (born NJ) by bond recorded there on 10 Nov 1804

...The first ancestor of whom we have a firm record is Albright Flora, (later Florea). Albright is found in the 1790 census, the first federal census in the United States. He was married and listed as head of a family in Frederick County, Maryland. The family consisted of one male over sixteen, three males under sixteen and five females. From this we assume that the family consisted of Albright, his wife, three sons, and four daughters. Two more daughters were born later.
...In 1792, Albright paid about fifty-seven pounds for 286 acres, a tract of land known as Foxes Choice, in Frederick County, Maryland. This tract had been surveyed originally for Albert Flora "who had neglected compounding on the same agreeably to law..." in 1788. The relationship between Albert and Albright is not known. (Land patent acquired by Albright Flora March 26, 1792 as recorded in the Hall of Records, P. O. Box 828, Annapolis, MD 21404. Patents IC#H, pp. 653-654.)
...In 1795, Albright sold this tract of land known as "Foxes Choice" in three parcels: On August 14, 37 acres "more or less" to Jacob Fitzpatrick for 10 pounds; on August 14, 144-1/4 acres "more or less" to Jacob Rohrer for 286 pounds; on October 19, 101-3/4 acres "more or less" to Godfrey Leatherman for 95 pounds. Albright received 391 pounds for the land which had cost him 57 pounds three years earlier - a very handsome profit.
...From Maryland Albright took his family to the new state of Kentucky. Confirmation is found in the listing of Albright on the tax lists of Mason County, Kentucky in 1800. Mason County was formed from a part of Bourbon County in 1788 and the county seat established at Limestone, later named Maysville. No land records of land transfers have been found in Kentucky which involved Albright.
...Albright moved across the Ohio river to the new state of Ohio sometime before 1810, and apparently followed the Zane Trace to North of West Union, not far from the old Treber Inn, and settled on Ohio Brush Creek near the mouth of Lick Fork, not far from Dunkinsville, Adams County. He was still in Kentucky in 1800, not listed in the federal census of Kentucky in 1810, but appears on the 1810 tax list for Adams County, Ohio. In 1820, on the first Federal Census of Ohio, he is listed as living in Tiffin Township of Adams County. Albright and his wife do not appear in the federal census of 1830. We do not have any record of his death or where he is buried.
...Recorded in the Adams County courthouse is what appears to be a combination will and deed dated October 10, 1812 and recorded March 16, 1813, as follows:
...Know all men by these presents that I, Albright Florea, of Adams county and State of Ohio for the good will and affection which I have and do bear toward my loving son Isaac Florea of the county and state aforesaid have given and granted and by these presents do hereby give and grant unto the said Isaac Florea, his heirs or administrators all or singular, the lands where the said Albright Florea now lives, privileges, and commodities to the same belonging together with all and singular my goods and chattles now being in my dwelling house together with all and singular the property belonging unto the said Albright Florea together with all debts, dues and demands of the said Albright Flore. The said Isaac Florea does grant unto the said Albright Florea the privilege of living on the said premises as long as the said Albright Florea and Ruthy Florea, wife of the said Albright, may live, together with the use of the horses whenever the said Albright may have use for them; and after the deth of the aforesaid Albright and Ruth, wife of the said Albright, that the three youngest daughters, Charity, Ruth, and Rachel Florea, daughters of the said Albright Florea and Ruth, wife of the said Albright Florea, may each have an equal share of the household furniture, and likewise the said Isaac Florea is to give and equal fourth part of the stock aforesaid unto each of the aforesaid children. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10 of October, 1812.
Albright (x his mark) Florea
Attest:
John Ellison, Jun., Joshue Florea
State of Ohio, Adams County

This day personally came the within named Albright Florea before me, the subscriber, a justice of peace for county, and acknowledged the within signing and sealing to be his act and deed for the purpose within mentioned. Given under my hand and seal this sixteenth day of March in the year of our Lord 1813.
Job Dinning

Albright married Charity Ruth Baker in 1774 in Frederick County, Maryland, British Colonial America. Charity was born in 1755; died in 1842 in Adams County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]