HISTORICAL

SOUTHERN FAMILIES
Volume VI
by

John Bennett Boddie

CLEARFIELD COMPANY
 Copyright 1962
by
John Bennett Boddie

Previous Books by Author

BODDIE & ALLIED FAMILIES

SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ISLE OF WIGHT

COLONIAL SURRY

VIRGINIA HISTORICAL GENEALOGIES

SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA FAMILIES

VOLUMES I and II
BIRTHS and DEATHS from ALBEMARLE PARISH REGISTER

HISTORICAL SOUTHERN FAMILIES

VOLUMES I, II, III, IV and V

Reprinted for
Clearfield Company,Inc.by
Genealogical PublishingCo.,Inc.
Baltimore, Maryland
1993, 1994
John Bennett Boddie
Owen of Sussex, Virginia ........................................................................... 192
Thorpe of Edgecombe, North Carolina............................................... 1 9 5
Winn and Stone of Virginia and Tennessee ............................................. 198
Tucker of Prince George and Dinwiddie ......................................... 203
Dike of Durham, North Carolina .................................................... 2 0 4
Browne of Isle of Wight and Southampton ........................................... 208
Whitley-Williams of Isle of Wight .......................................................... 211
Sanders, Jobe, Phillips, Reynolds of North Carolina and Texas...2 1 4
John Williams of Isle of Wight, Virginia ................................................ 217
The Battle Family ................................................................................ 222
Lewis Williams of Nansemond, Va. , and N.C. ........................... 224
Howard of Virginia and North Carolina ..................................................... 231
A Drake Family........................................................................................... 2 3 4
Sanders of Nansemond ............................................................................ 2 3 6
Descendants of William Smith of Virginia and Texas ............................. 240
Norris of Alabama and Brazil .......................................................... 2 4 4
Magna Charter Lineage I - Saire De Quincy . ..................................... 2 4 7
Magna Charter Lineage II - Roger Bigod .................................. 2 4 9
Hunnicutt of Surry, Va.., and Rabun Co. ,Ga. .................................. 250
Griffith Chart ........................................................................260
Will of John Thorpe ................................................................................... 261
Concordance to-Boddie' s Genealogical Works .................................... 263

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WHITLEY-WILLLAMS of ISLE of WIGHT

John Whitley first appears in the Isle of Wight records when, on August 9, 1664, he made a
deposition in court saying that he was 36 years of age. Therefore, he was born in 1628. (17c-
536) He is evidently the John Whitley Sr. whom Thomas Moss appointed overseer of his will.
Dated Feb.9, 1669 (C-97-115a)
John Whitley Sr. is evidently the John Whitley, Senior, a ship captain, who was in Isle of
Wight, May 3, 1664. He was in debt to Mr. Ruthra and promised to satisfy him with brandy on
his return trip from England. The note was later marked paid. (17C-540)
Thomas Moss's will dated Dec.14, 1669, probated Feb. 9, 1670, as follows: land adjoining
John Whitley's plantation to his son John Whitley; to Thomas Richard wearing clothes;
to Thomas Ward, Jr., pigs;
to John Whitley rest of estate.
Wits.: John Richards; John Giles.

John Whitley's will dated Feb. 2, 1670, probated Feb.9, 1671-2, as follows:
to son John one half of land I live on,
the other half at decease of my wife Ann;
to son Thomas 200 acres of land I purchased from Anthony Fulgham;
to son William 200 acres of land adj. Wm. Bressie;
to dau. Elizabeth one bed;
to son-in-law John Williams one shilling; to my grandchild Ann Williams -dau. of John
Williams,
rest of estate to Wife Ann. Exrx.

Thomas Whitley, son of John, made a deposition Dec.9, 1698, saying he was 40 years of
age, therefore born in 1658.
Ann Whitley married a John Williams as proven by her father John Whitley's will. There were
so many John Williams' living in Isle of Wight about this same time that it has resulted in much
confusion.
The John Williams living at the time of the death of John Whitley, Sr., 1670-72, with a daughter
Ann, was the John Williams who made his will Feb. 7, 1686, probated May 1687. His legatees
were:
sons JOHN and THOMAS,
daughters ELIZABETH, ANN, and SARAH, to whom he left personality.
To Charles Durham, a heifer.
Wits: Will Bradshaw, Charles Durham (C-1-38),
Anne Williams, relict of John Williams, qualified as executor May 2, 1687. (Id. -109)

On October 1693, John Williams (Jr.) petitions the court that he is of age and desires
possession of his in possession of his father-in-law Charles Durham and his mother Anne
Durham (0.B. 1683-95, p.6). This information about John Williams and the Durham's was
kindly furnished by Dr. William H. Mann, Jr., of San Antonio, Texas.
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BROWNE of KINSALE
John Brown patented 220 acres in Kingsale Swamp April 29, 1692 (17C. -692). In 1706,
as John Browne, Sr., and Bridgett his wife, he sold to Samuel Cannady 220 acres,
the plantation he lately lived on, patented April 29, 1692, in L. P. Kinsale. (HSV-2-
72).

He married Bridgett, daughter of John W illiams, who mentioned his three

grandaughters; Anne, Bridgett, and Mary Brown, in his will. They were the daughters of
John Browne of Kinsale.

John Browne made his will Jan.1720/21, probated in Isle of Wight July 24, 1721 (C-2-13).
Children:
1. Jam es Br owne, land on T imothy W alk ers Road in Sur r y.
2. Thomas Browne, land on same road. (see later).
3. Mary Browne, named in will of grandfather, John Williams.
4. Anne, m. Carnarine
5 . B r i d g e t t B r o w n e , m . _ _ _ _ _ Westbury?
Thomas Browne, son of John Browne and his wife Ann Williams, made his will in
Southampton, Nov.28, 1764, recorded Jan. 11, 1765. He mentioned:
daughters Mourning and Holland,
son JESSE,
daugher SARAH MIAL if she dies without heirs to her husband THOMAS MIAL, revision
to her daughters TABITHA and MARTHA Exum,
daus. MARTHA ALLEN and SARAH ALLEN. Exrs.
son Jesse and James Allen.
Wits.: Thomas Stephenson, Simon Stephenson, Arthur Allen. (C.I-60)

Thomas Browne did not mention his wife. Her name was TABITHA, for Jesse Brown,
her son, signed the inventory of her estate, ordered March 2, 1765, recorded Jan.14,
1767 (C-1-72). She had preceded her husband in death, probably dying a few days before
him.

Children of Thomas and Tabitha Browne:

1. Sarah Browne, m. (1) John Exum, m. (2) Thomas Mials.
Children by first husband were:
1. Tabitha. Exum married Benjamin Smith. Her sister Martha Exum married John Smith,
Jr. (See explanation later.)
2. Jesse Browne, m. Esther Stephenson, dau. of Thomas Stephenson, Sr., who
mentioned her in his will dated Dec.?, 1768 (C-1-p. 80). Jesse made his will
Sept.24,1777,
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recorded Nov.8, 1781. His legatees were: daughter Sally; son Henry, land formerly
Simon Stephenson' s; son Thomas; wife Esther Browne. (C-1-101).

3. Martha Browne, m Arthur Allen who witnessed the will of Sampson Turner with Thomas
Stephenson, Oct. 23, 1772.
4. Mary Browne, m. James Allen.

Colonel John Exum, Sr., in his will dated Jan. 23, 1775, probated April Court mentions
his daughter Sarah Mials, wife of Thomas Milas;
to TABITHA and MARTHA Exum he leaves 5 pounds. (Edgecombe Wills, by Williams,
p.123).

He had a daughter Sarah married to Ethelred Phillips who died with a will in 1795 (id. 253). We
conclude, therefore, that Sarah Mials was his daughter-in-law. He included Sarah Phillips and his
other children in the final division of his estate, but did not include her. Therefore, Sarah Mials
was the daughter of Thomas Browne. She married first John Exum, son of Colonel John Exum,
then Thomas Mials.

Elias Bryan in his will made in 1821 leaves his son Elias, under age, "100 acres on south side
of White Oak Swamp, by name of JOHN MIALS place, which I purchased from John Exum."
(Id-57)

Martha Exum married a John Smith, Jr., son of Colonel John Smith of Johnston County, North
Carolina, b. 1699; d. 1777, who was a member of the Assembly, 1749, Clerk of the House of the
Assembly 1750, was on the Committee of Safety and a Lieutenant Colonel of Militia 1776. (Boddie
Book page 30)

A Benjamin Smith of Wayne County had a wife Tabitha. In his will made in Wayne County April 1,
20,1807, he gave Bennett Boddie ten pounds (17C-45'7)

From the wording of Col. John Ex-urn's will it would appear that Tabitha and Martha Exum were
sisters of Benjamin Exum, grandson of Colonel John Exum.

Therefore, it was wrongfully surmised that Tabitha was the grandaughter of Colonel John
Exum by his son Benjamin, instead of his deceased son, John. Benjamin Smith, in willing Bennett
Boddie ten pounds, was remembering his wife's nephew, and not her son-in-law.

Benjamin Smith's ancestry has been traced and it does not appear that there was any relationship
with the John Smith family. These two men only married sisters.

Sarah Smith, daughter of Martha Exum and John Smith, Jr., married Bennett Boddie. They had a
son, John Exum Boddie, born Feb.28, 1798. He moved to Alabama in 1828. There never was a
"Benjamin" among his descendants. (For descendants, see HSF I, p.360).
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L E W I S W I L LI AM S o f N AN S E M O N D , V A. , a n d N . C .

The Bush and Williams families were compiled by Dr. Ben Holtzclaw.
LEWIS WILLIAMS of NANSEMOND CO., VA., and CHOW AN CO., N.C. was probably
the immigrant to this country. He may have made several trips to and from England to
Virginia, as land was claimed for his transportation by three different individuals in 1679
and 1680, all for land in ISLE OF WIGHT CO. , VA.
(Va. Patent Bk. 7, pp. 14, 16, and 20). He had been settled in Nansemond Co. several
years before the above date, however, as in 1677, he signed the so-called "Second
Grievances of Nansemond Co." along with more than 100 other inhabitants of the county,
asking redress for the grievances out of which grew Bacon's Rebellion. He was probably
born about 1645-50, and died in Chowan Co., N.C. in 1717.
His wife was named MARY, and she survived him until after 1720. LEWIS WILLIAMS
was granted 100 acres in Nansemond County adjoining Richard Peirce April 24, 1682 (Patent
Book 7, p. 170).
He claimed land for the importation of ROWLAND WILLIAMS, among others, and ROW-
LAND W ILLIAMS was probably a brother. This ROW LAND W ILLI AMS died in I SLE
O F W IGHT CO., V. , in 1679, leaving a son George Williams, who died in 1744,
leaving issue, and a daughter MARY, who was married to CHARLES BAKER by 1689
(Chapman "1. of W. Wills", 1, pp. 26 and 112).
Another brother or kinsman may have been JOHN WILLIAMS, who died in I s l e of W igh t
C o . i n 1692, leaving a large family; as LEWIS WILLIAMS in his will left a bequest to a
grandson of this JOHN W ILLI AMS, nam el y, JO HN W ILLI AMS so n of W ILLI AM W IL-
LIAMS. LEWIS WILLIAMS owned land on Craney Creek in the Upper Parish of
Nansemond, which he deeded to Aaron Blanchard, and the latter deeded it to John Parker
in 1707 (Henings "Statutes", 4, p. 528).
LEWIS WILLIAM was granted land in North Carolina as early as 1697, and continued to live
there until his death in Chow-an Co. in 1717. He was on the rent roll of Chowan Co. in 1700
with 650 acres of land, was a vestryman of the Southwest Parish of Chowan Precinct, and
was attacked by the Meherrin Indians
in 1707 and wounded, though he drove the Indians away. These facts are shown by the
following records:
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Colonial and State Records of N.C., Vol. 2, p. 208. LEWIS WILLIAMS Vestryman of
Southwestern Parish, Chowan Precinct.
Same, Vol. I, pp. 659-60. June 17, 1707, it is stated that LEWIS WILLIAMS is engaged in
a dispute with the Meherrin Indians, that the latter have attacked him in his house, and that
"his life is doubted and his family in danger".
Same, Vol. 2, p. 643. Reference to the same dispute, and LEWIS WILLIAMS is said to
have driven the Indians away.
N. C., Hist. and Gen. Reg. , Vol. I, p.5. LEWIS WILLIAMS was granted 640 acres on the
Chowan River May 15, 1697, and the tract was conveyed to Peter Parker of Nansemond
Co., by WILLIAM WILLIAMS of Isle of Wight Co. , va., Oct. 26, 1706. The land was
conveyed to WILLIAM WILLIAMS by John White, Sr., to whom WILLIAMS sold it in 1700
(same, p. 85).
Same, p.85. July 1, 1701, LEWIS WILLIAMS to John Mark-well of Isle of Wight Co. , Va.,
deed.
Same, p. 89. Dec. 7, 1703, LEWIS WILLIAMS and MARY his wife to Dennis Macklendon
tract of land called Mount Pleasant on Wicocon Creek.
Same, p.85. Nicholas Crisp to Edward Smithwick land bought of Dave Perkins and wife Mary
Sept. 26 sd. Mary being one of the heirs of Robert Walburton, decd. the deed is signed by
L EW I S a n d M A R Y W I L M S , w h i c h m a y indicate t h a t M A Y was his second wife, the
former wife of DAVE PERKINS. However, LEWIS and MARY WILLIAMS may have
signed as witnesses.
Same p. 92. April 9, 1701, John Giles and Philarete his wife of Isle of Wight Co. , Va. , to
LEWIS WILLIAMS 500 acres granted to Thomas Woodward in 1663.
Same, p.94. April 6, 1708, LEWIS WILLIAMS to son-in-law and daughter, JAMES and
ELIZABETH RUTLAND 100 acres.
Same, p.99. Oct.19, 1713, LEWIS WILLIAMS and MARY his wife deed 300 acres on
Deep Creek.
Same, p.290. Sept. p7, 1715, LEWIS WILLIAMS and MARY his wife to Benjamin Wood,
Same, p.304. LEWIS WILUAMS 650 acres, Chowan Co., Rent Roll 1700.
Same, p.621, Mar.18, 1717, MARY WILLIAMS, relict of LEWIS WILLIAMS to JAMES
RUTLAND.
N.C. Dept. of Hist, and Archives, N.C. Wills 1663-1789, Vol. 34, p.68. WILL OF
LEWIS WILLIAMS of Chowan Precinct, dated Oct.1, 1716 and proved April 16, 1717:
son ANTHONY WILLIAMS and MARTHA his wife land, etc., then to grandson LEWIS
WILLIAMS; grandson JOHN JONES 100 acres; grandson LEWIS JONES 100 acres;
grandson CHARLES SOWELL 100 acres; grandson JOHN PATCHETT 100 acres;
JOHN WILLIAMS son of WILLIAM WILLIAMS, decd. 5 pounds; daughter PRISCILLA
WEST land after decease of wife MARY; wife MARY; grandson JOHN W ILLIAMS;
grandson LEW IS W ILLIAMS my cane and silver shirt buckle, wife MARY and son
ANTHONY, exrs.
Chowan Co. Deeds, 1714-35 (24.029), p.323. PETER WEST
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and PRISCILLA his wife to MARY W ILLI AMS 300 acres, Oct. 26, 1722.
From the above it appears that Lewis Williams and Mary his wife (unless she was his
second wife, widow of Dave Perkins and daughter of Robert Walburton) had the following
children:
1. ANTHONY W ILLIAMS, b. ca. 1675 (see later).
2. A DAUGHTER who m. JONES. The husband seems to have been JOHN JONES,
who died in Chowan Co. in 1734. His will, dated August 6, 1734, mentions sons
JOHN, LEWIS, and SAMUEL, and makes his wife and son JOHN exrs. (Hathaway I,
p. 327).
3. MARTHA W ILLIAMS m. CHARLES SOW ELL, who died in 1739. The will of
Charles Sowell of Bertie Precinct, dated Nov.25, 1738 and probated at the Feb.
Court, 1739, mentions sons RICHARD, THOMAS, LEWIS and CHARLES; daughters
ELIZABETH, HANNAH, MARY and SARAH SOWELL; wife and exx. MA RT HA
( G r im es " Abst r act s", p. 352)
4. A D A U G H T E R w h o m . P A T C H E T T . T h i s w a s p r o b a b l y JOHN PATCHETT, who
died in Chowan Co. in 1711. His will, dated March 19, 1710/11, mentions wife
ELIZABETH; son JOHN the land betwixt my father-in-law and Henry Bonner; my three
daughters; father-in-law executor (Hathaway I, p. 69. ) ELIZABETH, wife of JOHN
PATCHETT, could not have been the daughter of LEWIS WILLIAMS, however, for his
daughter ELIZABETH married JAMES RUTLAND. Perhaps ELIZABETH was a
second wife of JOHN PATCHETT, or else LEW IS W ILLIAMS' daughter married
JOHN PATCHETT, JR. , not JOHN PATCHETT, SR.
5. ELIZABETH WILLIAMS m. JAMES RUTLAND prior to 1708.
6. PRI SCI LLA W ILLI AMS m . CO L. PET ER W EST . PET ER WEST was a Justice of
Bertie Co. in 1742 and is called COL. PETER WEST at about the same time
(Hathaway, H, pp.199 and 620). He died in Bertie Co. in 1751. His will, dated July
31, 1749 and probated at the May Court, 1751, mentions his daughter SARAH,
daughter ELIABETH COTTEN; son PETER, and grandson WILLIAM WEST.
7. ANTHONY WILLIAMS (LEWIS) was born about 1675 in Nansemond Co. , Va. , and
died in 1718 in Chowan Co. , N.C.: His wife was MARTHA BUSH, daughter of
WILLIAM BUSH OF CHOW A N C O . ( S E E - B A S H F A M I L Y ) . On July 17, 1713,
ANTHONY WILLIAMS and MARTHA his wife deeded to George Winn land which later
fell into Bertie Co. (Hathaway 1, p. 101); and on July 21, 1713, ANTHONY W ILLIAMS
assigned a patent to Robert Lanier, except 150 acres sold to John Beverly and 150
acres sold to George Winns (same, p. 102).
8 . ANTHONY WILLIAMS" WILL, DATED DEC.3, 1717 and probated in Chowan Co. at the
April Court, 1718, leaves his property as follows: eldest son LEWIS WILLIAMS, son
ANTHONY WILLIAMS, son JOHN WILLIAMS (land to all three), daughter SARAH
WILLIAMS, son W ILLIAM W ILLIAMS (land), daughter MARY W ILLIAMS, wif e
MARTHA, daughter ELINORE WILLIAMS; w i f e M A R T H A a n d
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b r o t h er - i n - l a w J O HN E A R L Y , executors. The eldest son, LEWIS WILLIAMS, apparently

died young, as the second son, ANTHONY W ILLIAMS appears as son and heir in later
deeds in Bertie Co. All the daughters were unmarried at the time of ANTHONY
WILLIAM'S death. One of them apparently married a BEVERLY, as ANTHONY
WILLIAMS H mentions his "COUSIN" in his will in 1752.
ISSUE OF ANTHONY AND MARTHA (BUSH) W ILLIAMS:
1. LEWIS WILLIAMS, apparently d. s. p.
2. ANTHONY W ILLIAMS b. ea. 1700 (see later).
3. J O H N W I L L I A M S m o v e d t o D u p l i n C o . , N . C . w i t h h i s brother ANTHONY.
4. He may be identical with a JOHN WILLIAMS who married ANN SANDERS, sister of
JOHN SANDERS of Onslow Co. , and who died in New Hanover Co. in 1769.
5. The will of JOHN SANDERS of Onslow Co., dated Jan. 6, 1732/3 and probated April
3, 1733 leaves his property to his brother ROBERT SANDERS; ST E P HE N,
E A ST E R and RICHARD WILLIAMS, sons of JOHN WILLIAMS; EDWARD and
STEPHEN HOWARD, sons of his uncle, STEPHEN HOW ARD, and sister ANN
WILLIAMS (Grimes "Abstracts", p.325).
6. JOHN W ILLIAMS of New Hanover Co., in his will dated July 13, 1760, and probated
at the April Court, 1769, mentions his wif e RACHEL, second son NEHEMIAH,
third son STEPHEN, and "all m y children". The eldest sur viving son and heir
seems to have been JAMES W ILLIAMS who deeded land to his brother,
STEPHEN, in 1771 (New Hanover Book "G", p. 198).
7. SARAH W ILLIAMS
8. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, apparently moved to Duplin Co., N. C. wit h his br ot hers,
ANT HO NY and JO HN, and appears there in a deed in 1751 as "WILLIAM
WILLIAMS, SR." (Duplin D.B.2, p.99)
9. MARY W ILLIAMS.
10. ELEANOR WILLIAMS.
11. ANTHONY W ILLIAM3 (ANTHONY, LEW IS) was born about 1700 in Chowan Co.,
N.C., and died in Duplin Co. in 1752. His wife was named MARY, but her maiden
name is uncertain. It m ay possibly have been W ILLI S, as ANTHO NY W ILLI AMS
calls his eldest son STEPHEN WILLIS at the beginning of his will. He also states in
the will that his father-in-law is to live on the plantation as long as he wishes, which
indicates that the old gentleman was still living in 1751.
ANTHONY W ILLIAMS lived in Bertie Co., N. C. until after 1735, as indicated by the
following deeds from Bertie Co.:
D. B. "C", p.108. May 13, 1729, ANTHONY W ILLLAMS of Bertie to PETER
WEST all interest in the land left. to PRISCILLA W EST by my grandfather, LEW IS
WILLIAMS.
D.B. "D", p.267, Dec.27, 1735, John Jones of Edgecombe Co. to ANTHONY
WILLIAMS 560 acres on Buck Swamp.
D . B . " G " , p . 2 3 5 . D e c . 2 9 , 1 7 4 9 , A N T H O N Y W I L L I A M S o f New Hanover Co.
appoints his friend John W ynns of Bertie Co. his attorney to acknowledge a deed to
John Baker, son and legatee of Henry Baker, decd., for 100 acres, part of a patent
for 1170 acres granted my grandfather, LEWIS WILLIAMS.
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ANTHONY WILLIAMS was granted 640 acres in New Hanover Co. Sept. 25, 1741
(CSR 4.602), 93 acres in Craven Co. May 22, 1741 (CSR. 4. 704); and 200 acres
more in New Hanover April 11, 1749 (CSR 4.950). This land fell into Duplin Co. on
the organization of that county.
ANTHONY WILLIAMS and his brother, JOHN WILLIAMS, were among the men who
"attended upon the alarm at Wilmington" Sept. 4, 1748 in the Spanish War (CSR 22.284).
ANTHONY WILLIAMS was paid for 3 days service, JO HN f or 4 days.
ANT HO NY W I LLI AMS was a lso appo int e d as one of the Commissioners to select a
place for the Court house of Duplin Co. in 1751 (CSR 25. 246). He died soon after this.
His will, dated July 3, 1751 and probated at the April Court, 1752 in Duplin Co. (N.
C. Dept. of Arch. and Hist. , N.C. wills 1663-1789, Vol.34, p.46) mentions son,
STEPHEN W ILLIS (see later); wife; brother JOHN WILLIAMS; son BENJAMIN
WILLIAMS (under 19); daughter MARY POW ELL, wife of MOSES POW ELL;
daughter PENELLIPY W ILLIAMS; daughter PHEHIBE W ILLIAMS; daughter EASTER
WILLIAMS, daughter SIVILITY W ILLIAMS; grandson C A D E R POW ELL, cousin
ANTHONY BEVERLY (under age); wife MARY W ILLIAMS; father-in-law to have a
sufficient maintenance in the family during his pleasure; friends Job Brooks and W illiam
Mairs, extrs.
Stephen Willis Williams, Jr., son of Anthony and his wife East er of O nslow Count y o n
J a n . 1 3, 1 7 6 0 , s o ld t o W illiam Barnes part of a tract of 300 acres on
B u r n e c o u r t S w a m p g r a n t ed t o A NT HO NY W I LLI A MS S ep t . 25 , 1 74 3, an d lef t t o
ST E P HE N b y h i s f a t h e r A N T H O N Y . ( D u p l i n D . B . 3 - 1 1 3 )
S t e p h e n W il l i a m s f ir s t wi f e wa s E A S T E R S H A K L E F O R D daug ht er of JO HN
SHAK ELFO RD of O nslo w Cou nt y. John was b or n A pr i l 9, 1 712 , m ar r i ed A nn
( nam e n ot k n o wn) of Ca r t er et C o u n t y , D e c . 3 0 , 1 7 3 0 a n d d i e d A p r i l 2 3 , 1 7 7 8 .
Ann was born March 10, 1714, died April 6, 1782.
T heir childr en were: (1) Sarah Shakelford, b. May 2, 1787; died Feb. 5, 1756,
married Lott W illiams, son of Ann (W hitehead) and Jesse Williams. Lott and Sarah
Williams had: (1) Benjamin Williams, b. 1754; (2) Ann Williams. Ann Whitehead
Williams m. (2) James Fillyaw of Onslow County. (See H.S. F. Vol. i - p. 243).
Captain Shakleford had seven other children whose dates of birth are given in W &
M ( 2 ) p.91.)
Captain John Shakelford was captain of a militia company in the war alarm at 1757,
James Howard was his ensign, and among the soldiers of his company wer e W illiam
W illiams, Robert Sanders, Charles Sanders, Stephen W illiams, James Denson
and Stephen Williams, Jr.
Captain Shakelfordts daughter, Easter or Esther, born Dec. 20, 1734, married Stephen
Williams Jr. ca. 1751 and died April 6, 1761.
Stephen W illiams married secindly Martha, last name unknown, died in Onslow County in
1788. His will dated Jan. 1788, probated July 1788, mentions son STEPHEN (see later);
wife MARTHA, 6 youngest children: Naomi, Mary, Samuel, Patience, Nathan and
Peninah; four sons: Paul, Daniel, Hezikiah, and Hosea.
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It was stated previously that John Williams, son of Anthony and Martha (Bush) Williams,
married Anne, sister of John Sanders of Onslow, who died in 1733. This John W illiams,
in his will in New Hanover in 1760, mentions his son STEPHEN WILLIAMS and "All my
children".
Mary Sanders, evidently of this family, on Oct. 21, 1786, married Stephen Hams, with
STEPHEN WILLIAMS as security. Stephen Haines sometimes spelled "Hanes", does
not seem to be related to any of the Haynes families in North Carolina. In the Onslow
Court minutes Oct. 1745, James Foyle, Esq. produces John Hains, orphan to Fencer Hams,
which received the approbation of the court.
In July 1747 John Hanes sold to Henry Smeeting of the county of Road Island a small lot of
land in that colony. It is a fair possibility that he may be the father of Stephen Hams of
Newbern, which was a thriving port of entry in those days.
The Census of 1800 for Craven shows Stephen Hams, under 45, 1 son under 26, 1
daughter under 26, wife over 45. There was no Census in 1810 and he does not show in
1820. The order book of Craven, June 17, 1807, mentions "Stephen Hams, late Sheriff of
Craven". The book was checked several years later with nothing found. He may have
died or moved away.
Their daughter Johanna Haines, born Nov.1787 in Newbern, which is shown on her
tombstone in Mobile, Alabama, married William Sanders ca. 1807. They moved to
Edgefield County, South Carolina, where William Sanders died in 1815. His will was as
follows:
William Sanders oral will, late of Edgefield District, Oct. 4, 1805;
All property to be sold and equally divided between wife and child (W illiam), provided
child comes to maturity; except a negro woman by the name of Sylvia and a negro child
by nameof Pizarus which were made over to me by STEPHEN WILLIAMS, are to remain
in the hands of my sister MARTHA WILLIAMS.
These were the words spoken by said deceased William Sanders in the presence of us.
Our names: John Lena, John X Adams, W m. X Adams.
Mrs. Johanna (Hams) Sanders, born in Newbeer, North Carolina, Nov.1787, died in
Mobile, Alabama, Nov.3, 1874. She married secondly Milton Travis Perryman, born in
Edge-field, South Carolina, Sept.28, 1794, died in Mobile, Alabama, Sept.26, 1871. (See
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