Agnes (surname unknown)

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NOTE*Family tradition says she was an "Irish Lady of Rank". There are also stories that she died on the voyage to the American Colonies. 
Marriage*Agnes (surname unknown) married Peter Hairston "The Immigrant" about 1714. 
America*Agnes Hairston and family immigrated to America about 1728, probably due to the drought that affected Ireland in 1727 and 1728. 
Virginia*Sometime around 1739, Agnes and family moved from Pennsylvania along the Great Wagon Road thru Wood's Gap (now Jarmin Gap) into Goochland County, Virginia. 
Property*On October 14, 1762, Peter Hairstone and his wife Agnes sold 250 acres in the North Garden of Albemarle County (formerly Goochland County) to Joseph Dawson of Amherst County for 48 pounds. This land was next to Robert Lewis's land. NOTE: Joseph Dawson married Judith Dudley in Goochland County on 20 Nov 1753 and a George Dawson was a member of the Mountian Plains Congregation. In March 1770, Joseph & Judith Dawson of Amherst sells 250 acres to Robert Langford. On 14 March 1771, Robert Langford sells 125 acres to West Langford.1,2,3
NOTE*GENEALOGY NOTES - HAIRSTON.ORG: The source of the name of "Peter the Immigrant's" wife is from a 1940 letter from Mr. William Boone Douglass to Mrs. W. N. Hairston (Elizabeth Seawell Hairston, author of "The Hairstons and Penns and their Relations", 1940. William Boone Douglass is the great-grandson on Jane "Jenny" Hairston Rentfro. The letter references the bible of Jane "Jenny" Hairston, Robert Hairston's daughter. In the bible she writes that she named her 5th child "Agnes", for her grandmother Hairston. PDF copy of letter attached.4

Family

Peter Hairston "The Immigrant" b. a 1695
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Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S3864] Albemarle County Virginia Deed Book 3, p. 242-243. FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/…), IGN: 007893699 (item 3 of 4), image 331/747 or 129/261.
  2. [S3865] Albemarle County Virginia Deed Book 5, page 269-270. FamilySearch IGN: 007893700, image 170.
  3. [S3866] Albemarle County Virginia Deed Book 5, page 274-275. FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/…), IGN: 007893700, image 173/294.
  4. [S242] Douglas, William Boone (Great-grandson of Jane "Jenny" Hairston Rentfro and founding member The Institution of American Genealogy) wrote a letter to Mrs. N. H. Hairston (Elizabeth Seawell Hairston, author of "The Hairstons and the Penns..."), Washington, D.C., 27 December 1940.
Last Edited23 Apr 2026