WHITSETT Family data extracted from pg 278 of Volume II of the book "My Finding" privately published by Lillian Vesta BROWN-JOHNSON, Smyrna, TN 1991. A copy of which is in the possession of Mary Ann CALAHAN MCCAFFREY, 974 Greerland Dr., Nashville, TN 37204.
Came to PA from Ireland on or before 1740 with two brothers, John and Joseph.
672. WAGSTER
Information from: Wade & Marcia Scott (wambscott@home.com) (2002)
The name Wagster is probably English in origin, since Wagsters appeared in England in the 16th Century. One explanation, is Wagster is a corruption for Wag’s Star. It seems the pubs in England often used Star as a name; thus, if the Wags owned a pub Wag’s Star, it eventually shortened to Wagster. This applies to many English names that end in “ster.”
The name Wagster appears in an obituary in The Irish Times. It is definitely Irish. Many of the Wagsters were living in farming area’s close to London that were taken over by the industrial Revolution or City growth. This forced these people to go elsewhere. Options, at this time were into the City or to Ireland to oversee land for someone else or take what you have and try your luck in the ‘New World.” They could have come as investors in the Virginia Company or as members of the Carolinas, or Maryland colonization.
There are two Wagsters in Baltimore.
“Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759, by Robert W. Barnes, genealogical Co., Inc.
Register of St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church, Index to register made by Helen Brown. Maryland Historical SocietyNiel, Thomas, married Mary Wagster after the bans were published in April 1747.
(And History would repeat its self when Jack Neil would marry Azzlee Wagster about 140 years later in Tennessee.)Isaiah Wagster married Mary Worrell November 6, 1776 in St Paul’s Parish.
They could have bought a plot, came as indentured, or could have been sent by the English Gentry in charge of that colonization. If we ever find Wagster passage records on ships of that time, they usually state their condition.
Maryland was a plantation colony founded by Lord Baltimore, a prominent English catholic. It was meant to be a haven for English Catholics who were still being discriminated against in England. The first settlers, 200 in number, founded Maryland at St Mary’s Catholic Church on Chesapeake Bay. Lord Baltimore intended Maryland to be a moneymaking proposition. So he sold sections of land and left it up to the landowner to do as he wished, as long as he produced a crop and contributed financially. Thus many landowners were absentee. They sent overseers and indentured servants and later slaves to grow and produce the valuable Tobacco to be sent back to England. Baltimore from the outset allowed freedom of worship, provided you were not atheist or Jewish. Society in Maryland could be small farmers, catholic and Episcopal Land barons and protestant back country planters.
The next Wagster we find in the new world is William Wagster in the Carolinas. We are descended from William. A Restoration Charter formed the Carolina’s in 1663. The Carolina’s were made up of small farmers and tobacco planters, Charles Town or Charleston, as we know it today, was founded in 1670. Many of the settlers in the Carolinas came from the English settlement in Barbados. There were a few French Huguenots (Protestants) and African slaves.
688. William GILBERT I
Not a proved connect to our family!
Col. William Gilbert b. c1732 Ireland, lived in Gilbert Town NC (old Tyron) d. 1790 Gilbert town Occ: Furniture maker, Rev. War Soldier, served in the general assembly of Rutherford Co. NC, m. bond dated Dec 1780 Sarah McCandless of PA,(they reportly eloped.) Sarah was b. c1737 d. Dec 21, 1822 at age 85 yo, the dau of ALexander McCandless (he b. before 1734 SCT d. Aug 1776 Faun Township York Co PA m. Sarah) and is mentioned in his will. Information from: Hewitt F. Ryan, Birmingham AL, e-mail: hfrbluesky@msn.com (1999)
He was a furniture maker. Family tradition states that the first Gilbert came over the water and made furniture. William came from Ireland to PA. His wife's family was from there--McCandless. He got married (eloped according to his father-in-law's will) and went to SC. He was a furniture maker in NC and one of the largest landownders in SC before the Revolutionary War. He was in the state legislature, etc. Died in Charleston. His wife moved to TN and died there.He is probably the grandfather of John Gilbert. William made furniture in NC. He had a land grant in TN. Check for a will in SC. Maybe lived in Lauren Co., SC
The following information is taken from the records of Patsy West. Her webpage is found: http://www.websitewiz.com/genealogy/sketches/dagilbert.htm#puzzles
"For several years, Melanie Nolan and I have been trying to establish the connection of this family to William Gilbert I (ca 1730-1790) of old Tyron and Rutherford Co., NC who married Sarah McCandless ca 1765 in Philadelphia. She was the d/o Alexander and Sarah McCandless of York Co., PA (His will 1766 names his daughter, Sarah Gilbert).
William Gilbert I emigrated from Ireland as a child with his parents. He lived in Charleston, SC by 1749 and moved to NC in 1769. He got his start making furniture. His home was known as Gilbert Town, later Holland, NC. He was the largest taxpayer and property holder in Tryon Co., NC. He was a Rev. War patriot. He signed the Association Oath in 1775 as a member of the Tryon Co. Committee of Public Safety. He served in the General Assembly from Rutherford Co. in 1779, 1780, 1782, 1783. He sold his property to Maj. James Holland, his son-in-law, in 1790. He died at Gilbert Town and was buried there in 1790. He received land in Williamson Co., TN and it was tied up in litigation until 1806.
The late Bessie D. Morton of Nashville, a granddaughter of D.A. Gilbert, owned furniture handed down in the family which was said to have been "made by the first Gilbert who came over the water."
According to a public sale in Williamson Co., TN, in 1810, William Gilbert I had the following nine children:
Jenny Gilbert Prince
Sarah Gilbert Holland
Alexander McCandless Gilbert
Milly Gilbert
Sally Gilbert
Fanny Gilbert
Philip Gilbert
William Gilbert
John Gilbert (deceased).For years, researchers have assumed that the Rev. John Gilbert of Lincoln Co., TN was the son of William Gilbert I. This cannot be so, as William Gilbert I's son, John, was dead by 1810.
Gilbert Town
Gilbert Town was located about the center of Rutherford County. The first courthouse was built on Holland's creek, about the middle of the community, and was torn down about 1878 by its owner, J.A. Forney. The small village of Gilbert Town consisted of a number of buildings and log homes.
It was said that William Gilbert brought a group of Scotchmen to the area where they manufactured furniture and other wood products.
William Gilbert
William Gilbert, of Scotch-Irish heritage, came to America and settled first in Philadelphia, where he met and married Sarah McCanless, who was born there in 1737. They traveled to Charleston, South Carolina, from Philadelphia and then came to Old Tryon County. In 1777 and 1778, he was assessor of taxes and, in 1778, collector of taxes. Mr. Gilbert held the office of justice of the peace in Old Tryon County, taking his seat in July, 1778. In 1779, he represented Tryon in the North Carolina House of Commons.
On February 8th, 1779, he was forced to resign his commission as justice of the peace on the charge of duplicating his vouchers as commissary of militia of Tryon County. His guilt or innocence can never be known. Despite the charge, when Rutherford County was formed from Old Tryon, Gilbert represented the new county in the North Carolina House of Commons. He was selected in 1779, 1780, 1782, and 1783.
Gilbert was appointed justice of the peace for Rutherford County in 1781. At the October, 1781, term of the Rutherford County Court, he was chosen chairman of the court. The court vindicated him of the legislative charge of duplicating his vouchers by an order in October 1781, reading "On motion of William Gilbert, Esq., and testimony produced to the satisfaction of the court, it is ordered that the opinion of the court be entered on the records, to-wit: It is the opinion of the court that the said William Gilbert is not guilty of the charge laid against to the General Assembly, and we do certify that the said William Gilbert never plundered, nor was guilty of plundering, to our knowledge."
In October, 1783, Gilbert wanted to visit his wife's relatives in Philadelphia. The court, sitting at his son-in-law's house prepared, under the seal of the court, a statement of his standing and civic virtues, by way of a letter of introduction. "That the said William Gilbert hath long been an inhabitant of this county, hath frequently represented the same in the General Assembly; that he is first in commission of the place, and that it appears from the lists of assessments returned into the clerk's office that he is possessed of and hath given in for assessing more taxable property than any other person in the county of Rutherford, and that he hath uniformly distinguished himself as a warm Whig and a true friend to his county in times of greatest distress and defection during the war."
Despite his successful defense of the charges of treason, Gilbert continued to have legal problems after the war, being engaged in numerous lawsuits, and eventually lost his property. In 1786, 1787, and a portion of 1788, he lived in Charleston, South Carolina. He later returned to Gilbert Town to live at the home of his son-in-law, James Holland, where he died in 1790. He was buried on Ferguson's Hill above Gilbert Town.
Sarah McCanless Gilbert lived until 1822. She went with the James Holland family in 1790 to Maury County, Tennessee, and is buried at Holland's Ford on the Duck River.
James Holland married Gilbert's daughter Sarah. He represented Rutherford County in the North Carolina House of Commons and the Senate. He was elected to the first board of trustees of the University of North Carolina.
William Gilbert - Patriot
As mentioned, William Gilbert was charged with treason, because Ferguson used the Gilbert home as his headquarters. Lyman Draper in his definitive history, King's Mountain and Its Heroes, on page 159, states Gilbert "was a Loyal friend of King George." In 1897, Flournoy Rivers wrote in a Nashville newspaper that "Draper seemed to have presumed that Gilbert was a Loyalist simply because Major Ferguson camped at Gilbert Town, as though an invading army would ever quarter on a friend while in an enemy's country. As a fact, the Assembly was then sitting at Hillsborough and Gilbert, being the county's representative in the House of Commons, was most likely absent there, and Ferguson, in his absence, most probably quartered on [Gilbert] as an object lesson by way of making treason odious, as it were. "
North Carolina records indicate that on October 25th, 1775, Gilbert and others, including the Committee of Safety, signed the "Association Oath," expressing profound regret that "his Brittannic Majesty had been so ill-advised as to encroach on the undoubted rights of the colonists as Englishmen, with the firmly expressed intention of sustaining both the Continental and Provincial Congresses." http://www.nps.gov/ovvi/nc3/kmf-gton.htm
We are working on the assumption that the Rev. John Gilbert was a grandson of William Gilbert I, and we have been researching all the heirs of William Gilbert I. We have not been able to make a provable connection."
689. Sarah MCCANDLESS
Sarah MCCANDLASS, dau of Alexander MCCANDLESS & Sarah of PA.
Sarah b abt 1737/1745; marr. William GILBERT (Civil Service & DAR Patriot) abt 1760/65 PA and d 22 Dec 1822 Duck R. Maury Co., TN. DAR Records & Gilbert Gallery (a Periodical).
700. William SMITH Sr.
Place of residence Prince William Parish, Beaufort Co., SC
704. John FREEMAN
Map in Norfolk Co., shows that John owned 200 acres on the Dismal Swamp with Andrew TAYLOR as his next-door neighbor.
Land records found showed a John FREEMAN receiving 50 acres for importation into the country.
John and Hannah were bonded Hanah, an orphan daughter of Wm. WALLIS. Andrew TAYLOR assumed responsibility for Hanah after John and Hannah FREEMAN both died.
John Freeman born about 1650, probably in England. He was in Lower Norfolk, VA (now the City of Chesapeake) as early as Oct. 1673. Married to Hannah ? prior to 1683/4 most likely in Lower Norfolk. John and his wife Hannah both died after May 15, 1711 and before May 18, 1711 in Norfolk Co., VA. He lived near the Western Branch of Elizabeth River, adjoining the Great Dismal Swamp, near the boundary with Nansemond Co., VA.
See DNA project posted at: http://dna.carnicle.com/test.htm (2003) (Our John-mint green)
706. Thomas CORDING
Will record for Thomas CORDING, of County of Lower Norfolk, Book 6, f 162, dated 4 Oct 1698, proved 15 Sep 1699 by Henry Skyner & Wm Southerland.
...unto Elizabeth my beloved wife the Plantation whereon I now live during her Naturall Life...unto my Son Thomas CORDIN the One halfe of my land when....twenty and one yeares ....known by the name of Buckes plantation...affter his Mothers Decease and if my Son Thomas Shall Chose Buckes Land...unto myu Son William Cordin...the other helfe....the land I now live on affter his Mothers Decease...when...twenty and One...and in case they boath dye without Issue...the Land bee Equally Devided amongst my Daughters after my Wife Decease....wife...Sole Executrix..mr. John Hodges...gordenship of my Children
witnesses: Henry Skynner, Tho Hoffler, William Southerland
708. Col. Elias ALEXANDER
From: SERIES II of "REGISTER of MARYLAND'S HERALDIC FAMILIES", by Alice Norris Parran, 1938. Page 66:
"ELIAS ALEXANDER, son of ANDREW (and grandson of William Sr. of Somerset); wife, dau--of JOSEPH ALEXANDER of New Munster, and O'Dwire tract.
Issue--six sons and daughters--
William 1715, m. Agnes, his cousin.
Abraham,1717-1786, m. Dorcas. Zebulon, 1720-1784, m.(first two unnamed)
3rd. Jane McClung.
Ezra A, 172?-1800, m.(wife not listed.)
Arthur, d. 1763, m. Margaret McKamy.
Daughter of Elias unnamed."" Sophia ALEXANDER married Elias ALEXANDER, son of Andrew ALEXANDER.
DAR Magazine Elias and Sophia Alexander --- were the parents of two Signers of the Mecklenburg declaration of Independance (Abrham and Ezra Alexander) and the grandparents of two others (Adam and Charles Alexander) " Abraham Alexander b 9 Dec 1718 Cecil Co Md."
Maryland Families pg 87 " Elias Alexander b Feb 26,1679 Somerset Co Md"
DAR Magazine The Somerset Register Liber IKL states that Elias Alexander was born 26 Feb 1679,and he died in Frederick Co Md about 1750, leaving a second wife Ann (Taylor) and a number of children of whom Elias (Colonel Elias of Rutherford Co.NC) was one.
PA Genealogical Magazine " The children of Andrew Alexander were Abigal, b 15 Sept 1677, and Elias, b 1679, Brevard "Elias Alexander (b Feb 1679-d 1747)
Brevard D Pg 174 " Elias Alexander was born in Somerset Co., MD. 26 Feb 1679, and died in 1747 probably near Slate Hill, York Co., PA. "
Alexander Pioneers "The first record of Andrew Alexander apears in the Somerset Register DB, I.K.L., states "Elias was born 26 Feb. 1679 and he died in Frederick Co., MD abt 1750 leaving a second wife Ann (Taylor) and a number of children of whom Elias (Colonel Elias of Rutherford Co., NC ) was one. The register was begun in 1714/15 records birth of his son and daughter "Abigail Alexander daughter of Andrew Alexander was born of his wife the fifteenth day of Sep 1677; Ellies (Elias) Alexander the son of Andrew Alexander and his wife 26 1779. No other childen are registered."
Pioneers " the will of Joseph Alexander dated 1726 names sons James and Francis daughters Sophia, Jane Muley (or Mackey), Abigaill Chapham and his son in law Elias Alexander: who we know was the son of Andrew Alexander of Somerset (So.Register, I,.K.L.)"
Alexander Kin p.14 Sophia Alexander m. Elias Alexander, son of Andrew Alexander and Ann Taylor"
Virkus Vol V p 42 Andrew Alexander 1650 two children: Abigail-1677 and Elias-1679 m. dau of Jos Alexander of New Munster. He died in 1753 in Slate Hill, York Co.,PA.
DAR Magazine " the Somerset Register states that Elias died in Frederick County MD abt 1750 leaving a second wife Ann (Taylor) and a number of children of whom Elias (Colonel Elias of Rutherford Co., NC) was one. "
Alexander Kin pg 10 " will: Dec 1726 d.1747, Slate Hill, York Co, PA Probate PA ADMINISTRATION BONDS PA A,73 8 May 1753. Estate of Elias Alexander of York Co., Will PA Your A:73 * May 1753 Estate of Elias Alexander of York Co. Francis Alexander, administrator. Tenet in Đ200. Inventory filed with bond [19 May 1753] mentions a legacy of Đ20 from descendant's brother Jededia Alexander. (Descendants of James Alexander (1742-1778) taken from Bible Records in possession of Mrs. Margaret Alexander Muse of Mt. Pleasant, NC)
DAR Magazine "Elias Alexander Sr. Col. (Elias) Married Sophia his first cousin, dau of his uncle Joseph Alexander, was designated "son-in-law" in will of Joseph Alexander, tanner. One of the seven Alexander deeded land in New Munster recorded Oct 22 1714 Cecil Co., MD. Buys from Stephenson "New Munster" 15 Aug 1718 (MD Land Records J.S.3:206) CCMD Land Deed's 10:147
1730 Elias sold to John Alexander land sold by Stevenson to Elias in Mildford HD.in 1718 John's wife Susannah of Chester Co., PA widow in 1762 sell's New Munster land. Ellas and Sophia are said to have had seven children (Ref record written in 1853 by W.R.Morgan,a descendant of Second Child of Abraham Alexander) "
Alexander Pioneers " Elias Alexander was designated "son in law:" in the will of Joseph Alexander "Tanner" of Cecil Co., Will prob in 1730, and no doubt married his (Joseph's) daughter, Sophia. Elias probably married three times and Ann Taylor, his last wife, is well authenticated."
709. Sophia ALEXANDER
Simpson Pg 183 " Sophia Alexander married her paternal 1st cousin Elias Alexander, son of Andrew Alexander
720. Robert GLIDEWELL II
CHILDREN: Bristol Parish Register lists; Susan 13 Nov 172(), Rbt 23 Oct 1722, Nash 19 Jun 1720.
He could be the Robert Gladwell born or baptized 1 Feb 1701 in England, son of William and Alice Briant Gladwell.
From the Virginia Register in the Bristol Parish Page 38 Robert Glidewell unable to work-cancer-court cared for him.
Bristol Parish Vestry Book, p. 38, entry dated 14 Apr 1728: "Robert Glidewell being afflicted with cancer in his face which hath made him unable to labour for his livelihood, it is ordered that the Church Warthen find him necessary clothin (sic) and likewise that John Browden find him necessary board, and he to be allowed 100 lbs of tob(acco?) - month."Entry p 45, dated 3 Aug 1729: "Upon the petition of Elizabeth Glidewell that she is a poor widow and not able to take care of her children, desires that her son Robert Glidewell (III) be bound to Tho Clemmon as the law direscts 'tis granted."
From research by Diane Fitzsgibbons: http://www.idir.net/~dfitzgibbons/Index.htm (2003)
"The first documented and proven ancestor to my line is Robert Glidewell (b.ca 1695 place unknown), who is first found listed in the Bristol Parish (VA) Vestry Book in the 1720-1730's, when his children's baptisms are being recorded. He was a tobacco planter. Right now, I presume his father to be a Robert, because there is a Robert "Glidswell" listed in Surry County Virginia tax lists of 1702 as an adult. Also concerning a Robert Glideswell is his name again mentioned in the book "Boddies Colonial Surry", shown living with William Coggins (not related) on his tobacco plantation, including 91 other taxable people (this includes whites and slaves). Perhaps this is where Robert learned his tobacco planting skills.
Although LDS files tie this VA Glidewell line to Aymes Gladwell, or others, it is not yet proven whether my Virginia Glidewells originated in England or Scotland, nor is Robert's parentage proven. One obituary from the 1800's claims northern England as our country of origin, while two other obits from the same era claim Scottish descent. The William Coggins who is mentioned above, was from Scotland. English church records prior to 1600 show several GLIDEWELL or GLIDWELLs in England, primarily in the Bedford and Kent areas, however, there has been no clear connection made to any of them yet. (See the pre-1600 list)
Robert (b.ca1695) Glidewell died in 1728, as recorded in the Vestry Book, of face cancer. His wife Elizabeth is found again at the time of her death, Sept.1765, in Chesterfield Co. VA (order book 3, part 2) as "...being so poor that no person will take administration of her estate orders that the Sherif do take and administer the same and under his account."Now we have two Roberts, either of whom might have been our ancestor. (comments from: Jack Glidewell)
Some secondary sources report that Robert (b 1698) was the son of William Glidewell (b 1665 London) and Alice Briant (b unk m 1697 London). Diane Fitzgibbons has studied the LDS records, and has the primary sources.
On the other hand, in the Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol III, 1942, p 564. "GLIDEWELL, James Arthur, b Cooper, Tex, Nov. 6, 1889, and others, reported:
"11. Aymes Glidewell (b1619) from Eng. in the "Increase," 1835, settled at Boston, Mass.;
10. Robert (b 1640) of Bristol Parish, VA;
9. Daniel (1675-1727) of Bristol Parish.;
8. Robert (ca. 1700-1728) of Bristol Parish, m 1719 Elizabeth -- ;" The Compendium, as far as I can find, was complied by traveling genealogists who interviewed well-known people in community about their ancestors. None that I have found cite any sources other than the person who recounted his family history.
The second group of genealogists often (not always) place Robert in the line of descent as the son of Daniel who was the son of Aymes.
The first group places Robert as the son of William, b 1736, in Bexley, Kent, England, who migrated to the Virginia colony late in the 1600s. William’s father was Reinhold, b. between 1613 and 1618 in England.
I have been unable to find a report of the birth of Robert II, born 1700 (+ or - 5), to any parents in the Parish Vestry Book Birth Register. To my knowledge, limited as it is, this issue has not been settled as of now (28 June 2003).
Tentatively I accept the idea that one of the two Roberts (b 1700 + or - a year or two) was the father of Nash (b 1721) and Robert (b 1722). I keep hoping that new information about this family in VA will turn up.Some additional complications are added by a message I received from George Jansen, Jr., & Virginia Carpenter Jansen, 126 Orchard Court, Richland, WA 99352. Phone 590-627-7385. e-mail gjansen@3-cities.com.
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"I do not think that here is direct evidence for any of the question answers beyond what you have already indicated. Most of the evidence is indirect and non-confirmatory and is open to more than one interpretation. For example:
"The role of Daniel G. in VA may be interpreted as (1) and ancestor of Robert (2) the son an earlier Robert who married Thomas Gent's widow before 1700, or (3) ???"
"We don't know if Wm & Alice migrated to VA or not, but if they did, they probably went back to England.
"I think that Reuben Gladhill of Isle of Wight Co., VA has a brother, William, living in VA, but since these are Quakers, probably from Yourshire, they may not be related to Robert at all.
"The birth of Robert in London in 1701 seems consistent with the Robert who arrived in VA 171?, who was undoubtedly Elizabeth's husband. It appears to be the custom to send sons back to England for education? And then they show up as immigrants when they are transported again.
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"Robert Glidewell (b 1722) lived in Granville Co., NC in the 1746 Petition and 1750 censuses and in 1755 got land there as a result of his service in [NC] militia. His land was very close to the VA line and although he sold it, he did not have to move far to be on Little Blue Wing Creek in Halifax Co., VA. Nash Glidewell became well established in Halifax Co., VA, but their geographic separation in the tax lists is great enough to tell their descendants apart in the lists until they were alphabetized.
"Robert [b 1722] was probably married by 1746 since a person usually did not farm land until marriage. We find only one Byrd, John Byrd in Granville Co., NC and he could be Robert's brother-in-law, although they did not live close to each other. Putting this together with William Byrd getting land in Bertie Co., NC within the Granville District, we have formed the hypothesis that Robert married in NC a daughter of Will & Jean (Bell?) Byrd, [Jean was] a sister of Sutton Byrd of NC & SC. According to the book by Earl Byrd of Mississippi, this Byrd family can be traced back through Chowan Co., NC through Surry Co, VA, and back to England."
"We have included this branch on our Web Page, a printout of which is attached. Currently, we are looking at counties that Wm Byrd lived in in NC & SC, trying to find evidence for a Glidewell. This has already explained the source of the Early Byrd land holdings in Laurens Co., SC where Robert Glidewell (b 1722] moved about 1780.
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Sincerely, George Jansen, Jr., & Virginia Carpenter Jansen, cc to Diane Fitszgibbons 916 NE Bristol Drive, Lee's Summit, MO 64086.
721. Eliza Elizabeth Susan NASH
Several researchers have suggested the surname of Nash for Elizabeth. I have no documented proof that this is correct. There is a Thomas Nash who left a will in Henrico Co., VA around 1733. (Source: Dawn Westfall) Thomas J. Nash, b 1773 c/o William Nash m Sarah Elizabeth Talley, d/o Daniel Talley and Mary Mickey Elizabeth Powell, in 1798 Halifax Co., VA. Abraham Nash m Poly and had Nancy Nash who m Wiley B. Nash ca 1820. Wiley and Nancy had 9 children. Wiley was b VA, but died in David Co., NC & was m in Mecklenburg Co., VA (Source: Mary Seamster)
3 Aug 1729, Bristol Parish, VA Vestry Book: Upon the petition of Eliza Glidewell that She is a poor Widow and Not able to Take Care of her Children Desires that her son Robt Glidewell Be Bound to Tho Clemmon as the law Directs tis Granted.
From the Library of VA, Index to Wills and Administrations Card Catalog: There is an Elizabeth Glidewell d. 1765 Chesterfield Order Book 3, "she died so poor no one would administer her estate so Sherriff to be admins. 6 Sep 1765". Chesterfield borders Dinwiddie Co., where Terrence Lamb Glidewell was last recorded.
One speculation is that Elizabeth was shunned by the family for having Terrence and went to live by him. Perhaps she died penniless while sons Nash and Robert were thriving in Halifax. (Diane Fitzgibbons)
I believe that this is a good possibility.
724. James WHITLOW Sr.
He was from Henrico Co.
726. Nicholas MEALER
DEATH: Will book 2, Lunenburg Co., VA Page 166
!MARRIAGE: Christ Church Parish, 26 Dec 1732, Middlesex Co., VA
Nicholas lived in Henrico Co. before he moved to Mecklenburg. Check Lunenburg Co. Deed Book 7, page 101, May 4, 1762. Nichols Mealer of Parish of Varina, Henrico Co. bought 400 A between Roanoke River and Bluestone Ck.
!CHILDREN: Listed in will.
897. Mary MCGHOILL
Information from: Rootsweb.com (Lee and Walt Vandevender whvande@sandia.gov Apr 2002)
944. Edward THURMAN
(The first entry pairing John and Edward as sons of John Jr. from the Hamrick data. See John Jr.'s notes.)
946. BROOKS
Richard and Robert Brooks are listed in the Quit Rent Rolls of New Kent Co., VA in 1704.
A possibly son for this BROOKS is: Richard Brooks, b 1670, VA. He married Mary Gibson, and they both died the same day 5 Jul 1734 in Hanover Co., VA.
Richard and Mary had a son Richard Brooks, Jr. b 1702 and he married Elizabeth. He died in Lunenburg, VA.
Richard Brooks, Jr. and Elizabeth had a daughter: Sarah Brooks, b 1723 Lunenberg Co., VA who married a Nichols Gentry in 1739, Pamunkey Neck, New Kent Co., VA. She died in SC. (information on this family from: Greg Caldwell from Nevada City, CA upperst@pacbell.net) (2001)