Thomas Stiff

Thomas Stiffe: appears in ob-1.94, MDSX, 04 Mar 1677/ 78 Servant to Mr. Thomas Roby coming in this country
in ye ship Henry & Ann and is adjudged to be eighteen years of age.

The nuncupative will of Thomas Stiffe is mentioned in MDSXWDA 231, 03 Apr 1710 to Thomas/ Walker Estate to be divided between
four children: Jacob Stiffe, Constance Olphin, James Stiffe and Elizabeth Stiffe, Executor to be Joseph ( Olphin ? )
The Virginia Magazine of History 111 317/19 suggests that Thomas Jacob Stiff from Gloucestershire, England
may be the origin of Stiff family in Va.

From Patric Murray: Middlesex County, Va. Wills and inventories 1673-1812 and other Court Papers by Wm. L Hopkins: