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John Cannon Jr was the son of John Cannon I and Ester Pledge. He married Mary Price, daughter of John Price and Jane Pew before December 1710. He appeared in the 1704 Henrico Co. quit rent rolls with 108 acres. John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 1607-1624/25, Vol. II, (Baltimore, 2005) p. 831; Alberta M. Dennstedt, Progenitors and Kinfolk of Abraham Childers, The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 34, pp. 185-186.
John Cannon appears to have exchanged land with his uncle John Pledge Sr. some time prior to 1704. John Pledge Sr. is presumed to have died prior to 1704 since he is not listed in the 1704 quit rent. A deed dated 1 Sept. 1709 from John Pledge Jr. to Nicholas Perkins Sr. conveys 100 acres, 50 acres “which descended to me as heir of my Late father John Pledge dec” and 50 acres which he purchased from John Cannon in exchange for the land where “Cannon now dwelleth.” Henrico Co. Record Book 1706-1709, pp. 181-182.
On 1 March 1713, John Cannon exchanged 50 acres of land he owned on Four Mile Creek for 50 acres owned by Francis Chumley on the north side of the James River on “a Branch Shockoe Creek called Spring Branch. Henrico Co. Record Book 1710-1714, pp. 249 - 250.
On 17 Aug. 1725, he was granted a patent for 50 acres on the north side of the James River and Spring Branch, bounded by Obediah Smith, Col. Bird, and Gilly. Virginia Patent Book 12, p. 283.
He left a will date 5 June 1732 which was probated 17 Feb. 1734/35. Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds, 1725-1737, p. 465. His will named children John, William, Elizabeth, Jane, Mary, and Judith. To his son John III, who was under 18, he gave the home and plantation where he lives and various items including a great chest, an eight gallon iron pot,furntiture and animals. To son William he gave a small chest, a three gallon iron pot, furniture, and animals. To daughter Elizabeth he gave a mare branded “S.” To daughter Janes, wife of Samuel Pineham, and Mary, wife of John Cannon, he gave one shilling each. Finally, to his daughter Judith he gave an unbranded horse. His wife Mary was left the rest of his estate as long as she remained unmarried, but if she married, his children John, William, and Judith were to inherit. The executors were his wife Mary, John Price, and Abraham Childers. John Anderson, Joseph Goode, and William Benson witnessed the will.
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