The first reference to John Tarpley in Rappahannock Co, VA is in Wills and Deeds, Book I, p 70. From this reference it is evident that the father of James and John Tarpley bore the name of John Tarpley; that he had died and that the widowed mother had married Mr. Barber six month prior to February 12, 1665.
William and Mary Quarterly, Vol 24, pp 24 and 42, a John Tapley who on October 25, 1655, was granted his share of land from that purchased February 6, 1635, by his father WIlliam Tapley and one Alexander Hall in York Co, VA. Could this be Tarpley and related?
