Information on the Williams, Moore, and Parnell families

Received from Dr. Bascom Barry Hayes,

Retired Graduate Dean and Professor of European History,
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas
November, 2009
Larry Feldhaus, 102 Doral Ln, Hendersonville, TN 37075

There are several errors in the below documents which I will now point out:

1. On 17 November 2009 I pointed out to Dr. Hayes that there was an error in his
Williams document regarding the identity of the John Williams who married Ann
Whitley. He agreed, and as a result I have marked up his Williams document
accordingly.
I saw the following attributed to you on Sally's web page.

John Williams was probably the John Williams who was the headright of Col. Robert Pitt in 1643 (Nugent 1,145)
and whose land in Nansemond is shown on a patent of 1662 to be near Robert Pitt of Isle of Wight--property
granted in 1663 to Thomas Davis but assigned to John Williams(ibid 488-89). When the widow Ann Whitely filed
to administer her late husband's estate in 1672 the bondsmen were Col. Pitt's son John Pitt and Thomas Poole.
John Williams made his will 7 Feb 1686 which was proved 2 May 1687. Dr. Barry Hayes

My question is: Did the will specifically mention Ann Whitley, or just Ann, and you assumed the Ann was Ann
Whitley? This is important because many people think the children of John Williams and Ann Whitley were the
following and not those named in the above will.

Ann WILLIAMS
Mary Williams
Jane WILLIAMS
Theophilous WILLIAMS
William WILLIAMS
Thomas WILLIAMS
Nicholas WILLIAMS
Richard WILLIAMS
John WILLIAMS

WILLIAMS

1. JohnWilliams (ca.1625/301692)married Anne,maidennameunknown. ShewasnotAnneWhitley,the

wifeofJohnWilliamswholefthiswillin1687.TheJohnWilliamsofthisanalysissignedhiswillinIsleof
Wighton9March1691/92;proved9August1692.ThewitnessesincludedAlexanderMatthews(probablythe
stepsonofMrs.AnneRogersMooreBaronMatthewsDavis,#7intheMooreSection)andthesameBoaz
Gwin who witnessed the will in 1687 of Thomas Parnell, the brotherinlaw of John Williams, Jr. See
Chapman,IsleofWightWills,p.33.ThewidowAnnewastohavethedwellingplantationinIsleofWight,but
atherdeathitwastobecomethepropertyoftheeldestsonJohn.IfthesonJohnWilliamspreferredtoremain
inSurrywhereheisnowseated,thenthesonTheophiluswastohavebrotherJohns150acresinSurry.The
sonWilliamWilliamswastohavethe200acresadjacentManduefromtheWilliamsPiercetransactionof
1681.ThesonNicholaswastohave150acresinSurry,aswasthesonRichard.Personalitemswerelefttothe
daughtersMaryandJane.ThewilldidnotmentionthesoninlawJohnBrownebynameorthedaughter
BridgettBrownebutleftbequeststotheirdaughtersAnne,Bridget,andMaryBrowne.ThewidowAnnemade
adeedofgifttoherchildreninApril1694,approvedbyhersecondhusbandArnoldShoemakewhosewillof9
December1697waswitnessedbytheaforementionedBoazGwinandprobatedon9February1698.SeeIsleof
WightDeedBook#1,p.105;Chapman,IsleofWightWills,p.38.Itwillbenotedbelowthatsomeofthe
detailsinthedeedofgiftareincorrect.ResearcherswhohaveunderestimatedtheageofJohnWilliamsand
wifeAnnefailtonotethatShoemakehadbeenaresidentinthevicinityoftheBoddieMandueMatthews
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Mooregroupsincebefore1668(Boddie,SeventeenthCenturyIsleofWight,p.554)andmentionedamarried
granddaughterinhiswill.Issue:
a. JohnWilliams,Jr.(ca.16501708)married(1)possibly___?___Pylandand(2)MaryParnell.Seethe
ParnellSection,#C.
(1) SarahWilliamsremainsanenigma.
(2) JohnWilliams(ca.1670/751746/58)marriedAnnMoore(ca.1675/80after1746),granddaughterof
Mrs. Anne Rogers Moore Baron
Larry Feldhaus note: I believe that this (2) John Matthews Davis and daughter of
Annes only Moore offspring, John
Williams should replace the a. John Williams, Jr. Moore, who left his will in Isle of
in the line above. If the John William, Jr. above Wight in 1688. See the Moore
exists, he is in a different family line. The John Section,#7,a, (4). JohnWilliams
Williams (ca. 1625/30-1692) was more likely signed his will in Bertie County,
born about 1647 based on the historical records. North Carolina on 13 March 1746;
I believe Dr. Hayes inserted the a. John probatedJanuary1758.Thewillwas
Williams, Jr. into this family to fill the gap witnessedbyWilliamByrd,Thomas
Castellaw, and John Moore. The
between the birth dates of the first John Williams versioninGrimes, AbstractofNorth
and the one born ca. 1670/75. There were Carolina Wills, pp. 41011, is
numerous John Williams in Virginia at that time. seriouslyflawed. JeanMayoHirsch
Dr. Hayes then assumed incorrect birth dates for foundtheoriginalinthefilesofthe
the other children of the first John Williams. SecretaryofStateandhaspostediton
The birth dates he assumed are about 25 years the internet, although the compiler
earlier than the dates assumed by William M. believes that she has chosen the
wrong John Williams as his father.
Mann, Jr. in his 1961 book which I view as the Onlyoneofthesons,identifiedinthe
gold standard on research of this John Williams will of his son John in 1722 (i. e.,
and descendants. JamesWilliams),hadpredeceasedthe
father, and the children of this son
James,asnotedbelow,wereincludedaslegatees.ThewillalsoleftbequeststodaughtersAnnHerring
andSarahCastellaw.Issue:
(a) JohnWilliams(ca.1690/951722)diedunmarried;hislegateeswerehisbrothers(Isaac,James,
Arthur,andTheophilus)andcousins[sic:nephews]JohnWilliamsandAnthonyHerring.See
Grimes,AbstractofNorthCarolinaWills,p.410.
(b) Ann Williams (ca. 1690/95before 1750) married Samuel Herring (ca. 1685/901750) who
signedhiswillinJohnstonCountyon22October1750;inventory14June1751.SeeDeedBook
# 5, p. 165. A brief synopsis of Herring family history appears in the Lawrence Section,
specificallyinthematerialaboutBarbaraHerringSmith,#2,a,(3),(a),5),a).
(c) MaryWilliams(ca.1690/95after1746)marriedprobablyherbrotherinlawAbrahamHerring
(ca. 1685/90after 1757). Shewasmentionedinherfathers willasMaryHerring. Seethe
aforementionedHerringsynopsisintheLawrenceSection.
(d) TheophilusWilliams (ca.1695ca.1775)married Christian,possiblya Bryan. Heappeared
numeroustimesinthedeedbooksofBertieandlatermovedtoOnslowCounty,NorthCarolina
wherehisestaterecordsweredestroyedduringahurricane.Animportantrecordappearsinthe
BertieCountyCourtMinutesof1742,p.181,when,forsomeunknownreason,hehadtoprove
hisrightsinNorthCarolinaonbehalfofhimself,hiswifeChristian,andchildrenJoseph,James,
Esther,Lewis,andFerebee.Oneofthechildrenhasbeentracedbythecompiler:
1) JosephWilliams(ca.1720/25ca.1790)marriedMaryHickson8August1746inOnslow
County.HeexecutedadeedofgiftinDuplinCountyon10May1763tohischildrenDaniel,
Theophilus, Frances,and Easther [sic:Hester]. However,heprobablydiedca.1790in
Onslowwheretherecordsweredestroyed.Ofhischildren:
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a) HesterWilliams(1746ca.1790)marriedWilliamWhitfieldIII(17431817)asthefirst
ofhisfourwives.ShewasborninOnslowCountyon8August1746.SeetheLawrence
Section,#2,a,(4),(a),1).
(e) JamesWilliams(ca.1695/17001736/37)marriedElizabethBryan.SeetheBryanSection,#1,
e,(4).JamesWilliamssignedhiswillon21August1736;probatedFebruary1737.SeeGrimes,
Abstract of North Carolina Wills, p. 409. A copy of his original will has been posted on
RootsWebbyJeanMayoHirshwhonotescorrectlythatElizabethwaspregnantwiththefourth
childBarbarawhowasmentionedwiththeotherthreechildreninthewillofthegrandfatherJohn
Williams.Issue:
1) FerabyWilliamsremainsanenigma.
2) EzekielWilliams(ca.1730/351800)marriedZilphiaBush.SeethediscussionintheBryan
Section,#1,e,(4),(b).
3) JerushaWilliams(ca.17351795)marriedJesseJernigan.
4) Barbara Williams (1737ca. 1796) married Constantine Whitfield. See the Lawrence
Section,#2,a(4),(d).Constantinesprogenyweremuchintermarriedwiththecompilers
Croom, Hare, Haywood, and Moore families; especially note the marriage of his
granddaughterKeziahArabellaWhitfieldto(1)HenryMoore,sonofJohnMooretheHatter,
and (2) Jesse Hare Croom whose sister Harriet Croom Hogan married John Moore the
HattersgrandsonJamesAlbertHendon,thecompilersgreatgreatgrandfather.
(f) SarahWilliams (ca.1695/1700after1749)married JamesCastellaw (ca.1685/901749). He
servedasajusticewithNeedhamBryanandThomasWhitmel.HediedintestatebeforeAugust
1749whenhissonThomasCastellawpetitionedforadministrationoftheestate.SeeHathaway,
North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 2, p. 632. The son William
Castellaw,wholefthiswillinBertiein1749,witnessedbyHardyMoore(?),lefthisplantation
tohismotherSarah.
(g) IsaacWilliams(ca.1700ca.1752)marriedMarthaHodges,daughterofRobertHodges,Jr.and
AnnBranch.
TheabstractofthewillofRobertHodges(1740/42)inGrimes,p.168,isinadequate.Itdoes
notethatthesoninlawIsaacWilliamswasanexecutorbutmisspelledhernameasdaughter...
MathewWilliams.Moreover,thecompletetext,postedbyDr.GeorgeCassadyontheinternet,
notesthedaughterSarahHodgeswhomarriedJohnCain(ca. 1690-1757) of Edgecombe. See the
Cain Section, # 3. John Cains nephew, James Cain (ca. 1720-1761), son of William Cain (ca.
1685-1732), married Rebecca Moore, daughter of Epaphroditus Moore and probably a
granddaughter of James Moore of Nansemond [# 3, b, (4) in the Moore Section]. Rebecca Moore
Cains cousin Edward Moore [# 3, b, (2), (a)] married a sister of Rebeccas husband. John Cains
purported sister Elizabeth Cain married Richard Pace, Jr. whose sister-in-law Tabitha Pace married
John Moore, son of Richard Moore [# 3, d, (b)]. AlsofortheHodgesgenealogy,seetheMoore
Section, as Benjamin Hodges (ca. 16801753), brother of Robert Hodges, married Constance
Goodrich,#1,a,(3),(e).Moreover,AnnHodges,anotherdaughterofRobertHodges,Jr.married
JosephMoore(ca. 1690-1755); see the Moore Section, # 3, b, (3).
Court records of Johnston County indicate that Isaac Williams died intestate ca. 1752.
However, the will of his son Isaac Williams, Jr. (ca. 1725-1768) provides the names of two other
siblings:
1) Isaac Williams, Jr. (ca. 1725-1768) died without issue. His will of 25 January 1768
(probated February 1769), as posted on the internet by Rosalee Haas, left his estate to his
brother Nathan and the four children of his brother Joel.
2) Nathan Williams (ca. 1725/30-after 1768) remains an enigma.
3) Joel Williams (ca. 1725/30-1761) married Jane Smith, daughter of Colonel Samuel Smith
(1709-1783) and his first cousin Edith Whitfield. See the Lawrence Section, # 2, a, (3), (a),
3); for Edith, see also # 2, a, (4), (c). Colonel Smith was a great-grandson of the compilers
ancestor John Lawrence, Sr. of Isle of Wight and grand nephew of Sarah Lawrence Moore,
purported grandmother of John Moore the Hatter. See the Moore Section, # 7, a, (2), (c), 4).
Mrs. Jane Smith Williams married (2) Colonel Theophilus Hunter whose close association
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with John Moore the Hatter and allied families is discussed in the material about her in the
Lawrence Section. Joel Williams left one of the few early wills of Johnston County to have
survived. He signed it on 30 December 1760; probated January 1761. The executors were
his wife Jane and her father. See Will Book # 1, p. 754. Issue:
a) Ferabee Williams (ca. 1757/58-1828) died a spinster in Cumberland County, as reported
by the local press.
b) Isaac Williams (1756-1814/15) married his first cousin Rachel Smith (1763-1824),
daughter of Alexander Smith (ca. 1730/35-ca. 1780/81) and wife Elizabeth Whitfield, a
cousin of both Isaac Williams and Alexander Smith. See the Lawrence Section, # 2, a,
(3), (d) for Alexander Smith and # 2, a, (4), (a), 2) for Elizabeth Whitfield. Isaac
Williams died intestate ca. 1814/15, according to the Harnett CountyHeritage,Vol.1,p.
615.Isaac Williams had many children, including:
(1 Alexander Williams (1789-1871) married (1) his cousin Charity Whitfield Smith
(1789-1848) and (2) another cousin Jemima Haywood Whitfield. Named for his
maternal grandfather, Alexander Williams was born 31 January 1789 in Cumberland
County, North Carolina. He signed his will in Arkadelphia, Clarke County,
Arkansas on 26 May 1870; probated 6 July 1871. The will has been posted on the
internet, along with the identity of his heirs, by Carole Ring. Concerning Charity
and Jemima, see the Lawrence Section, # 2, a, (3), (a), 5), b); and # 2, a, (4), (d), 1),
b).
(2 Theophilus Hunter Williams (1799-1877) married Elizabeth Jane Lane. He was
named in honor of his stepfather Colonel Theophilus Hunter. He moved to Monroe
County, Alabama where he left a large brood.
(3 Ferabee Williams (1806-1872) married Dr. John Bonner (1794-1878), a
prosperous physician, plantation owner, and racehorse enthusiast. They lived in
Alabama before moving to Texas where they left a large family in Fairfield,
Freestone County, Texas.
c) SamuelWilliams(ca.1756/571805)marriedPherabyMcCullerson22December1779
inJohnstonCounty.HelefthiswillinCumberlandCounty.SeeWillBook#A,p.76.
Issueincluded:
(1 HarrySamuelWilliams (1785before1850)marriedinNovember1807 Martha
Patty Seawell, an aunt of John Hinton Seawell who married Louisa Hendon,
granddaughterofJohnMooretheHatter.SeetheHillHintonSeawellNote[#III,3,
a]inthematerialaboutLouisa[MOORE:#7,a,(2),(c),4),a),(9].
d)JoelWilliamsremainsanenigma.
(h) ArthurWilliams(ca.17001775)married(1)HannahMandue[BunnNotein the material about
Mrs. Catherine Johnson Bunn in the Johnson Section, # 3, a (8), as Hannah Mandue was her half-
sister]andhad(2)asacommonlawwifeElizabeth,probablyButler.HesignedhiswillinBertie
County,NorthCarolinaon28January1775;probatedMay1775.SeeWillBook#B,p.30.Jean
MayoHirshhaspostedthedocumentandvariousotherpertinentdataabouthimandhisfamilyon
theinternet.Hisprogenyneednotconcernus. HemarriedPrudenceShearer. Itwashis
son,ArthurWilliamsbornabt1724whohadacommonlawmullatowifenamedElizabethButler.
b. TheophilusWilliams(ca.1655before1694)hadevidentlydiedbeforehismotherexecutedherdeedof
gifttoherchildreninApril1694.
c. WilliamWilliams(ca.1655/601712)married MaryMoore,daughterofthecompilersancestorGeorge
Moore.Concerningthemandtheirprogeny,seetheMooreSection,#4,d.
d. BridgettWilliams(ca.1655/60before1692)marriedJohnBrowne(ca.16601721)
(1) JamesBrowne(ca.1675/80after1721)remainsanenigma.Heinheritedfromhisfatherpartofthe
landpatentedbyhisfatherand
(2) ElizabethBrowneremainsanenigma.
(3) MaryBrowneremainsanenigma.
(4) ThomasBrowne (ca.1680851765)married Tabitha,maidennameunknown. Heinheritedland
fromhisfatheratthesamelocationasthatofhisbrotherJohnsinheritanceintheSurryIsleofWight
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borderlands.On14July1735hesoldthispropertyonthenorthsideofTimothyWalkersRoadto
NicholasValentine.SeeSurryDeeds,Wills,etc.,Book#8,p.531.Thisistheonlyreferencetohim
intheSurrydeedbooks.HewasprobablyremainedseatedinNansemondCountyuntilhemovedinto
theNottowayBasinby26May1744whenWilliamWestofNorthCarolinaconveyedtohim247
acresadjacentThomasStevenson,FrancisWilliamson,andJohnJoyner(IsleofWightDeedBook#6,
p.73).JohnBennettBoddiewasthusprobablycorrect(HistoricalSouthernFamilies,Vol.6,pp.212
13)thatthisThomasBrownewastheonewhosignedhiswillinSouthamptonon28November1764;
probated11January1765.HedidnotmentionhiswifeTabithawhomhissonJesseBrowneidentified
whenhesignedherinventoryofhisfathersestate,asrecordedon14January1767.SeeChapman,
SouthamptonWills,p.33,41.Issue:
(a) MourningBrowne(ca.1715/20after1764)remainsanenigma.
(b) HollandBrowne(ca.1715/20after1764)remainsanenigma.
(c) JesseBrowne (ca.1715/251781)married EstherStephenson,daughterofThomasStephenson
whoidentifiedherinhiswillof1768andwitnessedthewillofJessesfather. JesseBrowne
signedhiswillon24September1777;probatedNovember1781. SeeChapman, Southampton
Wills,pp.45,86.Hisprogenyneednotconcernus.Someresearcherssupposemistakenlythathe
wasasonofDr.JesseBrownewhosefatherwasthecompilersancestorDr.SamuelBrowne.See
AdventurersofPurseandPerson(4thedition),Vol.1(2004),pp.23637.
(d) SarahBrowne(ca.1720after1775)married(1)___?___Exum,probablyJohnExum,Jr.(ca.
1715/20ca. 1760) and (2) Thomas Mial (ca. 1715/20after 1775). The first husband was
unquestionablythesonofColonelJohnExum(ca.1690/951775)ofEdgecombeCounty,North
Carolinawhosewillhascausedconsiderableconfusionbecauseofthemisleadingreferencetohis
daughter[sic:daughterinlaw]SarahMials,wifeofThomasMials,butthenleftabequestto
herdaughters[hisgranddaughters],TabithaandMarthaExum.SeeBoddie,HistoricalSouthern
Families, Vol.1,p.326,whereadetailedabstracthasbeenaccuratelyprinted. Theidentityof
SarahisclarifiedinthewillofherfatherThomasBrowneofSouthamptonwhoreferredtohis
daughterSarahMial...andhusbandThomasMial...withreversiontoherdaughtersTabitha
andMarthaExum.TheestatepapersofThomasMialhavenotsurfaced.Hewasprobably(a)
thebrotheroftheExumneighborJohnMialwholefthiswillinEdgecombein1778andhadashis
heirNorsworthyMial(WillBook#A,p.262)and(b)probablythefatheroftheThomasMial
wholefthiswillinWakeCountyin1811(RecordBook#10,p.161).TheMialfamilyevidently
descendedfromtheMacMialclanoftheNansemondIsleofWightborderlandswherebythelate
seventeenth century a John and Thomas MacMial lived adjacent the Boddie and Norsworthy
families.SeeBoddie,SeventeenthCenturyIsleofWight,pp.631,647.NorsworthyMialsmother
orgrandmothermayhavebeenaNorsworthy. Itshouldbenotedthatawitnesstothewillof
ColonelJohnExumwasWilliamKinchen.ConcerningMrs.ElizabethKinchenJonesExum,wife
ofJosephExumandbrotherinlawofColonelJohnExum,seetheJoynerSection,#1,(a),(1).
The antecedents of Colonel John Exums son James Williams, his executor, have yet to be
determined.
(e) MarthaBrowne (ca.1720/25after1764)married ArthurAllen whowitnessedthewillofher
fatherandjoinedThomasStephensoninwitnessingthewillofSampsonTurneron23October
1772.JamesAllenwhomarriedhersisterwasundoubtedlyhisbrother.Theirantecedentshave
yettobedetermined,althoughtheymayhavebeenfromanIsleofWightbranchofthefamilyof
ColonelArthurAllenofBaconsCastleinSurry.TheIsleofWightlineisdifficulttochartdueto
severaldeathsintestate.
(f) MaryBrowne(ca.1720/25after1764),asnotedabove,marriedJamesAllen.
(5) AnnBrowne (ca.1680/85after1747)married DanielCameron (16791752). Asnotedbelow,he
witnessedadeedtohiswifesbrotherinlawJohnRasberry[#(6)]. Cameronsignedhiswillin
NorthamptonCounty,NorthCarolinaon7January1747;probatedMay1752.SeeGrimes,Abstract
ofNorthCarolinaWills,p.60.
(6) Bridgett Browne (ca. 1685after 1749) married John Rasberry (ca. 1680/851749/50). John
Rasberrybought75acresfromThomasBoonadjacentThomasKirby,partofthepatent(1702)of
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WilliamWilliams[#c]above,on4October1707thathesoldtoJosephGodwinon28September
1713aftermovingashortdistancesouthontheChowanRiverwherehebought200acresfromJohn
Earlyon16April1711.TheBoondeedwaswitnessedbyRichardWilliams[#jbelow]andDaniel
Cameron,thebrotherinlawofRasberryswife[#(6)above].SeeIsleofWightDeedBook#2,pp.
85,105;Hathaway,NorthCarolinaHistoricalandGenealogicalRecord,Vol.1,p.97.However,he
alsopatented170acreson13November1713ontheEastsideofNottowaySwampinIsleofWight
adjacentRichardWilliams.SeeNugent,Vol.3,p.137.Hewitnessedon19July1715thedeedof220
acresbyLawrenceSarsontoJohnWilliamsandon14July1721joinedJamesCastellawinwitnessing
thedeedof150acresbyMatthewEdwardstoJohnWilliamstowhomRasberryassignedapatentof
320acreson7March1722.SeeHathaway,Vol.1,p.2287;Vol.2,pp.141,295.JohnWilliamswas
hisBridgettsfirstcousin[#1,a,(2)],Castellawwashissoninlaw[#1,a,(2),(f)].JohnRasberry
signedhiswillinBertieon11September1711;probatedFebruary1749.SeeHathaway,Vol.1,p.
378.Theirprogenyremaintobetraced.
e. ThomasWilliams(ca.16651727)married(1)unknownand(2)Mrs.SusannahBluntDavis.Thomas
Williamssignedhiswillon5March1726/27;probated22May1727.Thewillindicatesthathisnow
wifewasSusannah,formerlythewifeofJohnDavis,whodiedintestatein1720/21whenhisestatewas
appraised byJohnScrews,Jr., Richard Blunt,Edward Crocker, andArthur Davis. ThomasWilliams
stipulated inhiswill that Thomas Davis was tohave what his father John Davis had left him. The
witnesseswereJosephQuantockandtheMichaelDeloachwhosewillof1727waswitnessedbyQuantock
andJohnWilliams,undoubtedlythesonofThomasWilliams.AppraisingtheestateofThomasWilliams
wereJohnMunger,WilliamBell,andthelongtimeneighboroftheCarterClarkeMooreSampsongroup
atBlackwater,ThomasWard.SeeChapman, Wills,pp.84,96,97.JohnDavis(ca.1680ca.1720/21),
father of this Thomas Davis (ca. 1715/201765) and undoubtedly the stepgrandson of the compilers
ancestressMrs.AnneRogersMooreBaronMatthewsDavis(#7intheMooreSection)marriedSusannah
Blunt,thedaughterofRichardBluntwhodiedin1688whenthecourtorderedthesaleofhisestateat
publicoutcryandhisbrotherinlawJohnScrewsassignedhisrightstohisnieceinlawSusannahBlunt.
Mrs.SusannahBluntDavisWilliamssignedtheappraisalofherfirsthusbandsestate(ca.1720/21)that
was conducted by, among others, her cousin John Screws, Jr. and her brother Richard Blunt. See
Chapman,IsleofWightWills,pp.30,84,96,97;andDeedBook#1,p.158,concerningtheassignmentof
therightsofJohnScrewstoSusannah.ThomasDavismarriedHartwellHodges(ca.1726/271796).See
theMooreSection,#1,a,(3),(e),1).HartwellHodgesmarried(2)JamesDrake(ca.17251792).Seethe
ParnellSection[#D,3,b,(1)],ashewasthegreatgrandsonofJemimaParnellDrakewhosesisterMary
marriedJohnWilliams,thebrotheroftheThomasWilliamsofthisdiscussion,andwhosenephewJoseph
Parnell[#B,2]marriedElizabethMoore,granddaughterofMrs.AnneRogersMooreBaronMatthews
Davis.
Thisfamilyistracednofurther,althoughthesonThomasWilliams,Jr.wasquitepossiblytheonewho
marriedMrs.ElizabethClarkeFlake,thewidowofWilliamFlake,whosegrandmotherwasMrs.Katherine
Flake,presumablyaMoore.SeebelowaboutGeorgeMoorespurportedsister,#4,andherdaughterby
herHusbandII(RobertFlake),#D,(4).Asindicatedthere,ThomasWilliamsmadehiswillinSurryon13
December1748,butitwasprobatedinBeaufortCounty,NorthCarolinainDecember1753.Thewifes
childrenbyherfirsthusbandarenamedinthewill,asindicatedbelowintheFlakegenealogy.However,it
isnoteworthythatthewitnesseswereCharlesBinns,WilliamClarke,JamesClarke,RobertFlakeIII,and
JohnWilliams,whowasverylikelythebrother ofthetestator,althoughheremainssomethingofan
enigmabecausenowillhassurfacedforhim.
ThechildrenofThomasWilliamsbyhisfirstwifewereasfollows:
(1) JohnWilliams (ca.1685/901741/42)married unknown,asshehadpredeceasedhim.Hewasthe
JohnWilliamswhoboughtfromthecompilersancestorWilliamMooreandwifeSarahLawrence
Moore(thepurportedgrandparentsofJohnMooretheHatter) 590acresthathadbeengrantedto
MooresstepgrandfatherAnthonyMatthews.SeeIsleofWightDeedBook#2,p.159;cf.theMoore
Section,#7,a,(2),(c),4).Thefourwitnesseswereaninterestinggroup:(a)ThomasWilliamswas
undoubtedlyJohnsfather.(b)DanielHoganisdiscussedintheHoganSectionasaprobablekinsman
ofthecompilersancestorGeneralJamesHogan. (c)ArthurSmithIII,wholefthiswillinIsleof
WightCounty,Virginiain1741/42,wasprobablyasecondcousinofNicholasSmith,fatherofthe
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ArthurSmithwhosedaughterMarywastomarryGeneral JamesHoganssonLemuel. (d)John

WombwellwasthegrandsonofCaptainThomasWombwellwhosefamilylivedasneighborsofthe
CarterMooreSampsongroupatBlackwater. JohnWombwellwasthegrandfatherofNathanand
WilliamWombwell(Womble)tobemuchconnectedwiththefamilyofJohnMooretheHatterin
NorthCarolina. ConcerningtheWombwell(Womble)genealogy,seethematerialaboutPheriby
Joyner,thesecondwifeofJohnMooretheHatterintheJoynerSection,#3,a,(6),(c). (d)John
VasserwasprobablythenephewinlawofThomasParnellandwasdefinitelythebrotherinlawof
Margaret___?___,granddaughterofMrs.KatherineMoore___?___Flake,alongtimeWombwell
neighbor.SeetheParnellSection,#B,2andC;andtheMooreSection,#1,a,(2).
JohnWilliamssignedhiswillon12March1740/41;probated2February1741/42.SeeChapman,
IsleofWightWills, p.141. WitnessingwasThomasParnell,#B,2intheParnellSection. The
legateeswereRobertJones,evidentlythesoninlaw,andthesonJonasWilliams:
(a) MarthaWilliams(ca.1710/15after1749)marriedRobertJones,whojoinedherinsellingthe80
acreslefttothembythewillofJohnWilliams. TheconveyancewastoWilliamRand,about
whommorefollowsinthematerialaboutherbrother.SeeIsleofWightDeedBook#8,p.283.
Thiscouplethereafterdisappearsfromview.
(b) JonasWilliams (ca. 1710/15after1744)married Catherine,maidennameunknown. On13
September1744,theyexecutedtwoconveyances:(1)Theydeeded210acresfromthe290acres
thatWilliamMooreandwifeSarahhadsoldtohisfatherJohnWilliamsin1710.(2)Theydeeded
another200acrestoWilliamRand,willedbyThomasWilliamstohissonsThomasWilliams
andArthurWilliams[#2,canddbelow]...saidArthurJonesexchangedhispartwithJonas
WilliamsuncleRichardWilliam[#(5)below]andtheother100acresforwantofissueofsaid
RichardWilliamsdescendedtosaidJonasWilliams.SeeIsleofWightDeedBook#6,pp.460,
462.WilliamRand,Sr.(ca.17061771)andwifeSophiaAllmandofSmithfield(whereupontheir
purchaseofalotfromthefounderArthurSmith,theybuiltoneofthefirstbricktownhouses)and
alsoofSewardsSwamp(where Randsplantationwasadjacent ornearthoseoftheCorbitt
CouncilLawrenceMayoMooreParnellWilliamsWooten group) were the grandparents of
ElizabethandMolseyRandwhomarriedAlfredandHenryMoore,sonsofJohnMooretheHatter
and purportedly the greatgrandson of William and Sarah Lawrence Moore whose property
descended toWilliam andSophiaAllmandRandbywayofJonasWilliams. SeetheMoore
Section,#7,a,(2),(c),4),d)andf);andtheWootenSection,#3,b,(2),(a),4)and6).Jonas
Williamsdisappearsfromview.
(2) ThomasWilliams (ca.1690/951753)married Mrs.ElizabethClarkeFlake. On24March1734,
ThomasWilliamsandwifeElizabethsoldtoJohnClayton100acresatBlackwater,witnessedbyher
cousinGeorgeWilson.SeeIsleofWightDeedBook#4,p.417.ConcerningGeorgeWilson,seethe
MooreSection,#1,a,(3),(d),2).Thelocationisfurtherclarifiedbythedeed(28October1734)by
JohnWilliams,brotherofThomasWilliams,of100acrestothissameJohnClaytonadjacentMichael
DeloachandFlakesCartRoad.SeeDeedBook#4,p.409.ConcerningthewillofThomasWilliams
inBeaufortCounty,NorthCarolina(1748/53)andhiswifesfirstmarriagetoWilliamFlake,seethe
MooreSection#1,d,(5),wheretheFlakechildrenarediscussedasneighborsinPittCountyofthe
WootenrelativesofJohnMooretheHatter.
(3) JoyceWilliams(ca.1695?)remainsanenigma.
(4) JosephWilliams(ca.1695/17001773)remainsanenigma.HewasprobablytheJosephWilliamswho
diedintestateca.1773;on3Juneofthatyearthecourtreceivedtheappraisalofhisestate. See
Chapman,IsleofWightWills,p.231.
(5) RichardWilliams(ca.1700?)remainsanenigma.
f. ElizabethWilliams(ca.1670after1700)marriedThomasWright(ca.16651701).Hesignedhiswillon
23October1700;probated9September1701.SeeChapman, IsleofWightWills,p.40.Thewitnesses
wereRichardWilkinson,Jr.,GeorgeWright,andwifeViolet. GeorgeWright,evidentlythebrotherof
ThomasWright,diedintestatein1702whenhisinventorywaspresentedbyhiswidowVioletandhernew
husbandJohnDriver,sonofGilesDriverandOliveHardyDriverwhosesisterLucyHardyCouncil,wife
ofHodgesCouncil,wasthemotherinlawofthecompilersancestorRichardWooten.SeetheWooten
Section.RichardWilkinson,Jr.wasthesisterofRachelWilkinsonwhomarriedEpaphroditusWilliams,
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probablyasonofJohnWilliams,#2,abelow,andbrotherofJulianaWilliamswhomarriedJohnWright,
Jr.,grandsonoftheElizabethWilliamsofthisdiscussion.Otherwise,thechildrenofElizabethWilliams
(JohnWright,Sr., JamesWright, ThomasWright,JosephWright,and MaryWright)remaintobe
traced.
g. JaneWilliams(ca.1670/75after1694)remainsanenigma.
h. MaryWilliams(ca.1676/77after1694)remainsanenigma.
i. NicholasWilliams(ca.1677after1744)married AnnLewison24February1704,accordingtoaBible
recordreportedinBoddie,HistoricalSouthernFamilies,Vol.6,p.218.ShewasthedaughterofRichard
Lewiswholefthiswillof1691/92thatplacedherinthecareofHughBressie,oneofthewitnesseswith
AlexanderMatthews. TheoverseerswereThomasJoyner,Jr.[#1,intheJoynerSection]andRichard
Reynolds,Jr.whomarriedElizabethWilliams,daughterofGeorgeWilliams,whosewillof1671/72left
herinthecareofWilliamBressie.SeeChapman,IsleofWightWills,pp.11,3233,andMarriages,p.40;
cf.thematerialaboutGeorgeWilliams,#3,below.ThenotationinthedeedofgiftfromAnnetohersons
anddaughtersin1694hasinaccurateinformationaboutNicholas.Either the reference to Nicholas as being
only seven years old was an inexplicable error, or perhaps some element of nature has extinguished a
numeral, perhaps 1, before the 7. Otherwise, he would have been only 17 when he married and 16
when his brother William and wife Mary Moore Williams deeded him 110 acres in 1703 in the Nottoway
Basin (Isle of Wight Deed Book # 1, p. 415). From the same patent of 1703 of William Williams, the
brother John Williams of North Carolina deeded Nicholas another 125 acres on 21 October 1725 (Great
Book, Vol. 2, p. 715). Nicholas Williams, James Sampson Clarke, and James Clarke witnessed on 30
December 1748 a conveyance by William Flake, Heir-at-Law to his uncle, Robert Flake, deceased (more
about his family later), on 30 December 1748. Thomas Clarke III conveyed on 13 October 1748 to
Nicholas Williams, Jr., no consideration mentioned, 50 acres from property mentioned in the will of
Thomas Clarkes grandfather, who was George Williams, # B, 2 above. See Isle of Wight Deed Book # 8,
pp. 163, 170.
(1) WilliamWilliams(17041775)marriedunknown.TheaforementionedBiblerecordsindicatethathe
wasbornon18December1704anddiedon15September1775.Hemusthavebeentheonewholeft
hiswillinBrunswickCounty,Virginiain1775(WillBook#4),buthisfamilyremainsuntraced.
(2) NicholasWilliams,Jr.(17061791)marriedunknown.Hewasbornon4February1706.Hesigned
hiswillinSouthamptonon4March1791;probated29March1791.SeeBoddie, HistoricalSouthern
Families,Vol.6,pp.21819.Issue:
(a) CowperWilliams(ca.1735after1791)remainsanenigma.
(b) Major John Williams (ca. 1735/401795) married Mrs. Frances Bustin Slatter. She was
marriedpreviouslytoJoel Slatter (ca. 1733-before 1767) of Edenton who married her in 1756 and
soon left her with three small boys Solomon, John, and William Slatter. TheaccountinBoddie,
HistoricalSouthernFamilies,Vol.6,p.221,isbasedonthesurvivingrecordsofadescendant.
MorefollowsaboutSolomonSlatter.Issue:
1) Mary Ann Williams (ca. 17681816) married (1) William Battle (18581802) who died
intestateinNashCountyand (2)GeneralWilliamArrington(17661812/13)whoalsodied
theretestate.SeeNashCountyWillBook#1,pp.254,288A;cf.thearticlebyDr.Claiborne
ThweattSmith,Jr.andhiscousinJ.ByronHilliard,ArringtonofNashCounty,inJohn
BennettBoddie(acousinofbothDr.SmithandHilliard),in SouthsideVirginiaFamilies,
Vol.II,pp.1ff. WilliamBattlewasfromthebranchofthefamilythatwasseatedearlyin
SurryCounty,Virginia. HewasonlydistantlyrelatedtoJohnBattle(17091740)ofthe
NansemondIsleofWightborderlandswhomarriedSarahBrowne,daughterofDr.Samuel
Browne.SeetheBarcroftSampsonSection,#1,a(3),(h).Shebecametheancestressofthe
compilerbyvirtueofhersecondmarriagetoherdistantcousinIsaacMoore,greatgrandson
ofColonelGeorgeMooreofIsleofWight.SeetheMooreSection,#4,a,(7).Oftheseveral
childrenofMrs.MaryAnnWilliamsBattleArrington,thetwolistedbelow,areofprimary
importanceinthecompilersresearch.However,concerningherstepsonJohnD.Arrington,
seethematerialabouthiswife[#5),a)below],thenieceofhisstepmother.
a) WilliamBattle,Jr. (17901874)married ChloeCrudupBoddie,daughterofBennett
Boddie (17631809) and grandson of Nathaniel Boddie (17321797) and wife Chloe
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Crudup(17451781).NathanBoddiewasagrandsonofthecompilersancestorCaptain
WilliamBennett (ca. 1680-1764/65) and a first cousin of Mrs. Mary Smith Hogan of
Scotland Neck and Hobgood, the grandmother of Mary Smith Hogan the Younger who
married James Albert Hendon, grandson of the John Moore the Hatter. Concerning the
Boddie genealogy, see the material below [at # 7) about William Battles aunt Lucy
Williams who married Bennett Boddies brother George. The antecedents of the Boddie
family are indicated in the material about William Battles first cousin, Dr. Nicholas
Turner Sorsby [ # 8), a) below].
b) ElizabethWilliamsBattle(17971861)marriedherbrotherinlawNathanVanBoddie
(17941857).BothdiedinLaGrange,TroupCounty,Georgia.
c) Ann Arrington (ca. 18051825) married Dr. Peyton Randolph Tunstall (ca. 1795
1847).SeetheTunstallSection,#1,a,(4).Hissister,ElizabethBarkerTunstall(1787
1827)ofNashCountymarried(2) Dr.JosephArrington,Jr. (ca.17851827)on31
December1822inNashCounty. HewasanephewofGeneralWilliamArrington,as
discussedabove[#1)].AsecondcousinofDr.TunstallwasJamesLeviTunstall[#2,a,
(1)intheTunstallSection]whomarriedElizabethAnnCroomon9December1837in
Greensboro, Greene County (later Hale County), Alabama. She was the daughter of
Wiley Jones Croom (17951849) and wife Elizabeth Holliday, daughter of General
Thomas Holliday of the War of 1812. Wiley Jones Croom was the sister of the
compilers great-great-great-grandmother, Mrs. Harriet Croom Hogan, the mother-in-law
of James Albert Hendon, grandson of John Moore the Hatter.
2) ElizabethWilliams(ca.17701844)marriedShadrackFlewellen(17681829).Hisbrother
Abner Flewellen (1760-1815) married Ann Lane of Halifax and moved his family to Bibb
County, Georgia. Ann Lane was a great-granddaughter of Thomas Wooten of the
Nansemond-Isle of Wight borderlands. See the Wooten Section, # 2, b, (3), (d). Their sister
Nancy Flewellen married the aforementioned Solomon Slatter (ca. 1760-1825), the half
brother of the Mrs. Elizabeth Williams Flewellen of this discussion. Shadrack moved his
family to Warren County, Georgia and died in Jones County, Georgia. An uncle of Shadrack
was Solomon Slatter the Elder (ca. 1740-1826) who married Mary Whitmel and whose
daughter Sarah married Robert Ruffin Smith (1771-1821), son of Arthur Smith and Anne
Ruffin of Scotland Neck and uncle of the compilers ancestor Dr. Drew Smith Hogan, father
of the aforementioned Mary Smith Hogan the Younger. Mary Whitmel Slatter was a sister of
Thomas Blount Whitmel, Sr. (ca. 1750-1798) who married in 1779 Ann Smith, daughter of
Drew Smith the Elder, the oldest brother of Arthur Smith of Scotland Neck, grandfather of Dr.
Drew Smith Hogan and Arthur Smith Hogan who took as his second wife, following the death
of Rachel Walton Hogan, Mrs. Elizabeth West Whitmel Davis, daughter of Thomas Blount
Whitmel. Among the several children of Nancy Flewellen and Solomon Slatter the Younger
were Abner Slatter, Shadrack Slatter, and Hope Hull Slatter who were born in Georgia but
also John Jefferson Slatter who was born in Baltimore on 28 September 1802. The compiler
has in his possession a transcription of the letters of his great-great-grandfather, Judge
Redding Jefferson Loyless (1808-1870), father-in-law of the compilers great-grandmother
Donna Etta Hendon, daughter of the aforementioned James Albert Hendon and wife Mary
Smith Hogan the Younger. One of these letters of 14 November 1841 notes that, while in
Baltimore, he received his mail at the residence of Hope Slatter and also referred to Shadrack
Slatter.
3) SallieWilliams (17721861)married ThomasTurnerPerson (17661827)on18August
1796inWarrenCounty,Georgia.HewasborninButeCounty,NorthCarolinaon26April
1766anddiedinWarrenCounty,Georgiaon11October1827.ShediedinRussellCounty,
Alabamaon19January1861.SeethePersonCookeSection[#3,a(2),(a),2)]concerning
himandhisbrothersJonesandAmosPerson:(a)JonesPerson(ca.1760/651850)married
DianaNealin1790inWarrenCounty,Georgia.ShewasthedaughterofThomasandSarah
NealwhowasevidentlyacloserelativeofthecompilersancestorJamesLawless(ca.1750
1792) whose family name was changed to Loyless by his wifes second husband John
Burkhalter.Mrs.NealwasoneoftheappraisersoftheestateofJamesLawless,formerlyof
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PittsylvaniaCounty,Virginia. JamesLawlesswasthefatherofHenryLoyless(ca.1782
1839)whomarriedLavinaCarter[agreatgreatgreatgreatgranddaughterofGeorgeMoore,
#4intheMoore Section]. Lavinas grandson JohnHenryLoyless(17491912)married
Donna Etta Hendon, a greatgranddaughter of John Moore the Hatter. Concerning the
BurkhalterKinchenMcKinniegroup,seetheJohnsonSection[#1,b(3),(a),1)]andthe
JoynerSection[#1,a(3),(a),2)].(b)AmosPerson(ca17711814)marriedon8April1806
inWarrenCounty,GeorgiaMarthaGardner,daughterofSterlingGardner(17621844)and
wifeSarahNeal,thesisterofAmosPersonssisterinlawDianaNealPerson.TurnerPerson
hadahugefamilythatneednotconcernus,exceptforthefollowingchildren:
a) ElizabethPerson(17961886)marriedJamesFlewellen(17981829)on19November
1818 in Warren County, Georgia. James Flewellen, a grandnephew of the
aforementionedbrothersAbnerandShadrackFlewellenandtheirsisterMrs.Solomon
SlattertheYounger,wasagrandsonofyetafourthsibling,JamesFlewellentheElder
(1752ca. 1791), and the son of Archelaus Flewellen (17771823) who was born in
HalifaxCounty,NorthCarolinaon2April1777anddiedinWarrenCounty,Georgiaon
19September1823.AsidefromJamesFlewellentheYounger,ArchelausFlewellenhad
severalotherchildrenwhoshouldbenotedhere: (a) MarthaAnnFlewellen married
John William Person, listed below as the brotherinlaw of James Flewellen the
Younger. (b) ThomasFlewellen (17991889)married FrancesMariaDrake (1803
1861)inWarrenCounty,Georgiaon15September1823evidentlyduringanextended
visitoftheDrakefamilythere.ShewasborninNashCountyon29October1803.Both
died and were buried at Lindale, Smith County, Texas where they left a large and
importantfamily.(c)CebellFlewellen(1802before1820)marriedThomasPerson(ca.
1797ca.1848),alsolistedbelow.(d)MaryAnnFlewellen(18201902)marriedJohn
Calvin Drake (18141898). John Calvin Drake and his sister, the aforementioned
FrancesMariaDrakeFlewellen,arelistedbelow[#5),b)andc)]asfirstcousinsofthe
ElizabethPersonFlewellenofthisdiscussion.
JamesFlewellendiedinMacon,Georgiaon19November1829.Hiswidowmoved
to Texas with some of her children and other relatives and died at Independence,
WashingtonCounty,Texason31May1886.
b) ThomasPerson(ca.1797ca.1848),married,asnotedabove,CebellFlewellen(1802
before1820).
c) JohnWilliamPerson (18021858)marriedMarthaAnnFlewellen(18051845)on25
November1823inWarrenCounty,GeorgiaanddiedinAlabamaon13June1858.
4) Nicholas Williams (17741834) married Elizabeth Baker and died in Warren County,
Georgiawithoutissue.
5) FrancesWilliams (17761840)married ColonelJohnHodgesDrake (17661859)ofNash
County,NorthCarolina.Forthedetailsaboutthem,seetheParnellDrakeSection[#4,(b),
(1),(a)]thatshowshimtohavebeenthegreatgrandsonofJemimaParnellDrake,sisterof
bothMaryParnell[wifeofJohnWilliams,#1,a,above]andThomasParnellwhoseson
JosephParnellmarriedElizabethMoore.ElizabethMoorewas(a)thegranddaughterofthe
compilerspurportedancestress,Mrs.AnneRogersMooreBaronMatthewsDavis[#7inthe
MooreSection]; (b)thesisterofAnnMooreWilliams[wifeofFrancesWilliamsDrakes
greatuncle, John Williams, # 1, a, (2) above]; and (c) the sister of William Moore,
purportedlythegrandfatherofJohnMooreheHatter.Issueincluded:
a) MarthaWilliamsDrake(17951871)marriedJohnD.Arrington(17921865)ofNash
County,sonoftheaforementionedGeneralWilliamArringtonandthestepsonofher
aunt,Mrs.MaryAnnWilliamsBattleArrington. JohnD.Arringtonwasabrotherof
Martha Arrington (17951870) who married her stepbrother Lawrence Battle (1788
1841),sonofMrs.MaryAnnWilliamsBattleArringtonbyherfirsthusbandWilliam
Battle.JohnD.ArringtonandhissisterMarthaArringtonBattlehadahalfsisterandhalf
brother,childrenofMrs.MaryWilliamsBattleArringtonbyGeneralWilliamArrington:
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(a)AnneArrington(18051825)marriedPeytonRandolphTunstall(ca.17951847).(b)
NicholasWilliamsArrington(18071865)marriedon18April1827TemperanceDrake,
daughterofFrancisandElizabethDrake,asdiscussedabove.
b) FrancesMariaDrake(18031861)marriedThomasFlewellen(17991889)inWarren
County,Georgiaon15September1823evidentlyduringanextendedvisitoftheDrake
familythere.ShewasborninNashCountyon29October1803.Bothdiedandwere
buriedatLindale,SmithCounty,Texaswheretheyleftalargeandimportantfamily.
ThomasFlewellenwasthebrotherofJamesFlewellen(17981829),CebellFlewellen
(1802before1820),andMarthaAnnFlewellen(18051845)whomarried,respectively,
Frances Maria Drakes first cousins Elizabeth Person, Thomas Person (ca. 1797ca.
1848),andJohnWilliamPerson(18021858)allchildrenoftheaforementionedTurner
PersonandSallieWilliams.Asnotedbelow,anothersiblingwasMaryAnnFlewellen
whomarriedJohnCalvinDrake.
c) JohnCalvinDrake (18141898]marriedon3April1839inMonroeCounty,Georgia
MaryAnnFlewellen,asisterofThomasFlewellenwhomarriedhissisterFrancesMaria
Drake. JohnCalvinDrakewasbornon3April1814inNashCountyanddiedon8
January1898inThomaston,Georgia.
6) MarthaWilliams(ca.1778after1807)marriedherfirstcousinNoelPitts(ca.17671807),#
(e),1)below.Issue:
a) FrancesBustinPitts (ca.17951840)married WilliamShivers (17831852)inWarren
County,Georgiaon18September1811).
b) Nicholas Williams Pitts (ca. 1796/97after 1860) married (1) Martha Jones on 24
February1820inWarrenCounty,Georgiaand(2)MariaL.Sammonon13December
1848inMontgomeryAlabama.NicholasandMarialastappearintheCensusforPike
County,Alabamain1860.
7) LucyWilliams (17821849)married GeorgeBoddie (17691842/43),ashissecondwife.
Shewasbornon15March1782andwasthetwinofRebecca[#8)below].Concerninghim,
see inthematerial about Mrs.Temperance BoddieWilliams[MOORE: #4,d,(3),(b)],
granddaughterinlawofMrs.MaryMooreWilliams[#(c)above,asshewasthesisterinlaw
ofMrs.LucyWilliamsBoddiesgreatgrandfatherNicholasWilliams]theBoddieNote[#3,
1,a,(c)].AsindicatedintheBoddieNote,hewasmarriedpreviouslytoSusannahParham
Hill.GeorgeBoddielefthiswillinNashCounty,NorthCarolina(WillBook#,1,p.465).
SusannahParhamHill(17731798)wasadaughterofThomasHill,Jr.(ca.17251797)and
wifeRebeccaParhamofEdgecombeCounty,NorthCarolinaandthegreatgranddaughterof
RobertHill(16781762)ofSurryCounty,VirginiaandlaterHalifax,County,NorthCarolina.
RobertHillwasthebrotherofRichardHill(ca.16801723)whoselineistracedbelow[#8),
a)]whereitisshownthathisgreatgreatgreatgranddaughterAnneLizaHillmarriedLucy
WilliamsBoddiesnephew,Dr.NicholasTurnerSorsby.AlsoseetheWootenSection[#3,
d,(4)]concerningMaryWootenwhomarriedMrs.SusannahParhamHillBoddiesbrother
BenjaminHill (17611841)whodiedinGreene County,Alabama, asdidLucyWilliams
BoddiestwinRebeccaandhersonDr.Sorsby. ConcerningGeorgeBoddiesantecedents,
seethediscussionoftheaforementionedRichardHilllineinthematerialbelowaboutDr.
Sorsby.OfthechildrenofLucyWilliamsBoddie,fourhavebeenofparticularimportancein
thecompilersresearch:
a) MaryBoddie(18021872),born22February1805,marriedJosiahCrudup,Jr.(1791
1872)on5May1825.BothdiedinWakeCounty,NorthCarolina.Hewasthesonof
Josiah Crudup and Elizabeth Ruth Battle, daughter of Elisha Battle (17221794) of
EdgecombeCounty. ElishaBattlewasfromtheNansemondandnottheSurryBranch
intowhichMaryBoddieCrudupsauntMaryAnnWilliamsmarried.Seeabove[#1)].
Elisha Battle was a brother of the aforementioned John Battle whose widow Sarah
Brownemarried(2)IsaacCarterofBertieNorthamptonHertfordandtherebybecamethe
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compilers ancestress. The son Andrew Crudup (ca. 18321872) married his first
cousinLucyBoddieanddiedinMississippi.
b) CatherineBoddie(1805?)married(1)MarmadukeBell(17941830)on23January
1827and(2)MalcolmMcNeillwhoremainsanenigma.
c) Louisa Boddie (18091829) married Bartholomew Figures Moore (18011878),
AttorneyGeneralofNorthCarolina.SeetheMooreSection[#7,a,(2),(g),2)],ashe
waspurportedlyafirstcousinofJohnMooretheHatter.
d) William Bennett Boddie (18141854) married Elizabeth Ann Alston and died in
Jackson,Mississippi. Theirdaughter LucyBoddie marriedherfirstcousin Andrew
Crudup,asnotedabove.
e) LucyWilliamsBoddie(18161887)marriedhersisterLouisaswidowerBartholomew
FiguresMoore.
8) RebeccaWilliams (17821868),thetwinofMartha,married(1) AlexanderSorsby (1868
1818)whocamefromafamilyofSurryCounty,VirginiaandlefthiswillinNashCounty
(Book#B,p.299).Shemarried(2)theconsiderablyyoungerMajorEdwinD.Whitehead
(1797before 1860) who acquired by patent a quite large plantation in Greene County,
Alabama.TheCensusof1850showshimtobe53yearsold;shewas65(actually68).She
appearedaloneintheCensusof1860,age76(actually78)asaplanterwithrealestatevalued
at $111,800 and personal property worth $50,000. She evidently was one of the ten
wealthiestplantersinwhathadbecomeoneofthewealthiestcountiesoftheOldDeepSouth.
ShediedinEutaw,Alabamain1868,thenewcountyseatafterGreensborofellintothenew
HaleCountytotheeast.Oneofherchildrenhasbeentraced:
a) Dr.NicholasTurnerSorsby(18171868)marriedAnneLizaHill(18371920).Hewas
bornon13May1817anddiedinEutawon22February1868. AnneLizaHillwasa
granddaughter of Green Hill III (17741830). Green Hill III was living in Greene
County,AlabamawhenTheGreeneCountyGazettereportedhisdeathon31May1830.
BythenDr.Sorsbysmotherandstepfatherwerethere,aswereMrs.LouisaHendon
SeawellandherbrothersJamesAlbertHendon(thecompilersgreatgreatgrandfather)
andJohnR.Hendon.ConcerningtheHillfamily,seeinthematerialaboutMrs.Louisa
A.HendonSeawell,granddaughterofJohnMooretheHatter[MOORE:#7,a,(2),(c),
4),a),(9]theHillHintonKimbroughSeawellNote[#I,3,a,(c),1),a)].Alsonotethe
associationofReverendGreenHillII(17411825)withChristopherBustin,thesecond
wifeofMarthaWilliams,#(e)below.
ThelineofGreenHillIIIwasasfollows:
(a) Green Hill III was a greatgrandson of the compilers ancestor Captain William
Bennett(ca.16801764/65)andsecondwifeGrace.
(b) GreenHillIIIwasthegrandsonofGraceBennett,Jr.andGreenHillI(17171769)
whose sistersinlaw were the compilers ancestress Anne Bennett who married
RobertRuffin(ca.17121767)ofRichSquareandMaryBennett,wifeofWilliam
Boddie(17101772),grandfatherofDr.SorsbysuncleinlawGeoegeBoddie[#7)
above].
(c) GreenHillIIIwasthesonofReverendGreenHillII(17411825),afirstcousinof
AnneRuffin(17371801)whomarriedArthurSmith(17321789)ofScotlandNeck,
andwifeMarySeawell.AnneRuffinwasthedaughterofAnneBennettandRobert
Ruffin,asnotedabove.ThemotherofGreenHillIIIwasMrs.MarySeawellHill
(17511821), sister of Joseph Seawell (1745/461827) whose son Judge Henry
SeawellofRaleigh(17741835)marriedGrizelleHintonandbyherhadsonJohn
HintonSeawell(1801before1840)whomarriedtheaforementionedMrs.Louisa
HendonSeawell.GreenHillIlivedatPotecasiSwampinapartofBertiePrecinct
that became Northampton adjacent the compilers purported ancestor William
Wooten[WootenSection,#3],thepurportedgreatgreatgrandfatherofMrs.Mary
HendonSeawell.SeeNorthamptonDeedBook#14,p.318.
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(c) MaryWilliams(ca.1745/50after1791)married___?___Parker.
(d) Martha Williams (ca. 1745/501825) married (1) as his second wife, on 26 June 1766, in
SouthamptonthemucholderWalterPitts(ca.1715/201770)wholefthiswillinHalifaxCounty,
North Carolina. See Halifax Will Book # 1, p. 264. Incidentally, the accounts in Boddie,
HistoricalSouthernFamilies,Vol.6,p.220,andVol.19,p.156,arehopelesslygarbled.The
willofWalterPittsmentionedhischildrenbyhisfirstwife:Hardy(whomarriedMarthassister
Ann),Tamer,Mark,Lewis,Silvia(whomarriedJesseWilliams,nephewofMarthaWilliamsPitts
andsonofJonahWilliams[#(4),(e)below],andHenry.ThesonsNoelandJohnPittswereby
Marthawhomarried(2) ChristopherBustinthusthereferenceinherfatherswilltoheras
Martha Buxton[sic: Bustin]. See Chapman, SouthamptonWills, p.124. ThisChristopher
Bustin,Jr.(ca.1736/401784)hadmarried(1)ElizabethDunnon13January1763inNorfolk
County,Virginia.HeevidentlylivedforashorttimeinHalifaxCounty,NorthCarolinawherehe
married(2)Mrs.MarthaWilliamsPittsandbroughtherwithhimtohishomeinPortsmouth,
Virginiawherehesignedhiswillon14January1784;probated19February1784.Theentirewill
hasbeenpostedonthewebsiteofKayB.McCary.ThewillreferstohispropertiesinHalifax
CountyanddesignatedhislovingwifeMarthaandfriendGreenHillofHalifaxasexecutors.
ConcerningthisGreenHillII(17411825),grandsonofthecompilersancestorCaptainWilliam
BennettandfirstcousinofAnneBennettSmithofScotlandNeck,seetheWootenSection,#2,
(b),(1),wheretheirmanyconnectionswiththekinsmenofJohnMooretheHatterarediscussed.
MarthareturnedtoHalifaxCountywithherPittschildrenandBustinstepchildrenandleftherwill
there in1825. SeeWillBook#4,p.4. TheBustinstepchildrenwere (a) AnnBustin(ca.
1767/68)whomarriedAmbroseHadleyofHalifax,agreatgrandsonofAmbroseHadley (ca.
16401713)ofIsleofWightwhosefamilywasmuchconnectedwiththatofMrs.AnneRogers
Moore Matthews Davis [# 7 in the Moore Section (the purported greatgrandmother of John
MooretheHatter)].(b)WilliamBustinremainsanenigma;(c)JohnBustin(17701859)movedto
WarrenCounty,Georgiawhere,asnotedbelow,MarthassonNoelPittsdiedinNovember1807.
(d)ChristopherBustinIII(17721864)diedinPutnamCounty,Georgia.
ThechildrenofMrs.MarthaWilliamsPittsBustinincludedthefollowing:
1) NoelPitts(ca.17671807)marriedhisfirstcousinMarthaWilliams,daughterofMajorJohn
Willams[#(b),6)above]andMrs.FrancesBustinSlatterWilliams,thesisterofhisstepfather
ChristopherBustin.
2) JohnPitts(ca.17681818)marriedCarolineTaylor(17701813).TheymovedfromHalifax
CountytoGeorgia,andbothdiedinBaldwinCounty.
a) Noel Pitts (17971874) married Clarinda Dunn (18021842). Both died in Dallas
County,Alabama. TheywereancestorsofBillieJ.Gilmorewhohaspostedimportant
materialaboutthislineonGenForum.
(e) Ann Williams (ca. 17501780) married Hardy Pitts (ca. 1740/45ca. 1784/85), a son of her
brotherinlawWalterPittsbyhisfirstunidentifiedwife. HardyPittsdiedintestateinHalifax
County. AsAnnPitts,shesignedherwillinNashCountyon3February1830;probatedMay
1830.SeeWillBook#4,p.63.Oftheirchildren, Walter,Martha,Nancy,Silva,andJohn,
onlyonehasbeentraced:
1) Walter Pitts (ca. 1775/80after 1830) married Laura Marshall, according to several
researchers,whostatethattheyweretheparentsofthefollowing:
a) MarthaAnnPitts (18131889)marriedashissecondwife JamesCraffordHilliard.
SeetheBoddieNote[#3,a,(1),(f),2)]inthematerialaboutMrs.TemperanceBoddie
Williams[MOORE:#4,d,(3),(b)].
2) JohnPitts (17801862)married AnnWooten. HelefthiswillinHalifaxCounty,North
Carolina.SeetheWootenSection,#2,b,(7),(e).
(f) EliasWilliams(ca.1750/55ca.1781/89)diedwithoutissue.Hiswill,signed10January1781,
mentionedhisnephewsMathewPierceandEliasWilliamsandbrotherJohn.Thewitnesseswere
hisfatherNicholasWillamsandandhisuncleBenjaminWilliams.SeeChapman,Southampton
Wills,p.121.
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(g) LucyWilliams(ca.1755/60after1720)marriedLewisJoyner,Jr.SeetheJoynerSection,#3,
(a),(5),(a).HewasafirstcousinofPhoebeJoyner[#(6),(c)],thesecondwifeofJohnMoorethe
Hatter.
(3) JacobWilliams(17081769)marriedMarthaDrake.Hewasborn24January1708anddiedon18
August1769,accordingtotheaforementionedBiblerecord.Hediedintestate.Oneoftheappraisers
washisbrotherNicholas.SeeChapman,SouthamptonWills,p.76.Hisprogenyareyettobetraced.
ThewidowMarthawasagreatgranddaughterofJemimaParnellDrake,thesisterofMaryParnellwho
marriedJohnWilliams,Jr.(#1,a)ashissecondwifeandthesisterofThomasParnellwhoseson
JosephParnellmarriedElizabethMoore,sisterofWilliamMoore,thepurportedgrandfatherofJohn
MooretheHatter.SeetheParnellSection,#B,2(Joseph);#C(MaryParnellWilliams);#D,3,a,(2)
(MarthaDrakeWilliams).
(4) JonahWilliams(17111771)marriedMarthaEley,daughterofRobertEleyIIIandMarthaDaughtry
and granddaughter of Mrs. Jane Braswell Stokes Eley Roberts. See the Braswell Section, # 1, (a), (1).
JonahWilliamswas a first cousin of the John Williams [# 1, a, (2)] who married Anne Moore, great-
aunt of John Moore the Hatter. Martha Eley Williams had two noteworthy siblings: (a) Eley Eley (ca.
1710-ca. 1738/44) married Ann Lawrence. Ann Lawrence was a first cousin of John Lawrence,
probably the great-grandfather of John Moore the Hatter. See the Lawrence Section, # 1, a, where the
compiler corrects the common misconception that Ann Lawrence married Eleys brother Edward; and
# 2, d; cf. the Moore Section, # 7, a, (2), (c), 4). Mrs. Ann Lawrence Eley married (2) William Joyner
III (ca. 1710-1777). See the Joyner Section, # 3, (a), (1). He was a grandnephew of Mrs. Lucy
Council Wooten whose great-granddaughter Mary Wooten married John Moore the Hatter. See the
Wooten Section, # 3, b, (2), (a). William Joyner III was also the uncle of Pheraby Joyner who became
the second wife of John Moore the Hatter. (b) Rebecca Eley (ca. 1710/15-1784) married Nathan
Williams (ca. 1710-1751/58). See below, # 2, c, (1), (e). Concerning his mother Deborah Joyner, see
the Joyner Section, # 1, d. Jonah Williams signed his will in Southampton County, Virginia on 1 April
1769; probated 9 May 1771. His legates were his wife Martha, daughter Martha, son Isaac, son-in-law
James Moore, grandsons James and Jesse Williams, son Wilson, son Jesse, and son Eley. See
Chapman, Southampton Wills, p. 50.
(a) Martha Williams (ca. 1735-after 1817) married John Davis (ca. 1730-1817) who left his will in
Southampton. Their progeny need not concern us.
(b) Isaac Williams (ca. 1735/40-1788) died intestate and remains an enigma. He married probably
Priscilla Denson whose brothers Jordan and Joseph appeared in a later estate account as
guardians of several of the orphans who otherwise need not concern us. See Chapman,
Southampton Wills, pp. 125, 137.
(c) Celia Williams (ca. 1735/40-1766) married James Moore (ca. 1730-1778) on 3 December 1760
in Southampton and died probably giving birth to her third son in October 1766, as James Moore
married (2) Elizabeth Pond on 11 May 1767.
James Moore appeared once in the estate and deed books of Isle of Wight; to wit, on 6 March
1755 when he, William Moore, John Carr, and John Denson witnessed a deed by Joseph
Wilkinson of Nansemond County to Stephen Butler of Isle of Wight of 200 acres, part of a patent
of John Bryan (1672) on the Western Branch of the Nansemond River. See Deed Book # 9, p.
341. Concerning John Bryan, the long-time neighbor of John Moore, William Moore, and Mrs.
Anne Rogers Moore Baron Matthews Davis [# 2, 3, and 7 in the Moore Section, see the Bryan
Section]. William Moore was probably the son of the compilers ancestors William Moore and
Sarah Lawrence [# 7, a, (2), (a) in the Moore Section] and the brother of Lawrence Moore who on
23 March 1759, joined William Moore, Dempsey Carr, and the aforementioned Stephen Butler in
witnessing a conveyance of land adjacent the ancient holdings of John Bryan by William Jones of
Northampton County, North Carolina to Nathan Carr. See Isle of Wight Deed Book # 10, p. 84.
The aforementioned John Carr, Dempsey Carr, and Nathan Carr were close kinsman, probably
nephews of Robert Carr who married the sister of Mrs. Lawrence Moore. See the Lawrence
Section, # 2, d, (3). This John Denson, Jr. was the primary heir of John Denson (Isle of Wight will
1748/54) and the nephew of William Denson, Jr. whose estate was appraised in 1695 by John
Moore [# 2 in the Moore Section] and his son-in-law John Coggan. William Denson, Sr. (Will
1675/77) and wife Francis Bridle (Will 1709) were the parents of Mrs. Sarah Denson Meredith
whose son Joseph Meredith, Jr. was the father-in-law of Reverend John Moore (1717-1803),
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possibly the uncle of the James Moore of this discussion. See Chapman, Isle of Wight Wills, pp. 5,
14, 47, 176. John Denson, Jr. was the brother of Francis Denson (Southampton will 1771) whose
sons Tuke and Joseph Denson joined James Moore in witnessing a series of three conveyances by
Samuel Eley on 12 March 1765. See Chapman, Southampton Wills, p. 49; Southampton Deed
Book # 3, pp. 372-75. Samuel Eley, son of the aforementioned Eley Eley, was thus Celia Williams
Moores first cousin.
James Moore first appeared in the Southampton records in 1755 when he witnessed the will of
Ethelred Taylor, the father of Kinchen Taylor (1738-1771) who married Elizabeth Ridley Browne,
daughter of Dr. Jesse Browne and granddaughter of the compilers ancestor Dr. Samuel Browne.
See Chapman, Southampton Wills, p. 11. On 9 August 1758, he bought from Thomas Clifton 200
acres where he now lives and on 13 September 1759, another 200 acres from William Kelly.
See Southampton Deed Book # 2, pp. 241-2, 287. On 8 May 1760, he and John Person IV [# 1, 2,
(1), (a) in the Person Section] witnessed when John Wooten [probably a grandson of Thomas
Wooten, # 2 in the Wooten Section] and wife Barbara sold 400 acres to the aforementioned
Kinchen Taylor who subsequently sold the property to Daniel Herring [i.e., Daniel Herring II, son
of Anthony Herring, about whose family, see # 1, a, (2), (a) and (b) above]. See Southampton
Deed Book # 2, pp. 335-36; # 3, pp. 29-32. On 10 September 1760, James Moore bought 240
acres from the Nottoway Indians and was joined by his wife Celia in selling this property on the
south side of the Nottoway River on 11 February 1762 to James Allen. On 13 May 1762, he and
Selah sold 328 acres to Thomas Storrs who joined Thomas Moore and John Kirby in witnessing
a conveyance by Jeptha Atherton to James Moore on 8 March 1764. See Southampton Deed Book
# 3, pp. 209-10, 256. John Kirby may have been the previously unidentified Kirby who married
Sarah Williams [# i, (9) below]. Thomas Storrs witnessed the will of Thomas Moore [# 7, a, (3),
(a) in the Moore Section] in November 1767 when his wife Sarah, his son-in-law Richard Blow,
and his probable nephew, the James Moore of this discussion, were granted the administration of
the estate. See Chapman, Southampton Wills, p. 54. Neither the surviving estate or deed books,
however, reveal the identity of James Moores father.
(d) Wilson Williams (ca. 1740-1774) married Ann, maiden name unknown. He moved with his
brother Jesse to Halifax County, North Carolina where he left his will in 1774. See Halifax Will
Book # 1, p. 366. He mentioned his children Jesse Williams, Eli Williams, Isaac Williams, and
Martha Williams. Of these, one has been traced:
1) Martha Williams (1770-ca. 1793) married her first cousin James Moore, Jr. as the first of
his three wives. See above.
(e) Jesse Williams (ca. 1740-1796) married Silvia Pitts, daughter of Walter Pitts by his first
unidentified wife and stepdaughter of Martha Williams, # (2), (e) above. Both left their wills in
Halifax County, North Carolina in 1796 and 1818, respectively. See Will Book # 3, pp. 263, 623.
(f) Eley Williams (ca. 1740/45-after 1769) remains an enigma.
(5) PatienceWilliams (17131773)evidentlydiedaspinsteron12September1773,accordingtothe
aforementionedBiblerecordcitedinBoddie,HistoricalSouthernFamilies,Vol.6,pp.21819.
(6) Lazarus Williams (17191787) received a plantation in Brunswick County from his fathers
aforementioneddeedofgiftinJune1744anddiedintestateinLunenburgon17January1787. An
inventorywasfiledwiththecourtin1790.Otherwiseheremainsanenigma.
(7) RichardWilliams(17171769)marriedAgnesAllen.HereceivedaplantationinBrunswickCounty
fromhisfathersdeedofgiftanddiedinLunenburgon24December1769. Helefttherealarge
familythatthecompilerhasnottraced.
(8) MaryWilliams(17201772)married___?___Council.Shediedon1April1772.
(9) Sarah Williams (17231770) married ___?___ Kirby, possibly the John Kirby noted above in
associationwithhernephewinlawJamesMoore.
(10) Benjamin Williams (17261787) married Mary Carr. Notwithstanding considerable speculation
among researchers about her parents, their identity has yet to be proved. However, she was
undoubtedlyfrom theCarrfamilydiscussedinthematerial aboutthesister,Mrs.Robert CarrII,
maiden name unknown, of the compilers ancestress Sarah Lawrence Moore. See the Lawrence
Section,#2,d,(3). BenjaminWilliamssignedhiswillon9June1787;probatedSeptember1787.
See Chapman, Southampton Wills, p. 112. His legatees were wife Mary, sons Ethelbert Carr
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Williams and RichardEgbertWilliams anddaughter Marian (allunderca.1518yearsofage).

They remain to be traced. However, the witnesses were their first cousin James Moore, Jr.,
purportedlytheaforementionedgrandsonofSarahLawrenceMoore;HardyJohnson,Jr.;andRebecca
Johnson.ConcerningHardyJohnsonsfather,seetheJohnsonSection,#3,b,(2),(b).Concerningthe
motherLucyCouncil,seetheCouncilSection,#5,d.
j. CaptainRichardWilliams(ca.1678/801737/38)marriedSarah,maidennameunknown.Hesignedhis
willon8November1737;probated27February1737[1738].SheofLittletown(Southampton)signed
herwillon24March1749;probated14June1750.AwitnesswasWilliamBarcroft,probablyagreat
grandson of Charles Barcroft (of the BarcroftSampson Section) and grandnephew of the compilers
ancestorColonelGeorgeMoore[#4theMooreSection].SeeChapman,IsleofWightWills,p.130;and
SouthamptonWills,pp.2,4.
AmongthoseappraisingtheestateofMrs.SarahWilliamswereNathanVasser(ca.1705/101770)
whoalsoparticipatedinDecember1750intheredivisionoftheestateofRichardWilliamsuponthedeath
ofSarah.SeeChapman,IsleofWightWills,p.165.Hisinterestinthebusinessofthisfamilyisexplained
intheCarrSection[#1,a,(1),(a)];and,asnotedbelow,hisdaughterdaughterElizabethVassermarried
RobertCarrIV,agrandsonofCaptainRichardWilliams.
IssueofCaptainRichardWilliamsandwifeSarahwereasfollows:
(1) JohnWilliams (ca.1705/101737/38)married Sarah,maidennameunknown. HediedinIsleof
Wightshortlyafterhisfathermadehiswill.Hismotherswillof1749/50notedthathewasdeceased.
Hesignedhiswillon21November1737(13daysafterhisfathermadehiswill);probated27February
1737[1738],thesamedayhisfatherswillwasprobated.SeeChapman,IsleofWightWills,p.131.
HischildrenRichardWilliamsandElizabethWilliamswereminorsandremainenigmas.
(2) SolomonWilliams (ca.17101770)married Elizabeth,possiblya Lawrence,whoseantecedents,in
anyevent,areunknown.HesignedhiswillinHalifaxCounty,NorthCarolinaon15August1770;
probated November1770.Hementionedhischildren CharlesWilliams, ElishaWilliams, Lydia
Williams, Menia Williams, Lucy Williams, Sarah Williams, and Elizabeth Williams. Lydia
identified another sister Jemima Williams in her will of 1773, and Lucy identified her brother
LawrenceWilliamsinherwillof1783.SeeWillBooks#1,p.277,330;#3,p.35.
(3) MatthewWilliams(ca.1710/151750)diedintestateinSouthamptonCounty,Virginiain1750.See
Chapman,SouthamptonWills,p.3.
(4) MaryWilliams(ca.1715/20after1773)marriedRobertCarrIII(ca.1715/201773).Concerning
hisfatherRobertCarrII(ca.1690/951763)andwife___?___Lawrence,whowasthesisterofthe
compilersancestorSarahLawrenceMoore,seetheCarrSection,#1,a,(1),wheretheir children,
includingRobertCarrIV(ca.1740after1800)whomarriedNathanVassersdaughterElizabeth,are
enumerated.
(5) ElizabethWilliams(ca.1705/101758)marriedJohnDaughtry(ca.17001754).SeetheLawrence
Section,#1,a,(1),(b),ashewasthesonWilliamDaughtryandPriscillaWhifieldwhowasafirst
cousinofboththecompilersancestressSarahLawrenceMoore,asmentionedabove,andSarahs
sisterMargaretLawrence[#2,d,(7)intheLawrenceSection]whomarriedashissecondwifeJohn
Daughtry,Jr.,brotherofWilliamDaughtry.
(6) ElishaWilliams (ca.17101751/55)diedwithoutissueinEdgecombeCounty,NorthCarolina. He
signedhiswillon13August1751;probatedFebruary1755. Hislegateeswereallofthebrothers
identifiedinthewillsofhisparents(exceptforthedeceasedJohnWilliamswhosesonRichardwasa
beneficiary)andhissisterMaryCarrandElizabethDaughtry.TwoofthewitnesseswereJamesand
Drew Smith, brothers of the compilers ancestor Arthur Smith of Scotland Neck. See Grimes,
AbstractofNorthCarolinaWills,p.409.
(7) GeorgeWilliams(ca.1710after1751)remainsanenigma.
(8) JoshuaWilliams(ca.1710/151761)marriedSarah,maidennameunknown.Hewastheexecutorfor
hisbrotherElishainEdgecombeCountyin1751andlefthiswillinHalifaxCountyin1761.SeeWill
Book#1,p.28.HislegateeswerehiswifeSarah,sonsThomasWilliamsandElishaWilliamsand
daughtersTemperanceWilliamsandSarahWilliams,allofwhomremaintobetraced.
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(9) Daniel Williams (ca. 1710/15after 1751) was mentioned in the will of his brother Elisha but
otherwiseremainsanenigma.
2. ThomasWilliams(ca.1625/301693)marriedpossibly(1) unknown and(2) Mary,maidennameunknown,
whowasthewifementionedinhiswill.Bynomeans,isthislineproved.Thehypothesisconcerningthetwo
wivesrestsontheapparentagesofhisoldestandyoungestsons,JohnandArthur.ThomasWilliamswasvery
likelytheThomasWilliamsontheheadrightlistofGeorgeMoore(#4intheMooreSection)whenhepatented
atBlackwaterin1669.SeeNugent,Vol.2,p.157.ThomasWilliamsandhispurportedbrotherJohnWilliams
appeartohavelivedintheLawnesCreekcommunityofSurryandIsleofWight.JohnWilliams,theoldest
son of Thomas Williams, was the first member of this family to move to the NansemondIsle of Wight
borderlandsin1678,asnotedingreaterdetailbelow.AsalsonotedinthematerialaboutJohnWilliams,the
apparentbrotherofThomas,theybought400acresthreeyearslater(10October1682)fromtheprominent
speculatorGeorgePiercenearJohnWilliams,sonofThomas.Thispurchaseiscitedinvarioustransactionsof
theirprogeny,butnoneismoredescriptivethantheconveyancebyThomasWilliamsnephewJohnWilliams
ofAlbemarleCountyinNorthCarolinatoRalphVickersofIsleofWightin1718thedeednotingthatthe
landwaspartofthegreatpatentofGeorgePierceto2,500acresintheCorrowaughKingsaleareaadjacent
ColonelPittandColonelJosephBridgersaswellasMatthewStricklandslargegrantof1680andJohnMoores
plantation.SeetheIsleofWightGreatBook,Vol.2,p.182;cf.Nugent,Vol.2,pp.205,21617.Thomas
Williamssignedhiswill28January1691;proved9August1693.ThewitnessesincludedhissonThomas
WilliamsandMartinLutherwhoseassociationwiththeBarcroftSampsonMooregroupofLawnesCreekhas
beennotedintheBarcroftSampsonSection. Asidefromhisdaughters MaryWilliams and Ann Williams,
whoremainenigmasandarethusnotlistedbelow,thesonswereasfollows,accordingtohiswill:
a. JohnWilliams(ca.16551719)marriedMary,maidennameunknown.Heevidentlyprecededhisfather
ThomasanduncleJohntotheNansemondIsleofWightborderlandswherehepatented925acreson30
May1678; oneofhisheadrightswasNicholasWilsonwhomarried CharlesBarcrofts granddaughter
MargaretSampson.SeeNugent,Vol.2,p.184.Hediedintestateca.1719,ason26Octoberofthatyear
Mary Williams signed the appraisal of his estate. See Chapman, Isle of Wight Wills, p. 80. The
documentationintroducedbelowprovesthathehadtwosons:
(1) ArthurWilliams (ca.16851739)married Mary,maidennameunknown(BertieDeedBookC,p.
324).HemovedtoNorthCarolinawhereon26April1717RichardWashingtonsoldhim100acres,
andon13July1717HenryWheelersoldhim120acresonthesouthsideoftheMeherrinRiver
adjacentThomasKirby.In1724,hewitnessedadeedofAaronDrake,anephewofJohnDrakewho
marriedJemimaParnell,sisterinlawofMaryParnellWilliams,wifeofJohnWilliams,cousinof
ArthurWilliams.SeeChowanDeedBookB#1,pp.444,445;BertieDeedBook#a,p.356.On26
September 1719,shortlyafter the deathof hisfather inVirginia,Arthur Williams ofAlbemarle
County[sic]inNorthCarolina,executedadeedofgifttohisbrotherJohnof320acres,partofthe
[aforementioned]925acresgrantedtomyfatherJohnWilliams,deceased. Fromthesamegrant,
Arthur Williams of Bertie deeded further property to John Sellaway and Elizabeth Bressie in
1729/30.SeetheIsleofWightGreatBook,p.300;IsleofWightDeedBook#4,pp.60,63.Arthur
Williams served in the colonial assembly of North Carolina from 1731to 1738. See Boddie,
SeventeenthCenturyIsleofWight, p.708. HesignedhiswillinBertieCountyon8August1735;
probatedFebruary1739.HementionedhissonsArthurWilliams(Bertiewill1776,Book#B,p.30),
JohnWilliams (untraced,mayhavelivedinHertfordwheretherecordsweredestroyed), Robert
Williams(untraced),MoabWilliams(Northamptonwill1751/52,inGrimes,p.411).
(2) JohnWilliams(ca.1685/901754)marriedRebecca___?___.JohnWilliamswasthebeneficiaryof
thegiftfromhisbrotherin1719theland,asnotedabove,fromthepatentoftheirfatherto925acres.
On2October1750,JohnWilliamsexecutedadeedofgifttohissonJosephWilliamsfor200acres,
partofthe925acresgrantedtomyfatherJohnWilliams.On30May1754,JosephWilliamsand
wifeMarydeeded50acresfromthisgranttoWilliamEleyadjacenthisgrandfathersaforementioned
neighborElizabethBressie. SeeIsleofWightDeedBook#8,p.345;#9,p.284. JohnWilliams
signedhiswillon22September1754;probated7November1754.SeeChapman,IsleofWightWills,
p.179.HisprimaryheirwassonJosephWilliams(will1756,inChapman,p.182).Thewillalso
mentionedhisdaughterAnnPopeandsonsinlawJosephHollowell,RichardPope,andNathanPope.
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On17January1755,thewidowedmotherRebeccaWilliamsdeededherentireestateatdeathtoher
sonJosephWilliams.SeeIsleofWightDeedBook#9,p.319.Thisevidencecorrectsthetentative
conclusionofMrs.Chapman,IsleofWightWills,p.50,thatRebeccamarriedaWilliamWilliams.
b. RichardWilliams(ca.1655ca.1710)remainsanenigma.Hewasprobablytheonewhodiedintestatein
1710andwithoutissue.HisestatewasappraisedbyJohnWeatherall,JamesHouse,andJamesBrowne.
ThisJohnWeatherall,Sr.wasthefatherofJohnWeatherall,Jr.whodiedintestatein1706whenJohn
Williams,evidentlythebrotherofRichardWilliams,joinedthisJamesBrowneinappraisingtheestate.
SeeChapman,IsleofWightWills,pp.45,48.ItwouldappearthatArthurWilliams,brotherofRichard
Williams,inheritedfromRichard100acreslefttoRichardbytheirfatherThomasWilliams,forwehave
thefollowingrecordof1December1718thatclarifiesthematter.ArthurWilliamswastrading100acres
withhiscousinRichardWilliams,sonofJohnWilliams.RichardWilliamsconveyed100acreswilled by
JohnWilliamstoRichardWilliams,while,inreturn,ArthurWilliamswasconveyingtoRichard100
acresthathadbeendevisedtoRichardWilliams bythewillofhisfatherThomasWilliamsandmust
havedescendedtohisbrotherArthuruponRichardsdemisein1710.SeeIsleofWightGreatBook,pp.
255,256.
c. ThomasWilliams(ca.16551720)marriedSarah,maidennameunknown.Byhisfatherswill,Thomas
WilliamsreceivedtherighttothelandIwastohaveofWilliamBracey[sic:Bressie].Hisestatewas
appraisedbetween27March1720and24April1721attheplantationofMaryWilliams,hiswidowed
mother,byNathanielandThomasParkerandWilliamWeston.SeeChapman,IsleofWightWills,p.85).
AconveyancebyBridgmanJoynertothisThomasWilliamson26February1710waswitnessedbyArthur
WilliamsandRichardReynolds,thesoninlawofWilliamBressie.SeeIsleofWightDeedBook#2,p.
174.On25November1718,ThomasWilliamsandwifeSarah,maidennameunknown,soldthisproperty
(part of the great patent of George Pierce) to John Council; the land in this deed had been sold
consecutivelybyPiercetoJohnCouncilsfatherHodgesCouncil,thentoRichardBooth,thentoBridgman
Joyner,andmostrecentlytoThomasWilliams.SeeIsleofWightGreatBook,p.213.SeetheCouncil
and Joyner Sections. Thomas Williams evidently lived on the Nansemond side of the Isle of Wight
borderlandsandmayhavelefthiswillthere,althoughanappraisaltookplaceinIsleofWight,asnoted
above.
(1) ThomasWilliams(ca.1675/801759)marriedDeborahJoyner(ca.1680/85after1746),daughterof
ThomasJoyner(#1,c,intheJoynerSection). The article in Boddie, Historical Southern Families,
Vol. 6, pp. 217ff., confuses him with both the Thomas Williams who left his will in Isle of Wight in
1727 after having married (2) Mrs. Susannah Blunt Davis (# 1, e) and the Thomas Williams who
signed his will in Southampton in 1761 but was actually the son of the Thomas Williams of this
discussion. On 8 August 1704, Thomas Joyner deeded his son-in-law Thomas Williams 150 acres in
the Nottoway Basin (Isle of Wight Deed Book # 2, p. 4). Thomas Joyners will of 1708 identified his
daughter Deborah. See Chapman, Isle of Wight Wills, p. 46. Thomas Williams bought 125 acres in the
Nottoway Basin on 13 November 1713 adjacent Henry Flowers (Isle of Wight Great Book, Vol. 2, p.
15). On 2 April 1732, Thomas Williams bought 125 acres from the aforementioned Henry Flowers;
witnessed by Thomas Jarrell, Jr. and Robert Newsom (Isle of Wight Deed Book, # 4, p. 171). On 10
July 1746, Thomas Williams and wife Deborah sold to Ethelred Taylor 125 acres, part of a patent of
1735 and including 62 acres bought from the Nottoway Indians (Isle of Wight Deed Book 7, p. 397).
Deborah died before Thomas Williams signed his will on 6 October 1758; probated 8 November 1759
(Chapman, Southampton Wills, p. 17). The will mentions his sons Thomas Williams, Chaplin
Williams, Benjamin Williams, Joseph Williams, and Nathan Williams (deceased, as only his son
Thomas, son of Nathan was the legatee); daughters Elizabeth Jones, Anne Pitman, Mary Basden
(wife of James Basden, Jr. who witnessed), Francis Gregory, and Patience Gregory (deceased). Of
these children, only the following require attention here:
(a) Thomas Williams (ca. 1695/1700-1766) married unknown. She predeceased him. He signed his
will on 19 March 1761; probated 13 November 1766. See Chapman, Southampton Wills, p. 38).
He named his sons Benjamin Williams, Jacob Williams, Robert Williams, and Thomas
Williams; and daughters Sarah Williams and Prudence Rogers.
(b) Chaplin Williams (ca. 1700-after 1759) married Jane, maiden name unproved, who joined him in
deeding land from his patent of 1723 to Ethelred Taylor, the aforementioned neighbor of his father.
See Isle of Wight Deed Book # 7, p. 357. No estate papers for Chaplin Williams have surfaced.
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He may have died in Hertford County, North Carolina where the records were destroyed. He
witnessed the will of his brother in 1751 in a part of Northampton County, North Carolina that fell
into Hertford in 1759. He had at least one son Chaplin Williams, Jr., named with his father as an
executor of his grandfathers will.
(c) Benjamin Williams (ca. 1705-1778) married unknown. He was clearly a neighbor of James
Joyner (ca. 1695-after 1743), the younger brother of Deborah Joyner Williams, mother of
Benjamin Williams. See the Joyner Section, # 1, e. On 2 April 1744, he deeded to Joshua
Dawson of Isle of Wight 200 acres adjacent Robert Hodges, with Benjamin and Chaplin Williams
as witnesses. See Isle of Wight Deed Book # 6, p. 365. He moved to Onslow County, North
Carolina where on 11 April 1748, he deeded to Howell Edmunds 100 acres from a patent of the
former neighbor Robert Hodges. See Isle of Wight Deed Book # 8, p. 112. His son Jesse
Williams, who married Ann Whitehead, daughter of Arthur Whitehead (Southampton will
probated 1750/51), left his will in Onslow County (Grimes, p. 410).
(d) Elizabeth Williams (ca. 1705/10-after 1769) married William Jones whose will of 1769/70,
mentioning wife Elizabeth, was witnessed by James Baisden, her brother-in-law (Chapman,
Southampton Wills, p. 47).
(e) Nathan Williams (ca. 1710-1751/58) married Rebecca Eley, the daughter of the Robert Eley who
left his will in 1750. See Chapman, Isle of Wight Wills, p. 164. Nathan Williams signed his will in
Northampton County, North Carolina on 8 April 1751; probated July 1758. He named his sons
Eley Williams, Nathan Williams, and Thomas Williams; and daughter Martha Williams. He
mentioned having four other daughters, but they were not named. His brother Chaplin Williams
witnessed.
(f) AnneWilliamsmarried___?___Pitman.
(g) MaryWilliams(ca.17201790)marriedHughBaisden(ca.17201778)lefthiswillinOnslow
County,NorthCarolinawhereshealsodied.
(h) WilliamWilliams(ca.1720/251782/83)marriedSarah,maidennameunproved.Shemayhave
beenfromtheKinchenfamilyoutlinedintheJoynerSectionbeginningwithElizabethJoyner[#1,
a] who married William Kinchen and where the compiler proves her identity; she was not
ElizabethRuffin. Hesignedhiswillon1December1782;probated13February1783. See
Chapman,SouthamptonWills,p.96.HislegateesweresonsJacobWilliams,KinchenWilliams,
andElishaWilliamsanddaughterRhodaWilliams.
d. ArthurWilliams(ca.1685/901761)married(1)Elizabeth,maidennameunknown,and(2)Anne,maiden
nameunknown.Hewasevidentlytheonlysonbyhisfatherspurportedsecondwifeandonlyafewyears
olderthanhisnephewArthur.HewastheonlyArthurWilliamstobeidentifiedasanheirinaWilliams
willofSurryorIsleofWightbefore1750.HemovedfromeastoftheBlackwatertotheNottowayBasin
afterNathanJoynerofAlbemarleCountyinNorthCarolina,sonoftheaforementionedHodgesCouncil,
deededtoArthurWilliamsofIsleofWight225acres.SeeIsleofWightGreatBook,p.511.On21June
1747,heandwifeElizabethdeeded365acresfromapatentofJune1743toWilliamCrumpler.Theirland
wouldfallintothenewcountyofSouthamptonadjacenthiscousinsJosiahWilliams,NicholasWilliams,
Jr.,andThomasDrake.ThefirstwifediedbeforeNovember1751whenhealoneexecutedadeed.See
IsleofWightDeedBook#7,p.501;SouthamptonDeedBook#1,pp.12,29293.ConcerningtheDrake
genealogy,seetheParnellSection.ArthurWilliamssignedhiswillinSouthamptonCounty,formerlya
partofIsleofWight,on19January1761;probated9April1761(Chapman,SouthamptonWills,pp.1920.
HementionedhissecondwifeAnne,maidennameunknown;daughterPriscillaEdwards,wifeofWilliam
Edwards; daughter Mary Carrell; daughter Ann Williams; and son William Williams. The will
stipulated that the estate was to be divided by friends Job Wright, James Fowler, John Bryan, and
BridgmanJoyner.Thisfamilyistracednofurther.