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I get all mixed up when I start looking at all of the marriages between everyone.
Ain’t that the truth! Some of them are still intertwining, at least in these parts.
;~)
Saj, would like to hear more about this Grant Allen married to Ware sisters, Mt. Tabor, etc. The old books list a Frances Ware in my Branch line (md Matthew, son of Thomas, son of Christopher), but some more recent genealogists have said that there is no evidence she ever existed. If she did, she “may have been the sister of Caleb Ware”. Think that quote is from “Branch of Henrico” by James Branch Cabell.
Oh, now we can share the same headache. I believe some of the Cabell family ended up in Pittsylvania/Henry Co, VA. The Gowen/Going/Goins family have also been there a long time. Not news…just trying to put thoughts together.
Beeleaf,
Looking at the Ware family, it looks like the first known is Peter Ware and wife Mary Hickes/Hix. In York co VA, Queen’s creek by 1646. In 1657 Peter Ware and Mary 220 acres in Westmoreland co on the Upper Machoatick river near Indian Towne. The Ware sisters of Grant Allen go back to this same group and several people were showing Frances you mentioned married to Matthew Branch as a daughter of Nicholas Ware and Elizabeth Garrett. Some of the records confuse Nicholas Sr and Jr. and what I saw said that the early Peter Ware’s parents are uncertain. As to Grant Allen, the two sisters he married are daughters of Thompson Ware son of James Ware and Catherine Todd. I have to hunt more on the Mount Tabor Indian community of Texas. I don’t know how or why this connects yet. Saj
Beeleaf,
I have been totally intrigued with the Mt. Tabor group. Look for new posting on. This is what we talked about on the forum in the past..about migrations. There are pockets of groups such as this Mt. Tabor one where many family roots go right back to Va/NC/Pa..I will post what I found on a new thread. Saj
Something happened ?
John Basse + Keziah Elizabeth Tucker ( Father: King ‘Robin’ of the Nasemond ).
Children: Nathaniel, Keziah, Robert, Sarah , Wm, + Wm ( one died?),
Millie, John, Giles , Joshua.
Wm Basse + Rebecca Haskins
Wm Basse Jr ( 03/07/1735/36) + Martha Clay .
I think this is who he descends from.
I want to thank everyone for their posts. I’ve been sick (fever) and I am still trying to get it together -catching up.
Magnolia
Saj
I don’t know if you’ve seen these two sites ?
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/hatcher.txt
http://www.geocities.com/cwconnelly/ligon.html
Joseph Tanner b. 1662 + Ann Floyd
Joseph Tanner b. 1682 + ?
Joseph Tanner b. 1728 + Lucy Creed
Matthew Tanner + Lucy Haskins etc.
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before Henry + Wm Randolph 1665. ( Richard Cocke married Temperance Bailey , daughter of Cecily Reynolds by her 1st husband, who I descend from by Wm Farrar, her 3rd husband’s daughter, Cecily Farrar.
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Frances Branch, daughter of John B, (who died), plaintiff with other relatives. John died 1759 died intestate, contested Will.
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I found note – there were two Tanner families in VA. One lived in
Norfolk Co and the other in Charles City Co.
11-27-1657
Thomas Tanner had 250 acres charles City Co. near Powell’s Creek.
Nr Old Town, Nr Charles Sparrow and Richard Tye ( Tydings).
( A Martha Sparrow m. Tydings and descend to my Dowell / Howard line.
to my gg-grandmother Sarah Dowell m. Phillip Howard 1824 NC.)
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An Edward T: will, 01-24-1684 -3 sons , Edward , John, Wm.
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The Ligon line I mentioned ( on above ) –
Thomas (Lygon) Ligon m. Mary Harris (+ had daughter Mary 1625).
She was the daughter of my ancestor Capt . Thomas Harris ( I descend from 2nd wife Joanne Osborne) His first wife was Adria Gurganey
d. 9/28/1626 , daughter of Edward G. and Ann ?. 1608 -on second supply ship to Henrico.
Ligon’s wife, Mary, was the daughter of Adria.
Mary Harris Ligon left a Will, 04-18-1702.
Son: Wm Ligon b. 1650 d. 1689 m. Mary Tanner b. 1664, Henrico.
(f) Joseph Tanner (m) Mary Jones.
Wm. Ligon, Jr. b. 1682 m. Elizabeth Batte . They lived in Amelia Co.
Adventures of Purse and Person p 203-205.
Their son Joseph Ligon d. 1752 Chesterfield Co., m. Judith Stewart d. 1784.
One child, Joseph b. Henrico Co. 1730.D. 1780 Halifax, VA.
Capt Harris’s son ,Edward, who I descend from, married a Lucy Stewart.
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Ludovic Grant b. Scot. 1704 , in Jacobite Rebellion, taken prisoner by British, sent to SC 1715. Indian trader, married Elizabeth Coody b 1727,
name ( Euighoote), Long Hair Clan, full-blooded Cherokee, Cherokee Nation, East TN.
Daughter, Susannah Grant m. Wm Emory b. Eng. 1720.
married Richard Fields
son, Richard Fields , Jr. -Cherokee delegate to Washington 1866
with Budinot, etc.
ref: Colony of South Carolina
by Paul R. Sarratt Records 1706-1783. other names-Adair, etc.
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Joseph Ligon b.1839 + Nancy Anderson Martin m. Halifax, VA 11-12-1782.
(f) George M.
b. 12-14-1783d. 03-11-1823 TN , Wm Watt Ligon, m. Martha Jane Powell.
(f) Thomas Powell (m) Sarah Roper.
(This is interesting – I’m still looking for my gggg- grandmother,
Sarah Powell’s parents ). There are ALOT of Powell/Tanner marriages.
There are alot of Tanner/ Tucker/ etc marriages in the Amelia County, VA
vitals/marriages.
Magnolia
Magnolia,
I see some connections here! And no I hadn’t seen those links before. Thanks.
Is it Sarah Roper Powell you’re talking about? Some of this has me lost. Where does Ludovic Grant fit in? I got completely sidetracked looking at all of this. Saj
Magnolia, where”s your Captain Harris from? We have Thomas Harris’s in our line and I’ve wondered about Capt. Harris’s I’ve seen around.
Have you posted a summary of the lines you’re researching anywhere here? I tried looking up your old posts but didn’t spot anything like that.
I see you’ve got Powell’s. I have some on a side line that was very Indian.
Linda
I descend from Captain Thomas Harris who arrived in Henrico VA on May 11th, 1611 ( during the Governorship of Governor Dale) .
on the Prosperous. His first wife Adria Gurganey died 1626. I descend from his second wife, Joanne Osborne , daughter of Captain Thomas Osborne
who arrived 1619. Captain Harris , b. 1586 : the son of Alice (Smyth)Smith b. 1556 Weston Hanger, Kent Co. Eng. ( her mother was Alice West ) and father, Sir William Harris of Crixie ( England) b. 1556 Crixie, Kent Co., Essex, England.
He was a member of the Virginia Corporation 1609-1614 and a member of
Parliament 03/1632.
1624/25 census taken in Henrico -age 38 years.
He had children by Adria Gurganey (f) Edward G. wife Ann ?
Daughter, Mary Harris m. a Wm. Ligon.
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I descend from Joanne Osborne’s children:
1. Thomas Harris died unmarried in Sept. 1679. His Will leaves his property to his sister-in-law Lucy Stewart Harris and his cousin ,
Richard Ligon 1679.( See Ligon family ).
2. Major William Harris born 1629 died 1678 + Lucy Stewart.
3. Edward Harris ?
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I descend from Major Wm Harris + Lucy Stewart.
Son:
1. Thomas H. d. Isle of Wight , VA + Mary Leigh b. New Kent.
2. Grandson : Edward Harris born 1692 and died Isle of Wight +
married 1739 Mary Thorpe (f) Timothy Thorpe ( Southampton).
Will Book 4 p. 293/ W. B. 1 p 37.
3. Great -grandson: Weston Harris b. August 3rd, 1715 d. May 14th 1795
in Montgomery Co. NC. + married : 2nd wife , Mary Turner .
4. G-grandson: Colonel West Harris , Jr. b. 1756 VA d. July 19th 1826.
Montgomery Co. Nc ( I was told he was in Williamsburg, Yorktown, Valley Forge, Revolutionary War) Married: Edith Ledbetter (f) Rev. Henry Ledbetter (m ) Edy Clark. (f) Bolling Clark (m) Winifred Buford.
b.1767 Anson city, NC , d. 08-12-1826.
5. GG- grandson: Williamson Green Harris b. 1789, Montgomery Co., NC
d. May 10th, 1869 Davie Co. NC.
M. August 11th, 1809 + Christiana Fisher
(f) Frederick Fisher (m) Ann Mcbride , 2nd wife.
Brother of Christiana, by Ann McBride, Congressman Charles Fisher.
Father of Col. Charles Frederick Fisher- killed leading the NC at 1st battle of Manassas, Va.( his daughter, Frances Fisher Tiernan aka Christian Reid/ author).
6. GGG-grandson, John Wm. Harris + Sarah Parker
parents of Sarah Ann Elizabeth Harris + Joseph Anderson Rouse
parents of my paternal grandparents, Cora Bell Rouse + DeWitt Clinton Howard. Davie, NC.
Magnolia
Saj
Wm Ligon married Mary Tanner, daughter of Joseph Tanner and Mary Jones.
Frances Branch’s father was John Branch . He died intestate 1759 and frances and other family members went to court for a more ‘equitable’
distribution from Joanna .
Magnolia
Saj
What a dope ! Sorry I was off line and missed your Birthday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!
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I’ve been doing some ‘detective work’ and I discovered from some family websites alot of data that I had to decipher.
I noticed Elizabeth ? ( still working on it ), was the grandmother of Elizabeth Obedience Branch.
E. O. B. had 3 husbands: Her father was John Branch who married her mother, Mary Jones ( daughter of Thomas Jones).
( I descend from Martha Jones, ( father ,Thomas Jones ) who married Francis Ledbetter.)
( Frances B. was EOB’s sister who married Lodowick Tanner ? . They had children: Frances, Lewis and Peterfield Archer. ( I notice later on the descendents use Peter Field or Field).
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E.O.B. married 1696, 1. John Cocke and had ch : Martha Cocke .
Martha married , Alexander Wm. Trent II, b. 1702 d. 1750.( son of her mother’s (E.O.B. ‘s), 2nd husband m. 1701, Alexander Wm Trent I by his 1st ? wife , Frances Allen. ( parents, Samuel A. + Eliz. Archer)
Martha C.+ Alex Wm Trent II, b. 1702
ch:
Alex Wm Trent III + Frances Scott ?
Wm Peterfield T. + Frances Tanner
Elizabeth Archer Trent + ?
Alex Wm. Trent III + Frances Scott Misc: Frances
Branch Scott +
Richard Jones
ch:
Frances Trent + ?
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*EOB’s 3rd husband: Edward Turpin*m. 1702
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Below — Miscellaneous:
*Frances Branch + Lodowick Tanner:
*Frances T. + Peterfield Archer
*Lewis T. + Margaret Haskins + Margaret Hatcher (?)
*Branch Tanner +Mary Page Finney( Tanner, Bolling), Amelia Co. VA.
*Aaron Haskins + Mary Goode ( dau, Rebecca H. + Wm Bass, JR. ).
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* website I just found – Finney is there with Tanners , etc.( tithes)
rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/lunenberg/census/sunco4txt.
” Lunenberg Co. VA .’Sunlight on the Southside’
Alot of these families , I think ,had family that moved to Wilkes Co. GA.
See- * Early Records of Georgia, Wilkes County. Vol. I pp. 299-320.
Reference to the ‘Treaty ‘ 06/16/1802, Fort Wilkenson.
Creek Indian Treaty- of the ‘1803 ‘lottery’ where they moved onto
Creek land.
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Also, I sent it before : rootsweb, va/amelia/vitals/marriages/marrooo5.txt
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Misc. Cont’d
Field Archer + Martha Bolling (f) Thomas B. (m) Elizabeth Gay.
He was Elizabeth Gay’s first husband. She was previously married to Thomas Bolling. ( maybe brothers).
Martha’s sister, Mary Bolling married ? Edward Archer. ( probably, relation of Elizabeth Archer ( wife of John Branch ).
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Also , misc.
Martha Bolling + Thomas Eldridge
ch: Martha Eldridge m. Thomas Branch.
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++ Anne Bolling + James Murray
ch; James B. , Jr + Martha Ward
(* Martha married + Edward Tanner, Jr., father, Edward, Sr ” who married the Hatcher girls ” ).
( misc : Bryan Ward m. Cherokee, any relation to Martha Ward ?)
Daughter of Edw. Jr. :
Sarah Frances Tanner + Peter Jones ,
(f) Richard Jones + (m) Frances Branch Scott.
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+++ Major John Bolling + Eliz. Blair
ch: Archibald Bolling ( had 4 wives: 1770-Susan Cary, 1774
Jane Randolph, 1797- Widow Byrd(Wm. B. ?) and 1802 -Widow Clark , ?.
Archibald + Susan Cary had Mary Cary Bolling m. Carter Page , ch:
John Cary Page + Mary Ann Trent (parents ?)
(whose father was Gov. John Page.)
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Magnolia
Hey Magnolia! I must apologize for not responding sooner but my life is crazy hectic right now. I started searching for some of what you posted here and had to stop. There is a lot of info to digest. It looks like more and more complicated. Oh now I have company and have to go. Saj
Hi Saj
Thinks have been busy on my end, also.
Take your time.
Magnolia
Hi Saj ! How are you?
I found 1600’s …….
Bozeman-Boazman
They lived in different regions of VA.
Isle of Wight : Wm, Ambrose, Henry, Ralph.
Charles City: Harmon , John
Bladen, NC:
Ann & Samuel b. 1730
Edgecombe, NC :
James b.1715 & Martha
Mordecai b. 1735 & Elizabeth ( also, they lived in Darlington, SC)
Thomas b. 1744.
Halifax, VA: Wm 1767 & Elizabeth
Southampton, Va:
Benjamin 1736 & son, Howell
Wm 1750 & son, Jordan.
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I’ve been studying Jones/Branch/Batte,etc. lines since April.
I did some charts. trying to ‘connect the dots’.
Apparently, Wm Jones brother of Peter and Richard never married but I found an entry about him. I have to find it.
One line: Peter Jones and Margaret( Llewellyn/Powell ?)Wood ( step daughter of Major General Abraham Wood).
I just found an incredible site with all Jones marriages and some births in Bristol Parish.
JonesPlacePagewww.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/9796Joneshtml
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