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Henry ( abt 1620 - )  

There is conflicting information on this Robert Singleton, born circa 1575 or 1590 in England, who was a subscriber and charter member of the second Virginia Land Company that arrived at Jamestown in 1608. He is said to have been from Sussex County, England, possibly Singleton Parish and married Mary _?_ who was born circa 1599. His possible children were William, Henry and John. However, researcher Gary Singleton stated that Roberte Shingleton (later updated by Stith to Singleton) was one of the subscribers to The Second Charter of the Virginia Company of London, signed by the King on May 23, 1609. The said Charter had 659 men listed as subscribers, of which 96 were Knights, and Robert Singleton was not listed as one of the 96 Knights. Robert was a Citizen of London, not of Sussex and his Parish was Saint Mildreds in the Poultrey, not Singleton Parish. He died in 1612 leaving no direct heirs.
The father of the Robert Singleton born circa 1575 is said to have been Robert Singleton, born circa 1556 in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England. He married Ann Southworth, who was born circa 1550 in Samlesbury. His son is said to have been a Robert Singleton who married Mary, and had three sons: John, William, and Henry. 1

Another source claims:

Among the Charter members of the Second London Company in 1609 was Mary Singleton Foster’s ancestor, Robert Singleton, . . . This Robert was an investor in the Company and probably never traveled to America. He was the father of three sons, John, William and Henry. Since William, known as William of Dublin, remained in Ireland, it is assumed that Robert and sons, John and Henry, emigrated from Ireland. (2)

 

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

2. Mannie Lee Edwards Mabry, The Foster-Singleton Family, The 1981 Union County Heritage.

This page was prepared by Charles Hartley.