This article details proof that Pasco Curle is a qualifying ancestor for the Jamestown Society and for the Society of Colonial Wars and details proof of the lineage of Pasco Curle to the Mullins family.
Qualifying Service
Pasco Curle served in the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1692 [1]. Order Book (1689-1699), page 12, records that Pasco was paid for serving in the House of Burgesses on November 28, 1692. He does not appear on later published rosters of the House of Burgesses, so probably just served a short time. His service as a Burgess qualifies Pasco Curle for both the Jamestowne Society and the Society of Colonial Wars.
Pasco Curle was appointed High Sheriff of Elizabeth City County by Gov. Edmund Andros on May 18, 1693, [2,3]. This service qualifies Pasco Curle for the Society of Colonial Wars.
Pasco Family Lineage
Nicholas Curle was the son of Pasco Curle and Sarah Baker.
The William & Mary Quarterly article “Old Kecoughtan” provides a summary of the early history of the Curle family in Virginia [4]. The article states that Pasco Curle and 2 (possibly 3) brothers emigrated from England to Elizabeth City. Pasco’s brother Thomas died about 1700 without children and left a legacy of 2 sons of Pasco: Pasco (Jr.) (who died soon thereafter) and Joshua.
Thomas Curl’s Will
This sequence of events is confirmed by the record of the will of Thomas Curle [5], and subsequent Order Book entries:
- Probation was granted for Thomas Curle’s will to his relict on August 20, 1699 (Order Book 1689-1699, p. 153);
- The will was recorded May 31, 1700, leaving a bequest to Pasco (Jr.) and Joshua Curle, sons of Pasco Curle. Pasco Curle (Jr.) died intestate leaving his brother Nicholas Curle, who died August 15, 1714, leaving issue Wilson Curle, born December 18, 1709 (Order Book 1731-1747, p. 292).
This second Order Book notation confirms that Nicholas Curle was the son of Pasco Curle. The notations of Nicholas’s date of death, and of his son’s name and date of birth, Wilson Curle (b. 18 Dec 1709), corroborate that the Nicholas Curle named in this will is Nicholas Curle, discussed in the previous chapter, husband of Jane Curle (Sr.) and father of Wilson’s sister, Jane Curle (Jr.).
It is likely that Nicholas Curle was the oldest son of Pasco Curle, and that the bequests by Thomas Curle to his nephews Pasco Jr. and Joshua were made to younger sons, anticipating that the oldest son, Nicholas, would inherit his father’s estate.
Sarah Curle’s Will
Pasco Curle (Sr.)’s will does not survive, but the will of his wife, Nicholas Curle’s mother Sarah Curle, survives [6], and printed summary [7] provides the following information:
Sarah Curle does not leave her son Nicholas any bequest, presumably because he was already wealthy, and had inherited his father’s estate. Even on the Quit Rent roll of 1704, when Pasco Curle was still alive, Nicholas is listed with 950 acres of land [8], and Pasco with 300 acres.
Sarah Curle names her son twice in her will:
- She states that if her other children disagree over bequests, Nicholas is to adjudicate the dispute(s): “the Differences are to be Submitted to my Son Nicholas Curle.”
- She names Nicholas sole executor: “And I do nominate and appoint my Loving Son Nicholas Curle my Sole Exr_ of this my Last Will and Testament…”
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