Chapter X: Part 10

Fairfax, George, 49
Falkner, Ralph, 192
Falmouth (Virginia), 53
Ferguson, John (overseer), 42
ferry, Potomac Creek, 8, 13
fiddler, 34
fireback, iron, 17
fireplaces, 12, 20, 41, 94, 96, 97, 101, 102, 104, 105
(_See also_ chimney; mantel)
Fisher, George, 51
fishhooks, 42, 111, 171 (illustr.)
fishing, 32, 42, 54, 64;
drumlines, 42;
perch lines, 42;
seine, 42, 54
Fitz, Captain, 32
Fitzhugh, Colonel, 192
Fitzhugh, Ann, 16
Fitzhugh, Henry, 21, 25, 31, 118;
widow of, 118
Fitzhugh, William, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 31, 51
Fitzhugh, William, Jr., 9
Fitzhugh, William III, 16
Fitzpatrick, John (weaver), 32
flagon, stoneware, 132 (illustr.)
floors (_See_ pavement)
flower pots, 62;
earthenware, 129 (illustr.)
Foard (Foward), John, 25
food, 192;
cinnamon, 32;
fish, 32;
lemons, 26;
limes, 33;
lime juice, 17;
mace, 32;
molasses, 17, 32-33;
nutmegs, 32;
oysters, 32, 40;
pork, 32, 57;
spices, 32;
sugar, 17, 32, 33 (muscovy);
venison, 25;
wild game, 25
(_See also_ crops)
Forbes, Andrew, 192
forks, 111, 159 (illustr.);
wooden handled, 17
Forman, Henry Chandlee, 12
Fort Frederica (Georgia), 126
Foward (Foard), John (merchant), 25, 26, 167
Foward, Jonathan, 26
Fowke, Chandler, 18
Fowke, Gerard, 31, 52
Foxhall, Joseph, 32
Fredericksburg, vii, 28, 30, 31, 34, 42, 43, 46, 53, 55, 59, 62, 196
freckled ware (_See under_ stoneware)
French, Hugh, 18
Fry, Colonel, 49
funnel, 17
Furnea's (Furnau's) Ordinary, 27, 28
furniture:
beds, 13, 20, 25, 40;
bolsters, 13;
covers, 39;
feather, 13, 17;
flock, 13;
tick, 18
chairs, cane, 13;
child's, 20;
leather, 17;
rush seat, 13, 25
chest, handle for, 163 (illustr.), 165;
chest of drawers, 13
cradle, 25
cupboard, 13
couch, 13
desk, 17;
repair of, 25
escritoire, 25, 40, 165
looking glass, 39
painted, 17
sale of, 61-62
sconce glass, 39, 41
sideboard, 39
stools, 13
table, 13, 17;
marble, 39

garden, 99;
botanical record of, 209-210
gardener, 58, 178
Garner, A. M., 137
Garvan, Anthony N. B., viii
gateway, 80, 81;
pintle for, 73, 81
_George Mercer Papers Relating to the Ohio Company of Virginia_, viii,
15, 59
Gilmer, George (apothecary), 36
glass, 17 (and cover), 68, 145-154;
bowl, 119, 154;
candelabrum, 153 (illustr.), 154;
decanter, 73, 145, 152-154;
mirror, 153 (illustr.), 154;
posset pot, 154;
salt, 153 (illustr.), 154;
window, 62, 96, 107, 121, 153 (illustr.), 154
(_See also_ bottle)
glasses, 17;
cordial, 152 (illustr.), 154;
looking, 39;
sconce, 39, 41, 154;
tumbler, 152, 153 (illustr.), 154;
wine, 73, 107, 152 (illustr.), 153 (illustr.), 154
glasshouse, 56;
Bristol, 148;
Germantown, 151
glassmaking techniques, 146, 148-149, 151-152, 154
_Gooch_ (ship), 40
goose, 25
Graham (Graeme), John, 20, 191
Graham, William (overseer), 41
grater, nutmeg, 13
Gray, William, 28
greenhouse, 62, 109, 178
Gregg, Thomas (surveyor), 9, 14, 21, 22
(_See also_ Marlborough, survey 1707)
Grenzhausen (Germany), 129
gun flints, 42, 155, 157 (illustr.)
gunpowder, 18, 25, 42

Hamitt, William, 25
Hammersley, Francis, 7, 12
Hampton (Virginia), 9, 47
Hanbury, Capel, 53
hand mill, 55
Hanover Church, 35
Hanover County, 35
Happel, Ralph, 10, 115
hardware, 193
bolt, 111, 119 (illustr.), 121, 164 (illustr.), 166, 167, 168
(illustr.), 170
brad, 34, 165, 167
chain, 169;
for door, 39
escutcheon plate, 108, 156 (illustr.), 163
handle or pull, 108, 156 (illustr.), 163 (illustr.), 164 (illustr.),
165, 167, 171 (illustr.)
hasp, 164 (illustr.), 166
hinge, 25, 39, 163 (illustr.), 164 (illustr.), 165-166;
butt, 164 (illustr.);
HL, 20, 103, 163 (illustr.), 165;
H, 163 (illustr.), 165
hook, 166 (illustr.), 168 (illustr.), 170
key, 111, 163 (illustr.), 167
latches, 25, 163 (illustr.), 164 (illustr.), 166
locks, 17, 20, 25, 39, 163 (illustr.), 166-167
nails, 17, 18, 25, 34, 72, 102, 121, 165 (illustr.), 167
nuts and bolts, 170
pin, 166 (illustr.)
pintle, gate, 73
rivet and washer, 169 (illustr.)
shutter fastener, 88
slab, 105 (illustr.)
spike, 165, 167
staples, 163 (illustr.), 166
swingletree loop, 73, 170;
chain, 169
tie bar, 87, 94 (illustr.)
Harmer & King, 41
harnesses, 61, 170;
fittings for, 73, 156 (illustr.), 169 (illustr.), 170
_Harrington_ (ship), 31
Harrison, Colonel, 53
Harrison, Lucy Carter, 118
Harrison, Nathaniel, 118
Hartley, Green & Company, 140-141, 143
Harvey, John, 33
Harwood, Thomas, 185
Hayward, Joseph, 12;
house of, 12
Hayward, Nicholas, 12
Hayward, Samuel, 12
hearth (_See_ fireplace)
Hedgman, Major Peter, 23, 24, 51, 53
Historic American Buildings Survey, viii, 120
history, books on, 20, 43, 191, 200
Hogans, Francis (wheelwright), 30
hogs, 20
Holbrook, Janet, 33
Holdbrook, ----, 51
Hooe, Rice, 15
Hoomes, George, 28
Hopkins, Mr., 22
Hoppus, Edward, 37
horn, objects made from, 32, 58
(_See also_ specific items; musical instruments)
hornbook, 33 (illustr.), 34
horses, 17, 20, 26, 56 (and colts), 61, 63;
Ranter, 57, 61-62 (sale of)
horseshoes, 169 (illustr.), 172
houses:
Alexandria, Carlyle house, 30
Carter's Grove, 35
Corotoman, 118
Eagle's Nest, 118
Essex County--Elmwood, 98;
Blandfield, 103
Gloucester County--Abingdon glebe house, 97;
Fairfield, 97
Greenspring, 47, 97, 102
Gunston Hall, 12, 52, 97
Hanover, Scotchtown, 97
Henrico County, Turkey Island, 97
Jamestown, Isaac Watson's, 12
Joseph Hayward's, 12
King George County, Brandon, 118
Marlborough, 9, 12-13, 17
John Mercer's (1730), 18, 22, 45
John Mercer's "Manor House," 45;
construction of, 34-38, 62, 177, 178;
excavation of, 84-99;
insurance policy for, 64, 96;
inventory of, viii, 62, 88, 96, 109, 168, 177, 211-212;
plan of, 96 (illustr.)
Morrisania (New York), Lewis Morris House, 126
Mount Airy, 103
Mount Vernon, 98, 103, 105
Salvington, 28
Shalstone Manor, 40
Stratford, 51, 102, 103
Spotsylvania County, Mannsfield, 102, 103
Williamsburg, Brush-Everard House, 32
Yorktown, Digges house, 12
house, brick, 12, 63
house, glebe, 35, 97
house, wooden, 12, 20
Hubbard, Benjamin, 27
Hudson, J. Paul, 131
Hudson, Thomas, 20
Hull, Sigrid, viii
Humble, Green & Co., 140-141
Hunter, James, 55
Hunter, William (merchant), 30-31, 33, 34, 39, 42, 167, 170;
textiles listed in Mercer's account with, 196
hunting, 42;
hunting horn, 33
husbandry, books on, 43
Hyndman, John (merchant), 32

indentured servants, 14, 32, 52, 53, 58;
apparel of, 52, 58, 59;
Thuanus (weaver), 32
Indian, 158;
celt, 73, 119;
pottery, 108;
trial of Nanticoke Indians, 12
indigo, 42
Innes, Enoch, 20
insurance policy, 64, 88-89, 95, 97;
house plan drawn on, 96 (illustr.)
inventory: George Andrews, 183;
Peter Beach, 184;
Marlborough (taken by Thomas Oliver, 1771), viii, 62, 88, 96, 109,
168, 177, 211-212
iron, 121, 161-167;
slab, 104, 105
(_See also_ specific items; hardware; tools)
ironworks: Accokeek, 23, 24, 25, 47, 162, 193;
Mercer's protest against Act for Encouraging Adventures in, 23-24
ivory, 16, 32

Jackson, Robert (silversmith), 46
Jamestown, 9, 12, 126, 158
jar: cover, 125, 127 (illustr.);
storage, 128 (illustr.);
earthenware, 125, 127, 128;
Buckley ware, 126, 129 (illustr.);
stoneware, 131 (illustr.)
Jervers, 18
Jervis, James (widow of), 18
jeweler, 47, 167-168;
jeweler's tools, 111, 167-168
jewelry: earrings, 47;
ring, 47, 63
jockey, 20
Johnson Fund, vii
Johnson, Richard, 16
Johnston, ----, elected as burgess, 53
Joiner, 36, 38, 50
Jones, Booth (overseer), 42
Jones, Charles, 32
Jones, James, 18
Jones, Robert, 192
Jones, Thomas, 32, 41
Jordan, William (merchant), 31, 39, 168
jugs, 39;
delftware, 138;
stoneware, 131 (illustr.), 134;
white salt-glazed, 135 (illustr.), 136

Kecoughtan, 126, 158
Kemp, Peter, 16
Kernodle, G. H., 149
kiln, 36;
malt kiln, 59
King, George Harrison Sanford, viii, 115
King, William (silversmith), 39, 55
King, William (brewer), 55
King William Courthouse (_See under_ courthouse)
kitchen (_See_ Marlborough, buildings)
knife, 17, 111, 158 (illustr.), 160
butcher, 39
chopping, 88, 158 (illustr.), 162
clasp, 25
and fork, 17, 39, 159
pen, 17, 25, 32, 111, 155, 158 (illustr.)
shoemaker's, 16
agate-handled, 119
horn-handled, 39
Sheffield-handled, 111, 160 (illustr.)
silver-handled, 32
wooden-handled, 17

laces, 18
ladle, iron, 162 (illustr.)
Lamb's Creek (plantation), 31
Land Book, John Mercer's, vii, 6, 8, 45, 82
Langley, Battey, 39
Langton, Richard, 39
lanterns, 17, 39
laundry irons, heaters for, 17, 25, 162
law, books on, 17, 21, 191-192, 198-200
ledgers, John Mercer's, 15, 16;
Ledger B, 16, 209;
Ledger G, 28, 29, 32, 102, 104, 105, 129;
contents of, 185-208;
accounts for domestic expenses, 186-190
Lee, Captain, 31
Lee, Dr. Arthur, 54
Lee, General Charles, 63;
death of, 63;
will of, 63
Lee, George, 31
Lee, Colonel Philip Ludwell, 51
Leoni, Giacomo, 98
Lewes (Delaware), 126
Lewis, Fielding, 34, 47
library: Colonel Spotswood's, 20;
John Mercer's, 21, 42-43, 61-62 (sale of), 198-208 (purchase of)
(_See also_ books)
lighting devices, 40, 41 (_See also_ candle; candlestick; sconce)
_lignum vitae_, 13
Linton, Anthony, 18, 25
literature, English, books of, 43
Little River Quarters, 53
loom, 32 (_See also_ weavers)
Ludwell, Philip, 47
Lyde, Major Cornelius, 40
Lyde, Lyonel (merchant), 40
Lyndon, Captain Roger, 36, 39, 41, 109
Lynn, Doctor, 41

MacLane, Hugh (tailor), 31
malt, 55, 56;
malt kiln, 59;
malt house, 55, 62
mantels, 36, 37 (illustr.) (_See also_ fireplace)
maps, 6, 19, 44, 116, 117
marbles, chalk, 155, 157 (illustr.)
_Marigold_ (ship), 36, 109
Markham, James, 21, 26
Marlborough:
abandonment of, 14
aerial photograph, 66
buildings--
barn, 62, 113, 178
brewhouse, 55, 114, 178
cider mill, 62, 178
cooper's house, 55, 178
corn houses, 64, 178
grainery, 178
greenhouse, 62, 109, 178
houses, 9, 12-13, 17
kitchen, 36, 58, 67, 101-105, 109, 178
malt house, 55, 62, 114, 178
Negro quarters, 64
office, 178
overseers' houses, 64, 178
privy, 112
prison, 12-13
smokehouse, 106-109
stables, 62, 178
summer house, 58, 178
warehouses, tobacco, 62, 113, 114, 115, 177-178
windmill, 35, 52, 64, 67, 178
excavation plans, 44, 74, 75, 84, 100, 106, 113, 118
inventory, viii, 62, 88, 96, 109, 168, 177, 211-212
maps, 6
naming, 9
surveys--
(1691), 6, 21, 44, 67, 68, 82-83, 177
(1707), 9, 14, 21, 22, 45, 82-83
(1731), 6, 21, 22, 45, 82, 177
(1743), 117
(_See also_ houses, Marlborough; slaves)
Mary Washington College, vii
mason, 37, 91
Mason, Ann, 28, 47
Mason, Catharine, 16
Mason, George, 9, 12, 13
Mason, Captain George, 10, 12
Mason, Colonel George III, 15, 16, 20, 21, 24, 26, 28
Mason, George IV, 24, 52, 53, 63, 97;
elected as burgess, 53
mathematics, books on, 43
Mattaponi church, 35
McClelland, Charles, 17
McFarlane, Alexander, 17, 18
McKenzie, Doctor Kenneth, 46
medicine, 41, 46;
books on, 43, 201;
bottles for, 152;
Aqua Linnaean, 46;
British oyl, 46, 152;
Daffy's Elixir, 46;
Euphorbium, 46;
gum fragac, 46;
Holloway's Citrate, 46, 152;
oil of cinnamon, 46;
Opadeldoc, 152;
opium, 46;
rattlesnake root, 46;
rhubarb, 46;
spirits of lavender, 46;
sago, 46 (_See also_ doctors; apothecary)
Mercer, Ann Roy, 48;
death of, 61, 211;
portrait of, 47 (illustr.)
Mercer, Anna, birth of, 53
Mercer, Catesby, death of, 53
Mercer, Catherine, 17, 18, 146, 147;
death of, 47
Mercer, Elinor, 51;
death of, 53
Mercer, George, 33, 34, 49, 52, 53 (elected as burgess), 54, 56, 59
(_See also George Mercer Papers ..._)
Mercer, Grace Fenton, 15, 51
Mercer, James, 33, 34, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 57, 61, 62, 63;
death of, 64
Mercer, Captain James, 52;
death of, 53
Mercer, John, _passim_;
portrait of, 47 (illustr.);
death of, 59
Mercer, John (father of John Mercer of Marlborough), 15
Mercer, John III, birth and death of, 53
Mercer, John Fenton, 33, 34, 49, 52;
death of, 52
Mercer, John Francis, birth of, 53, 63, 64, 142
Mercer, Maria, birth of, 53
Mercer, Mungo Roy, 51
Mercer, Sarah Ann Mason, 28, 33
Meese, Anne, 12
microscopes, 43
mill, 35, 62;
windmill, 35, 52;
hand mill, 55
Mills, James, 30
Mills, William (weaver), 32
Minitree, David (bricklayer), 35, 36, 91, 95
Mitchelson, John, 33
mold: bullet, chalk, 111, 155, 156 (illustr.), 157 (illustr.);
candle, 17;
tart, copper, 17
Moncure, Reverend John, 27, 28, 47, 52
Monday, William (carpenter), 36, 91
Monroe, Andrew (overseer), 31, 55, 57
Monroe, James, 55
Monroe, Thomas, 31
Moore, Bernard, 39
mortar and pestle, 20
mother-of-pearl, 26
Mountjoy, ----, 51
Mountjoy, Edward, 184
mug: creamware, 141;
delftware, 137;
earthenware, 124 (illustr.), 125, 127 (illustr.);
stoneware, 88, 131 (illustr.), 132 (illustr.), 134, 135 (illustr.),
136
mull stick, 39
music, book on, 33
musical instruments: horn, French, 33 (illustr.);
fiddle strings, 34;
trumpet, 33
Mussen, James, 11
Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia, 64, 96 (_See also_ insurance
policy)

Nanticoke Indians, 12
National Park Service, 121, 126
needles, 25
Negroes, 25, 41;
"Negro Ship," 47;
skipper, 42 (_See also_ slaves)
Nevill's Ordinary, 53
Newbery, Bob (London bookseller), 59
New Kent Church, 35
New Kent Courthouse (_See under_ courthouse)
Nicholson, Captain Timothy, 36, 58
Niemeyer, Mabel, viii
Nisbett, William, 25
Noël Hume, Ivor, viii, 126, 131
Norfolk, 9, 33, 47, 55, 59

Occaquan warehouse, 30
occupations, colonists identified by Mercer according to, 195 (_See
also_ specific occupations)
Ohio Company of Virginia, 25, 49, 51, 53, 54, 55, 59, 119, 122 (_See
also George Mercer Papers...._)
Oliver, Thomas (overseer), inventory by, viii, 62, 88, 96, 109, 168,
177, 211-212
Omwake, H. Geiger, 126
ordinaries, 8, 11, 12, 13, 27, 28, 51, 53;
inventory of ordinary keeper, 183
oven, 17, 36, 102, 104, 105
Overwharton Parish, 16, 26, 27, 46, 145;
John Mercer's account for, 194 (_See also_ churches, Potomac and
Aquia)

painter: house, 36;
portrait, 16, 32
painting, 36 (_See also_ portrait)
Palladio, Andrea, 37, 98-99
_Palladio Londonensis_ (book), 37, 38
Pamunkey River, 35
pan: baking, 128 (illustr.);
frying, 18, 25;
milk, 20, 124 (illustr.), 125, 127 (illustr.);
sauce, 25, 39;
Buckley ware, 126, 127 (illustr.);
copper, 25;
redware, 125 (illustr.);
Tidewater-type earthenware, 124 (illustr.), 125;
tin, 39
paper, 18
Parks, William, 21, 43
Parry, ----, 22
Partis, Captain, 5
Passapatanzy, 17, 29, 35, 61
Patterson, ----, 36
pavement, 104, 105;
brick, 85, 102-103;
stone, 86, 97, 101, 121
Peace Point, 7
Peale, Captain Malachi, 7, 8, 12
Pemberton, James, 62
pepper box, 20
Perry, Captain, 31
Perryman, Captain, 31
pestle, 20
pewter, 13, 17, 52, 119, 160-161 (_See also_ specific items)
Phipps, Reverend John (tutor), 34, 40
Pipe, ----, 53
pipe (_See_ tobacco pipe)
pistols, 63
pitcher: creamware, 141;
stoneware, 133, 135 (illustr.), 136;
whiteware, 143
plasterer, 36
plastering, 18;
plaster cornice molding, 96, 97 (illustr.) (_See also_ building
materials)
plates, 20, 39;
"basket," 136;
cake, 136;
pie, 129;
creamware, 119, 141;
delftware, English, 136 (illustr.), 137;
pewter, 111, 161;
porcelain, 144;
tortoiseshell ware, 140;
white salt-glazed, 119
plate warmer, 39
platter: creamware, 141;
queensware, 140 (illustr.);
white salt-glazed, 119 (illustr.)
Pohick Church (Fairfax), 37
Pope, ----, 22
porcelain, Chinese, 107, 112, 114, 140, 144, 173;
blue and white, 142 (illustr.), 143 (illustr.);
importation of, 144;
Lowestoft, 144;
polychrome, 140 (illustr.), 141 (illustr.), 144 (_See also_
specific forms)
porringer, 25, 39
Port Royal (Virginia), 28, 47, 51
port towns, 5 (_See also_ Acts for Towns)
portrait, 32;
of John Mercer, 16 (illustr.);
of Ann Roy Mercer, 47 (illustr.)
posset pot: delftware, 138;
glass, 154;
marbled, 139;
stoneware, 119, 132, 133, 136;
yellowware, 126
pot: lid, 73, 162 (illustr.), 126, 127 (illustr.);
ointment, 134 (illustr.), 138 (illustr.);
repair of, 25;
delftware, 134;
iron, 17, 161-162 (illustr.);
tin, 18
Potawomake (Indian village), vii, 67
Potomac Church (_See under_ church)
Potomac Creek (_See_ courthouse, Potomac Creek)
Potter, Doctor Henry, 28
potteries: Burslem, 133, 134;
Little Fenton, 128;
Staffordshire, 135, 138;
Yorktown, 125, 131, 173
powder (_See_ gunpowder)
Power, James, 39
Powers, John, 27
prison, 12
punchbowl, 39, 119;
delftware, 119;
_lignum vitae_, 13;
porcelain, 17, 144
Purefoy, Henry, 40

Ramsay, William, 31
Randolph, William, 31
razor, 17, 32;
strop, 32
Reid, James, 26
"Retirement, The" (plantation), 12
Reyant, Pat, 24
Richards, Mourning, 47
rings: brass, 111, 170;
curtain, 13, 156 (illustr.), 162-163 (_See also_ jewelry)
Ritchie, Mr., 42
Robinson, ----, 22
Robinson, Berryman, Pope & Parry, 22
Robinson, John, 55
Rock, George, 33
Rogers, ---- (clerk), 51, 54
Rogers, William (potter), 16, 125, 131, 173
Rose, Parson 192
Rosewell (plantation), 126, 131, 144, 147, 148, 152, 154, 173
Roth, Rodris, viii
Roy, Ann, marriage to John Mercer, 48
Roy, Mrs. B., death of, 53-54
Roy, Donald E., viii
Roy, Doctor Mungo 47, 48
rug, silk, 16; "Turkey work," 13
Russell, Elizabeth, 17
Russell & Russell, viii
Russell site (Lewes, Delaware), 126
Rust, George, 17

saddle stiffener, 169 (illustr.), 171
sail, 42;
for windmill, 59
sale, John Mercer's estate, 61-63
Salmon, William, 37, 38
sauceboat: silver, 39;
stoneware, 136
saucer, 17, 39, 144;
Chinese porcelain, 144 (illustr.)
Savage, James (overseer), 42
Savage John, 7, 8, 21, 82, 116, 192 (_See also_ Marlborough, survey
1731 and 1743)
Scarlett, Martin, 12
Schumacher, Edward G., viii
science, books on, 43, 192, 200
scissors, 25, 39, 155;
"Salisbury," 17, 161;
steel, 111, 161 (illustr.) (_See also_ shears)
"sconce glass," 39, 41
Scott, Reverend Alexander, 16
Scott, Jack, viii
Scott, James, 49
seal: wine bottle, 31 (illustr.), 73, 146-149;
"G R," 131, 132 (illustr.);
tobacco cask, 30, 148
seed boxes, 59
Selden, Mr., 53, 54, 58
Selden, Joseph, 28
Selden, Samuel, 28
Setzler, Frank M., vii, 67
Seward, Nicholas (overseer), 42
Shaw, Simeon, 135
shears, sheep, 108, 170 (illustr.), 171
sheep, 17, 20
sheets, 59
shipping, 15, 16 (_See also_ boat)
shot, 18, 25, 42
sifter, 18;
hair sifter, 39
silver, 32, 39, 159;
church plate, 46;
sale of, 61, 62-63;
Sheffield, 111, 155, 159 (_See also_ specific items)
silversmith, 39, 46
Simm, Edward, 18
Simpson, John (wheelwright), 30
skillet, bell metal, 25
skimmer, 20
skins, deer, 16, 31 (buckskin)
slate, 156, 158 (illustr.);
slate pencil, 111, 156, 158 (illustr.)
slaves, 16, 25, 41, 57;
carpenter's apprentices, 50;
clothing, 32, 42, 58, 59;
expenses regarding, 59, 160, 162;
number of Negroes born at Marlborough, 54;
punishment of, 41;
purchase of, 24, 53, 55, 58;
quarters of, 64, 178;
sale of, 16-17, 64;
suicide of, 41;
Bob, 24, 42;
Boatswain, 42;
Caesar, 25;
Captain, 42;
Cupid, death of, 53;
Deborah, 24, 41;
Dublin, 24;
Essex, 50;
Frank, 41;
George, 24;
Joe, 41-42;
Lucy, 24;
Margaret, 24;
Marlborough, 24;
Nan, 24;
Nero, 24;
Peter, 24, 50;
Phillis, 24;
Poll, 53;
Sampson, 62;
Sarah, 17;
Stafford, 24;
Temple, 58;
Tom (death of), 53;
Will, 24, 25

sloop (_See under_ boat)
Smith, Thomas, 18
Smith's ordinary, 51
smoothing iron, heaters, for, 25 (_See also_ box iron)
_Snake_ (ship), 26
Snicker's Little River Quarters, 53
snuff: bottle, 32;
box, 32, 25 (repair of)
snuffers, candle, 17;
iron, 88, 163 (illustr.)
Spencer, Doctor, 43
spices (_See_ food)
spinning: reel, 62;
wheel, 25, 32, 62
spoons: soup, 39;
tea, 39, 88, 160;
iron, 162;
pewter, 111, 160 (illustr.), 161 (illustr.), 173;
silver, 13, 39, 88, 159, 160 (illustr.)
Spoore, Ann, 28
Spotswood, Colonel Alexander, 20, 26, 191
Spotswood, Robert, 20
spurs, 18
stables, 62
Stafford County, port town for, 7
Stafford Parish Church, 10
Stafford Rangers, 12
Stafford Survey Book, 8
Stamp Act, 54, 55;
George Mercer, stamp office, 54
steelyards, 17
Stevens, Samuel, 25
Stevenson, William (merchant), 26
Stewart, T. Dale, vii, viii, 67
still, 26
stoneware, 39, 125, 129, 131-136;
basaltes ware, 112, 138 (illustr.), 142;
brown-banded, 88;
"Crouch" ware, 135
drab, 133
"freckled ware," 134
Nottingham, 88, 111, 132-133, 173
salt-glazed, 114, 131-132
"scratch-blue," 133 (illustr.), 135
Westerwald, 39, 73, 88, 107, 111, 129, 131, 132, 173
white salt-glazed, 72, 88, 108, 111, 133 (illustr.), 135-136, 173
Stotham, Mat, 191
Strother, Widow, 58
Suddath, Henry, 18
Sumner's Quarters (plantation at Passapatanzy), 17, 29, 30
surveys (_See under_ Marlborough)
Sussex Archeological Society, 126
swans, 25
swords, 63
Sydenham & Hodgson, 30, 31, 39, 99, 168
Sydenham, Jonathan, 30

tailors, 31, 32-34, 42, 47
Talbott, Mark, 33
Taliaferro, Colonel John, 27, 28;
wife of, 43
Taliaferro, Richard, 31
tankard, pewter, 13
Tappahannock (town), 9, 30
tar, 42
Tayloe, George, 31
Tayloe, Colonel John, 53
Taylor, James, 43
Taylor, Robert, 34
teapot: and frame, 39;
handle, 139;
lid for, 111, 135 (illustr.), 140, 160 (illustr.), 161 (illustr.);
earthenware, 139;
pewter, 111, 160, 161;
silver, 39;
stoneware, 135;
tortoiseshell ware, 140
temperatures, 209
textiles, 32;
listed in accounts, 193, 196;
blankets, 17, 42, 59;
cotton, 32;
counterpanes, 39;
drill, 58;
duffel, 42;
haircloth, 59;
linen, 39, 58;
"ozenbrigs," 42, 59;
sheets, 59;
silk, 31;
velvet, 32;
wool, 25, 32, 62;
worsted, 31 (_See also_ clothing; weaving; spinning)
thermometer, 59
thimble, 155 (illustr.), 156 (illustr.)
Thompson, Matthew, 7
Thomson, William (tailor), 34, 42, 47
Thornton, Francis, 49
Thornton, Major George, widow of, 63
Thornton, Colonel Presley, 53
Threlkeld, William (weaver), 32
tobacco, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 25, 26, 30, 31, 41,
42, 45, 46, 51, 118 (_See also_ warehouses)
tobacco cask symbols, 29 (illustr.), 30
tobacco pipe, 119, 156, 157 (illustr.);
kaolin, 111, 157 (illustr.);
terra-cotta, 157 (illustr.), 158, 173
Todd, Robert, 33
Tooke, William (merchant), 53
tools, 193;
adze, 34
auger, 34
ax, 17, 34, 166 (illustr.), 170
bung extractor, 72, 166 (illustr.)
chisel, gouge, 166 (illustr.), 167 (illustr.);
mortice, 34;
paring, 34
hammer, blacksmith's, 167 (illustr.);
jeweler's, 111, 167 (illustr.)
hollows and rounds, 36
knife, draw, 25, 34
plane, 34, 36, 166 (illustr.), 167
scraping, iron, 72, 166 (illustr.), 167 (illustr.);
stone, 119 (illustr.)
shovel, 170 (illustr.)
socket gouge, 34
tomahawk, 25
wedges, 25
wrench, 167
Torbutt, William (overseer), 42
toys, 33;
marbles, 155, 157 (illustr.)
trap, animal, 111, 171 (illustr.)
tray, 39;
silver, 39;
stoneware, 136
trees, 62
Trinity College, 15
_Triton_ (ship), 26
trunk, 13;
handle for, 163 (illustr.), 165
Tucker, Major Robert (merchant), 33
"Turkey work," 13
turner, 36
twine, ship's, 42
Tyler, Henry, 30
Tyler, Thomas, 32, 34
Tylers, 27

University of Pennsylvania, viii
University of Pittsburgh, Darlington Library, viii
University of Pittsburgh Press, viii
University of Virginia, Mary Washington College, vii

Vaulx, Robert, 51
vehicles: carriage, fitting for, 169 (illustr.)
cart, tumbling, 30;
ox, 169
chaise, 28, 30, 53;
hinge for, 172
chariot, 28, 30;
sale of, 62
coach, 61, 62
wagon, 58, 170 (_See also_ sloop)
veranda, 90, 91, 95, 96, 97, 178
Victoria and Albert Museum, 139
Virginia, map of, 19 (illustr.)
Virginia Committee of Safety, 63
Virginia State Library, viii

wagon (_See under_ vehicle)
Wain, Joseph (servant), 58
Waite, William (carpenter), 50, 52
waiter, (_See_ tray)
Wales, Mr. (brewer), 55
Walker, Robert (cabinetmaker), 40
Walker, Major William (cabinetmaker), 25, 28, 35-36, 40, 46, 144
Waller, Benjamin, 46
Waller, Charles, 34
warehouse: Occaquan, 30;
tobacco, 25, 34, 42, 62, 113, 115, 177, 178
Warwick Courthouse, 11
Washington, Augustine, 25, 31, 49
Washington, George, 53, 63
Washington, John, 31
Washington, Lawrence, 25, 31, 49
watch, gold, 32
water cooler, earthenware, 129 (illustr.)
Watson, Isaac, 12
Waugh, Alex, 184
Waugh, David, 16, 17, 18, 21
Waugh, James, 16
Waugh, John (Parson), 10, 12, 16
Waugh, John, Jr., 16, 21, 22, 25, 54, 183
Waugh, Joseph, 20
Waugh, Mary, 184
Waughhop, James, 34
weavers, 32, 42, 59
Wedgwood, Josiah, 139, 140, 141, 142
West Point (Virginia), 27
wharf, 25
Wheeland, William, 42
wheels, 30
wheelwright, 30
Whieldon, Thomas, 108, 138, 139
Whiffen, Marcus, 35, 121
whip: horse, 16, 17, 18;
hunting, 25;
thong, 41
Whitehaven (England), 32
whiteware (_See under_ earthenware)
Whiting & Montague, 16
Whitticar, Ralph, Jr., vii
wig, 34;
comb for, 25
Wigley, Job (mason), 37
Williams, Jacob (plasterer), 36
Williams, T. Ben, vii
Williamsburg, 27, 32, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 47, 48, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58,
126;
capitol, 35, 99, 121;
courthouse, 121;
General Court, 27;
student life in, 34, 197 (_See also_ College of William and Mary)
Wilson, Captain, 32, 34
Winchester (Virginia), 53
windmill, 35, 52, 64, 67, 178;
sails for, 59
windows, 38 (illustr.), 62, 96-97 (_See also_ glass, window)
wine (_See_ beverages)
Wine Trade Loan Exhibition, 149, 154
Withers, John, 7, 12, 30
_Wolf_ (sloop of war), 58
Woodford, William, 32
Woodstock, 12
wool cards, 32
Wormley, Mr., 53
Wright, Edward, 39
Wroughton, Francis (merchant), 50, 51
Wythe, George, 31

yarn, 18
yellowware (_See under_ earthenware)
yoke, 39
York (County), 33;
courthouse (1692), 11
Yorktown, 9, 16, 47, 125, 173

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TRANSCRIBER NOTES:

Missing punctuation has been added and obvious punctuation
errors have been corrected.

Archaic spellings and typographical errors have been retained with
the exception of those listed below.

Page 9: "bee" changed to "be" (to be approved by an able surveyor).

Page 21: "thiry-one" changed to "thirty-one" (one thousand seven
hundred and thirty-one).

Page 39: "an" changed to "a" (he made a large purchase of silver).

Page 55: deleted duplicate "as" (as I have the satisfaction to).

Footnote 123: incorrectly references Footnote 115. This has
been corrected to reference Footnote 66.

Footnote 140: "Geneaological" changed to "Genealogical" (Tyler's
Quarterly Historical Genealogical Magazine).

Page 88: "18-century" changed to "18th-century" (we can find no
exact parallel in the 18th-century America).

Page 96: "expance" changed to "expanse" (a small gilded cupola to
break the long expanse of the roof).

Page 124, Illustration caption: "plan" changed to "pan" (a, milk
pan).

Page 135: "homogenous" changed to "homogeneous" (thus making
possible a homogeneous white body).

Page 144: "18-century" changed to "18th-century" (that 18th-century
China-trade porcelain sherds).

Page 154: "chows" changed to "shows" (from a long-stemmed cordial
glass shows the termini).

Page 154: "somprised" changed to "comprised" (threads that were
comprised in a double enamel-twist).

Page 169, illustration caption: "probaby" changed to "probably" (b,
chain, probably from whiffletree).

Page 173: "expecially" changed to "especially" (especially as the
few 17th-century artifacts).

Page 178: "acitvity" changed to "activity" (the rigid boundar to
domestic activity).

Page 178: "apparrently" changed to "apparently" (perhaps the bar
apparently were located to the north.)

Page 188: "romall" changed to "Romal" for consistency (To 1 Romall
handkerchief).

Page 188: "handkercheif" changed to "handkerchief" (To 1 silk Romall
handkerchief).

Page 190: "handkercheifs" changed to "handkerchiefs" (To 4 Soosey
handkerchiefs).

Page 209: "curran" changed to "currant" (Wild currant).

Page 217: "Fallmouth" changed to "Falmouth" (Falmouth (Virginia)).

Page 217: "Grorge" changed to "George" (George Mercer Papers
Relating to).