Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameFrances “Frankey” Gatewood 
Birth11 Oct 1749, Virginia
ResidenceEssex County, Virginia
FatherCaptain Richard Gatewood (~1715-1760)
MotherFrances “Frankey” Tyler (-1800)
Documentation
“Frankey Gatewood daughter of Richd Gatewood & Frankey His wife was born Octbr ye 11th 1749” [Gatewood Family Bible, Library of Virginia Accession No. 32750.]
An undated petition by orator John Richards states that Richard Gatewood died about 1760 leaving Robert Cole and Frances his wife, William Gatewood, Richard Tyler and Catharine his wife, Henry Allen & Frances his wife, Philemon Gatewood, Annie Gatewood & Elizabeth Gatewood by William Gatewood their next friend. [Essex County, Virginia, Box 201, Folder G.]
The children of Richard Gatewood, deceased, were to receive legacies in the 21 October 1761 will of their grandfather Richard Tyler. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 11, pages 386–389.]
On 17 May 1774, Frankey Gatewood complained of the treatment by her husband and sought relief. A bill for Allen v Henry Allen reads in part: “Complaining…your oratrix Frankey Allen by William Gatewood her next friend that your oratrix now is & for near ten years past has been the wife of one Henry Allen the defendant herein after named, who soon after the intermarriage began to exert the authority of an husband in a very cruel & illegal manner, & still continues his ill treatment of your oratrix, frequently whipping & beating her unmercifully & with improper & unreasonable weapons, such as chairs bricks & cow hides & sometimes throttling your oratrix with his hands; that no longer ago than Monday the sixteenth instant having beaten your oratrix very severly & throttled her when the said Henry was about to come to this court, he told your oratrix if he found her on his plantation at his return he would kill her a threat he had often made before…” Goes on to state that she left, bringing away a young child at her breast. Makes oath to this 18 May 1774, seeks relief. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 1, item 1-F-26.]
The division of the Negroes of Henry Allen were made among the decedents widow and the children. To Polly Allen, Caty Allen, Wm Allen, Betsey Allen, Dollys Allen, Richards Allen, Hancock Allen. By Tho: Allen, James Sullivan and John Haile on 18 January 1787. Ordered recorded 21 January 1787. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 14, pages 92–93.]
An undated petition by orator John Richards states that Richard Gatewood died about 1760 leaving Robert Cole and Frances his wife, William Gatewood, Richard Tyler and Catharine his wife, Henry Allen & Frances his wife, Philemon Gatewood, Annie Gatewood & Elizabeth Gatewood by William Gatewood their next friend. [Essex County, Virginia, Box 201, Folder G.]
The children of Richard Gatewood, deceased, were to receive legacies in the 21 October 1761 will of their grandfather Richard Tyler. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 11, pages 386–389.]
On 17 May 1774, Frankey Gatewood complained of the treatment by her husband and sought relief. A bill for Allen v Henry Allen reads in part: “Complaining…your oratrix Frankey Allen by William Gatewood her next friend that your oratrix now is & for near ten years past has been the wife of one Henry Allen the defendant herein after named, who soon after the intermarriage began to exert the authority of an husband in a very cruel & illegal manner, & still continues his ill treatment of your oratrix, frequently whipping & beating her unmercifully & with improper & unreasonable weapons, such as chairs bricks & cow hides & sometimes throttling your oratrix with his hands; that no longer ago than Monday the sixteenth instant having beaten your oratrix very severly & throttled her when the said Henry was about to come to this court, he told your oratrix if he found her on his plantation at his return he would kill her a threat he had often made before…” Goes on to state that she left, bringing away a young child at her breast. Makes oath to this 18 May 1774, seeks relief. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 1, item 1-F-26.]
The division of the Negroes of Henry Allen were made among the decedents widow and the children. To Polly Allen, Caty Allen, Wm Allen, Betsey Allen, Dollys Allen, Richards Allen, Hancock Allen. By Tho: Allen, James Sullivan and John Haile on 18 January 1787. Ordered recorded 21 January 1787. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 14, pages 92–93.]
Spouses
Marriageabt 1764