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Algate
Allison
Armstrong
Baddeley
Barco
Barnard
Baxter
- B. M. BaxterBirth: unknownDeath: unknownDelegation described 3 January 1864.Not merged with the other Baxter references.
- Hilliard BaxterBirth: unknownDeath: unknown16 May 1864 letter.Not merged with Isaac, B. M. or Mr. Baxter.
- Isaac BaxterBirth: unknownDeath: unknown1835 constitutional convention.Not identified with Mr. Baxter, B. M. Baxter or Hilliard Baxter in the letters.
- Mr. Baxter (bereaved parent, 1863)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown28 January 1863 letter.Not merged with Isaac, B. M. or Hilliard Baxter.
Bishop
Boettcher
Boone
Bray
Bright
Brite
Brown
- James Brown (1719 patentee)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownPatent 30 March 1719Identification with the 1718 Browne petitioner is unproved.
- James Browne (lapse petitioner)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownPetition 11 November 1718Captain; identification with the 1719 Brown patentee is not explicit.
- Jesse Brown (university assignee)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownGrant 1827; separate deed 1838Recipient of grant 346; later same-name transactions concern other tracts and do not close the intervening title chain.
Bryan
Burnham
- Benjamin BurnhamBirth: unknownDeath: unknownRecorded 1739Separate from Caleb and Gabriel in these transactions.
- Caleb BurnhamBirth: unknownDeath: unknownRecorded 1750Grantee of Cornelius’s fifty acres.
- Gabriel BurnhamBirth: unknownDeath: unknownRecorded 1714–1732The map’s G. Burnham is probably this early landowner. His identification with later same-name estate records is not assumed.
- Isaac BurnhamBirth: unknownDeath: unknownReported Tennessee deed 1800Known through a deed abstract; no bridge for Jarvis’s identity.
Butler
Byrum
Collins
Cowell
- Bettie CowellBirth: unknownDeath: unknown13 May 1907 deed.W. J. Cowell’s wife; birth surname unknown.
- Dr. Cowell (Currituck delegation)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownDelegation described in 3 January 1864 letter.No given name established; not W. J. Cowell by assumption.
- W. J. CowellBirth: unknownDeath: unknown13 May 1907 deed.Initials not expanded; not equated with Dr. Cowell in Morgan letters.
Cox
Crewes
Cummins
Dale
Davis
Deadman
- J. R. DedmanBirth: unknownDeath: unknownDeath-certificate informant 1921–1922Given name and kinship not expanded without evidence.
- John DeadmanBirth: unknownDeath: unknownRecorded 1879–1880Liddy/Lydia’s husband; recorded as John T. Deadman in 1880. Identification with the J. R. Dedman informant is not established.
DeForest
Dey
Dozier
Draper
Edney
Etheridge
Evans
Everton
- Hannah / Hana EvertonBirth: unknownDeath: unknownWife in 1713 acknowledgment; will witness 1725Correlation of the will witness with the wife in the 1713 acknowledgment is qualified. Vital dates unknown.
- Jeremiah EvertonBirth: unknownDeath: unknownPasquotank records 1713–1725Written Everington/Everinton in the land records. Correlation with the later will witness and Maryland man remains qualified; no Forehand kinship.
- Sarah EvertonBirth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed beneficiary 1725No daughter relationship to William Joy is established or adopted. Her proposed identification as Thomas’s wife remains unproved; joint beneficiary status does not establish a marriage to Solomon.
- Solomon EvertonBirth: unknownDeath: unknownBeneficiary 1725No parentage or marriage is inferred from the joint gift.
Fanshaw
Ferrell
Flusser
Forbes
Forbs
Forehand
- Abner / Abr Forehand [?]Birth: unknownDeath: unknown1816 tax / 1820 candidatePale name not adopted as Lambert; cross-record identity unsettled.
- Anthony Forehand (1808 estate)Birth: unknownDeath: before March 1808 proceedingEstate proceedings March 1808Identity with Sarah’s husband is a working correlation. The article names James and Esther as children from the estate evidence.
- Anthony Forehand (Camden tenant)Birth: About 1804Death: 1855 (reported; unproved)1831 rent obligation; 1 August 1833 mortgage.The Camden tenant is a working identification with the later census man. Birth about 1804 is a census estimate; death in 1855 is reported but unproved. Distinct from the older Anthony married to Sarah.
- Anthony Forehand (Sarah’s husband)Birth: about 1755–1774 (attributed 1800 census estimate)Death: by March 1808 only if estate identity is correctRecorded 1795–1800; possible 1808 estateProposed older brother of coastal Lambert, not established. The 1800 household’s adult male was 26–44; not the later Anthony born about 1804. The estate does not name a wife. Birth estimate is conditional on identifying him with the adult male aged 26–44 in the 1800 Pasquotank census. No anonymous woman or child is identified by this estimate.
- Calvin ForehandBirth: March 1832 (reported in 1900 census; other ages differ)Death: 1906 (published Quaker abstract)Married January 1861; household 18801900 census reports March 1832; other census ages and the published death age differ. Earlier census identities remain qualified; Jarvis descent unproved.
- Charity ForehandBirth: unknownDeath: 1788 or later (probable identity)Wife in 1773; probably administratrix in 1788Named as Jarvis’s wife in 1773 and probably the administratrix who personally exhibited his inventory on oath in 1788. Death year and birth surname remain unknown; 1788 or later is a survival bound, not a death estimate.
- Cornelius ForehandBirth: unknownDeath: 1728Recorded 1714–1728Died after his will of 24 February 1727/8 and by its July 1728 proof. Exact death day, birth year and parents are unknown.
- Cornelius Forehand (Cornelius’s son)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed 1727/8; probably the 1750 sellerStrong inferred identification with the 1750 seller, not express sonship in that deed. No proved birth/death dates; Junior is an administrative distinction.
- Daniel Forehand (Thomas’s son)Birth: By 1754 (conditional tax-age bound)Death: 28 December 1781–July 1783 (recorded interval)Recorded 1769-attributed tax and 1772 deedDocumented as Thomas’s son and strongly identified with the Perquimans testator. Birth bound assumes personal liability in the 1770 tax return. Death was on or after 28 December 1781 and by July Court 1783; he could have died later on the day he executed the will. Exact death day unknown.
- David Forehand (Guilford testator)Birth: unknownDeath: 1802 (will and probate evidence)Will dated 6 July 1802Death in 1802: original will 6 July and executor deed 1 December; the court transcript reports proof 19 August. Exact death day and birth are unknown. The will names Jarvis; identity with the earlier coastal David is unproved.
- David Forehand (Pasquotank)Birth: By 1750 (conditional militia-age bound)Death: unknownRecorded in the later 1760 sBirth bound applies if this Pasquotank David is the man on the militia roll endorsed 1766. Newland Thomas is a possible father; parentage is unproved; identity with the Guilford testator remains unproved.
- Elijah ForehandBirth: unknownDeath: unknownDeed witness 23 October 17721773 is registration, not another personal appearance. No stated kinship.
- Elizabeth Forehand (Cornelius’s daughter)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed in 1727/8 willSeparate from father’s wife Elizabeth. Marriage and vital dates unknown.
- Elizabeth Forehand (Cornelius’s wife)Birth: unknownDeath: July 1728 or laterLiving July 1728Cornelius’s wife, distinct from his daughter Elizabeth. Personally swore to fulfill his will on 28 July 1728; death date and maiden name remain unknown. The displayed death bound records her last securely identified personal act, not a known death year.
- Elizabeth Forehand (Esther Spence’s daughter)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed in will proved June 1785Proposed mother of Anthony and Lambert, not proved. The 1789 taxpayer and 1790 householder are candidate identities. Vital dates unknown; distinct from the 1728 Elizabeths.
- Esther Forehand (Anthony’s child)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed in Anthony estate proceedingsA naming connection only; no evidence about whom the name honored.
- George ForehandBirth: unknownDeath: unknownAdministrator in 1848Estate notice names administrator, not son. Vital dates unknown.
- Georgia / Georgie ForehandBirth: 1881 (probable identification with Georganna/Georgeanna)Death: unknownRemembered youngest daughterProbably the memoir Georgia/Georgie: 1900 daughter Georganna born June 1881; meeting abstract Georgeanna born 26 July 1881. Exact month/day conflict; death unknown.
- Gillian ForehandBirth: unknownDeath: unknownTransported by 1671 (index)No Cornelius relationship or proved subsequent residence.
- James Forehand (1850 household)Birth: about 1839 (1850 census estimate)Death: unknownAge eleven in 1850 householdAged 11 in Lambert’s 1850 household, implying birth about 1839. The census states no relationship; later identity and death are unknown.
- James Forehand (Anthony’s child)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownOrphan in 1808 proceedingsChild generation, not the older James proposed as Anthony’s father. Exact birth/age unknown.
- James Forehand (Cornelius’s son)Birth: Probably by about 1718Death: unknownNamed 1727/8; probably the 1739 sellerThe 1739 seller is strongly identified with Cornelius’s son through title and dwelling. Probable birth bound assumes ordinary full-age conveyance; minors could make voidable deeds. It is not an exact or circa birth year. Edgecombe continuation remains unproved.
- James Forehand (Esther Spence’s legatee)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed in will proved June 1785Leading proposed father of Anthony and Lambert; likely Elizabeth’s husband from the will’s context. The 1782/1786/1787 taxpayer matches are candidates. Vital dates unknown.
- James Forehand (Pasquotank militia)Birth: By 1750 (conditional militia-age bound)Death: unknownMilitia roll attributed 1766No automatic merger with Cornelius’s son or the later James candidate.
- Jarvis Forehand (Chowan estate)Birth: By 1750 (conditional militia-age bound)Death: by 12 September 1788Older Carolina JarvisLikely the Thomas’s-son, deed-maker, militia and Revolutionary-service record group, but cross-record identities remain qualified. Birth bound assumes the 1766 militia identification and ordinary enrollment. Estate evidence establishes death by 12 September 1788, not an exact day.
- Jarvis Forehand (David’s named son)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed in Guilford will, 1802Leading candidate for the western Jarvis, but no direct geographic/family bridge. Keep separate from both the 1788 decedent and western record cluster.
- Jarvis Forehand (western record cluster)Birth: about 1770–1780 (census estimate)Death: by 29 March 1848Illinois records; Kentucky connection qualifiedThe 1830/1840 census age brackets support the estimate. Not the older Jarvis who died by 1788. Kentucky identity and identification as David’s son remain hypotheses. The 1848 notice supplies a death bound, not an exact day.
- Jno. ForeheadBirth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed in 1653 headrightForehead is the recorded spelling, a candidate Forehand variant only. Patent date is not arrival date; no Cornelius relationship.
- John Forehand (Cornelius’s son)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed in 1727/8 willNamed as Cornelius’s son. Later Pasquotank and Edgecombe identifications remain uncertain; the older 1704–1781 date pair is unproved.
- John Forehand (family Bible)Birth: unknownDeath: 7 July 1837 (family Bible)Bible identityThe family Bible records 7 July 1837 for John. This date applies to the Bible entry only; identification with the Gates groom, Williamson estate father or Illinois marker remains unproved.
- John Forehand (Hertford groom)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown1799 bond leadHertford resident on a Gates bond. No merger with the Bible John or Williamson estate John.
- John Forehand (Williamson estate)Birth: unknownDeath: by 21 September 1837 (estate sale)Williamson estateDistinct from John L., who died in 1921. Link to the Bible John or Gates groom is unproved; father unknown.
- John L. ForehandBirth: 11 December 1837 (death certificate)Death: 22 May 1921Lambert’s documented sonBirth retrospectively reported on death certificate; distinct from the older John deceased by 1837. Caption expands his name as John Lambert.
- Joseph Forehand (Edgecombe survey)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownRecorded 1754Separate from Josiah of the 1755 militia; kinship unknown.
- Josiah ForehandBirth: By 1739 (conditional militia-age bound)Death: unknownMilitia return endorsed 1755Relationship to Cornelius’s family is unknown. Not identified with Joseph Forehand in the 1754 Edgecombe survey.
- Lambert Forehand (coastal records)Birth: about 1774–1784 (if the 1800 census head)Death: unknownRecorded 1795–1800Possible coastal witness/census group. The birth estimate belongs to the male aged 16–25 in the 1800 Camden household; identification with the witness and western men remains uncertain.
- Lambert Forehand (Kentucky census)Birth: about 1765–1784 (1810 census estimate)Death: unknownRecorded 1810Possible connection between the coastal and Tennessee men; the westward identity is not proved.
- Lambert Forehand (Tennessee landholder)Birth: about 1769–1780 (conflicting census estimates)Death: 7 October 1857 (favored Bible reading)Tennessee record cluster, 1813–1850Birth is approximate: portions of 1770–1780 from the 1830/1840 brackets, and 1769–1770 from age 80 in 1850. The death entry favors 7 October 1857; the earlier 1853 reading is superseded. Coastal and Kentucky identities remain unproved.
- Lemuel ForehandBirth: By 1750 (conditional militia-age bound)Death: 31 January–24 February 1808 (probable identity)Recorded 1760 s–1772 in these storiesDocumented as Thomas’s son and strongly identified with the 1808 testator. Birth bound assumes the 1766 militia identification and ordinary enrollment. Probable death was on or after 31 January and by 24 February 1808; exact day unknown.
- Liddy / Lydia Forehand DeadmanBirth: 11 October 1835 (favored reading)Death: 10 January 1922Lambert’s documented daughterBirth manuscript and stated age favor 1835; index differs. John Deadman’s wife; surname also appears as Dedman.
- Lydia Copeland ForehandBirth: 7 August 1837 (death certificate and meeting abstract)Death: 24 August 1917 (death certificate; abstract gives 23 August)Married January 1861; household 1880Death certificate and meeting abstract agree on 7 August 1837; 1900 census agrees on month/year, while the 1880 age differs. The certificate records death on 24 August 1917; the meeting abstract gives 23 August.
- Margaret Jane Forehand JordanBirth: 17 December 1875 (published meeting abstract)Death: 1961 (probable Massachusetts death-index match)Birth 17 December 1875 from the published meeting abstract. A Massachusetts death index lists Margaret Jordan, maiden name Forehand, in Brookline in 1961, aged 85: a probable match. The certificate has not been inspected. This conflicts with the reported 2 October 1962 Boston death; no exact death day is adopted.
- Martin ForehandBirth: unknownDeath: unknownWitness 1840No kinship to Lambert stated.
- Mary Forehand (conventional reading)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed in 1727/8 willThe daughter’s name is an uncertain manuscript reading conventionally rendered Mary; no identified object of gift follows it. Marriage and vital dates unknown.
- Mary M. ForehandBirth: September 1839 (probable 1900 census identification)Death: unknownRecorded 1880–1881John L.’s wife; probably Mary M. Tidwell in the 1861 marriage and Mary M. Forehand in the 1900 census, which reports September 1839. Her exact death date is unknown; the reported 1905 death remains unverified.
- Prudence ForehandBirth: unknownDeath: by 4 April 1751Currituck estateAdministration bond establishes prior death; 12 December 1754 is the later estate return. Husband and children unknown.
- Richard Forehand (Cornelius’s son)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed in 1727/8 willNo securely identified later record or proof of childhood death. Proposed Prudence marriage unproved.
- Sarah Forehand (Anthony’s wife)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownWife in 1800 deedMaiden name unknown; distinct from Lambert’s Sarah Walker and the Bible Sarah.
- Sarah Forehand (family Bible)Birth: unknownDeath: May 1833 (family Bible; day unclear)Bible identityThe Bible records a death in May 1833; the day is unclear. Identification with Sarah Collins or Lambert’s wife has not been proved.
- Sarah Walker ForehandBirth: about 1798–1803 (conflicting census ages)Death: unknownRecorded 1850–1880 (correlated)Birth estimates differ: about 1803 in 1850/1880, about 1799 in 1860. S. Forehand in 1880 is a probable match. Walker is retrospective death-certificate information; the 1879 deed’s Nancy/Sarah discrepancy remains. Death date unknown.
- Susannah ForehandBirth: unknownDeath: unknownRecorded 1750Tax return does not identify a husband or designate widow. Proposed marriages to Cornelius’s sons remain hypotheses.
- Tho. FourehandsBirth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed in 1672 headrightSeparate from the 1676 will witness pending correlation.
- Thomas Forehand (Cornelius’s named son)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed in 1727/8 willLikely, but not proved, the Newland Thomas who died in 1769. This label preserves the identity of the son named in Cornelius’s will.
- Thomas Forehand (Henrico witness)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownWill witness 1676Possible identity with the 1672 headright remains unproved; no Cornelius parentage.
- Thomas Forehand (later Chowan candidate)Birth: about 1770–1780 (attributed census estimate)Death: unknownChowan land/census clusterParentage open. Jarvis and Cornelius III are competing proposed fathers; this is not Newland Thomas who died in 1769.
- Thomas Forehand (Newland)Birth: By 1724 (conditional tax-age bound)Death: 1769Newland landholderBirth bound assumes the 7 June 1740 tax entry includes his own liability under the sixteen-year rule. Died 1769. Identifying Newland Thomas with Cornelius’s named son remains likely but unproved; Sarah Everton is not a proved wife.
- Thomas Forehand (Williamson tax)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownTax entry 1813Separate entry; no merger with Newland Thomas.
- Vinson ForehandBirth: 1801 (family Bible; month unclear)Death: 11 July 1851 (family Bible)Family Bible associationThe family Bible gives birth year 1801, month unclear, and death 11 July 1851. The 1850 Vincent household is consistent with the Bible family. His relationship to Lambert remains unknown.
- William Forehand (Anthony’s brother)Birth: unknownDeath: on or after 8 February 1831; by 1 August 18338 February 1831 obligation, recited in 1833.The mortgage expressly calls him Anthony’s deceased brother. Other William Forehands remain separate. The 1833 deed recites their joint 8 February 1831 obligation; the 5 February 1833 obligation was Anthony’s alone. The death interval includes the lower calendar day.
Fothergale
Foy
Gambling
Getty
Gibson
Giddens
Glasgow
Gordon
Grandy
- Abner H. GrandyBirth: unknownDeath: unknown12 March and 14 May 1839 conveyances.Documented husband of Martha in the fifty-acre transaction.
- Demsey Grandy (Johnnycake landlord)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown1831/1833 tenancy; Dempsey boundary name in 1837.Identification with the November 1833 will-maker, proved in February 1835, remains unproved.
- John D. GrandyBirth: unknownDeath: unknown13 December 1837 deed, recorded 1838.Later registration does not establish a further personal appearance.
- Martha Grandy (wife of Abner)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown14 May 1839 purchase; later boundary references.Distinct from Martha S. Grandy, deceased sister in a separate 1858 recital; boundary references do not prove survival.
Grant
Green
Greene
Griffin
Hall
Harrenton
Haywood
Henderson
Herring
Hinton
Hobbs
Hollowell
Honeycut
Hutchins
Jenkins
Jennings
Jessop
Jones
- Griffith JonesBirth: unknownDeath: unknownRecorded 1711/12–1716 title chainSeparate from James Jones and the militia captains.
- James Jones (Joy assignee)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownRecorded 21 October 1718No merger with other Jones men.
- Jarvis Jones (militia captain)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownMilitia roll attributed 1766Not Jarvis Forehand.
- Joseph Jones (Old Trap merchant)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownColonial trade, according to Pugh.Old Trap merchant; other Joseph Jones identities remain separate.
- Nehemiah Jones (militia captain)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownMilitia return endorsed 1755Not automatically Isaac Jones’s named son.
- William Jones (shipmaster)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownMaryland land-right transactionsMaster of the Joseph of Bristol; not Griffith or James Jones.
Jordan
- Adrian Alfonso JordanBirth: unknownDeath: unknownMemoir section completed January 1979 (reported)Memoir narrator and participant in the remembered childhood visits. His recalled ages do not establish an exact birth date.
- Caleb JordanBirth: unknownDeath: unknownEstate buyer 1788No kinship to other Jordan buyers is inferred.
- Ichabod JordanBirth: unknownDeath: unknownEstate buyer 1788No kinship inferred.
- Joseph Esberry JordanBirth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed father in memoir accountMargaret’s husband and Adrian’s father. The remembered lightning chronology conflicts with the family summary.
- Leon JordanBirth: unknownDeath: unknownRemembered childhood visitsAdrian’s brother in the account; vital dates unknown.
- Nathan JordanBirth: unknownDeath: unknownEstate buyer 1788No kinship inferred.
Joy
- Margery JoyBirth: unknownDeath: unknownLiving 23 August 1732Documented wife and executrix. Birth surname and vital dates unknown. June 1733 registration does not establish survival then.
- Margre / Margare Joy (1703 witness)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownWitness in 1703 abstractIdentification with Margery, the 1725 wife, is unproved.
- William JoyBirth: unknownDeath: between 17 December 1725 and 18 January 1725/6, inclusivePasquotank landownerBirth, birthplace and parents unknown. Circa 1670 is unsupported; birth by about 1649 depends on the uncertain 1719 candidate. No children established; Sarah Everton is not shown as his daughter.
- William Joy (1703 will witness)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownWitness in 1703 abstractOriginal will unread; cross-record identity unproved.
- William Joy (1704/5 planter)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownObligation 2 January 1704/5Strong/probable correlation with the later landowner, not explicitly linked. No Pennsylvania origin inferred.
- William Joy (1720 patent recital)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownPatent dated 1720, recited in 1751Original patent unrecovered; identity with the principal is plausible but unproved.
- William Joy (early court candidate)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownCourt entry 1693 [1694]Not securely identified with the 1725 testator. Payment was ordered, not proved disbursed.
- William Joye [?] (1719 tax petitioner)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownOctober 1719 levy-relief requestSurname uncertain. The stated age of seventy or more implies birth by about 1649 only for this candidate; identity with the landowner is unproved.
Joyce
Kelly
Kight
The surname in the later Wild Mag account, which names Ithram and Willa Kight as her hosts. Their identities, household and possible home near Trotman Road remain research leads.
- Ithram Kight (reported name)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownUndated local account/recollection.Spelling, identity and household association remain unverified; no life dates.
- Willa Kight (reported name)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownUndated local account/recollection.Spelling, identity and household association remain unverified; no marriage or life dates inferred.
Knott
Knowles
Lambert
- Esther LambertBirth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed in will proved June 1785Esther Spence’s granddaughter; parentage not assigned.
- John LambertBirth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed in will proved June 1785Called one of “my Sons”; exact relationship qualified, possibly by marriage. Not proposed as Lambert Forehand’s father.
- Merriam LambertBirth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed in will proved June 1785Esther Spence’s daughter; Lambert is her surname.
Lassiter
Linton
Longstreet
Lowe
- A. J. LoweBirth: unknownDeath: unknownDelegation described 3 January 1864.Not automatically the Mr. Lowe/Low elsewhere in the letters.
- Mr. Lowe / Low (Morgan letters)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownJanuary 1863; May/October 1864 letters.Teacher and later correspondent/neighbor references. The letters use Lowe and Low; not automatically A. J. Lowe of the delegation.
Marchant
- Archann D. MarchantBirth: unknownDeath: unknownDaughter named in 21 January 1849 will transcription.Name/spelling follows transcription; no unsupported expansion.
- Dr. Gideon C. MarchantBirth: 23 January 1798 (reported)Death: 21 January 1861 (reported)1829 marriage abstract; 1835 convention; 1839 lodge; 1849 will; February 1861 probate.Exact dates are reported in the retrospective society article; probate transcription establishes death by February Term 1861. Original vital/probate images not verified in prior pass.
- Elizabeth F. Marchant (1849 daughter)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownDaughter named in 21 January 1849 will transcription.Proposed identification with Elizabeth Ferebee Marchant Starke follows secondary biography; underlying linkage not completed.
- Elizabeth Ferebee Marchant StarkeBirth: unknownDeath: unknownBiographical account of Lucien Starke’s wife and wartime family moves.Possibly Gideon’s daughter Elizabeth F.; the family linkage and reported exact death date remain unverified.
- Emily Marchant (daughter of Johnston)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownChild named in 21 January 1849 will transcription.Separate from Gideon’s wife Emily S.
- Emily S. Marchant (Mrs. Trotman)Birth: unknownDeath: By February Term 18618 January 1829 marriage abstract; 1849 will; February 1861 probate.Birth surname and earlier marriage unproved. Not identified with the unnamed elopement bride. Probate transcription says both spouses deceased.
- Johnston Marchant (son of Johnston)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownChild named in 21 January 1849 will transcription.Separate from his deceased father of the same name.
- Johnston Marchant (Thiresy’s late husband)Birth: unknownDeath: By 21 January 1849 (transcription)Described as deceased in 21 January 1849 will transcription.Father of the named Johnston and Emily; kinship to Gideon unstated.
- Thiresy MarchantBirth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed in 21 January 1849 will transcription.Widow of Johnston; her kinship to Gideon is not specified.
McCoy
- Daniel McCoy (1720 patent recital)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownJoint patent dated 1720, recited in 1751Separate from Daniel MacCoy in 1716 and the 1751 grantee until correlated.
- Daniel McCoy (1751 grantee)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownDeed 15 June 1751Not automatically the 1720 patentee; Norfolk residence recorded in 1751.
- Samuel McCoyBirth: unknownDeath: unknownDeed 15 June 1751Norfolk residence belongs to this grantor, not Joy.
McKnight
McPherson
Milby
Monck
Moore
Morgan
Morrisett
Moseley
Nash
Nichols
Records and stories concerning Nichols and the spelling Nickols in the Johnnycake Town research. Shared names and nearby land do not by themselves establish family succession or identify every Thomas Nichols.
- Deborah Nichols (cemetery)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownGrave memorial.Thomas’s wife; maiden surname unproved. Apparent 5 April 1791 and age readings remain uncertain; exact dates withheld.
- George Nickols (cemetery)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownGrave memorial.Thomas’s son; mother unnamed. March 26 is legible, but the death year and age are disputed.
- Thomas Nichols (1790 census)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown1790 federal census.Household head; identity with cemetery Thomas is provisional. Household members are not individually identified.
- Thomas Nichols (Camden deeds)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown1778, 1785 and 1787 instruments discussed; wider land cluster through 1792.Land/public-record cluster; connection to cemetery and 1790 census Thomas remains provisional.
- Thomas Nichols (cemetery)Birth: About 1729–1730Death: June 1799Grave memorial; Pugh’s later locality account.Birth estimated from “in his seventieth year”; no secure death day. Not merged with land or census entries.
Norris
Palmer
Perkins
- Alfred Perkins (1839 lodge secretary)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown1839 Grand Lodge roster.Possible same person as the 1849 trustee; roles preserved separately.
- Alfred Perkins (1849 trustee)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown21 January 1849 will transcription.Possible same person as the 1839 lodge secretary; no life dates established.
Perry
Peterson
Phillips
Pickett
Polk
Pool
Price
Ratledge
Ray
Rhea
Rhodes
Riddick
Roberts
Rountree
Rutledge
Sanderlain
Sanders
Sawyer
- Coston SawyerBirth: unknownDeath: unknown14 September 1778 conveyance.
- Denny SawyerBirth: unknownDeath: unknown12 June 1787 sale.
- Isaac Sawyer (deed witness)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownRecorded 1772No automatic merger with Esther Spence’s son-in-law.
- Isaac Sawyer (Esther’s son-in-law)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed in will proved June 1785No automatic merger with the 1772 witness.
- Mr. Sawyer (Morgan letters)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown31 October 1864 letter.Given name and relationship to other Sawyer families unknown.
- Rhoda SawyerBirth: unknownDeath: unknown14 September 1778 conveyance.Birth surname unknown.
Shaw
- [Given name unread] Shaw (diphtheria report)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown28 January 1863 letter.Girl whose death is reported; not identified with another Shaw. No exact death date.
- Colonel Shaw (Morgan letters)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown13 February [1863] letter.Possibly Henry M. Shaw; the letter gives no explicit full-name identification.
- Henry M. ShawBirth: 20 November 1817 (museum account)Death: unknownMedical practice and political/military career in museum biography.Birth date comes from a museum biography, which reports a mortal wound on 1 February 1864. Identification with “Col. Shaw” in the letters is unproved.
- Mrs. Shaw (Morgan letters)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownFebruary [1863]; May and October 1864 letters.No given name, maiden name or spouse assigned.
- William Brenton ShawBirth: unknownDeath: unknownFebruary [1863], May and October 1864 letters.VMI editorial note identifies Willie as William Brenton Shaw, Class of 1865; class year is not birth/death.
Sikes
Simmons
Smith
Solley
Southworth
Spence
- Esther SpenceBirth: unknownDeath: by June 1785 probateWill proved June 1785Names Elizabeth Forehand and Merriam Lambert as daughters and Esther Lambert as granddaughter. These relationships do not prove Lambert Forehand’s parentage.
- Isaac SpenceBirth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed executor; June 1785 probate context
- James SpenceBirth: unknownDeath: unknownPatentee 20 December 1716The map’s Spence label does not establish this individual.
Stafford
Stallings
- Captain Stallings (given name unconfirmed)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownTax district 1784–1786Given name unconfirmed; not identified with Simon or Nicholas Stallings.
- John StallingsBirth: unknownDeath: unknownGrantor 1770No kinship to Charity is proved.
- Nicholas StallingsBirth: unknownDeath: unknownDeed-maker 1770; will identity unresolvedThe 1767 will-index lead has not been reconciled with this 1770 grantor. The proposed connection to Charity remains unproved.
- Simon StallingsBirth: unknownDeath: unknownGrantee 1776No kinship to Charity is proved; not automatically Captain Stallings.
Starke
Storer
Stover
Strother
Surname unknown
- A Lady of Charleston (author; name unknown)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown1855 third edition of The Carolina Housewife.Pseudonymous attribution as printed. No legal name inferred.
- Albert (Morgan letters; surname unknown)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownJanuary/February 1863 letters.No surname or relationship inferred from household context.
- Archie (Morgan letters; surname unknown)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown31 October 1864 letter.No surname, sex, relationship or formal name inferred.
- Aunt Mattie (Forehand household)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownRemembered Sunday visitsFull identity uncertain; not established as Agnes M. or Martha.
- Aunt Nan (Forehand household)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownRemembered Sunday visitsNickname and family context only; full name, surname and exact relationship remain uncertain.
- Aunt Priscilla (Forehand household)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownRemembered Sunday visitsFull identity and vital dates are not established by the quoted passage.
- Easter (surname unknown)Birth: About 1773 (estimated from age)Death: unknown12 June 1787 sale, described as about fourteen.An enslaved girl described as about fourteen in 1787. Surname, parents and later life are unknown.
- Frank (Morgan letters; surname unknown)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown31 October 1864 letter.No surname or relationship inferred.
- Ida (Morgan letters; surname unknown)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown28 January 1863 and 31 October 1864 letters.Schoolchild and sender of two dollars; no surname or birth date inferred.
- Jim (recalled child)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownRecalled in householdThe memoir names “Jim and Albert Dale”; Jim’s surname and full identity remain uncertain.
- Jodie (Morgan letters; surname unknown)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownJanuary 1863–May 1864 letters.Family/household context does not establish a full name or surname.
- Jule (Morgan letters; surname unknown)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown16 May 1864 letter.Possibly Julian; no explicit identification establishes the connection.
- Julian (Morgan letters; surname unknown)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown13 February [1863] letter.Surname unproved; possibly the later Jule but kept separate.
- Lettice (surname unknown)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed in 21 January 1849 will transcription.An enslaved person named in the will transcription; surname, kinship and later life unknown.
- Lillie (Morgan letters; surname unknown)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown28 January 1863 letter.Schoolchild; no surname or birth date inferred.
- Pricilla (surname unknown)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed in 21 January 1849 will transcription.An enslaved person named in the will transcription; spelling retained and surname unknown.
- Uncle [Geo?] (Morgan letters; surname unknown)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown28 January 1863 report.Uncertain archive reading; mother’s brother reportedly killed at Fredericksburg. Report is not a verified death-date field.
- Uncle James (Morgan letters; surname unknown)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownJanuary/February 1863 letters.Called Patrick’s uncle; paternal/maternal surname not established.
- Wild Mag (surname unknown)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownUndated remembered account; possible connection to 1907 news.Not identified with the newspaper’s unnamed woman. The newspaper age of about eighteen is not Mag’s birth evidence.
- William [D___] (Morgan letters)Birth: unknownDeath: unknown28 January 1863 letter.Surname unread; marriage to the named Miss Barnard is reported, no birth/death dates.
Taylor
Varden
Wainwright
Whitehurst
Wild
Williams
- J. C. R. WilliamsBirth: unknownDeath: unknownGrantor 1879Registration in 1883 is not another personal appearance.
- John Williams (Halifax official)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownProof officer 1795No namesake merger.
- Mr. Williams (Indiantown recollection)Birth: unknownDeath: unknownAttributed Civil War confrontation with Draper.Given name and identity unestablished; not merged with other Williams families.
Winslow
Winstead
Wright
Places
- Camden County
Stories and sources about Camden County, North Carolina, with attention to its families, roads, rivers and changing communities.
- Currituck County
- Indiantown
A community in the North River stories. Both the later Wild Mag account and the September 1907 newspaper report place the rescued woman’s return or care at Indiantown; their connection remains provisional.
- Ivy Neck
The vicinity Jesse Forbes Pugh describes at a road junction leading toward Belcross in his 1953 tour. His account places Johnnykin Town and The Yaupons in the surrounding landscape.
- Johnnycake Town
A Camden locality recorded under several spellings, including Johnicaketown and Johnnykin Town. Deeds, a schematic map and Jesse Pugh’s tour preserve different views of the place; exact historic parcel boundaries remain under study.
- North River
The waterway framing the Wild Mag tradition and Thoroughfare Island. Maps help readers relate its channels and nearby communities to the remembered story.
- Pasquotank
- The Yaupons
- Thoroughfare Island
The North River island associated with the Wild Mag tradition. A 1907 newspaper describes an unnamed woman found in the locality; the exact rescue point and her identity are not established.
- Trotman Road