Showing posts with label Stephens. Show all posts
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Sunday, January 13, 2013

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
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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
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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

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Ephraim Doane 1638-1700 Mercy Knowles 1640

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9th Ggrandfather
Ephraim Doane
Parents John Doane and Ann (unknown surname)
Born abt 1638 Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Married 1) Mercy Knowles 5 Feb 1667 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Note:  her given name is spelled Marey in the town records
2) Mary Smalley
Made his will 7 December 1699
Died 19 April 1700 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Buried: Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Sources
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, page 33
Marriage: Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 (see below)
Family Search
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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34275191/ephraim-doane

Ephraim Doane and Marey Knowles marriage record 


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9th Ggrandmother
Mercy (Marey) Knowles
Parents: Richard Knowles and Ruth Bowers
Born 11 December 1642 Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Died 1692 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Buried Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Sources
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, page 33
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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54825899/mercy-doane


CHILDREN


Children listed in Massachusetts Town and Vital Records
Patience Doane
Born 28 Jan 1668 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Died 1675 (abt 6y)Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Buried:  Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Sources
Massachusetts Births and Christenings
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, page 33
Family Search
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Apphia Doane
Born 18 Jul 1670 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Died
Buried
Sources
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, page 33
New England Historical and Genealogical Register: The First Settlers of Eastham, Mass., Volume Info: 6, 7, Pages: 6:41-46, 167-170, 234-235, 7:279-280, 347-348, rep, Hamblen, David, January, April and July 1852, July and October 1853, Burgess Genealogical LibraryFamily Search
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8th GGrandfather
*Hezekiah Doane
Born Aug 1672 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Occupation(s): Surveyor 1691-92 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Whale Fishery: Provincetown, Massachusetts
Justice of Peace: 1710 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Deacon of his church: 1 Nov 1711
Married 1) Hannah Ruhama Snow about 1691
Children: Nehemiah, Mary, Ephraim, Elisha, Rachel, Apphia, Hannah, Hezekiah
2) Mary Smith (widow of Thomas Freeman) abt 1717
Children: Joseph
3) Sarah Knowles (widow) 1744
No Children
Died 23 June 1752 Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Buried
Sources
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name, 3rd Edition, Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, pages 33, 57-59
Family Search
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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57682930/hezekiah-doane
Thomas Doane Headstone
Thomas Doane
Born 4 Sep 1674 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Occupations: Whale Fishing, Blacksmith, Town Treasurer of Harwich
Married Patience Mulford 28 Feb 1701 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Children: Thomas, Elizabeth, Reuben, Abigail, Benjamin, Ruhamah, Anna
Died 8 May 1756 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Buried: Chatham Old Burial Ground
Sources
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, page 33, 59-61
Family Search
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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43997698/thomas-doane
Ebenezer Doane
Born Apr 1676 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Occupation: Fisheries in Provincetown, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Married Lydia (unknown surname)
Children: Ebenezer, Thankful, James, Keziah, Levi, Lydia, Elizabeth, Mary
Died
Buried
Sources
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, page 33, 62
Family Search
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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57683142/ebenezer-doane
Nehemiah Doane
Born Aug 1680 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Died Feb 1684 (age 3y 4m) Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Sources
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, page 33
Family Search
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Patience Doane
Born 27 April 1682 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Married Joshua Cook 7 Feb 1706 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Patience and Joshua Cook Marriage record

Children: Martha, Josiah, Joshua, Mercy, Ebenezer, Ephraim, Ruhama (Roana), Simeon, Moses
Patience and Joshua's family in book,
Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts Vital Records page 15
Note:  anno domini means"in the year of our Lord"

Died 28 Sep 1746 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut,British Colonial America
Buried
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
Marriage record: Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records
Book: Facts and Fancies of Family History By Elizabeth Eunice Smith Marcy, Evanston, Illinois. 1911. page 108
Children: Book: Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts Vital Records page 15
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, page 33
The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011, Vol 126 Page 82
Mayflower families through 5 Generations; Vol 6, Stephen Hopkins, John D. Austin, General Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth, Massachusetts; 1992, Page number: entry 89, page 114
Family Search
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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57682716/patience-cooke
Ruhama Doane
Born 30 Apr 1685 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Note: About 1704 she was living with family of David Melville in Eastham and in 1707 and 1708 she was employed at Samuel Cox's Inn, Boston
Married Richard Stephens 22 Sep 1726 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts,British Colonial America
Died
Buried
Sources
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, page 33
Family Search
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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57683524/ruhama-stephens