William Kendrick and Sarah Jones

William Kendrick
Born abt 1704 King William, Virginia
Occupation:  Surveyor
Parents John Kendrick and Mary Turner
Married Sarah Jones abt 1730
Died  1 Jul 1777 Bute County, North Carolina
Note:  Bute county became Warren county
Will dated 12 Jan 1776 probated in Bute County court, Nov 1777
HIS WILL
In the name of God Amen, I William Kendrick of Bute County in the Province of North Carolina being in perfect health and memory Thanks to God, and calling to mind the uncertainty of this life as knowing it is appointed to all men once to die and desirous to settle things in order to make constitute and appoint this and no other to be my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say, first and principally I give my soul to God the giver thereof in hopes to receive the same again at the Joyful Resurrection at the last day with a full and free pardon of all my sins and transgressions through the Death and merits of my blessed Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ and my body to the earth from whence it was taken to be buried in a decent and Christian like manner, and as touching such worldly estate as the Lord in mercy hath lent me my will and desire is that the same be imployed first my will and desire is that all my just debts and funeral expenses be first paid.
Item: I leave and bequeath to my son John and James to them and each of them one shilling sterling.
Item:  I leave and bequeath to my daughters Mary, Sarah, Rebecca, and Martha to them and each of them one shilling sterling.
Item:  I leave and bequeath to my grandson Benjamin Thornton Forty Shillings Virginia money, to be paid to him when he shall arrive at the age of eighteen years.
Item:   I leave and bequeath to my son Jones all that part of my land below the  main branch running below the plantation whereon I now live it being the land my son James formerly lived on, to him and his heirs and assigns forever.
Item:  I leave and bequeath to my son Isham after my wife's death my plantation whereon I now live together with all the land thereunto belonging not before mentioned to him, his heirs and assigns forever.
Item:  I leave give and bequeath unto my son Isham aforesaid after my wife's decease my negro wench named Linder and all her increase to him and his heirs forever, and my will is that after my wife's decease the rest of my estate not before herein mentioned be equally divided between my two sons last mentioned (to wit) Jones and Isham to be divided in the effects and that nothing be sold of my estate on account of division and lastly I do nominate and appoint my well respected friend Captain Philip Burford Executor and my well beloved wife Sarah Kendrick Executrix to this my last will and testament utterly revoking and voiding all other will or wills by me made allowing this to be my last, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12 day of January 1776.  S/William Kendrick (SEAL)
Signed, Sealed and declared in Presence of:  John White, Druery Jackson, Benja Edwards
Bute County November Count 1777
This account of the Estate of William Kendrick deceased was returned into Court by Philip Burford esquire, one of hte Executors and on oath ordered to be recorded.  Test:  S/Thomas Machin C.C.
Sources
Book: Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L. Warner page 38, page 69-70
Historic Southern Families Volume 1 p 34
William and Mary Quarterly Vol 20 page 266
http://genforum.genealogy.com/kendrick/messages/1328.html
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
Sarah Jones
Born Jul 1715 Nansemond, Suffolk, Virginia
Parents Robert Jones and Rebecca Braswell
Died Feb 1796 Warren County, North Carolina
HER WILL
In The Name of god Amen I Sarah Kendrick of the County of Warren State of North Caroline being low in health but sound in mind and disposing Memory do make this my last will & testament revoking all others of a earlier date to the purpose my soul. I recomment to Almighty god who gave me it and  my body to the Clay to be decently buried by my friend hereafter named.
I give to my (grandson) Benjamin Thornton one feather bed, 2 sheets, 1 bolster and one spotted counterpin and also one more new Counterpin and one yarn blanket and also five head of cattle now in my possession and also their increase that they may have hereafter during my life 
and I also give and bequeath to him my before named Ben Thornton one horse now called and known by the name of said Thornton and also one mare I also give and bequeath to him my said Thornton one pewter Diah, 6 plates and one bason and six spoons and one safe and one skillet and 2 flat irons and all my plantation table and one woolen wheel and two pair of collin cards and one sitting chair and all my crops of all kinds  of grain and tobo flax cotten peas and potatoes and meat of all kinds that I may die possesssed of and all the money that may be in my possession of my own property and I also give to my three daughters to be equally divided all my clothes as at the directions of my exra to wit Mary Fox, Rebecca Nicholson, Marthy Wood. I hereby Nominate and appoint Ben Thornton & Wyatt Hawkins Exrs to this my Last WIll and Testament as Witness My hand and Seal this 23rd day of May Anno Dom 1793 
Her X- Sarah Kendrick
Sources
William and Mary Quarterly Vol 20 page 266
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1

CHILDREN

Burwell Kendrick (not theirs)
Notation saying he isn't one of the children of this couple:  Book:  Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L. Warner (1975) page 39
James Kendrick
Born abt 1733 Isle of Wight, Virginia
Married Susannah Roberson Mar 1755
Children: John, William, James, Benjamin, Martin, Jones, Sarah
Note:  I have an extra child:  Jonathan, who may or may not belong here
Military:  Revolutionary War (Captain Richard Coleman's Company)
August 1778 Captain under Colonel Ambrose Ramsey
Also active 1779-1781
Known battles:  Briar Creek, Georgia
Died abt 1798 Wilkes County, Georgia
Sources
Military:  Book: NC Patriots 1775-1783 page 546
Book:  Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L. Warner (1975) page 39
Virginia Gen. Vol 1:Boddie p 35-36
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
*Captain John Kendrick
Born 30 Jun 1735 Gloucester, King William, Virginia
Military:  Revolutionary War (Captain Richard Coleman's Company)
1776: Lieutenant under Captain Richard Stroder and Colonel Ambrose Ramsey
1781:  Lieutenant under Captain William Gholson and Colonel Ambrose Ramsey
Married Amy Fox abt 1758
Children: Mollie, William, Sarah, Keziah, John, Elizabeth, James, Obedience, Lucy
Died:  Will proven July 1811 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Sources
Military:  Book: NC Patriots 1775-1783 page 546
Book:  Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L. Warner (1975) page 39
William and Mary Quarterly Vol 20 page 266
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
Mary Kendrick
Born 12 Apr 1738 Virginia
Married William Fox son of Richard Fox and Hannah Williamson
Children:  Richard
Died before 1795 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Sources
Book:  Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L. Warner (1975) page 39
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
Benjamin Kendrick
Born abt 1740 Greenville, North Carolina
Sources
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
Rebecca Kendrick
Born abt 1742 Edgecomb County, North Carolina
Married Mr Nicholson
Sources
Book:  Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L. Warner (1975) page 39
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
Sarah Kendrick
Born abt 1744 Greenville, Edgecomb, North Carolina
Married Mr Thornton
Children:  Benjamin
Died:  pre-1796 - she is not named in her mother's will - her son is.
Sources
Book:  Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L. Warner (1975) page 39
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
Martin Kendrick
Born abt 1745 Edgecomb County, North Carolina
Military:  Revolutionary War
Died:  he is not in his father's will and therefore must have died pre-1776
Sources
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
Martha Kendrick
Born 7 Jan 1747 Edgecomb County, North Carolina
Married William? Alston Wood
Sources
Book:  Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L. Warner (1975) page 39
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KENDRICK/1999-06/0928290596
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
Jones Kendrick
Born abt 1750 King William, Virginia
Married Margaret
Sources
Book:  Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L. Warner (1975) page 39
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
Isham Kendrick
Born abt 1753 Virginia
Military: Revolutionary War
1780-81:  Private under Captain Sterling Clark and Major Charles Davis
Known battles:  Cowpens in SC
Married 1) Elizabeth Tucker 31 Oct  1781
2) Elizabeth Duncan 17 Apr 1788 Warren, North Carolina
Children:  Alston (there are more, I just want proof)
Died 17 Mar 1818 Spartanburg, South Carolina?
Sources
Military:  Book: NC Patriots 1775-1783 page 546
Old Southern Bible Records page 179
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KENDRICK/1999-06/0928290596
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1

Captain John Kendrick 1735-1811 and Amy Fox

Captain John Kendrick
Born 30 Jun 1735 Gloucester, King William, Virginia
Parents William Kendrick and Sarah Jones
Married Amy Fox  abt 1758 Kentucky
Military: Granville NC Militia in 1754 for the French and Indian War
Captain in American Revolution
First Lieutenant in Capt James Lewis' Company on Oct 13, 1777 Took oath as a militia officer on May 11, 1778  
Died 1811 Mecklenburg, Virginia
His will dated 1807, proven in July 1811: 
In the name of God, Amen. I John Kindrick of the County of Mecklenburg and State of Virginia being in perfect sense and memory blessed be God for the same but calling to mind the mortality of my body and that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say first and principally I recommend my soul to God the giver thereof in full hopes of my resurrection through the merits of Jesus Christ my Saviur and my body to be buried in Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my Executors hereafter mentioned and as for what worldly goods it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life, I give and dispose of in the following manner Viz: I leave unto my beloved wife Amy Kindrick the use only of my Negroes to wit old Mingo, Phillis, James and Lutitia during her life and after her death to go as shall be hereinafter divided. Also the use of my plantation and land, work horses, tools of all kinds, and all conveniences thereon, Household and Kitchen furniture, stock of all kinds during her life and after her death all that part I lend my wife during her life together with the land and Planatation stock of all kinds be sold and the money equally divided between all my surviving children. My desire and will is that my Negro man James be sold after the death of my wife and the money equally divided between the Children of my daughter Molly Cunningham, dec'd to wit: Keziah Cunningham, Jacob Cunningham, Rebecca Cunningham, Jones Cunningham, George Cunningham, and Sally K. Cunningham, Baird Cunningham, My grandson John Cunningham to have twenty Pounds of the money arising therefrom. I also desire that my Negro boy Mingo and my Negro girl Amey be hired out until the children of my son William Kendrick, dec'd shall come of age after that to be sold and the money equally divided between the said children, to them and their heirs forever. I give and devise to my daughter Sarah Patrick my Negro woman Patt together with her present and future increase except Albert, to her and her heirs forever. I give to my daughter Keziah Stevens my Negro woman Sook she and her increase forever. I give and devise to my son John Kindrick my Negro man Mingo and my Negro woman Phillis after the death of my wife to him and his heirs forever. I give and devise to my daughter Betsey Price my Negro girl named Milley to her and her heirs forever. I give and devise to my son James Kindrick my Negro girl named Sarah and also one cow and calf to him and his heirs forever. I give and devise unto my daughter Obedience Dinkins my Negro woman named Viney she and her increase forever. I give and devise to my daughter Lucy Dinkins my Negro woman named Rachel she and her increase forever. I give to my grandson Greenberry Stephens my long gun also my saddle and Bridle. I give to my grandson Asa Stevens my Squirrel gun. My desire and will is that Reuben and Jordon Evans serve their time out with my son James Kendrick after the death of my wife. My desire is that John Stevens take Clissa Evans a Mulatto boy and have him bound to him till he shall arrive at the age of 21 years. My desire further is that my stock of all kinds be sold after the death of my wife also five good beds and furniture my household and kitchen furniture, cupboard, plantation tools of all kinds and my conveniences of every kind be sold by my Executors and the money arising therefrom after paying my just debts to be equally divided between all my surviving children. My desire is that there be no appraisement or Inventory of my Estate and lastly I nominate my beloved friends William Langley and Anderson Paschall to be my Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and disannulling all other former will or testament by me heretofor made and ordaining this and this only to be my last. In Witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal this tenth day of October 1807. Signed sealed and acknowledged in the presence of us. John Kindrick Clement Read Christopher Haskins Walter C. Langley At a Court held for Mecklenburg County the 15th day of July 1811 this will was proved by the oaths of Clement Read and William C. Langley one of the Executors therein named Personally appeared in Court and refused to take upon himself the burthen of the execution thereof and on the motion of Anderson Paschall the other Executor therein named who made oath thereto together with Clement Read and William C. Langley his securities entered into and acknowledged their bond in penalty of fifteen thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs. Certificate was granted him for obtaining a probate of the said will in due form. Teste: William Bashwell, C.C. 
Sources
Tillman and Hamilton family records with their many ancestral lineages Vol 1 page 80
Mecklenburg O.B. 4, p. 374
Historical Southern Families Vol 1, p 48
NC Collections. & State Records, v.22, p 373
Will of John Kendrick: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/mecklenburg/wills/k536001.txt,
Amy Fox
Born 1740 Virginia
Parents Col Richard Fox and Hannah Williamson
Died after 1811
Sources
William and Mary Quarterly Vol 20 page 265-6 By Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Earl Gregg Swem, Richard Lee Morton, 1912
The Dinkins and Springs Families by Captain James Dinkins, 1908 page 11
Tillman and Hamilton family records with their many ancestral lineages Vol 1 page 80
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CHILDREN

Mary (Mollie) Kendrick
Born abt 1760 King William, Virginia
Married Isaac Cunningham about 1776
Children:  Keziah, Jacob, Rebecca, Jones, George, Sally, Baird, John
Died pre-1807 according to her father's will
Sources
Family Search
William Kendrick
Born abt 1762 King William, Virginia
Married Winifred (Winnie) Darnell 9 Sep 1794 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Note:  Winifred remarried after William died to Stephen Smith
Children with William: Edmond, Richard, Sarah
Died pre-1807 according to his father's will - which doesn't name these children by their name (see the will listed above) but does take care of William's children.
Sources
North Carolina County Marriages 1762-1979 Film 000546461
Note:  her name is spelled Winny in record
For Winifred's will: South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964
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*Sarah Kendrick
Born abt 1763 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Married John Patrick 29 Sep 1779 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Children: William, Sally, John, Luke, Mary, James, Elizabeth, Nancy, Wiley, Allen, Ludson
Died 14 Mar 1833 Missouri
Sources
Family Search
Keziah Kendrick
Born abt 1766 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Married John Stephens 11 Jan 1791 Warren County, North Carolina
Note:  her given name spelled Cusiah in record
Children:   Asa, Benjamin, Greenberry
Died 14 Mar 1833 North Carolina
Sources
Online Marriage Bonds, North Carolina
John Kendrick Jr
Born abt 1767 King William, Virginia
Married Martha Dinkins 1785 Warren County, North Carolina
Children: Green, John, Frederick, eight others
Died 1825
Sources
Family Search
Elizabeth (Betsy) Kendrick
Born abt 1770 King Willam, Virginia
Married John Price 10 Oct 1787 Warren County, North Carolina
Sources
Family Search
James Kendrick
Born abt 1772 King William, Virginia
Married Elizabeth Wright 12 Dec 1797 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Died
Sources
Family Search
Obedience Kendrick
Born abt 1774 King William, Virginia
Married 1) John Osbourne 6 Jan 1796 Warren County, North Carolina (he died 1801)
2) Joshua Dinkins
Died
Sources
The Dinkins and Springs Families by Captain James Dinkins, 1908, page 11
Lucy Kendrick
Born abt 1776 King William, Virginia
Married James Dinkins 5 Jan 1796 Warren County, North Carolina
Children: Lewis, Sarah, Louisa, Rufus, Lucinda, Alexander
Died 1849
Sources
The Dinkins and Springs Families by Captain James Dinkins, 1908, page 5, 11