Second Generation

4. John England^1,3,4,7,8.
Birth: about 1765, Montgomery County, Virginia. Some researchers list his birth as about 1755 in Donegal, Ireland.
Parents: Joseph England and Charity Cole.
Birth of Child: 1 November 1783, Vesta Zipporah England, parent age: 18.
Birth of Child: 27 September 1784, Mary Catherine (Polly) England, parent age: 19.
Birth of Child: about 1787, Titus England, parent age: 22.
Birth of Child: about 1788, John England Jr., parent age: 23.
Birth of Child: 3 May 1790, Sarah (Sallie) England, parent age: 25.
Birth of Child: 15 June 1791, Joseph England, parent age: 26.
Birth of Child: 10 July 1792, Jane (Jincy) England, parent age: 27.
Birth of Child: 26 November 1803, Susannah England, parent age: 38. He appeared in the tax list in 1806 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Capt Oliver's Company, 200 acres P.B.
Birth of Child: about 1807, Amelia (Milly) England, parent age: 42.
Death: about 1816, age 51, Anderson County, Tennessee.^9,10 On 9 Sep 1799, John sold land in Montgomery County, Virginia. It appears that after selling this land he removed to Anderson County, Tennessee. The names Jacob, Joseph, John, and Austin England, and Christopher and Austin Choate all appear on the Anderson County tax list for 1802. John's estate was settled in Anderson County 16 July 1817, Zipporah England, administratrix. Papers for settlement of Zippora's estate were submited 30 Oct 1852, and settlement was made in the Anderson County, Nov. 1852 term of court. The report of the sales and inventory of personal goods was dated 3 Feb 1851. Zippora had owned several parcels of land in Anderson County.

Ref.: Willis Hutcherson, Tennesee Homesteaders and Land Owners, Fourth Surveyors District, Survey Book 19-8-1810, Entry Book 1814-1815, pp. 48, 50, 56, 66, 96, 97; Anderson County, Tennessee Tax list, 1802; Anderson County, Tennessee estate settlement papers, 1817, 1852; Anderson County, Tennessee Wills Book 1847-1852, pp. 197, 199; Family records in the possession of Jeannette Wasson Gray and Jane Coward Turner.

In the 1802 Anderson County tax list, Capt. McCamey's Compy included the following individuals: Austin Choat (1 poll), another Austin Choat (1 poll), Christopher Choat (1 poll), Jacob England (1 poll), Joseph England (1 poll), and John England (1 poll).

The 1778 Washington County, Tennessee tax list includes the following individuals: Austin Choate, Christopher Choate, Edward Choate, Richard Choate, Thomas Choate, Charles England, John England, and Joseph England. I wonder if John England sold his land in Montgomery County, Virginia after moving to Tennessee, or if this was a different John England.

Anderson County Deed Book A-1 page 162. 18 Aug 1818 Joseph England & Jane England to Spencer Keith for _____, to each one paid, 200 acres, their claim to the place where John England, father of said Joseph and Jane England lived and deceased, on South side of a ridge, corner of a tract conveyed by James Russell to William Wyatt, thence on dividing line formerly run by James & Brice Russell, being the closing line of Wyatt's conveyance. Reg. 16 Apr 1825. Wit: Zipporah England Joseph England James Scarbrough Jane England Abraham Hagler

John England and Vesta Zipporah Choate.
Marriage: about 1783, Montgomery County, Virginia, John England, to Vesta Zipporah Choate.¹¹

Vesta Zipporah Choate^1,4,12.
Birth: between 1767 and 1769, Montgomery County, Virginia.¹³
Birth of Child: 1 November 1783, Vesta Zipporah England, parent age: 16.
Birth of Child: 27 September 1784, Mary Catherine (Polly) England, parent age: 17.
Birth of Child: about 1787, Titus England, parent age: 20.
Birth of Child: about 1788, John England Jr., parent age: 21.
Birth of Child: 3 May 1790, Sarah (Sallie) England, parent age: 23.
Birth of Child: 15 June 1791, Joseph England, parent age: 24.
Birth of Child: 10 July 1792, Jane (Jincy) England, parent age: 25.
Birth of Child: 26 November 1803, Susannah England, parent age: 36.
Birth of Child: about 1807, Amelia (Milly) England, parent age: 40.
Census: 1830, Anderson County, Tennessee.¹⁴
England Zepheniah 00001-00001001
1 male slave 10-23

00-04 0 0 1826-1830
05-09 0 0 1821-1825
10-14 0 0 1816-1820
15-19 0 0 1811-1815
20-29 1 1 1801-1810 Jesse C. Cross?, Amelia (Milly) England?
30-39 0 1791-1800
40-49 0 1781-1790
50-59 1 1771-1780 Vesta Zipporah (Zipporah) Choate? She appeared in the tax list in 1837 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Dist. 8, 66 acres.
Census: 1840, Anderson County, Tennessee.¹⁵
Age 70-79, enumerated in the household of her son-in-law Jesse C. Cross.
Census: 1840, Anderson County, Tennessee.
Age 70-79, enumerated in the household of her son-in-law Jesse C. Cross.
Death: about 1851, age 84, Anderson County, Tennessee.⁹ Vesta is believed to have descended from Christopher Choate who migrated from England to Maryland, and died in 1692.

Anderson County Deed Book A-1 page 162. 18 Aug 1818 Joseph England & Jane England to Spencer Keith for _____, to each one paid, 200 acres, their claim to the place where John England, father of said Joseph and Jane England lived and deceased, on South side
of a ridge, corner of a tract conveyed by James Russell to William Wyatt, thence on dividing line formerly run by James & Brice Russell, being the closing line of Wyatt's conveyance. Reg. 16 Apr 1825. Wit: Zipporah England Joseph England James Scarbrough Jane England Abraham Hagler

On April 18, 1838, Vesta Zipporah Choate filed suit to recover her dower rights from John England's estate and was awarded 66-3/4 acres from the estate. The defendants in that suit were her children, Titus and Milly (Amelia) England, and Spencer Keith (her widowed son-in-law who was married to the daughter unnamed. Since her name would have been named if she was alive, it is assumed that she had died, but we don't know if it was Jane, the 2nd daughter who was not accounted for with a date of death. It could not have been Vesta Zipporah, who died in 1849 in TN (married England), and could not have been Susannah, who married Joseph Worthington and d. 21 Oct 1850 in TN, and could not have been Millie, who was listed as a separate person in the suit, and who married Jesse C. Cross.)"

John England-5586 and Vesta Zipporah Choate-5589 had the following children: