John Stith

[7] Stith, the first person in colony of Virginia with that surname,[8] received a land grant in 1652 with Samuel Eale for 500 acres in Charles City County, Virginia,[9] where he settled.

[8] He was a merchant, an attorney, and a justice of the peace, and served in the militia as a lieutenant (1656), a captain (1676), and a major (1680).

[8] In 1657, Stith married Jane Drury Mosby, the widow of Thomas Gregory and Joseph Parsons,[1] and had five children according to his will:[2] Stith's final will was proved April 3, 1694.

He had been living at Westover Parish, Charles City County, Virginia.

Before Stith's death, Drury received his third of the estate, which included land on the eastern branch of Herring Creek.