Father: Robert Singleton (1667-1725)
Mother: Sarah Crow (1658-1698)

Spouse: Ann Gower
Birth: ca 1700
Death: 10 Apr 1734  Hennico, Richmond Co. VA

Children:
Stanley (1731-~1793)
Robert (1723-)
Sarah (1725-)
Joshua (1728-1772)
Ann (1730-1730)

Researchers tell us that:

Joshua had a plantation in Richmond County on land that had been purchased by his father Robert Singleton of Gloucester County and bequeathed to Joshua in his 1724 will: (26) “I give to my loving son Joshua Singleton all my Lands in Richmond Co. to him and his heirs forever and also I do give unto my son Joshua Singleton three hundred acres of Land lying upon Ocaquan River in Stafford County and to have choice out of a Patent of six hundred acres which I have upon Ocaquan River and . . .” They resided in North Farnham Parish of Richmond County the land that Robert Singleton had purchased in 1711. Joshua was listed as a slave owner in 1730 in Richmond County. Joshua signed his will on December 28, 1732 in Richmond County, naming children Robert, Stanley, Joshua, Sarah and his wife Anne. 1

Joshua Singleton's will:

Joshua Singleton, Lun. Par., will; 28 Dec 1732, 5 Feb 1732/33. Sons Robert and Stanley all land in Pr. William Co. lying on the branches of Occoquan; son Joshua the plant. where I now live in Rich. Co.; three sons to be kept at school til they are perfect readers in the Holy Bible and capable of writing a good, legibile [sic] hand and proficient in arithmatic as far as the rule of three; dau. Sarah to have one whole year’s schooling; ex: wife Anne; requests fr. Benjamin Rust to take care of chil. est; wits: John Spendergrass, Thomas Dickenson, Mary Thornton. 2

1. RootsWeb web site maintained by Judy Griffin (2007),
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hutch/DABBS/Singleton.htm

2. A History of Orange County, Virginia From its Formation in 1734 ( O. S.) to the end of Reconstruction in 1870 ; compiled mainly from Original Records With a Brief Sketch of the Beginnings of Virginia, a Summary of Local Events to 1907, and a Map, By W. W. SCOTT, State Law Librarian, Member of the State Historical Society, and for ten years State Librarian of Virginia, Richmond, VA.: Everrett Waddey Co. (I have not checked this reference. C.H.)

This page was prepared by Charles Hartley.