Notebook - North Carolina #2, Part 2

Clemens, William. North & South Carolina Marriages Records from the Earliest Colonial Days to the Civil War, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1977

• Hinkle, Charles & Susanna March 13 May 1797 Rowan Co., NC - grandparents
• Hinkle, George & Frances Shaffer, 17 Sep. 1795 Rowan Co., NC
• Hinkle, John & Mary Rosenbum 26 Feb. 1790 Rowan Co., NC
• Hinkle, Michael & Sarah Beecham 26 Nov. 1787 Rowan Co., NC
• Hinkle, William & Elender Hunter 11, Dec. 1793 Rowan Co., NC

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Draughon, Eleanor. Duplin County, North Carolina Abstracts of Deeds, 1784-1813 Vol. I, Rose Hill, NC: Duplin County Historical Society, nd.

Book 1A - p. 190 - William O'Daniel to Samuel Tanner, both of Dupln Co., 3 Feb. 1785, for 24 pds. specie money 100 acres on the north side of the Northeast Cape Fear on the upper side of Smith's Branch lying between Theophilus Williams' line & joining the sd. branch, being part of 200 acres taken up by Jesse Barfield joining Kornegay's line & Stephen Barefield's line. Wit: Thomas Tanner, John Durrell, Oct. Ct. 1785.

Book 3A - p. 278 - John Durall, planter, to his son David Dural both of Duplin Co., 9 Sept.  1797, for "love & affection" 100 acres on the north side of the Northeast Swamp, it being par of a survey granted to Stephen Barfield & by him conveyed to sd. John Dural, beg. at a red oak & runs along the patented line. Wit: John Whitehead, Jos. Whitfield. Jan. Ct. 1798.

Ahnentafel #617 - Mary (--?--)

Mary (--?--) some people say Martha

Born: 1679
Died: 1730 Orange County, New York

Buried: Unknown

Married: Abraham Denton 1699 in Orange County, New York - or did she? 

No record survives of Abraham's marriage, nor is there any historical mention of his wife. He apparently left no will and only one child is mentioned, Abraham Jr. . . . [Krumm, Walter. Descendants of the Rev. Richard Denton, New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, January 1989]

Notebook - North Carolina #2, Part 1

Drake, Julia. The Lost Joseph of the McDowell Family, North Carolina Historical & Genealogical Record, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1932.

The McDowell family is legion and it is not strange that in the extreme emphasis placed on Colonel Joseph McDowell, of Quaker Meadows (1756-1801) and his nephew Captain Joseph, of Pleasant Gardens (1758-1795), that another Joseph McDowell living in Guilford county should have been overlooked. The United States census of 1790 for North Carolina records two Josephs as "Heads of Families" in Burke county and the Joseph McDowell of Guilford county, who is thus registered:

Salisbury District - 1 free white male over 16; 2 free white males under 16; 3 free white females.

The first land record so far discovered shows that this Joseph McDowell held:

A tract of land containing two hundred and fifty acres lying and being in our county of Guilford on the waters of the south side Reedy Fork of Haw River beginning at a Black Gum in William Scotts line . . . near a branch running thence west crossing two branches one hundred sixty poles to a post oak thence north crossing a branch to Abraham Whitesides corner black oak thence . . . in John Whites line . . . to his corner stake thence . . . in William Scotts line. . . Record of deeds, Guilford county, NC Vol. 2, page 118.

There is also the following purchase of land:

This indenture made this fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four between Thos. Morgan of the county of Guilford and State of North Carolina of the one part and Joseph McDowell of the state and county afore of the other part witnesseth that the sd. Thos. Morgan for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifteen pounds

Ahnentafel #616 - Abraham Denton

Abraham Denton

Born: 1675 Hempstead, Nassau Co., New York
Died: ca. 1730 Orange Co., New York

Buried: Unknown

Married: Mary (--?--) in 1699 in Orange Co., New York 

Biography:
Abraham Denton was born say 1675 in Hempstead, Long Island, the fifth child and third son of his parents. He is first mentioned in the 1698 Hempstead census, unmarried and living at home. 

No record survives of Abraham's marriage, nor is there any historical mention of his wife. He apparently left no will, and only one child is mentioned, Abraham Jr., in a document cited below.

On 3 March 1700 Abraham purchased for "£7 silva mony in hand" a parcel of land

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65 (--?--) (--?--) Lathrop, 3/23/2024

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120 Derrit Fitzgerald, 2/7/2024

122 James Smith 2/3/2024

224 Abraham Colclasure 2/7/2024

225 Abigail Dennen 2/7/2024

244 Christopher Smith 2/3/2024

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Notebook - Mom's Families #6, Part 3

Brill, Ray & Joanne Baker. The Brill Family in America & Their Allied Families, Hagerstown, MD: Joanne Baker, 1993.

Brill Coat of Arms - is officially documented in Riestap Armorial General. The original description of the arms (shield) is as follows (translated):

Black: three silver crescents with a face, points turned to the left; each crescent is placed on a silver ring.  Above the shield and helmet is the crest which is described as a black column adorned on each side with a silver crescent and surmounted by five silver feathers.

The Martin Brill Family - Martin Brill was born in Germany in 1710. About 1733, he married Anna Maria (-?-), in Germany. She was born ca. 1712. Martin arrived in America on October 22, 1754 at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His age is listed as being 44 years old.  With Martin on the ship Halifax was Herman and Heinrich and Christopher.

According to the records of the Lutheran Church of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Martin and his wife and children attended Springfield Lutheran Church from 1755-1758.

Ahnentafel #495 - Catherine (--?--)

Catherine Barbara (--?--)  backtracking to generation 9

Born: ca. 1740
Died: before 1814

Buried: unknown

Ahnentafel #494 - Henry Brill

Henry Brill aka Johann Heinrich Brill / Bruehl, backtracking to Generation 9

Born: ca. 1740 Germany
Died: Frederick County, VA between May 27 & October 31, 1814 

Buried: unknown

Married: Catherina Barbara (--?--) ca. 1760

Records:
1754, Oct. 22 - Philadelphia, PA, Heinrich Brill arrives on the Halifax with his father Martin and brothers Herman and Christopher.

1778 - living in Lancaster County, PA.

1778, May 28 - Frederick Co., VA, Henry Brill purchased 124 acres from Isaac Zane:

This indenture made the twenty-eighth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight. Between Isaac Zane of the county

Ahnentafel #614 - (--?--) Ellis

(--?--) Ellis

Some say this should be Elliiot

Born: ca. 1682
Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Married: ca. 1700 (--?--)

Records:
1609, May 23 - a John Ellis was one of the grantees in the second charter of the Virginia Company.

1624 - VA - Davis/David Ellis came from Wales to Jamestown, VA prior to 1624.  His wife's name was Margaret (-?-).  Really early and fairly far south for our bunch in Stafford County.  Came in the second supply of emigrants from England, and was one of the men sent by Captain Smith to build a house for King Powhatan at his favourite seat, Werowocomico, on York River.

Notebook - Mom's Families #6, Part 2

Austin, Gayle. The Ancestors & Descendants of Bryant DeBerry Austin, Jr., 1992.

Copied from The Journal, Monroe, NC, June 7, 1929 - Genealogy of the Austin Family of Stanly & Union Counties.

The following genealogy of the Austin family, as interesting as it is accurate, was written by Mr. D. Nance for Stanly News-Herald of Albemarle, and will be of interest to many Journal readers: . . .

There came from Ireland, prior to the Revolutionary War, Charles and Mary Austin, bringing with them their seven children, to-wit: Peggy, born June 9, 1751; William born April 11, 1754; Charles born May 31, 1756; John born January 3, 1759; Mary, born June 10, 1761; James born March 10, 1765; and Sarah born September 3, 1766. After the death of Charles Austin his widow married a Mr. Hood and had one son, Charles Austin Hood.

Bryant Austin, Richard Austin, Mike Austin, Jake Austin, John Austin and Jonathan Austin were nephews of Charles Austin, Sr., above.  The above was obtained from Charles Austin's Bible, which he brought to this country and is now in the Austin family.

All the Austins in Stanly and Union counties are descendants of James, Bryant and John.

James settled on Richardson Creek near the old Nance Mill and is buried beside of his wife and grandson, Clement Nance, near the old homestead. He married

Ahnentafel #613 - Mary Jones

Mary Jones

Born: ca. 1685
Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Married: ca. 1700 William Overall

Records: 

1723 - Stafford County, VA - a William Overall appears on the rent roll

1726 - Stafford County VA - a William Overall's death listed in St. Paul's Parish record

1726 - Stafford County, VA - a William Overall's will listed in Order Book - will book has disappeared from county courthouse.