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"Rust of Virginia"
William Rust of Yeocomico, Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia. . .
His arrival in the Colony of Virginia appears to have been about 1650, probably somewhat earlier.
. . .witness to a will in 1654.
10/25/1661, William Rust and wife Anne deed a piece of property to Mary Cole.
6/13/1677, Wm Rust is discharged on "Ye Good Behavior" which would indicate that he or one of his name had participated in Bacon's Rebellion.
A William Rust, in 1676, took part in Bacon's Rebellioon, an uprising growing out of the annoying and oppressive conditions which surrounded the develoopment of the Colony of Virginia. The Westmoreland records show in the succeeding months the action taken against the "rebels" of that county. . . . Among these eleven [men] are William RUST and William RUSH, the latter of whom lived in the extreme northern part of the large county. This is further convincing evidence that William RUSH and William RUST are not identical.
7/23/1661, a William Ruske made guardian of Jane Medcalfe, orphan of William Medcalfe, dec'd. William Being described as having married the sister of Jane. On the same day, William Ruske served on a jury, and at the time, Virginia law required "jurors shall be chosen of the most able men of the county." Hence, William Ruske should have been a legal resident of Northumberland county, but the author found no other mention of such a man, and concluded that the name should have been recorded as Rust, not Ruske.
William Rust appears to have been well educated fot the time, for unlike many of his neighbors and intimats, he always signed documents with his signature, never by mark.
The will of William Rust, Westmoreland Co, VA, Nov 29, 1699, contains only the first paragraph. The court record reads, in part:
"The last Will and Testament of Wm Rust decd was this day produced in Court and Jno Tanner & Simon Robins severally deposed that they see the said Wm Rust Signe Seale and declare the same to bee his last Will & Testam't and that hee was of perfect sence & memory at the same tyme to the best of their Judm's. A probate was grtd Sam'll & George Rust Executors therin named and the Will ordered to be Recorded."
"Rust and Allied Families" by Eunice Plunkett Mesmer, 1939
The exact date of birth of Wiliam Rust is not known, but it is places at about 1625, as he was married before 1662.
The first mention of the name in Virginia is found in 1650 in the earlier annals of Cople Parish in Westmoreland County. William had two brothers, Henry and John, of which little is known.
Some of the records of the activities of William Rust at that early date are:
1670, May 25, acknowledges deed for Mary Cole
1673-74, February 22, deed, Nicholas Jones to William Rust.
1699, November 29, will (missing) proved, naming sons Samuel and George Rust, executors
William Rust was married first to Anne Metcalfe and second to Matilda, the widow of Samuel Earle, Sr.
1662, May 17, (Northumverland Co) Anne Rust appoints her friend, Samuel Bonam, her attorney to acknowledge for her a land transfer to William Landman,
1673, Oct 27, deed, Samuel Earle to Anne, wife of William Rust.
1693, Sept 27, Samuel Earle, Sr, acknowledges conveyance of land to William Rust, St, and wife
1697, Nov 24, William Rust married Matilda Earle (sometime after this date). She married again (beofre July 25, 1705), John Bennett.
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