Angella Echols

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• Residence: 1840, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1860, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Alfred married Sarah (Sallie) Champ McLaughlan on 5 Dec 1831 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Henry McLaughlin and Jane Persinger) was born on 7 Sep 1810 in , Putnam, West Virginia, USA; died on 14 Dec 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1860, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Evans married Anna Terry on 18 Jan 1799 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Anna (daughter of David Terry and Elizabeth "Betty" Luck) was born on 8 Apr 1775 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Henry married Jane Persinger on 21 Aug 1809 in , Mason, West Virginia, USA. Jane was born in 1787 in , Botetourt, Virginia, USA; died in , Kanawha, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1782, , Halifax, Virginia, USA

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4th Virgina Regiment during War of 1812
Moses Echols son of Moses Nichols Echols and Elizabeth Wynne served in the Lynchburg Rifles of the 4th Virginia Regiment during the War of 1812.

Richard Echols was the fifth son of English John Echols who married Caty Evans - he was my grandfather - and by her had fourteen children. Three died in infancy. The rest lived to raise families. Their first son was Moses who married Betsy Wynne. They raised a considerable family. Their first son was John who married Fanny Formby and moved from Virginia to Tennessee. I know but little of the family. He was a one-eyed man, he was very smart and had great property. Their second son was Obediah. He married Betsy Terry. He died at about 65 years of age. I know but little of his family, only one son who lives in the western district of Tennessee by name of Champness Terry Echols, a Baptist preacher. Moses third son was by name of Moses who married a Miss Terry - cousin to his brother Obediah's wife. I know nothing of his family. Their fourth son was by name of Evans who married Anna Terry, sister to his brother Moses wife. They live in Virginia. I know no more of their family. Old Moses daughters were by name of Rebecca, Priscilla, Tabitha, Betsy, Lucy and Frances. Rebecca married Edward Akin. I have no knowledge of their family. Priscilla married David Bates in Halifax County, a very large man who offered for the legislature in the county that he was born and raised in when he was about twenty-five years old. He got every vote that was given in the county and the county was very large. He continued to go to the legislature as long as he stayed in Virginia. He then moved to Georgia, Wilkes County. He became a representative of Wilkes County in Senate and was once appointed President Senate pro tem - you can see his name in the digest of the laws of Georgia. He became so fat that it was supposed by the doctors that his fat melted in him, killed him before he was sixty years old. He weighed nearly four hundred pounds. He raised his family in Wilks County, Georgia but after his death they moved to Tennessee. I have but little account of them since. He had one son named Randolph and one named Anderson. Of the rest I have no account only one daughter named Susanah who married James Johnson of Oglethorpe County.



Old Moses third daughter Tabitha married Nathan Formby. He moved from Virginia to Georgia and died in Walton County. He raised four sons and several daughters. His sons were named Moses, Obediah and Nathan. The other I don't know the name of, he married a Miss Harvie in Newton County and died there. Moses and Obediah live in Newton County. They both have families but I don't know the name of either of their wives. Nathan lives in Alabama. I know not of his family. One of old Nathan's daughters married John Whitaker and one married Henry Nichols. One Israel Moore and one married a Mr. Park. I know nothing of the family. Old Moses fourth daughter Betsy married Marlin Farmer. I know no more of the family. His fifth daughter Lucy married Jonas Meadows and that's all I know about them. His sixth daughter Frances married a man by the name of Shelton. I have no account of them further.







Information copied from: HISTORY OF ECHOLS FAMILY by MILNER ECHOLS 1850

Joseph married Elizabeth Betsy Wynne in 1755 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of William "Colonel" Wynne and Frances Reade) was born in 1741 in , Brunswick, Virginia, USA; died on 8 Oct 1777 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1782, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

David married Elizabeth "Betty" Luck in 1759 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Francis Luck and Sarah Hubbard) was born in 1741; died in 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

RICHARD ECHOLS [5744] was born 1706 in King and Queen County, Virginia, and died Aft. 15 January 1778 in Halifax County, Virginia. He married CATHERINE EVANS 1735, daughter of WALTER EVANS and BETSY HOLCOMB. She was born 1709 in Caroline County, Virginia, and died in Virginia.

Children of RICHARD ECHOLS and CATHERINE EVANS are:
MARY ECHOLS, b. 1729, Virginia; d. Georgia; m. THOMAS WYNN.
BENJAMIN ECHOLS, b. 1734, Virginia; m. SANDRA HENDRICK(S).
DRUCILLA ECHOLS, b. 1736, Richmond County, Virginia.
JOHN ECHOLS, b. 1737, Amelia, Halifax County, Virginia; d. 15 February 1826, Madison County, Alabama; m. LUCY ANNA MOORE, 6 September 1760, Lunenburg County, Virginia.
MOSES NICHOLS ECHOLS, b. 1738, Caroline, Brunswick County, Virginia; d. 1785, Tennessee; m. ELIZABETH WYNNE, 1749, Virginia.
JAMES ECHOLS, b. 1739, Virginia; d. 1825, Virginia; m. ELIZABETH MILNER PALMER, 16 February 1769, Halifax County, Virginia.
JOSEPH ECHOLS, b. 1740, Virginia; d. 2 April 1814, Wilkes County, Georgia; m. MARY STAMPS, 1780, Halifax County, Virginia.
OBEDIAH ECHOLS, b. 1744, Virginia.
SARAH ECHOLS, b. 1762, Virginia; m. JOHN MILNER, 1778, Virginia.
ANNA ECHOLS, b. 1764, Virginia; m. JAMES DANIEL.
ELIZABETH ECHOLS, b. 1766, Virginia; m. WILLIAM RAINEY, 17 January 1799, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.


RICHARD ECHOLS [5744] was born 1706 in King and Queen County, Virginia, and died Aft. 15 January 1778 in Halifax County, Virginia. He married CATHERINE EVANS 1735, daughter of WALTER EVANS and BETSY HOLCOMB. She was born 1709 in Caroline County, Virginia, and died in Virginia.

Children of RICHARD ECHOLS and CATHERINE EVANS are:
MARY ECHOLS, b. 1729, Virginia; d. Georgia; m. THOMAS WYNN.
BENJAMIN ECHOLS, b. 1734, Virginia; m. SANDRA HENDRICK(S).
DRUCILLA ECHOLS, b. 1736, Richmond County, Virginia.
JOHN ECHOLS, b. 1737, Amelia, Halifax County, Virginia; d. 15 February 1826, Madison County, Alabama; m. LUCY ANNA MOORE, 6 September 1760, Lunenburg County, Virginia.
MOSES NICHOLS ECHOLS, b. 1738, Caroline, Brunswick County, Virginia; d. 1785, Tennessee; m. ELIZABETH WYNNE, 1749, Virginia.
JAMES ECHOLS, b. 1739, Virginia; d. 1825, Virginia; m. ELIZABETH MILNER PALMER, 16 February 1769, Halifax County, Virginia.
JOSEPH ECHOLS, b. 1740, Virginia; d. 2 April 1814, Wilkes County, Georgia; m. MARY STAMPS, 1780, Halifax County, Virginia.
OBEDIAH ECHOLS, b. 1744, Virginia.
SARAH ECHOLS, b. 1762, Virginia; m. JOHN MILNER, 1778, Virginia.
ANNA ECHOLS, b. 1764, Virginia; m. JAMES DANIEL.
ELIZABETH ECHOLS, b. 1766, Virginia; m. WILLIAM RAINEY, 17 January 1799, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

Third Generation
[http://www.larkcom.us/ancestry/images/child_is.gif RICHARD2, http://www.larkcom.us/ancestry/images/child_is.gifJOHN1]

Children of Richard Echols and Catherine Evans

2. Benjamin Echols[5889]was born about 1734 in Virginia. He married Sandra Hendricks about 1755.

Children of Benjamin Echols and Sandra Hendricks are:

http://www.larkcom.us/ancestry/images/child_is.gifBenjamin Echols, b. about 1760.
Caty Echols, b. about 1768; m. Jacon Lawridge, about 1788.
3. Drucilla Echols [1868] was born 1736 in Richmond County, Virginia,. She married (1) William Owen about 1757 in Richmond County, Virginia, son of Richard Owen and Sarah Rowland. He was born about 1715 in Virginia, and died 1807 in Greene County, Georgia. She married (2) David Bates on 2 February 1782 in Halifax County, Virginia.

Children of Drucilla Echols and William Owen are listed under http://www.larkcom.us/ancestry/images/child_is.gifWilliam Owen.

5. Moses Nichols Echols[5885]was born 1738 in Caroline, Brunswick County, Virginia, and died 1785 in Tennessee. He married Elizabeth Wynn 1749 in Virginia, daughter of WILLIAM WYNNE and FRANCES READ. She was born about 1705 in Brunswick or Lunenberg County, Virginia.

Children of MOSES ECHOLS and ELIZABETH WYNNE are:

JOHN ECHOLS, m. FRANCES FORNBY.
http://www.larkcom.us/ancestry/images/child_is.gifOBEDIAH ECHOLS, b. about 1746; d. about 1811.
MOSES ECHOLS, m. [first name unknown] TERRY.
EVANS ECHOLS, m. ANNA TERRY, 18 January 1799, Pittsylvania County, North Carolina.
REBECCA ECHOLS, m. WARD EDWIN AKIN; d. Unknown.
http://www.larkcom.us/ancestry/images/child_is.gifDRUCILLA ECHOLS.
ELIZABETH ECHOLS, m. MARLIN FARMER.
LUCY ECHOLS, m. JAMES MEADOWS.
FRANCES ECHOLS; m. LEVI SHELTON.
http://www.larkcom.us/ancestry/images/child_is.gifTABITHA A. ECHOLS, b. 6 September 1764, Halifax County, Virginia; d. 2 October 1844, Troup County, Georgia.
6. James Echols[5887]was born about 1739 in Halifax County, Virginia, and died 9 April 1823 in Clark County, Georgia. He married Elizabeth Milner on 16 February 1769 in Halifax County, Virginia, widow of John Palmer. She was born about 1750, and died Unknown. James was described by Milner Echols in 1850 as "a very large man, had a very singular mark in his features. He had one black eye and one blue eye."

Children of JAMES ECHOLS and ELIZABETH PALMER are:

http://www.larkcom.us/ancestry/images/child_is.gifMILNER ECHOLS, b. 1772, Halifax County, Virginia; d. after 1850.
ABSOLOM ECHOLS, b. about 1775.
http://www.larkcom.us/ancestry/images/child_is.gifREV. OBEDIAH ECHOLS, b. about 1777, Jasper County, Georgia; d. before 1855, Jasper County, Georgia.
7. Joseph Echols[5894]was born about 1757 in Halifax County, Virginia, and died 2 April 1814 in Wilkes County, Georgia. He married Mary Stamps about 1760 in Halifax County, Virginia. She was born about 1766.

Child of JOSEPH ECHOLS and MARY STAMPS is:

REUBEN ECHOLS, b. about 1761; d. after; m. BETSY OWEN, 1 December 1802, Oglethorpe County, Georgia; b. about 1761.
SIMEON ECHOLS, d. Wilkes County, Georgia, m. CAROLINE VAN ALLEN, daughter of Peter Van Allen. Peter was a lawyer and was killed by William H. Crawford in a duel on the bank of the Savannah River in South Carolina at Barksdales Ferry. She was said to have been worth $20,000 when they were married. They moved to Athens, Mississippi, a small town near Columbus. He died shortly after. His widow kept a public house.
VICTORIA ECHOLS.
TABITHA ECHOLS, b. about 1786. m. THOMAS COOPER, 24 September 1818, Wilkes County, Georgia. Tabitha had no children.
CATHERINE EVANS 'CATY' ECHOLS, b. about 1788, Wilkes County, Georgia; d. 26 Jun 1964, Jasper County, Georgia; m. ARCHIBALD STANDIFER, 29 April 1838. Catherine had no children.
LEVI ECHOLS, b. about 1792; m. MARY A. HUBBARD, 4 July 1814, Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
REBECCA ECHOLS, b. 3 June 1793, Wilkes County, Georgia, d. 28 April 1868, Coweta County, Georgia. Rebecca never married. She lived in Newham, Coweta County.
Dr. JOSEPHUS DICKERSON ECHOLS, b. about 1798, Wilkes County, Georgia, d. 5 December 1848, Selma, Dallas County, Alabama; m. Elizabeth England. Josephus was elected tax collector of Coweta County, Georgia in 1827. He was a very tall man and apparently became very wealthy.
NANCY OLIVE ECHOLS, b. 20 September 1800, Wilkes County, Georgia, d. 24 August 1879, Newman, Coweta County, Georgia; m. JOHN DOUGHERTY. John was an Irishman. He kept a public house.
DR. WILLIAM R. ECHOLS, b. about 1803, Wilkes County, Georgia, d. after 1832.
8. Obediah Echols[5891]was born 1744 in Virginia. He married (1) Lucy Jackson Jones. He married (2) Catherine 'Caty' McDaniel on 13 January 1770 in Virginia.

Child of OBEDIAH ECHOLS and LUCY JONES is:

http://www.larkcom.us/ancestry/images/child_is.gifJAMES ECHOLS.

Richard married Catherine Caty Evans in 1728 in , , Virginia, USA. Catherine (daughter of Walter Evans and Betsy Holcomb) was born in 1709 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died on 7 Sep 1766 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Caty Evans

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• Married: 1721, , Prince George, Virginia, USA

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From Rootsweb:
Wynne's Falls
For a while, William Wynne and his family lived in what amounted to solitary splendor on the banks of the Dan. In 1738, Wynne, a justice for Brunswick County received a grant for 2000 acres of river land on the south side of the Dan, beginning at a point near the old Indian encampment which straddled Rutledge's (now Pumpkin) Creek. Fifteen years later, in 1753, Wynne finally moved westward, building a home near a shallow ford of the river just above where the Dan cascaded over a series of rocks. In short time, this picturesque spot would be named "Wynne's Falls." A slow but steady trickle of pioneer families eventually followed Wynne to the Valley of the Dan. From New Jersey and Pennsylvania, via the Shenandoah Valley, would come Scotch-Irish and Germans; later, after the Revolution, would come the more impoverished denizens of Tidewater, seeking a jew life removed from the shadow of the aristocracy which held sway politically, economically and socially. By 1767, enough new families had moved into Southside to warrant a bisection of Halifax County. The new county was named Pittsylvania, in honor of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. By the time of the first national census in 1790, the county could claim 11,000 citizens. At this time, the little settlement at Wynne's Falls served as a meeting place for veterans of the Revolution. There the old soldiers would fish-the river boasted copious schools of sturgeon-and swap stories.
Many of these men, said Dr. George W. Dame (the founding father of the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany) in his "Notes on the Origin of Danville," decided to stay in the "very thinly settled part of the state to begin life again." One such veteran, John Barnett, operated a ferry at the ford and ran a line of bateaux-long, broad flat-bottomed boats steered by pools-for trading purposes.

From wikipedia:
The first white settlement (numerous Native American tribes had lived in the area) occurred downstream from Byrd’s campsite in 1792, at a spot along the river shallow enough to allow fording. It was named “Wynne’s Falls,” after the first settler. The village has a “social” reason for its origin, since it was here that pioneering Revolutionary War veterans met once a year to fish and talk over old times. The establishment by the General Assembly of a tobacco warehouse at Wynne’s Falls in 1793 was the beginning of “The World’s Best Tobacco Market.” Virginia’s largest market for bright leaf tobacco. The village was renamed Danville by act of the Virginia Legislature on November 23, 1793.

1752 Moved to Lunenburg Cty., VA (same year it became Halifax Co., and in 1765, it became Pittsylvania Co.)
This William Wynne was a Quaker by faith.

William Wynne was 16 at the time of his father's death. Like his grandfather, he became something of an explorer...venturing into less explored land in Western parts of Virginia William Wynne was living in Brunswick County, Virginia, from 1721 (when he testified as a Bunswick witness in a Prince George Court) to 1736. (Brunswick was formed from Prince George, and parts of it were later divided to make Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Pittsylvania and Halifax). Because tobacco farming rapidly ruined the soil, William constantly purchase new land to the west. To find such land, William joined other explorers (including William Byrd) in 1733. Many of the landmarks these explorers found were named for them....including Wynne's Falls (which later became the City of Danville). Shortly after his return to Brunswick from the 1733 exploration, he moved his family to the Western part of Brunswick (which would later be Pittsylvania and Halifax Counties). And he bought land all through the area. In 1753, he and a Clement Reed bought 36,000 acres in Lunenburg County. We also find several of his children (John, Elizabeth & Thomas?) in Lunenburg County, apparently on land their father purchased. But in his later years, William was living in Pittsylvania on land near Danville. William was appointed by Governor Dinwiddie to help organize the nearby county of Halifax where he owned considerable property. Before his death, William had transfered most of his land to his children.

Deposition of William Wynne, 1721 - Prince George Co.VA.

Deposition of William Wynne
(Deeds etc. 1713-28, page 484, Prince George co.VA.)

In the suit depending between Richard Cureton and his wife p'ts., and Richard Harrison defend't, William Wynne aged about twenty two years, being sworn & Examined before the Court held for Prince George County the 8th day of August 1721 by order of the said Court on his corporall oath saith that on or about the 6th day of June 1720 Richard Harrison being at the house of the s'd. Richard Cureton where a company were drinking strong Liquor, Cureton's wife haveing a cain in her hand, called the said Harrison Son of a Bitch, and told him that she would split out his Brains if he offered to come into the House whereupon the said Harrison offered to go in, the said Cureton's wife struck the said Harrison twice with the said cain, and then the said Harrison kicked her once or twice, upon which the said Richard Cureton took away the cain from his wife and struck the said Harrison once with it, which said assault and Battery the said Deponent saith he thinks to be the same for w'ch. the said Cureton and his wife have brought suit against the said Richard Harrison to Jamuary Court Last and not other or divers. And further this deponent saith that the above said Evidence is what he has or can say in any suit brought by the said Cureton against the aforesaid Harrison. And further this deponent saith not.-

Test Wm. Hamlin ClCur.

At a Court held at Merchants Hope for Prince George County on the second Tuesday in August being the Eighth Day of the said month Anno
Dom: 1721. The next before written Deposition of William Wynne was taken in Court and on the motion of Robert Rogers Attorny of Richard Harrison the same by order of the Court is truly recorded.

Test Wm. Hamlin ClCur.Submitted by Russell L. Lawrence

William Wynne, a younger son of Major Joshua Wynne, was born in Prince George County in 1705. His land fell in Brunswick County when it was formed from Prince George in 1732 and later in Lunenburg when it was formed in 1736 and Colonel of Militia in Lunenburg in 1749.

For 100 years after the settlement of Jamestown new settlers continued to make their homes primarily in Tidewater Virginia, With the beginning of the second century of colonization there had begun a very pronounced westward movement of settlers. One very distinct direction of this movement was through Southside Virginia where was to be found rich, new soil. Tobacco was king and Southside had the kind of land to grow the finest tobacco.

William Wynne, son of Major Joshua Wynne, was a pioneer leader in this movement. The record of his movement from Stony Creek in Prince George County across Brunswick, Lunenburg, Halifax, on to the Dan River in Pittsylvania County is recorded in Deed Books and in the Executive Journal of the Council of Colonial Virginia. As early as 1727 he had acquired tracts of land on Stony Creek and Nottoway River during the same period.

He moved to Danville, Virginia in 1752, along with several others at the instigation of the English Crown to help halt French expansion eastward from the Mississippi Valley. He was a great land owner, close to 90,000 acres. Colonel William Wynne was a surveyor, a vestryman and possessed a large library.

He made his Will on 8 October 1777, and died in 1778. His Will was proved 26 March 1778 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

(http://fa milytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/y/n/Gary-Wynn-IN/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0014.html)

NOTES FOR WILLIAM WYNNE:

Copied from: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/y/n/Gary-Wynn-IN/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0014.html

William I was a wealthy landowner who bought and sold large areas of property moving west throughout southern Virginia. The falls of the river in Danville bear his name.

Copied from: http://web.utk.edu/~garywynn/Stuff2/Wynneage.html

From Va. Historical Genealogies Page 183

Colonel William Wynne, a younger son of Major Joshua Wynne, was born in Prince George County in 1705. (Deposition) His land fell in Brunswick County when it was formed from Prince George in 1732 and later in Lunenburg when it was formed in 1746. He was Justice in Brunswick in 1732, Sheriff of that county in 1736 and Colonel of Militia in Lunenburg in 1749. (Ex. Journals of Council 4 266-368; Bell, Sunlight in S,S. 116) The Tithables in Lunenburg for this family in 1749 were "Colonel William Wynne, William Wynne, Robert Wynne, Thomas Wynne". In 1750 they were Col. William Wynne, William Wynne Jr. Colonel Wynne moved to Pittsylvania where he was member of the first county court. (See V.H.G.-183 for his history there) In his will he mentions sons William, Thomas, Robert, and John. The first three names coincide with those in Lunenburg. In addition he had a son John and several daughters.

Copied from: Wynne of Tazwell County, Virginia p. 27

The philoprogentive quality of the Wynnes and their predilection for repeating Christian names renders it quite difficult to unravel the tangled skein of their descent. Land Patents, however, and indentures extablish the validity of the ensuing pedigree. William Wynne, son of Joshua and Mary (Jones) Wynne, and his wife Frances, removed in 1752 to that portion of Lunenburg Co., Va., which in the same year became Halifax Co. and afterwards Pittsylvania, where he died in 1778. His son, William Jr. presumably accompanied or followed him and ultimately died in Tazewell Co. But his sons Thomas and John remained in Lunenburg near the Brunswick line. John Wynne had received a grant of land in Brunswick on the south side of Tucking Creek adjoining the land of his brother Thomas in 1746, just before the change in county line placed the land in Lunenburg. Fifteen years later Thomas Wynne received almost 3,000 acres more on both sides of Hounds Creek and also on the southern branches of Tucking Creek adjoining the land of Richard Stone. Twice in the following year Thomas sold some of this particular land to John (surname now spelled Winn in both cases and both described as "of Lunenburg County" Lunenburg Deed Bk.7, p.231, 4/8/1762, and p.338, 7/30/1762. In 1765 John Winn (designated as "Senior") conveyed to John Winn Jr. 381acres on the south side of Tucking Creek in Lunenburg adjoining the lands of William and John Stone.

Then, after a dozen years, John Stone Sr. of Mecklenburg sold to John Winn, his son-in-law, also of Mecklenburg, 141 acres in that county beginning at the mouth of Buffaloe Creek along the Roanoke River. In exchange for which Winn sold to Stone similar land which he had purchased in 1768. In 1765 Peter Wynn of Lunenburg purchased some land in Mecklenburg.

That Peter Wynn was a son of John Wynn (Wynne, Winn) is demonstrated by John's Will:

Item, I give unto my son Peter Winn the lower part of my land according to the new line as before mentioned wiht ninety acres a survey lying on the Opposite Side of the Creek which is now in his Possession to hin and his heirs forever... The will refers to John's wife as Ann known to be the daughter of John Stone of Mecklenburg for the latters will mentioning son-in-law John Winn and his wife Ann. Peter Winn's wife Letty or Lettice was a daughter of Richard and Mary (Yancy) Stone.

William Wynne

For 100 years after the settlement of Jamestown new settlers continued to make their homes primarily in Tidewater Virginia, With the beginning of the second century of colonization there had begun a very pronounced westward movement of settlers. One very distinct direction of this movement was through Southside Virginia where was to be found rich, new soil. Tobacco was king and Southside had the kind of land to grow the finest tobacco.

William Wynne, son of Joshua, was a pioneer leader in this movement. The record of his movement from Stony Creek in Prince George County across Brunswick, Lunenburg, Halifax, on to the Dan River in Pittsylvania County is recorded in Deed Books and in the Executive Journal of the Council of Colonial Virginia. As early as 1727 he had acquired tracts of land on Stony Creek and Nottoway River during the same period, William Wynne, a younger son of Major Joshua Wynne, was born in Prince George County in 1705. (Deposition) His land fell in Brunswick County when it was formed from Prince George in 1732 and later in Lunenburg when it was formed in 1736 and Colonel of Militia in Lunenburg in 1749.

The Tithables in Lunenburg for this family in 1749 were 'Colonel William Wynne, William Wynne, Robert Wynne, Thomas Wynne". In 1750 they were Col. William Wynne, William Wynne Jr, Colonel Wynne moved to Pittsylvania where he was a member of the first county court.

In his will he mentions sons William, Thomas, Robert & John, The first three names coincide with those in Lunenberg. In addition he had a son John and several daughters.1715-William Wynne a witness in a case-pg 86 Vol 20 Va. Historical Magazine-Prince George County Records. (During the siege of Petersburg 1864-65 almost all of the records of Prince George County were destroyed or carried off by soldiers of Grant's army. A few volumes have been recovered, The last was as order book (court proceedings) 1714-1720.

(This entry was an extract from it)8 Aug 1721 Suit. between Richard Cureton & his wife & Richard Harrison. William Wynne aged about 22 years deposition. p9 d84 Prince George Co.

25 Nov 1724 Survey For William Wynne South side of Stony Creek adjoining Wm. Smiths Line pg 816 Prince George Co.

1721-pg 183 Va Historical Genealogies-William Wynne, a younger son of Major Joshua Wynne, born in 1705, for he made a deposition in Prince George in 1727 in which he gave his age as 22, (V.M. 38, p 243) His land fell in Brunswick County when same was formed from Prince George. He was a Justice in Brunswick. Brunswick was so sparsely settled that it was not until 1732, twelve years after its establishment, that a court for the county was organized.

William Wynne's record of his movement from Stony Creek in Prince George County across Brunswick, Lunenburg, Halifax, on to the Dan River in Pittsylvania County is recorded in Deed Books and in the Executive Journal of the Council of Colonial Virginia. As early as 1727 he had acquired tracts of land on Stony Creek and Nottoway River during the same period.

He moved to Danville, Virginia in 1752, along with several others at the instigation of the English Crown to help hault the French expansion eastward from the Mississippi Valley. He was a great land owner, close to 90,000 acres. Colonel William Wynne was a surveyor, a vestryman, and possessed a large library.

He made his Will on 8 Oct 1777 and died in 1778. His will was proved 26 March 1778 in Pittsylvania County. Virginia.

Colonel Wiliam Wynne, also known as William Wynne I, born in 1699. He moved to Danville, Virginia in 1752, along with several others at the instigation of the English Crown to help halt French expansion eastward from the Mississippi Valley. He was a great land owner, close to 90,000 acres. Col. William Wynne was a surveyor, a vestryman and possessed a large library. He was married to Frances Read who was also born in 1699, his will proved 26 March 1778 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
1732: One of the first justices of Brunswick Co.

1749 Lunenburg Co., Census
Wynne, Robt
Wynne, Thos
Wynne, Col. William
Wynne, William

1753; Patented land, Pittsylvania Co. and was among the tithables along with William Wynne, Jr., Thomas Wynne, and Thomas Wynne, Jr.

Last Will of Testament, 8 Oct. 1777; 26 March 1778;To grandson, William Wynne; son of my dau. Mary Wynne; to wife Frances; to sons William Wynne, Jr., Thos., Robert; daughters Margaret Hendricks, Elizabeth Echols, Mary Wynne and Martha Dixon.

William married Frances Reade in 1726 in , Prince George, Virginia, USA. Frances was born in 1707 in , Prince George, Virginia, USA; died in 1778 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1782, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Joseph married Judith Crawford in 1735 in , Hanover, Virginia, USA. Judith (daughter of David Captain Crawford and Elizabeth Smith) was born on 9 Jul 1705 in , Hanover, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Apr 1772 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Index to Pittsylvania County, Virginia Land Entries 1737 to 1770Who Filed Claims for Revolutionary Supplies 1782
Part II - Alphabetical Index to Claims for Refunds Revolutionary War 1782
Page 47
"Luck, Francis - 69 (1747)Luck, Sarah - 53, 66 (1747,1747)"

Footnote Francis Luck's will was proven July 17, 1781, naming wife Sarah, sons John, Nathaniel, Richard Hubbard; daughters Joyce, Rhoda, Betty, Sarah, Anne Deadman, Lucy, Caty Evans Luck. His home was in the eastern part of the county at a point now known as "Lucks," though the mansion house has long since disappeared. The place was noted for its elaborate and beautifully laid out gardens, which surrounded the house; unfortunately these too have disappeared.

Will of Francis LUCK (excerpted): Deeds & Wills Bk. 11, p.126, Pittsylvania Co, VA.Francis LUCK - - - Sarah LUCKSons: John LUCK, Nathanial LUCK, Richard Hubbard LUCK
Daughters: Joyce, Rhoda, Betty, Sarah, Ann Deadman, & Catey Evans LUCK;
Granddaughter: Mary LUCK

Sarah LUCK (wife) and John LUCK (son) listed as Executors. The Will was presented in Court on July 17, 1781, by Sarah LUCK. Witnesses to the Will were listed as Nathaniel HENDRICK, Joel HURT, and Will LONDON.

The same Will was presented again in Court on Dec. 16, 1799, on the motion of John LUCK, Executor. John LUCK took the oath as Executor and entered into bond of 500 pounds with William PEMBERTON and Benjamin GORING as Securities. Certificate of probate was granted.

The Will

I lend my wife, Sarah LUCK, all Estate, both real and personal during natural life or widowhood. At her death or marriage, I desire that my whole estate both real and personal be sold to best advantage and money from such
sale be equally divided amongst my children, To Wit: John LUCK, Nathaniel LUCK, Richard Hubbard LUCK, Joyce, Rhoda, Betty, Sarah, Ann Deadman & Catey Evans LUCK, and my granddaughter, Mary LUCK, shall have an equal share with my
children.

My will is that if any of my sons should died before they are twenty-one, then his or their part shall be for the surviving son or sons.

My will is that if any of my daughters die before marriage or eighteen years of age, then her part or their parts be for the surviving daughters.

If my granddaughter should die before eighteen years of age or marries, her share to be for my son, Richard Hubbard LUCK.

Wife, Sarah LUCK, and son, John LUCK, Executors.

Witnesses:
Francis LUCK L.S.
Nathaniel HENDRICK
Joel HURT
Will LONDON

This will was presented in Court July 17, 1781, by Sarah LUCK, Executor therein named and proved by the oaths of two of the witnesses. Certificate is granted for her obtaining a probate thereof.

At another Court held for said County Dec. 16, 1799, the foregoing will of Francis LUCK dec'd was again presented in the court, and on the motion of John LUCK, Executor, therein named took the oath prescribed and entered into bond for 500 pounds with William PEMBERTON and Benjamin GORING his Securities, and Certificate is granted him for probate thereof.

Joyce Pemberton, who became the wife of Isaac East, was the second of ten children born to William and Rhoda (Luck) Pemberton of Pittsylvania County. Joyce was born January 17, 1780.
(Descendants have to thank Richard H. Luck for preservation of family data. Names of William Pemberton's children, with their dates of birth were written in a memorandum book by Richard Luck who added two lines: "When this you see, remember me / Though many miles apart we be").

William Pemberton, father of Joyce East, was a Revolutionary War Soldier. War Department records indicate that Pemberton, residence not stated, served in Capt. Thomas Merriweather's Company, First Virginia State Regiment under Colonel George Gibson. He enlisted in 1777 for three years. Well-settled family tradition says Pemberton was at the seige of Yorktown and that he had part of one ear shot away by a shell. Pemberton was born in Virginia about 1750 and died in Adams County, Ohio before 1820.

Rhoda Luck, mother of Joyce Pemberton, was the fifth child of Frances and Sarah Luck. She was married to William Pemberton in or about 1775 and died in Adams County, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1845.
The compiler is in possession of a piece of linen which was spun and woven by Rhoda Luck Pemberton. The linen was part of the lining of a quilt. It was given to Ninna Arnold by her aunt, India Anne Arnold. Miss Arnold came into possession of the relic through her mother, Katie Luck Pemberton, daughter of Rhoda Luck Pemberton and wife of Josephus Arnold. Miss Ninna Arnold, then of Peebles, Ohio, presented the piece to the compiler in 1925.)
Francis Luck was a captain of Pittsylvania Militia in the Revolution. Luck and twenty-six other men were nominated as captain by the Committee of Safety on Sept. 27, 1775. The list was returned to court and ordered to be recorded Feb. 27, 1777 (Pittsylvania County Records, Vol. 19, p. 307. See also Carter, The History of Pittsylvania County Virginia, p. 143)
Isaac East was compelled to dispose of the land he inherited from his father to satisfy a debt. A public record entry dated June 11, 1805 reads as follows:
"Isaac East of Pittsylvania County, in order to secure the payment of his debt to Samuel Panniel (merchant) of Campbell County, for which execution has been issued, Isaac doth hereby grant and sell 36 acres in Pittsylvania County on Staunton River, being part of the land of Thomas East, deceased, which was allotted to Isaac East by commission appointed to divide the lands of said Thomas East, deceased, which said 36 acres of land was lot No. 2 and bounded by the lands of Elizabeth East, Joseph East, and land of Obedience East's entry on land of Thomas East."
Isaac East removed to Adams County, Ohio, early in the 19th century but the year is unknown to the compiler. He last appears of record in Pittsylvania County in 1805. It is known that he was in Adams County in 1813. William Pemberton went to Ohio in 1808 and it is not unlikely that Isaac East went at the same time.
Isaac East lived one and one-half miles west of Locust Grove, Ohio, on what is now known as the "Old Dunbar farm." He was buried in Locust Grove cemetery on the highway between Peebles and Locust Grove. His gravestone bears this inscription: "Isaac East died Aug. 29, 1830 in the 54th year of his age."

Miss Beatrice Davis, who visited the grave in March, 1925, at the request of the compiler, wrote: "I found Isaac East's grave in Locust Grove cemetery. The grave is well kept and had a good monument. The monument is old and leaning some yet it is in fairly good condition."

Joyce East died in Adams county some time after 1850 for her name appears in the United States census report for that year. Her age then is stated to be 70 years and her place of birth Virginia. Her name was not found in the 1860 census. L. N. Conaway of Peebles, Ohio, born in 1846, told Miss Beatrice Davis that he remembered the funeral of Joyce East and that he was then 11 or 12 years old. This would place her death at 1857 or 1858.

"Joyce was a lively and congenial woman," wrote Miss Davis in her report. "She had a disease, in those days known as 'wild-fire' and had to have one leg amputated above the knee. Yet she delighted to show the youngsters that she could jump over a log as well as they."

A copy of a tintype picture of Joyce Pemberton East is in possession of this compiler. The original was owned in 1932 by Abigail Tener, (street address omitted for privacy), Sabina, Ohio. In response to an inquiry, Miss Tener wrote: "The kodak print of Joyce Pemberton East taken from an original picture in my possession was, as you say, a tintype. There is no mark whatever on it. When I was a small child and looking through the small album I would ask who certain pictures were and can remember father as speaking of this as 'Granny East.' As you know, Sarah East Tener and Joshua Tener were my grandparents.
Joyce Pemberton East lived for many years with her daughter, Sarah and the latter's husband, Joshua Tener. She was buried in Locust Grove cemetery near her husband but her grave is unmarked.

Isaac East bought land in Adams County and appears to have farmed until he died.
The Third Generation
Isaac and Joyce (Pemberton) East had:
(1) Elizabeth b probably in Pittsylvania County d May 1884 at Bainbridge /?/ Ohio; m James Bennett b 23 Sept 1824 in Adams county Ohio, d 12 July 1817 in same
(2) Catherine m 12 July 1817 in Adams County Ohio Joseph Tarr
(3) Thomas b 1808 d 1809
(4) Nancy m in Adams County Ohio 15 Feb 1819 William Nickols (Nickolas or Nichols)
(5) Sarah Katherine b 3 Sept 1808 d 20 Aug 1858 probably near Locust Grove Ohio; m 29 Dec 1825 in Adams County Joshua Porter Tener b 17 Apr 1800 d 4 Mar 1865(6) Rhoda m 9 Dec 1824 in Adams County James Cox
(7) Julia Ann b 8 Jan 1811 in Adams County d 8 Jan 1859 buried in Dunn's Chapel /?/ cemetery near Hillsboro Ohio; m 19 Aug 1827 in Adams County James Frost b 13 Jan 1807 d 14 Dec 1876
(8) Thomas b 24 April 1813 near Locust Grove, Ohio d 28 Sept 1864 near Milmine, Ill.; m 17 Nov 1833 /1832?/ in Adams County Priscilla McCracken b 5 May 1817 in Adams County of Henry and Ann (Holman) McCracken, d 18 Sept 1897 (both buried Decatur, (Ill. / cemetery)
(9) William
(10) John Milton b 27 Aug 1817 near Locust Grove Ohio d 2 Oct 1896 at Dunlap, Kansas; m 2 Aug 1842 Drusilla A. King b 3 Aug in Virginia d 2 June 1885
(11) Isaac d aged about 27

Isaac East (senior) seems to have supplied the names for his sons and Joyce the names for their daughters. All the boys had East names and most of the girls Pemberton family names. Rhoda was the name of the mother of Joyce, and Sarah of her grandmother, Sarah Luck. Nancy was the name of the wife of Joseph Pemberton. Joyce's father named his second daughter Caty (possibly from Caterine LeSeur) but she died young and he named his third daughter Caty Luck Pemberton.

Thomas East, son of Isaac, engaged in farming in Adams County and as such was listed in the census of 1850. A value of $732 was placed on his real estate by the census enumerator. In the autumn of 1851 Thomas East moved to Christian County, Illinois. He lived in Taylorville during the winter and moved in the spring to a farm 2-
1/2 miles west of Taylorville. He later moved to a farm in the northern part of Christian County near the town of Pawnee. He moved some time after 1860 to a farm one mile south and one-quarter mile west of Milmine, Illinois.

Thomas, who also had a large family, appears to have acquired little property although he bought several places when land was cheap. Priscilla, his wife, complained some about moving from Ohio to Illinois. She was the daughter of Henry McCracken b March 22, 1781 in Pennsylvania; died after 1830 in Adams County, Ohio, and Ann (Holman) McCracken, born July 4, 1786 in Pennsylvania; died Sept. 9, 1878 at Clermont, Mo. Her parents had twelve children and a number were "bound out" to other families. Priscilla was "bound" to a family named Cannon. She had seven sons under 21 years old when her husband died but managed to hold her family well together and made special sacrifices to insure her children's education.
The compiler is in possession of the original "Schedule of a Common School" for the Milmine district in the school year which began Oct. 3, 1864, shortly after the death of Thomas East. H. A. Stark was the teacher. Five sons of Priscilla East attended school during the term. Ulrich, 8 years old, and Oscar, 6, started on Oct. 3 and continued until school closed on March 21, 1865. Wheatly, 14, and Frank, 10, entered on Nov. 4. Joseph, 16, began on Dec. 5. Stillman Barber, the compiler's maternal grandfather, was treasurer of the school board. Attending as a pupil was Sarah C. Barber, daughter of Stillman, who became the wife of Wheatly East.

Thomas East was a good carpenter and cabinet-maker and plied this craft to enlarge his income. He made baskets, chairs, handles for tools, and many articles of wood. Oscar N. East, son of Thomas, preserved a large chiffonier which his father made. Thomas East was a Methodist, and quite devout, as also was his wife, Priscilla.

Priscilla East in the late years of her life lived alone in a cottage in Milmine next door to her son, Oscar. The compiler well remembers that when a boy his father directed him to stop on his way home from the village school and carry in for his grandmother a bucket of coal. She frequently rewarded him with a penny for his labor. Wheatly East took his mother half a hog after he had butchered in the autumn of one year, the compiler remembers.

Thomas and Mildred (Timberlake) East had:
(1) Lorenzo Dow unmarried; died aged about 90 years
(2) Jackson b 1813 died in Virginia; m (1) unknown; m (2) 3 April 1865 Anna Dove.
(3) Leland T/imberlake?/ died in Virginia; m
(4) Thomas C b near Altavista, Va. ab 1809 d 8 April 1871 near Chatham, Va. m 1837 Matilda (Watson) Shackleford
(5) John East d 1838 in Virginia; m Clarisa ___ who d 1883
Joseph and Polly (Bell) East had:
(1) Thomas b 25 Dec 1803 d 2 Oct 1890 near Fincastle, Tenn.; m Elizabeth West of Joseph and Catherine (McAney) West, b 1807 d 8 Dec 1894 in Tennessee
(2) Joseph b 1815 d 1881 in Virginia
(3) Isaac b 1817 removed to Sinking Spring, Ohio and died there, 1894.
(4) Elizabeth Louise m William Bernet 16 Jan 1839 in Pittsylvania County

Nathaniel W. East of Whittles Depot, Va., of John O. East, of Thomas and Elizabeth (West) East, wrote in 1925 that his grandfather, before 1848, removed from Pittsylvania County to Mercer County, Virginia. In 1867 Thomas removed to Fincastle, Tenn., with his wife and nine of his eleven children. Nathaniel W. East forwarded to the compiler a page from his father's Bible containing essential family data.

Ezekiel and Elizabeth (Worsham) East had:
(1) Thomas East b 1802 d 1867 in Virginia, probably on part of his father's plantation; m Parthaenia Lane who is buried in Lane cemetery near Straightstone
(2) Wesley
(3) Agnes unmarried
(4) Obedience m James King
(5) Permelia m Thomas Eason or Eastham
(6) Henry b (twin) about 1817 in Pittsylvania County d April 1866 near Latham, Ohio. Removed in 1855 from Pittsylvania to Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio; removed to Locust Grove, Adams County, Ohio in 1856; removed soon to Pike County, Ohio; m Susanna Lay b 14 Oct 1822 d 16 June 1861 buried in Jones Chapple cemetery 5 miles south of Bainbridge, Ohio
(7) Ezekiel b (twin) about 1817 in Pittsylvania d there about 1887
(8) John East
(9) Sarah East

(Source M38, 1947 edition)

Francis married Sarah Hubbard in 1741 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. Sarah was born in 1730 in Virginia Beach, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Mar 1821 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1782, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Notes:

John Echols Notes

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In 1850 Milner Echols wrote-The Short History of Our Family, beginning with his earliest known ancestor, John Echols Sr. who married Mary Cave about 1688. His grandson brought it to Texas and the Dallas Genealogical Society published it. Milner was not a genealogist and other historians have surpassed his work. Some historians believe Echols was not English but Welsh and perhaps even Welsh Quaker. We do not know who John's father was.

Three other Echols were in Virginia before John: Joyce Echoll in 1652 , Richard Eccles in 1653 , and Sylvester Echols in 1664 . The most likely of the three to be the father of John is Richard Eccles. Some have speculated that John Echols was identical to the John Eccles who appeared near Herrin Creek in Charles City County 1677-94 . This John Echols married possibly a daughter of Thomas Harris. On 13 September 1677 administration of the estate of Thomas Harris was granted John Echols and John Hardaway. Thomas Harris, likely the son of the elder Thomas Harris and who had come of age, petitioned the court to summon Echols on 2 March 1690/1. Charles City County awarded Echols 200 pounds of tobacco for two wolves heads in 1691.

There is no evidence that John Echols of Charles City County was our John Echols. Indeed the former John Echols was killing wolves in Charles City County while the latter John Echols was living in New Kent. We do not know who Mary Cave's father was but we presume he was one of a few men named Cave in early Virginia. The most likely candidate is John Cave [1678] who twice applied for a land patent with John Echols. Mary was said to be born about 1650 and died after 1712. On 20 April 1685, John Echols and William Morris received 350 acres-behind land formerly of Mr Giles Moody in New Kent County.

This was for the transportation of seven persons. Echols and Morris allowed their right to the land lapse and James Taylor obtained its patent in 1688 . On 23 April 1688, John alone was granted 321 acres next to land he already owned. John evidently prospered because fifteen years later he, Samuel Craddock, John Cave, and William Glover were granted 1,620 acres on the-branches of Tuckahoe Swamp and the freshes of Mattaponi River in King and Queen and Essex Counties. John never lived in Caro County because they created it sixteen years after he died. Yet in 1685 the boundaries of New Kent County adjoined the present-day Caro County and part of John's land may have been in what is now Caro County. On 23 October 1703 John Echols and John Cave secured a patent for 600 acres in St Stephens Parish in King and Queen County. John Echols paid quit rents on 220 acres in 1704. John and Mary were the parents of five sons: John, Abraham, William, Joseph, and Richard Echols.

Their three daughters were Eleanor, Ann, and Elizabeth Echols. The Echols sons were dependable Amelia County citizens and served on juries when called. Of twelve good men on the jury of Robert Vaughan vs. Richard Ward on 9 December 1737, three were Richard, William, and Abraham Echols. One historian reported that seven individuals, including four sons of John Echols Sr, were granted 6,000 acres of land in Spotsylvania County Virginia on 11 December 1728. Yet no such patent was ever issued. The Echols sons were Abraham, William, Joseph, and Richard Echols. Another participant was William Echols son-in-law, Richard Anderson Jr. We believe these four Echols sons lived in Amelia County Virginia until around 1750. They then resettled in what is now Halifax County and Pittsylvania County. The Gillintine, Marchbanks, Collins, Hendrick, and Hubbard families, who intermarried with the Echols, moved from Amelia County to Halifax around the same time.

After the Echols family moved from Amelia County, another Echols family arrived. Edward Echols, patented 400 acres in July 1738, 548 acres in April 1748, and 364 acres in September 1755. In 1755 as Edward Echols-of Albemarle Parish, Sussex County Virginia, he deeded land to his brother, Robert Echols of Nottoway Parish, and his son Thomas Echols. This was perhaps the Edward Echols who secured a patent for 140 acres in Surry (later Sussex) County in 1727 to which he added 104 acres in 1743. Both Edward and Thomas Eccles were later in Albemarle Parish and the Albemarle Parish Register records the births of some of their children. Edward Echols died in Sussex County [27 Oct 1757 / 21 Apr 1758] leaving Amelia County land to several sons.

Other notes:
John Echols, according to the best history, migrated to the US during Oliver Cromwell's time, because of some differences between Cromwell and himself! He is reputed to have had large possessions in England, and to have sold same, turning the proceeds thereof into gold and brought with him. He settled in Virginia, becoming a large planter and slave owner.

Land patents for John Echols
On 20 April 1685 John Echols and William Morris received 350 acres ?behind land formerly of Mr Giles Moody in New Kent County. This was for the transportation of seven persons. Echols and Morris allowed their right to the land lapse and James Taylor obtained its patent in 1688. On 23 April 1688, John alone was granted 321 acres next to land he already owned. Fifteen years later in 1703, he, Samuel Craddock, John Cave, and William Glover were granted 1,620 acres on the branches of Tuckahoe Swamp and the freshes of Mattaponi River in King and Queen and Essex Counties. The tract began on the east side of Potobago Path. A patent for Francis Meriwether places Potobago Path on the branches of Hoskins Creek. Thus the tract was 2-3 miles south of present-day Beazley, Virginia. On 23 October 1703, John Echols and John Cave secured a patent for 600 acres in St. Stephen?s Parish in King and Queen County.


HISTORY OF ECHOLS FAMILY by MILNER ECHOLS 1850

A short history of our family from the first that landed in America till the present time, as far as I can ascertain----.

John Echols an Englishman came to America about the end of the 16th or the beginning of the 17th Century and settled in Caroline County, Virginia, and married a tall redheaded woman named Mary Cave and by her had five sons and three daughters. I shall begin with his sons first and carry out their family as far as my knowledge extends.

John was his first son who left Virginia a young man and settled in the lower part of N. Carolina and raised his family, of whom I know nothing.

Abraham was old John’s 2nd son, married Sarah Tamer and by her had two sons and several daughters. His sons were Joseph and Joshua. Joseph married a Miss King, and by her had 2 sons and 5 or 6 daughters. His sons Abraham and Jeremiah who left Virginia in time of the Revolutionary War and went to Pennsylvania. Of their offspring I know nothing. Joshua married Hannah Brown, had a number of children of whom I know but little. He had one son Darius, a conspicuous man in Habersham County, GA. The rest of his family lives chiefly in the upper part of Georgia. Old Abraham had one daughter who married James Hodges a very worthy man, his family moved to Tennessee. He had one son named Jessee and he had a son named James who was a commanding officer in Tennessee and got drowned in Cumberland River near Cairo. Jessee had one daughter named Tabitha, that is all I know of the family. Old Abraham had another daughter named Sarah who married John Rowden and by her had 4 sons and one daughter. His sons were Abraham, Laban, Josee, and John. Abraham married a woman named Chick, moved to Tennessee. I know nothing of his family. Laban married Milly Adams raised a large family. I know nothing of them only two of his sons to wit, Hubert and Lot, who live in Guinett County, Ga. Josee married Susannah Adams, moved to Tennessee, of his family I know nothing. John married Milly Brewer, a widow, the daughter of old Jeremiah Reeves, sister to Rev. Malachi Reeves and Rev. Jeremiah Reeves. He also moved to Tennessee and was drowned in the Tennessee River. Of his family I know nothing. Old John Rowden’s daughter was Tabitha. She married Glover Crain, had several children by her and then died. He had one son named Joseph Crane who married a Miss Hood. They had several children, one son named John Glover Crane who was a wholesale merchant in Charleston, S.C.Joshua Crane had a daughter married a Mr.Whitman, a Baptist preacher and a teacher in the Penfield Academy, Green County, Georgia.
P.S. James Hodges daughter married John Lacy. Wm Glass and Hally Shaw Lacy had one son named Elijah and he and wife parted. Glass had 5 sons and 3 daughters. His sons were Hubbard, Mason, Frederick who married Betsy Strother and he was killed by the Indians in Alabama. The other three, David, Elish and Eahlij Mason married a Miss Wyatt and lives in Fayett County, Georgia the rest of his sons I know nothing. His daughters were named Tabitha, Patsy, and Sally. Tabitha married Richard Wood and by him had three sons and one daughter. Her sons were Winston, William and Willis. Her son William represented three different counties in the state of Georgia and was Colo. Of the same counties. He then moved to Randolph County, Alabama and represented that county and is Colo. And judge of the court.
Willis, her third son married a Miss Cochran and died young. Richard Wood’s daughter was named Elizabeth and married Samuel D. Echols. Hally Shaw raised a large family in Jackson County, Georgia. I know nothing of his family only E. B. Shaw, his grandson, who lives in Guynett County, and is a very eminent Baptist preacher.

P. S. If I mistake not, old Abraham Echols had a daughter who married a man by the name of Hubbard in Virginia. I know nothing further of them.

The third son of old English John Echols was named William. I don’t know who he married. He had several sons and daughters. His sons were John and William. John was one of the largest men ever raised in Virginia. He was a Quaker preacher. That’s all I know of him or his family as I never saw him but once. William was also a very large man, married a widow Spradlin. By her had three sons and four daughters. His sons were Joel, Elcanah, and William. Joel and Elcanah moved to Tennessee. Settled on Cumberland River near Caro. I was once at Elcanah’s house after his death. He had a large family. I know the names of none of them only his youngest son named Richard. They are a very wealthy family. Joel I think they told me had no child. William, the third son, married a girl by the name of Elizabeth Farmer - a schoolmate of mine in Virginia. He moved to Alabama, settled in Madison County near Huntsville and was a very great wholesale merchant in that town. I know but very little of his family. He had a daughter married Richard Holden also a wholesale merchant in Huntsville and also had two sons who moved to Mississippi. One of them was killed by a man and the other wrote to me about it. I think the one that wrote was by the name of Larkin. The one that was killed I think was by the name of Joseph. That’s all that I know of that family.

Old William Echols daughters married William Wynne, Vardre McBee and Daniel Williams and Richard Anderson. Of Wynne’s family I know nothing as they moved to Tennessee in an early date. Old Vardre McBee moved from Virginia to South Carolina before the Revolutionary War and was a Capt. In that army and was said to have done as much damage to the British and Torries in that part of the country as any Capt. In that country. He had two sons, to wit, Silas and Vardre. Silas was a very large man, went to Mississippi and died there. I know nothing of his family. Vardre still lives in South Carolina, Greenville District. He has six children, only one married, that a daughter, married a Mr. Carson. He has one daughter Malinda single, one son Luther, the rest I don’t know their names. He is said to be the richest man in that part of the state. His property is estimated at one million dollars. Old Vardre has several daughters. I don’t know their names. One married a man by name of Ross. How many children she had I know not. I only know one of her sons who is by name of Rice F. Ross. One married a man by name of Asher. They have one son in Dade County, Georgia, by name of William Asher, a very smart man. That is all I know of that family.

Daniel Williams, who married the third daughter of old William Echols, went to Tennessee, raised his family there. Of his daughters I know nothing. His sons were Sampson and Oliver. Sampson was said to be an uncommon smart man, represented his county many years. There is a very fine town in Tennessee named in hone of his name - Williamsburg. Sampson Williams was a very large man, rather cross-eyed. Richard Anderson married old William Echols fourth daughter, had five children by her and she died. I know the names of two of their sons, which were Medy and John. Medy became very rich, owned the first merchant mill I ever saw, on Banister River in Virginia, where was a considerable town built named Medsville in honor of Medy Anderson’s name. They both had families of which I know but little.

Joseph Echols was the fourth son of old English John Echols. He never married, consequently had no family. He was an afflicted man, had what was called the asthma which prevented him from lying down. He never lay down for forty years-had an instrument made that fitted his forehead and sat and slept. His common vocation was hunting and trapping on the River at which business he made considerable property as he lived in the frontier country where game was plenty.

Richard Echols was the fifth son of English John Echols who married Caty Evans - he was my grandfather - and by her had fourteen children. Three died in infancy. The rest lived to raise families. Their first son was Moses who married Betsy Wynne. They raised a considerable family. Their first son was John who married Fanny Formby and moved from Virginia to Tennessee. I know but little of the family. He was a one-eyed man, he was very smart and had great property. Their second son was Obediah. He married Betsy Terry. He died at about 65 years of age. I know but little of his family, only one son who lives in the western district of Tennessee by name of Champness Terry Echols, a Baptist preacher. Moses third son was by name of Moses who married a Miss Terry - cousin to his brother Obediah’s wife. I know nothing of his family. Their fourth son was by name of Evans who married Anna Terry, sister to his brother Moses wife. They live in Virginia. I know no more of their family. Old Moses daughters were by name of Rebecca, Priscilla, Tabitha, Betsy, Lucy and Frances. Rebecca married Edward Akin. I have no knowledge of their family. Priscilla married David Bates in Halifax County, a very large man who offered for the legislature in the county that he was born and raised in when he was about twenty-five years old. He got every vote that was given in the county and the county was very large. He continued to go to the legislature as long as he stayed in Virginia. He then moved to Georgia, Wilkes County. He became a representative of Wilkes County in Senate and was once appointed President Senate pro tem - you can see his name in the digest of the laws of Georgia. He became so fat that it was supposed by the doctors that his fat melted in him, killed him before he was sixty years old. He weighed nearly four hundred pounds. He raised his family in Wilks County, Georgia but after his death they moved to Tennessee. I have but little account of them since. He had one son named Randolph and one named Anderson. Of the rest I have no account only one daughter named Susanah who marriedJames Johnson of Oglethorpe County.
Old Moses third daughter Tabitha married Nathan Formby. He moved from Virginia to Georgia and died in Walton County. He raised four sons and several daughters. His sons were named Moses, Obediah and Nathan. The other I don’t know the name of, he married a Miss Harvie in Newton County and died there. Moses and Obediah live in Newton County. They both have families but I don’t know the name of either of their wives. Nathan lives in Alabama. I know not of his family. One of old Nathan’s daughters married John Whitaker and one married Henry Nichols. One Israel Moore and one married a Mr. Park. I know nothing of the family.

Old Moses fourth daughter Betsy married Marlin Farmer. I know no more of the family. His fifth daughter Lucy married Jonas Meadows and that’s all I know about them. His sixth daughter Frances married a man by the name of Shelton. I have no account of them further.

Old Richard Echols second son was named John. He married Lucy Koore, raised a large family by her. They had three sons and six daughters. Their oldest son was James. He married Nancy Winbush of South Carolina. He moved to Alabama in an early date, so I know but little of his family. I have heard that one son named George, a doctor, and another named Saml - that is all I know of them.

Old John’s second son was named John. He married a Miss Moore. He also moved to Alabama. I know nothing further of them. Old John’s third son was named Saml. He married Jane Holloway of Elton, Putnam County, Georgia. He moved to Alabama so I know nothing further of them; old John’s daughter was Prudence who married Christopher Irwin. They raised a large family of sons and one daughter who died young. I know nothing more of them only Christopher and David. Christopher lives in Walton County, raised several sons and one daughter. I don’t know the names of the sons tho I am told they are smart young men. His daughter was Sophrony. She married Raman Ray. They live in Cobb County. David Irwin lives in Marietta and is a very imminent lawyer and a very wealthy man. He has a family that I know very little about. Old John’s second daughter was by name of Temperance. She married Jno. Rodgers. They raised several sons. I know of only two of them, Dr. James Rodgers, who married Wm. G. Springer’s daughter and lives in Carrol County. He has represented that county in the legislature of Georgia. David Rodgers lives in Stewart County and has also represented that county in the State Legislature. Old John’s third daughter named Caty never married, died young. His fourth daughter Patsy married Capt. William Ellis. They live in Pike County near Griffin. They have raised several sons and daughters. I know only two of his sons, Richard and Thomas. One of them is a doctor, both very large men. They had one daughter married a man named Wilson who lives near Griffin. Old John’s fifth daughter named Liddy married Skelton Standifer, moved to Alabama. I know no more of them. His sixth daughter Lucy married Nathan Williams and raised their family in Jasper County. I know nothing further of them only one son, a doctor who lives in Meriwether County, Georgia.

Old Richard Echols third son was named James Echols, a very large man, had a very singular mark in his features. He had one black eye and one blue eye. He married Elizabeth Palmer, widow of John Palmer of Richmond County, Virginia. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Milner. By her he had five sons, three daughters. His oldest son was Milner, who married Susannah Sansom, had ten children. Their first son was Samuel Dorril Echols, who married Betsy Wood. By her he had four sons and four daughters. His first son was named Alfred. He married a girl names Thirston. They had one child and then they parted. His second son was named Wood Echols. He married a girl by name of Patrick, had three children, moved to Alabama and died shortly after he went there. I know nothing of his family. Third son named Winston M. Echols married a Miss Summer Cain, had one child and she died. He married again but I know not to whom. His fourth son is named John, a young man not yet married. His oldest daughter was named Maryan. She married Colo. Thos. J. Johnson, who lives in Herd County, near Franklin. They have children but I know not their names or how many. His second daughter was named Mahaley, married Mercer Babb, had one child and she died. Her daughter is a daughter named Antonett. Saml’s third daughter Betsy Ann married a Mr. Hollandworth, lives in Heard County,. They have one child. I know nothing of them. His fourth daughter Susannah not yet married.

Milner’s second son was named James, died an infant by a fall out at the door. His third son was named Richard, died an infant also. His complaint was the Flux. His fourth son was named Robert Milner Echols. He married Mary Melton and by her had twelve children. His first son was named Jonathan Milner Echols, died at the age of seventeen years. His death was caused by an over hard march in the army in very hot weather. His second son was named Dorrel Sampson Echols, died an infant. His third son was named Thomas Jefferson Echols, married Lucinda A. Pate and by her had three sons, the first Jonathan M. Echols, his second son died young, his third son was named Robert Milner Echols. Robert M. Echols, fourth son of Robert Walton Echols, a youth, his fifth son Samuel D. Echols, his sixth son named Richard, died young. His seventh son Joseph a little boy. Robert M. Echols first daughter Rhoda married Thos. J. Trammel, had nine children by him - to wit - Collumbus, Georgia, John Robert, Thos., and Ugnias. Her daughters are Tabitha, Martha and Susan, the youngest not yet named. His second daughter Martha married Doctor John G. Waddel, she had one child and died when it was nine days old, named Thomas Echols Waddel, who lives with his father in Alabama. His third daughter Elisa, his fourth daughter Mary Ann, his fifth daughter Frances, none married. Robert M. Echols was a man that filled many responsible offices. He represented Walton County upward of twenty years in succession, was six or seven years president of the senate. He was Major General. He was also Judge of the Court and one of the Trustees of the University at Athens and - of all he was member of the Baptist Church at Sardis, Clerk of the same. He was appointed by Congress a Colo. In the United States Service to command 13th Regiment in Mexico. He was also appointed by the President to pay off the soldiers in Mexican War - his office was at New Orleans. He died in Mexico at the National Bridge whilst in command of the 13th Regiment on the third day of Dec., 1847 in the 49th year of his age.

Thos. Echols, the fifth son of Milner Echols, married Polly Harper. By her had six children, two of whom died young. His first son was Robert H. Echols, married Elizabeth Morris. His second son, Joseph M. Echols, married Virginia Norton, had by her three children. Thomas’ first daughter, Susannah North Echols, married John Chappel, lives in Merriwether County, has several children. Her oldest is William, her second one named John, the rest small, I don’t know their names. His second daughter Mary not married.
Milner Echols’ sixth son named William Sampson Echols, married Kitty Holder, had by her four sons and two daughters. His oldest son John Thomas Echols married a Miss Kelly, has several small children. His second son Robert M. Echols not married. His third son Lumpkin not married. His fourth son, an infant named Thos. Rhodes Echols. His first daughter Martha who married Jos. Selvy who had one child by her and ran away and left her. Second daughter Frances not married.

Obediah Echols, seventh son of Milner Echols, married Hannah Holder - sister of his brother William’s wife - had five children by her. His first son James Echols, his second Tapley, his third John Bunyan, his first daughter Susannah, his second Nancy who married a Mr. Shaw. Obediah Echols, son of Milner, died in Milledgeville in the 31st year of age. Was a very business man, was appointed Surveyor Genl. before he was thirty years of age.

Milner Echols first daughter named Leah died before she was three years old. Her death was caused by a burn. His second daughter Patsy married Joshua Ammons. She had two children. First daughter Mary married James Mobley. They have three children. Their oldest a son named Samuel Iverson Mobley, second a daughter named Susan Martha Mobley. Joshua Ammon’s second is a son named John Milton Ammons, not married.

M. Echols third daughter named Nancy married A. B. Rose, by him had nine children. First son named Augustus died about his fourteenth year. Second Dolphus, third son Theophelus, fourth son Aurelius, fifth son William, sixth Marcus, seventh Agenius Mercer, none married. His first daughter Sarah died at about Seventeen years of age, second daughter Martha died at about eight years old.

Robert E. Echols was the second son of James Echols. He married Elizabeth Davis, they had three sons and one daughter. His first son was Wm. Milner Echols. He was a tanner by trade and married in Montauleo, Jasper County, Georgia. I know nothing more of this family, only that he lives in Monroe County. His second son was named Jessee Mercer Echols. He married a girl named Sandel Carrel. They had no children. They live in some of the Cherokee Counties. He is in some office on the railroad, the last I heard of him. His third son named James lives in ____ County, Alabama. I know nothing more about him. Robert E. Echols daughter named Lucy married and went to Tennessee. I know no more about her.

Absolom Echols was the third son of James Echols, married Nancy Sansom. They had no children. He was killed by Johnson Hammock in Alabama. Hammock was condemned to be hanged for it but killed in jail before the day of his execution.

Obediah Echols was the fourth son of James Echols. He married Elizabeth Strong. They had one child and his wife and child both died. He then married Elizabeth Flournoy, by her had two children, a son and a daughter. The daughter died an infant and his wife also died about the same time. His son was named Philip Henry Echols. He had a great deal of property left him by his grandfather Flournoy. He was educated at Schenetida college in New York. He studied law under Judge Berrien at the City of Washington and married the Judge’s daughter, Margaret Berrien. He returned to Georgia and practiced law and died on ther Cirquett in Marion County at his uncle Absolom Echols. Obediah then married Elizabeth Jones, a widow in Hancock County and by her had several sons and daughters. His first son by his last wife was by name of James Walter Echols, a very rich man and lives at Auburn, Alabama. His brother Samuel now lives with him, a doctor.

Their father, Obediah Echols, lives in Mississippi, Carrol County, has four daughters married and lives near their father. The names of the men that they married I don’t know, only one married a Mr. Foreman, he has two small sons lives with him, one named Judson, the brother I don’t know the name.

Echols daughter - first daughter was named Leah Echols. She married Robert North. They had four sons and four daughters. Two of their daughters died young. Their first son named Wm. North married Frances Arnold, had several children. I don’t know their names. They live in Coweata County, Georgia. Their second son Anthony North married Polly Hubbard, a second cousin to him. They have a large family of children chiefly grown and several married but I don’t know who to. He has one son named Robert and another named Hubbard and one daughter named Adaline. Their third son named Abraham, married Hiss Holms. They have a large family but I don’t know their children’s names. The fourth son named Marcus married Dosha Thurmond. She had two or three children and died. He then married a widow but I don’t know her name.

Robert North’s first daughter Patsy married a Mr. Hale, never had any children, her husband died. She is now a widow. Second daughter Lucy married James Willis, had several children, moved to Alabama and there she died shortly after she went there.
James Echols second daughter named Mary Echols, married Jeremiah Reeves. They had five sons and four daughters. One of the daughters died young and another fell into the spring and drowned. Their first son Absolom Echols Reeves, who lives at Rome married Elisa Tyas, by her had one daughter who died at about the time she was twenty years old while she was attending Association in Chattanooga County. John N. Reeves, their second son, never married, lives in Augusta. Jeremiah Reeves, their third son, married at about 40 years of age, lives in Walker County. Their fourth son, James M. Reeves, never married. Joseph Reeves, their fifth son, married a Miss Hodge and lives in Chattanooga in Tennessee and keeps a tavern in that town. Jeremiah Reeves first daughter, Leah, married Samuel Neblick, lives in Jackson County, Georgia. I know nothing of their families. Their second daughter Elisa married Ben Powell. I know nothing of their family, only they have one son named Evans Powell. James Echols third daughter named Elizabeth Echols married Thos. M. Fagg. He then ran away, left wife and child and never been heard of since............................................

Benjamin Echols was Richard Echols fourth son. He married Sabra Hendrick, his own cousin and by her had three sons and five daughters. Their first son was Richard, he married Betsy Smith his cousin. They had no children, were very wealthy. They differed, parted and never lived together any more. He died from a fever taken in Floyd’s army in 1815. John Echols, their second son, married a girl named Merrel, raised a large family in Mississippi. I know none of his children, but his oldest daughter Elmira. Benjamin Echols was old Benjamin Echols third son. He married Betsy Ellis, lives Chattanooga County, had a large family of children. His first son is Richard Echols, married but don’t know who. Second son Abner not married, third son Robert lately married to Miss Verner. Their first daughter Caty not married. Second daughter (I know not her name) married Amay Dickson, a very fine man. He had several other daughters but I don’t know their names.

Old Benjamin Echols first daughter Lucy married Samuel Paine, had several children; one son named Samuel lives near Rome. One of his daughters married a man named Williamson. She is now a widow. Benjamin Echols second daughter Betsy never married, died rich. Third daughter Sally married Luis Rolston, had three children, one son Robert, the others daughters. One married a man named Edwards. I know nothing of their family. Fourth daughter Caty married Jacob Lawridge, moved to Mississippi, had several children. I know the names of but two of them, one boy named Legon, one John -- . Fifth daughter named Citty married J. Dyche, moved to Mississippi. He shortly died. I know nothing further of the family ---

Obediah Echols was old Richard Echols fifth son. He married a very rich old Irishman’s daughter. His name was Wm. McDaniel, her name was Caty McDaniel. He had five sons and two daughters. His sons, William who died at about 19 years old, second son Benjamin Echols. He was a nearsighted man, not very bright, but had the most extensive recollection of any man. He inherited a large estate from his grandfather McDaniel’s estate but had not forecast enough to take care of it. He married Betsy Milner in Kentucky, his own cousin. They had several children, one son named Obediah, one daughter named Mariea. I know nothing more of his family as they moved to Tennessee but left Blind Ben - as we called him. Old Obediah Echols third son was James, married Sally Rutledge, raised several children. I know but little about them only one of his sons named Silas Echols said to be a very smart man. James was a great farmer, a great hand to make tobacco, and from that was called Horn Worm James. Old Obediah’s fourth son was named Obediah. He married a Miss Franklin in Virginia but moved to Georgia and died young, left two children, a son named Josephus and a daughter. I know not where they are.

Obediah’s fifth son was named Elijah. He married a girl by name of Willingham. I know nothing more of his family. He was said to be the greatest millright that ever was seen in the State. Old Obediah’s two daughters were named Betsy and Nancy, one married Thos. Rutledge, the other married Wm. Arnold. They both moved to Tennessee. I know nothing further of their families. Old Obediah’s wife died. He then married a widow Jones near Richmond in Virginia. Her maiden name was Jackson, she was a half sister to the great General Lawson. By her he had two sons and one daughter. His first son was Philip Jackson Echols, lives in Crawford County, Georgia, and one son lives in a little town in Monroe or Forsyth County, the name of the town I don’t recollect. That is all I know of his family. He has been Clerk of the Court in Crawford County. His second son was Samuel Echols. He married Sally Booker and moved to Alabama and died. I know but little of his family.

Old Obediah’s daughter was named Polly Echols who married a man by name of Raney, moved to Giles County, Tennessee and died a few years ago, so I was informed by a letter from his daughter. Old Obediah was a Baptist preacher of the highest order of his day. Joseph Echols was sixth son of old Richard. He was a Methodist preacher, married Polly Stamps and by her had five sons and four daughters. First son Ruben married Betsy Owen, of whom I know but little. He moved to Mississippi and died shortly. He had several sons, I don’t know their names. He had one daughter Sarah, married Samuel Marshall, a very fine man, lives in Coweata County. Another daughter Caty married a man by name of Bell, of them I know nothing.

Joseph’s second son was Levi, married a Miss Hubbard, became vastly rich and died soon. He lived in Washington, Wilks County, had but one child, that was a boy named Joseph Hubbard Echols. He is a man of great learning. He is a Methodist preacher and a lawyer and he was the president of the Female Academy in Madison, Morgan County, Georgia. Joseph Echols third son named Simeon married Caroline Van Allen, daughter of Peter L.Van Allen. He was a very great lawyer, and was killed by Wm. H. Crawford in duel on the bank of Savannah River in South Carolina at Braksdale Ferry. Caroline Van Allen was said to be worth $20,000 when Simeon Echols married her. They moved to Mississippi near Columbus to a little town called Athens where he shortly died. His wife lives at the same town and keeps a public house. I know nothing of their family.

Joseph Echols fourth son was Josephus, a very tall man, became a doctor. He went to Alabama to a town called Selma and by his Partner I am told he got very rich. I heard he married but I don’t know who to, consequently know nothing of his family.

Joseph Echols fifth son, William, was also a doctor, never married, had a wen on his neck which was cut out and he died immediately at about 24 or 25 years of age. Joseph Echols first daughter Tabitha married Thomas Cooper, had no child, died in Cowetta County. His second daughter Caty married a very worthy man in Jasper County named Archibald Standifer. She was upward of forty years old when she married, had no child. His third daughter Rebecca never married, lives in Newnan, Cowetta. His fourth daughter Olive married an Englishman named John Daughterty, lives in Coweata County, keeps a public house, he is said to be a very fine man, I know nothing of his children.

Old Richard had five daughters, the oldest named Mary Echols, married Thos. Wynne, had 2 sons and 4 daughters. His first son was Obediah, married Onry Bolton in Virginia, had by her several children, first son John Wynne lives Oglethorpe, married a girl Owen, of his children I know nothing only one son named Glen Wynne married a daughter of Samuel Lumpkin and lives in Coweata County. Thos. Wynne’s second son Thos. Wynne Jr. was left very rich by his father but alas - he was a drunkard and gambler and married onto a very low family, spent his property in a few years and went over seas to some foreign land, his family lives in the upper part of Georgia. He had one daughter married a man by name of J. Brand, and two of his daughters married two brothers named Fincher. I know but little more of the family.

Old Thos. Wynne’s first daughter married Wm. Arnold, had three children, one son and two daughters - she was by name Rhoda, weighed nearly 400 pounds. Her son was William, married a Miss Milner, had two sons by her and died. One of his sons is a wholesale merchant in Charleston, South Carolina, the other one I know but little about. One of her daughters married Samuel Lumpkin of Oglethorpe, the other married David Owen of Newnan, Coweata County, all very wealthy people. Thos. Wynne’s second daughter married Levi Marshall - a brother to the great preacher Abraham Marshall - they had several sons and daughters. First daughter married Robert N. Crawford of Columbia County. I know but little about the rest of their children. Thos. Wynne’s third daughter Kitty married John Bolton, they had three sons and two daughters. Their sons were Thos., Charles and John. Thos. Lives in Newnan, Charles lives Wilks, vastly rich. John died. He lived in Cobb County on the Chattahoochee River near Montgomery’s Ferry. Their daughter Betsy married Philip Cooper and died shortly, their daughter Polly married Thos. Sims, lived in Washington, Wilks County. He died and then she married a man by name of Sherburn, he died.

Old Thos. Wynne’s fourth daughter Lucy married William Booker, had by him three daughters and one son, their names were Polly who died, Sally who married Samuel B. Echols and now lives in Alabama. Third daughter Lucinda married William Galbreath, they have one daughter married Absalom Echols Roberts and another married a Mr. Hester and they also have a young son I know not his name. The son of Wm. Booker was the notorious John W. Booker who died in Monroe, Walton County, Georgia.

Old Richard Echols second daughter, Drucilla, married Wm. Owen, raised a large family. They all went to western countries but one daughter, her name was Rhoda. She married the Rev. Malachi Reeves. I know but little of the family since they went to the west. Old Richard’s 3rd daughter Sally who married John Milner and moved to Kentucky in a very early date raised a very large family. Their sons were Armstead Milner, a very rich man, John Milner and Mark Milner.

Old Richard Echols fourth daughter Anna married James Daniel, had five children, four sons and one daughter. Their sons were Moses, Hopkins, Echols Daniel and Jeremiah. Their daughter Caty never married. Echols Daniel married but never had children by his wife. He is a vastly rich man, lives in Floyd County. Hopkins married the widow Crane, the grandmother of John Glover Crane of Charleston. Jeremiah Daniel married but I don’t know who. He moved to west. I know nothing of his family.

Old Rich Echols fifth daughter Elizabeth married William Raney, had one daughter named Betsy Hunter Raney. She married a very great lawyer by name of Edward Jones who lives in Giles County, Tennessee. Of their family I know nothing more.


From Cavaliers & Pioneers
vol 2 p 287 JOHN ECKHOLLS & WILLIAM MORRIS, 350 acs., New Kent Co., St. Stephen's Par., 20 Apr. 1685, P. 436. Behind land formerly of Mr. Giles Moody; by Barrow's old howse, &c. Trans. of 7 pers.*
vol 2 p 320 JOHN ECKHOLLS, 321 acs., New Kent Co., on N. side of Mattapony Riv.,
23 Apr. 1688, p. 635. Beg. by Capt. William Smyth's Landing path; along Moody's lyne; to the White Oake Sw; to John Joy by an Indian path; by John Dunkley, &c. Trans. of 7 pers: Samuell Randoll, Jo hn London, John Courteney, Thomas Gardener, William Smithson, Deborah Marshall, Daniell Newman.
vol 2 p 328 JAMES TAYLER, 350 acs., New Kent Co., in St. Stephen's Par; 20 Oct. 1688, P. 683. Behind land formerly of Mr. Giles Moody; by Barrow's old house, &c. Granted to John Eckolls & Wm. Morris, 20 Apr. 16 85, deserted, & now granted by order, &c.. Trans. of 7 pers: John Jones, Wm. Kitto, Jeffrey James, Cadwalader Hackle, Anne Eden, EIiza. Foster, Jno. Charles.
vol 3 p 75 SAMUELL CRADOCK, J0HN CAVE, JOHN ECKHOLLS & WILLIAM GLOVER, 1620 acs., in K. & Q. & Essex Counties; on brs. of Tuckahoe Sw., in the freshes of Mattapony River, 23 Oct. 1703, p. 552. Beg. by E. side o f Potobago Path; to E. side of Tuckahoe Bever Dam; by the old path. Trans. of 33 pers: Hugh Williams, Eliz. Mask, Eliz. Dean, Wm. Whitton, Samuel Carter, John Page, Isaac Sanders, Wm. Haynes, Ric hd. Summers, Nicolas Neal, Tho, Oakley, Ralph Keeling, John Royley, Robt. Blake, Tho. Marlers, Nich. Martin, James Waly, Wm. Kite, Mary Kite, Mary Jones, Margt. Upton, Jon. Babe, Tho. Lyars, Jos eph Gregory, Tho. Essex, Joseph Arch , Wm. Maddocks, Fra. Bentley, Richd. Streeter, Robt. Marwood, Hugh Davis, Richd. Hill, Richd. Burton.
JOHN CAVE & JOHN ECKOLLS, 600 acs., K. & Q. Co., in St. Stephen's Par; in the freshes of Mattapony River; beg. at Richards" & Cave's land; to E. side of Potobago Path; 23 Oct. 1703, p. 554. Trans o f 12 pers: Daniell Due (or Doe), Peter Maryon, Hugh Hillion, Margarett Wingall, John Morgain, Rowld. Watteny, Mary Glover, Edward Clegg, Peter Baker, Wm. Leigh, John Right, Tho. Dicks.
vol 3 p 212 WILLIAM HALL, of Glocester Co; 1080 acs. (N. L.), K. & Q. Co. & Essex Co; 11 July 1719, p. 426. Beg. at Stephen Lankford (Langford), on W. side of Tuckahoe Sw; adj. William Cradock, John Cave, Joh n Eckols & William Glover; land sd. Hall sold to John Smith, Thomas Aplin & John Smith; Col. Goldman's line; Col. Goodrich & Mr. Aubrey; on N. side of the Sadle Branch; 11 July 1719, p. 426. Imp . of 22 pers: Jervis Blundall, Trehemiah Tolarton, John Brown, Abel Duckwith, Susanna Reaves, Alice Finier, David Wilson, Robert Smith, John Thomas, Dorby Bohawn, Dennis Mackarty, Darby Dun, James Smi th, Jane Thompson, Samuel Smith, Robert Williams, Thomas Turner.
vol 3 p 217 ROBERT BEVERLEY & THOMAS JONES, Gentlemen, 15,000 acs. (N.L.), in Essex Co. & K. & Q. Co., 20 Feb. 1719, p. 455. Beg. by Rappa. River, cor. of patent to James Harrison, John Bowzee & the 4 Orphans o f George Motts, dated 29 Nov. 1674; crossing Warner's River; on John Cave's land; on line of the Governor's land; to br. of the Wilderness Run; down the Rapidanna River; excepting certain tracts alrea dy granted within the bounds, which are declared to be no part of sd. 15,000 acs. hereby intended to be granted, &c. 75 Lbs., money.

John married Mary Cave in 1688 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of John Cave, III and Elizabeth Travers) was born in 1670 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died in 1712 in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 1670, , , Virginia, USA

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Mary (Cave) Echols was not daughter of John Cave and Elizabeth Waugh
There must be tens of thousands and probably hundreds of thousands of people who descend from John Echols who married Mary Cave. And everywhere you look on the Internet, including many nicely designed websites, we have recorded that this Mary Cave was the daughter of John Cave and Elizabeth Travers, who herself was the daughter of Giles Travers and Ann Waugh. I accept the very very strong possibility that John Echols wife Mary was a Cave, based on their g-grandson Milner Echols's records as well as the many early Cave - Echols connections which he would not have known about. However, Milner also states Mary was the daughter of John Cave. This may be true, (or may possibly not be, a very early David Cave seems another possibility). Even if John Cave is Mary's father, however, it can't be the same John Cave who married Elizabeth Travers! Why? Many reasons, but a clear one is this. Mary (Cave) Echols birth date is not known, but she started having children in the late 1690's. So she was born probably ca 1670 maybe as late as 1680. Some records estimate 1674. Well, Elizabeth Travers's father, Giles Travers, was born ca 1662 proven by various records. So can someone explain to me how Giles could have had a grandaughter Mary Cave who was born when he was twelve years old? My personal opinion is that John Cave who married Elizabeth Travers, was the nephew or possibly even grand nephew of Mary Cave Echols. He could NOT have been her father. Please don't take this posting as confrontational. However it would be a great service if those many people who have posted on their webpages and elsewhere, the incorrect data that Mary Cave Echols' s parents were John Cave and Elizabeth Travers, would remove that incorrect data, and even contact other descendants they have (I realize unwittingly and with no malice) passed this mistake on to.

Author: Michael Walker, 15 Jan 2002



John Echols married Mary Cave
John Echols an Englishman came to America about the end of the 16th or the beginning of the 17th Century and settled in Caroline County, Virginia, and married a tall redheaded woman named Mary Cave and by her had five sons and three daughters. The Echols sons were dependable Amelia County citizens and served on juries when called. Of twelve good men on the jury of Robert Vaughan vs. Richard Ward on 9 December 1737, three were Richard, William, and Abraham Echols:John Echols [Ecckles] married Mary Cave daughter of John Cave and Ellizabeth Travers. Mary was born abt 1650, Orange County, Virginia d about 1713 in Virginia Their children were: 1 Mary Echols b: ABT 1682 in King and Queen, Virginia 2 John Echols b: ABT 1684 in King and Queen, Virginia **3 Abraham Echols b: 1686 in Comfort, Lee County, Virginia -- d 3 Oct 1749, in Lunenberg, Virginia married (BEF 1729 in Virginia) Sarah Hubbard b: ABT 1700 4 William Echols b: 1686/1690 in Virginia 5 Joseph Echols b: ABT 1688 in Virginia 6 Elizabeth Echols b: ABT 1690 in King and Queen, Virginia 7 Richard Echols b: 1694 in King And Queen Virginia 8 Anne Echols b: ABT 1698 in Virginia

**Abraham and Sarah {Hubbard} Echols had a number of children, including 3 sons who moved to Habersham County GA and several more who moved to Forsyth County, Georgia. I descend from one of the three sons in Habersham County, probably Darius Echols and his two daughters, granddaughters or nieces -- one who married Thomas Stephens, Jr. (Grandfather's side) and another who married Captain Littleton Stephens (CSA) ( Grandmother's side) -- it's a small county in Georgia and they all lived within 5 miles of each other, went to the same Church (Broad River Baptist). I have another more direct tie to the Hubbards, however in England the name was Sir Henry Hubbard (First Baronet). The line on my father's side goes from me as follows: LaRoche-Watkins-Walton-Claibourne-Barber-Archer-Elizabeth (Hubbard) Archer who died in 1727 in VA -then to- John Hubbard-Matthew Hubbard-Robert Hubbard-Sir Henry Hubbard

This line has been traced back to William Hobart (or Hubbar) -- Born c. 1388, at Bedford near Monks Eleigh, County Suffolk, England -- Who died in 1479 at Monks Eleigh, Suffolk, England. Looking forward to Sir Henry Hobart, Esq. Born ca 1553 at Plumstead, Norfolk. Henry died at Blicking, Norfolk, on 29 Dec 1625. It is not totally clear that he is Robert's father but there is a tie to Benjamin (grandson, who also immigrated to the Virginia Colony, Edmund HOBART (immigrant to Hingham, Mass) Rev Peter HOBART (also Hingham) and George (New England)). The Hobart who did not leave England married a person who descends from Mary the Tudor Princess of England through the Seymour family -- so the Hubbard's had legal connections even back then. Some earlier Hubbard history at http://www.garrettfamily.info/family-history/hubbard/Hubbard-Branch.pdf {htlm} -&- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbard_family

Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet SL (c. 1560 – 29 December 1625) was a English judge and politician. He was also the son of Thomas Hobart and Audrey Hare. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 10 August 1575. Called to the Bar in 1584, he became governor of Lincoln's Inn in 1591. Between 1588 and 1589, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for St Ives, for Yarmouth in 1597 and 1601, and for Norwich from 1604 to 1611. Hobart was Steward of Norwich in 1595, and Serjeant-at-Law from 1603 to 1606. Hobart was Attorney for the Court of Wards in 1605 and Attorney General for England and Wales between 1606 and 1613. From 1613 to 1625, he was further Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.

Having been Lord Chancellor to Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, he was also Chancellor and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal to Charles, Prince of Wales. Knighted in 1603, he was made a Baronet, of Intwood in the County of Norfolk on 11 May 1611. Hobart purchased the estates of Intwood in 1596 and of Blickling in 1616, where he was buried on 4 January 1625.

On 21 April 1590, he married Dorothy Bell, daughter of Sir Robert Bell on 21 April 1590 in Blickling in Norfolk. They had twelve sons including John Hobart (from whom George and Benjamin descend) and four daughters.

On 22 Apr 1570 Henry married Dorothy Bell, daughter of Sir Robert Bell (ca 1539-22 Jul 1577) & Dorothy Beaupre (ca 1538-February 1602/3), at Blicking, Norfolk. Born on 19 Oct 1552 at Beaupre, Norfolk. Dorothy died at Covent Garden, Middlesex, England, on 30 April 1641.


The Echols family name

The distinguished surname Echols is one of the most notable Anglo-Saxon surnames, and its historical trail has emerged from the mists of time to become an influential surname of the middle ages and of the present day.


In an in-depth research of such ancient manuscripts as the Domesday Book compiled in 1086 A.D., by Duke William of Normandy, the Ragman Rolls (1291-1296) collected by King Edward Ist of England, the Curia Regis Rolls, The Pipe Rolls, the Hearth Rolls, parish registers, baptismals, tax records and other ancient documents, researchers found the first record of the name Echols in Lancashire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman conquest and the arrival of duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.


Confusing to most, we found many different spellings in the archives researched. Although your name, Echols, occurred in many manuscripts, from time to time the surname was often, spelt Eccles, Ecles, Eckles, Eyckles, Accles, Ackles, and these changes in spelling frequently occurred, even between father and son. There is one record, a father and eight sons. In the graveyard where they are buried, all nine have different spellings of their surnames. Many reasons were revealed for these spelling variations, but mainly church officials and scribes spelt the name as it was told to them.


The family name Echols is one of the most notable of the ancient Anglo-Saxon race. This founding race of England, a fair-skinned people led by General/Commanders Hengist and Horsa, settled in Kent from about the year 400 A.D. The Angles, on the other hand, occupied the eastern coast.


The Anglo-Saxon five century domination of English society was an uncertain time, and the nation divided into five separate kingdoms, a high king being elected as supreme ruler.


By 1066, King Harold came to the throne of England which was enjoying reasonable peace and prosperity. However, the Norman invasion from France and their victory at the Battle of Hastings, found many of the vanquished Saxon land owners to be forfeited their land by Duke William and his invading nobles. They became oppressed under Norman rule, and some moved northward to the midlands, Lancashire and Yorkshire, even into Scotland.


The family name Echols emerged as a notable English name in the county of Lancashire where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated at Eccles with manor and estates in that shire. But like many other families they moved north into Scotland and were granted lands in a Barony in Dumfriesshire which they named Eccles. They later branched to Eccles in Berkwickshire. John Eccles of Berkwickshire rendered homage to King Edward I of England on his brief conquest of Scotland in I296. Sir Mathew Eccles of Dumfriesshire was a Judge. The Eccles Clan in Dumfriesshire became a distinguished clan and flourished until the 17th century. Notable amongst the family at this time was Sir Mathew Eccles of Dumfriesshire.


For the next two or three centuries, the surname Echols flourished and played a significant role in the political development of England. During the I 6th, I 7th and 18th centuries, England was ravaged by religious and political conflict. Puritanism, Catholicism, Royalist and parliamentary forces shed much blood. Many families were freely "encouraged" to migrate to Ireland, or the "colonies. " Some were rewarded with grants of lands, others were banished.


In Ireland, settlers became known as the Adventurers for land in Ireland. These Protestant. settlers undertook to maintain the Protestant faith. In Ireland they settled in the counties of Wicklow and Tyrone and acquired the estates of Eccles Ville and the head of the family was Kildonan in Wicklow.


Meanwhile, the New World beckoned and migration continued, some voluntarily from Ireland, but mostly directly from England or Scotland, their home territories. Some clans and families even moved to the European continent.


Kinsmen of the family name Echols were amongst the many who sailed aboard the armada of small sailing ships known as the “White Sails” which plied the stormy Atlantic. These overcrowded ships were pestilence ridden; sometimes 30% to 40% of the passenger list never reaching their destination, their numbers reduced by many diseases and the elements, and many were buried at sea.


Principal amongst the settlers who could be considered a kinsman of the surname Echols, or a variable spelling of that family name was Anne Eccles, who settled in Virginia in 1698. James, John, Mary, Robert, Samuel, Thomas, and William Eccles all arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between 1840 and 1865.


The trek from the port of entry was also arduous and many joined the wagon trains to the prairies or to the west coast. During the American War of Independence, many loyalists made their way north to Canada about 1 790, and became known as the United Empire Loyalists.


20th century notables of this surname, Echols, include many distinguished persons: Sir John Eccles; Lord Eccles; Viscount David McAdam Eccles, K. C V. O., British Politician and Company Director, Member of the House of Lords; General Ronald Eccles; Sir John Carew Eccles, M.B. B.S. D.Phil, Australian Neurophysiologist, Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine.


John Echols an Englishman came to America about the end of the 16th century or the beginning of the17th century from England and settled in Caroline County, Virginia. There he married a red-headed woman named Mary Cave. Mary's Father was also from England and he and John Echols paid the transportation for others to come to the colonies to in exchange for land here. John Cave was also and importer of fine wines.


When John Echols came to the colonies records show that at least three other Echols were already in America, but this John was known as the "Ole Englishman."


More About John Echols:

Immigration: End of the 16th or the beginning of the 17th century

Nationality: English

Religion: John was a Quaker

Residence: Settled in Caroline Co., VA
Notes for Mary Cave:"a tall, redheaded woman." (Milner Echoles in his 1850 history)

More About John Echols and Mary Cave:

Marriage: 1688, Essex County, Virginia (Source: Echols, Milner, History of the Echols Family, (Written by Milner Echols in 1850 at approximately age 78)



Children of John Echols and Mary Cave are:
62 i. William Echols, born 1699 in :probably in King and Queen Co., VA; died Apr 1771 in Halifax Co., VA; married Sarah Turner Abt. 1710. ii. John Echols, born 1682 in First born son of John Echols the Englishman; died 20 Dec 1750 in Beaufort Co., NC. iii. Abraham Echols, born Unknown; died 1749 in Lunenburg Co., VA; iv. Richard Echols, born 1694 in King and Queen Co.,VA; died Aft. 15 Jan 1778 in Pittsylvania Co., VA; married Catherine Evans. v. Eleanor Echols, born 1676; died 1773; married Nicholas Gillinine; born Unknown; died Unknown. vi. Ann Echols, born Abt. 1700 in King and Queen Co.,VA; died 28 Oct 1740 in Raleigh Parish, Amelia Co., VA; married George Marchbanks Abt. 1721 in Amelia Co., VA; born Unknown; died Unknown. vii. Joseph Echols More About Joseph Echols:Medical Information: He had asthma which prevented him from lying down. He didn't lay down for forty years. He had an instrument that fit his forehead and sat up and slept.


Mary (Cave) Echols was NOT daughter of John Cave and Elizabeth Waugh
Mary Cave

RESIDENCE: King and Queen Co. VA
BIRTH: ABT 1670, Wales
DEATH: ABT 1712



Family 1 : John ECHOLS

MARRIAGE: ABT 1688, Caroline or Essex Co., Virginia

John ECHOLS
+Abraham ECHOLS
William ECHOLS Sr.
Joseph ECHOLS
Richard ECHOLS
Daughter ECHOLS
Ann ECHOLS
Eleanor ECHOLS

NotesMary (Cave) Echols was NOT the daughter of John Cave and Elizabeth Waugh! Her parents are unknown.

Author: Michael Walker Date: 15 Jan 2002
There must be tens of thousands and probably hundreds of thousands of people who descend from John Echols who married Mary Cave. And everywhere you look on the Internet, including many nicely designed websites, we have recorded that this Mary Cave was the daughter of John Cave and Elizabeth Travers, who herself was the daughter of Giles Travers and Ann Waugh. I accept the very very strong possibility that John Echols wife Mary was a Cave, based on their g-grandson Milner Echols's records as well as the many early Cave - Echols connections which he would not have known about. However, Milner also states Mary was the daughter of John Cave. This may be true, (or may possibly not be, a very early David Cave seems another possibility). Even if John Cave is Mary's father, however, it can't be the same John Cave who married Elizabeth Travers! Why? Many reasons, but a clear one is this. Mary (Cave) Echols birth date is not known, but she started having children in the late 1690's. So she was born probably ca 1670 maybe as late as 1680. Some records estimate 1674. Well, Elizabeth Travers's father, Giles Travers, was born ca 1662 proven by various records. So can someone explain to me how Giles could have had a grandaughter Mary Cave who was born when he was twelve years old? My personal opinion is that John Cave who married Elizabeth Travers, was the nephew or possibly even grand nephew of Mary Cave Echols. He could NOT have been her father. Please don't take this posting as confrontational. However it would be a great service if those many people who have posted on their webpages and elsewhere, the incorrect data that Mary Cave Echols' s parents were John Cave and Elizabeth Travers, would remove that incorrect data, and even contact other descendants they have (I realize unwittingly and with no malice) passed this mistake on to.


History of Echols family

A short history of our family from the first that landed in America till the present time, as far as I can ascertain----.

John Echols an Englishman came to America about the end of the 16th or the beginning of the 17th Century and settled in Caroline County, Virginia, and married a tall redheaded woman named Mary Cave and by her had five sons and three daughters. I shall begin with his sons first and carry out their family as far as my knowledge extends.

John was his first son who left Virginia a young man and settled in the lower part of N. Carolina and raised his family, of whom I know nothing.

Abraham was old John’s 2nd son, married Sarah Tamer and by her had two sons and several daughters. His sons were Joseph and Joshua. Joseph married a Miss King, and by her had 2 sons and 5 or 6 daughters. His sons Abraham and Jeremiah who left Virginia in time of the Revolutionary War and went to Pennsylvania. Of their offspring I know nothing. Joshua married Hannah Brown, had a number of children of whom I know but little. He had one son Darius, a conspicuous man in Habersham County, GA. The rest of his family lives chiefly in the upper part of Georgia. Old Abraham had one daughter who married James Hodges a very worthy man, his family moved to Tennessee. He had one son named Jessee and he had a son named James who was a commanding officer in Tennessee and got drowned in Cumberland River near Cairo. Jessee had one daughter named Tabitha, that is all I know of the family. Old Abraham had another daughter named Sarah who married John Rowden and by her had 4 sons and one daughter. His
sons were Abraham, Laban, Josee, and John. Abraham married a woman named Chick, moved to Tennessee. I know nothing of his family. Laban married Milly Adams raised a large family. I know nothing of them only two of his sons to wit, Hubert and Lot, who live in Guinett County, Ga. Josee married Susannah Adams, moved to Tennessee, of his family I know nothing. John married Milly Brewer, a widow, the daughter of old Jeremiah Reeves, sister to Rev. Malachi Reeves and Rev. Jeremiah Reeves. He also moved to Tennessee and was drowned in the Tennessee River. Of his family I know nothing. Old John Rowden’s daughter was Tabitha. She married Glover Crain, had several children by her and then died. He had one son named Joseph Crane who married a Miss Hood. They had several children, one son named John Glover Crane who was a wholesale merchant in Charleston, S.C.Joshua Crane had a daughter married a Mr.Whitman, a Baptist preacher and a teacher in the Penfield Academy, Green County, Georgia.
P.S. James Hodges daughter married John Lacy. Wm Glass and Hally Shaw Lacy had one son named Elijah and he and wife parted. Glass had 5 sons and 3 daughters. His sons were Hubbard, Mason, Frederick who married Betsy Strother and he was killed by the Indians in Alabama. The other three, David, Elish and Eahlij Mason married a Miss Wyatt and lives in Fayett County, Georgia the rest of his sons I know nothing. His daughters were named Tabitha, Patsy, and Sally. Tabitha married Richard Wood and by him had three sons and one daughter. Her sons were Winston, William and Willis. Her son William represented three different counties in the state of Georgia and was Colo. Of the same counties. He then moved to Randolph County, Alabama and represented that county and is Colo. And judge of the court.
Willis, her third son married a Miss Cochran and died young. Richard Wood’s daughter was named Elizabeth and married Samuel D. Echols. Hally Shaw raised a large family in Jackson County, Georgia. I know nothing of his family only E. B. Shaw, his grandson, who lives in Guynett County, and is a very eminent Baptist preacher.
P. S. If I mistake not, old Abraham Echols had a daughter who married a man by the name of Hubbard in Virginia. I know nothing further of them.
The third son of old English John Echols was named William. I don’t know who he married. He had several sons and daughters. His sons were John and William. John was one of the largest men ever raised in Virginia. He was a Quaker preacher. That’s all I know of him or his family as I never saw him but once. William was also a very large man, married a widow Spradlin. By her had three sons and four daughters. His sons were Joel, Elcanah, and William. Joel and Elcanah moved to Tennessee. Settled on Cumberland River near Caro. I was once at Elcanah’s house after his death. He had a large family. I know the names of none of them only his youngest son named Richard. They are a very wealthy family. Joel I think they told me had no child. William, the third son, married a girl by the name of Elizabeth Farmer - a schoolmate of mine in Virginia. He moved to Alabama, settled in Madison County near Huntsville and was a very great wholesale merchant in that town. I know but very little of his family. He had a daughter married Richard Holden also a wholesale merchant in Huntsville and also had two sons who moved to Mississippi. One of them was killed by a man and the other wrote to me about it. I think the one that wrote was by the name of Larkin. The one that was killed I think was by the name of Joseph. That’s all that I know of that family.
Old William Echols daughters married William Wynne, Vardre McBee and Daniel Williams and Richard Anderson. Of Wynne’s family I know nothing as they moved to Tennessee in an early date. Old Vardre McBee moved from Virginia to South Carolina before the Revolutionary War and was a Capt. In that army and was said to have done as much damage to the British and Torries in that part of the country as any Capt. In that country. He had two sons, to wit, Silas and Vardre. Silas was a very large man, went to Mississippi and died there. I know nothing of his family. Vardre still lives in South Carolina, Greenville District. He has six children, only one married, that a daughter, married a Mr. Carson. He has one daughter Malinda single, one son Luther, the rest I don’t know their names. He is said to be the richest man in that part of the state. His property is estimated at one million dollars. Old Vardre has several daughters. I don’t know their names. One married a man by name of Ross. How many children she had I know not. I only know one of her sons who is by name of Rice F. Ross. One married a man by name of Asher. They have one son in Dade County, Georgia, by name of William Asher, a very smart man. That is all I know of that family.
Daniel Williams, who married the third daughter of old William Echols, went to Tennessee, raised his family there. Of his daughters I know nothing. His sons were Sampson and Oliver. Sampson was said to be an uncommon smart man, represented his county many years. There is a very fine town in Tennessee named in hone of his name - Williamsburg.Sampson Williams was a very large man, rather cross-eyed. Richard Anderson married old William Echols fourth daughter, had five children by her and she died. I know the names of two of their sons, which were Medy and John. Medy became very rich, owned the first merchant mill I ever saw, on Banister River in Virginia, where was a considerable town built named Medsville in honor of Medy Anderson’s name. They both had families of which I know but little.
Joseph Echols was the fourth son of old English John Echols. He never married, consequently had no family. He was an afflicted man, had what was called the asthma which prevented him from lying down. He never lay down for forty years-had an instrument made that fitted his forehead and sat and slept. His common vocation was hunting and trapping on the River at which business he made considerable property as he lived in the frontier country where game was plenty.
Richard Echols was the fifth son of English John Echols who married Caty Evans - he was my grandfather - and by her had fourteen children. Three died in infancy. The rest lived to raise families. Their first son was Moses who married Betsy Wynne. They raised a considerable family. Their first son was John who married Fanny Formby and moved from Virginia to Tennessee. I know but little of the family. He was a one-eyed man, he was very smart and had great property. Their second son was Obediah. He married Betsy Terry. He died at about 65 years of age. I know but little of his family, only one son who lives in the western district of Tennessee by name of Champness Terry Echols, a Baptist preacher. Moses third son was by name of Moses who married a Miss Terry - cousin to his brother Obediah’s wife. I know nothing of his family. Their fourth son was by name of Evans who married Anna Terry, sister to his brother Moses wife. They live in Virginia. I know no more of their family. Old Moses daughters were by name of Rebecca, Priscilla, Tabitha, Betsy, Lucy and Frances. Rebecca married Edward Akin. I have no knowledge of their family. Priscilla married David Bates in Halifax County, a very large man who offered for the legislature in the county that he was born and raised in when he was about twenty-five years old. He got every vote that was given in the county and the county was very large. He continued to go to the legislature as long as he stayed in Virginia. He then moved to Georgia, Wilkes County. He became a representative of Wilkes County in Senate and was once appointed President Senate pro tem - you can see his name in the digest of the laws of Georgia. He became so fat that it was supposed by the doctors that his fat melted in him, killed him before he was sixty years old. He weighed nearly four hundred pounds. He raised his family in Wilks County, Georgia but after his death they moved to Tennessee. I have but little account of them since. He had one son named Randolph and one named Anderson. Of the rest I have no account only one daughter named Susanah who marriedJames Johnson of Oglethorpe County.
Old Moses third daughter Tabitha married Nathan Formby. He moved from Virginia to Georgia and died in Walton County. He raised four sons and several daughters. His sons were named Moses, Obediah and Nathan. The other I don’t know the name of, he married a Miss Harvie in Newton County and died there. Moses and Obediah live in Newton County. They both have families but I don’t know the name of either of their wives. Nathan lives in Alabama. I know not of his family. One of old Nathan’s daughters married John Whitaker and one married Henry Nichols. One Israel Moore and one married a Mr. Park. I know nothing of the family.
Old Moses fourth daughter Betsy married Marlin Farmer. I know no more of the family. His fifth daughter Lucy married Jonas Meadows and that’s all I know about them. His sixth daughter Frances married a man by the name of Shelton. I have no account of them further.
Old Richard Echols second son was named John. He married Lucy Koore, raised a large family by her. They had three sons and six daughters. Their oldest son was James. He married Nancy Winbush of South Carolina. He moved to Alabama in an early date, so I know but little of his family. I have heard that one son named George, a doctor, and another named Saml - that is all I know of them.
Old John’s second son was named John. He married a Miss Moore. He also moved to Alabama. I know nothing further of them. Old John’s third son was named Saml. He married Jane Holloway of Elton, Putnam County, Georgia. He moved to Alabama so I know nothing further of them; old John’s daughter was Prudence who married Christopher Irwin. They raised a large family of sons and one daughter who died young. I know nothing more of them only Christopher and David. Christopher lives in Walton County, raised several sons and one daughter. I don’t know the names of the sons tho I am told they are smart young men. His daughter was Sophrony. She married Raman Ray. They live in Cobb County. David Irwin lives in Marietta and is a very imminent lawyer and a very wealthy man. He has a family that I know very little about. Old John’s second daughter was by name of Temperance. She married Jno. Rodgers. They raised several sons. I know of only two of them, Dr. James Rodgers, who married Wm. G. Springer’s daughter and lives in Carrol County. He has represented that county in the legislature of Georgia. David Rodgers lives in Stewart County and has also represented that county in the State Legislature. Old John’s third daughter named Caty never married, died young. His fourth daughter Patsy married Capt. William Ellis. They live in Pike County near Griffin. They have raised several sons and daughters. I know only two of his sons, Richard and Thomas. One of them is a doctor, both very large men. They had one daughter married a man named Wilson who lives near Griffin. Old John’s fifth daughter named Liddy married Skelton Standifer, moved to Alabama. I know no more of them. His sixth daughter Lucy married Nathan Williams and raised their family in Jasper County. I know nothing further of them only one son, a doctor who lives in Meriwether County, Georgia.
Old Richard Echols third son was named James Echols, a very large man, had a very singular mark in his features. He had one black eye and one blue eye. He married Elizabeth Palmer, widow of John Palmer of Richmond County, Virginia. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Milner. By her he had five sons, three daughters. His oldest son was Milner, who married Susannah Sansom, had ten children. Their first son was Samuel Dorril Echols, who married Betsy Wood. By her he had four sons and four daughters. His first son was named Alfred. He married a girl names Thirston. They had one child and then they parted. His second son was named Wood Echols. He married a girl by name of Patrick, had three children, moved to Alabama and died shortly after he went there. I know nothing of his family. Third son named Winston M. Echols married a Miss Summer Cain, had one child and she died. He married again but I know not to whom. His fourth son is named John, a young man not yet married. His oldest daughter was named Maryan. She married Colo. Thos. J. Johnson, who lives in Herd County, near Franklin. They have children but I know not their names or how many. His second daughter was named Mahaley, married Mercer Babb, had one child and she died. Her daughter is a daughter named Antonett. Saml’s third daughter Betsy Ann married a Mr. Hollandworth, lives in Heard County,. They have one child. I know nothing of them. His fourth daughter Susannah not yet married.
Milner’s second son was named James, died an infant by a fall out at the door. His third son was named Richard, died an infant also. His complaint was the Flux. His fourth son was named Robert Milner Echols. He married Mary Melton and by her had twelve children. His first son was named Jonathan Milner Echols, died at the age of seventeen years. His death was caused by an over hard march in the army in very hot weather. His second son was named Dorrel Sampson Echols, died an infant. His third son was named Thomas Jefferson Echols, married Lucinda A. Pate and by her had three sons, the first Jonathan M. Echols, his second son died young, his third son was named Robert Milner Echols. Robert M. Echols, fourth son of Robert Walton Echols, a youth, his fifth son Samuel D. Echols, his sixth son named Richard, died young. His seventh son Joseph a little boy. Robert M. Echols first daughter Rhoda married Thos. J. Trammel, had nine children by him - to wit - Collumbus, Georgia, John Robert, Thos., and Ugnias. Her daughters are Tabitha, Martha and Susan, the youngest not yet named. His second daughter Martha married Doctor John G. Waddel, she had one child and died when it was nine days old, named Thomas Echols Waddel, who lives with his father in Alabama. His third daughter Elisa, his fourth daughter Mary Ann, his fifth daughter Frances, none married. Robert M. Echols was a man that filled many responsible offices. He represented Walton County upward of twenty years in succession, was six or seven years president of the senate. He was Major General. He was also Judge of the Court and one of the Trustees of the University at Athens and - of all he was member of the Baptist Church at Sardis, Clerk of the same. He was appointed by Congress a Colo. In the United States Service to command 13th Regiment in Mexico. He was also appointed by the President to pay off the soldiers in Mexican War - his office was at New Orleans. He died in Mexico at the National Bridge whilst in command of the 13th Regiment on the third day of Dec., 1847 in the 49th year of his age.
Thos. Echols, the fifth son of Milner Echols, married Polly Harper. By her had six children, two of whom died young. His first son was Robert H. Echols, married Elizabeth Morris. His second son, Joseph M. Echols, married Virginia Norton, had by her three children. Thomas’ first daughter, Susannah North Echols, married John Chappel, lives in Merriwether County, has several children. Her oldest is William, her second one named John, the rest small, I don’t know their names. His second daughter Mary not married.
Milner Echols’ sixth son named William Sampson Echols, married Kitty Holder, had by her four sons and two daughters. His oldest son John Thomas Echols married a Miss Kelly, has several small children. His second son Robert M. Echols not married. His third son Lumpkin not married. His fourth son, an infant named Thos. Rhodes Echols. His first daughter Martha who married Jos. Selvy who had one child by her and ran away and left her. Second daughter Frances not married.
Obediah Echols, seventh son of Milner Echols, married Hannah Holder - sister of his brother William’s wife - had five children by her. His first son James Echols, his second Tapley, his third John Bunyan, his first daughter Susannah, his second Nancy who married a Mr. Shaw. Obediah Echols, son of Milner, died in Milledgeville in the 31st year of age. Was a very business man, was appointed Surveyor Genl. before he was thirty years of age.
Milner Echols first daughter named Leah died before she was three years old. Her death was caused by a burn. His second daughter Patsy married Joshua Ammons. She had two children. First daughter Mary married James Mobley. They have three children. Their oldest a son named Samuel Iverson Mobley, second a daughter named Susan Martha Mobley. Joshua Ammon’s second is a son named John Milton Ammons, not married.
M. Echols third daughter named Nancy married A. B. Rose, by him had nine children. First son named Augustus died about his fourteenth year. Second Dolphus, third son Theophelus, fourth son Aurelius, fifth son William, sixth Marcus, seventh Agenius Mercer, none married. His first daughter Sarah died at about Seventeen years of age, second daughter Martha died at about eight years old.
Robert E. Echols was the second son of James Echols. He married Elizabeth Davis, they had three sons and one daughter. His first son was Wm. Milner Echols. He was a tanner by trade and married in Montauleo, Jasper County, Georgia. I know nothing more of this family, only that he lives in Monroe County. His second son was named Jessee Mercer Echols. He married a girl named Sandel Carrel. They had no children. They live in some of the Cherokee Counties. He is in some office on the railroad, the last I heard of him. His third son named James lives in ____ County, Alabama. I know nothing more about him. Robert E. Echols daughter named Lucy married and went to Tennessee. I know no more about her.
Absolom Echols was the third son of James Echols, married Nancy Sansom. They had no children. He was killed by Johnson Hammock in Alabama. Hammock was condemned to be hanged for it but killed in jail before the day of his execution.
Obediah Echols was the fourth son of James Echols. He married Elizabeth Strong. They had one child and his wife and child both died. He then married Elizabeth Flournoy, by her had two children, a son and a daughter. The daughter died an infant and his wife also died about the same time. His son was named Philip Henry Echols. He had a great deal of property left him by his grandfather Flournoy. He was educated at Schenetida college in New York. He studied law under Judge Berrien at the City of Washington and married the Judge’s daughter, Margaret Berrien. He returned to Georgia and practiced law and died on ther Cirquett in Marion County at his uncle Absolom Echols. Obediah then married Elizabeth Jones, a widow in Hancock County and by her had several sons and daughters. His first son by his last wife was by name of James Walter Echols, a very rich man and lives at Auburn, Alabama. His brother Samuel now lives with him, a doctor.
Their father, Obediah Echols, lives in Mississippi, Carrol County, has four daughters married and lives near their father. The names of the men that they married I don’t know, only one married a Mr. Foreman, he has two small sons lives with him, one named Judson, the brother I don’t know the name.
James Echols daughter - first daughter was named Leah Echols. She married Robert North. They had four sons and four daughters. Two of their daughters died young. Their first son named Wm. North married Frances Arnold, had several children. I don’t know their names. They live in Coweata County, Georgia. Their second son Anthony North married Polly Hubbard, a second cousin to him. They have a large family of children chiefly grown and several married but I don’t know who to. He has one son named Robert and another named Hubbard and one daughter named Adaline. Their third son named Abraham, married Hiss Holms. They have a large family but I don’t know their children’s names. The fourth son named Marcus married Dosha Thurmond. She had two or three children and died. He then married a widow but I don’t know her name.
Robert North’s first daughter Patsy married a Mr. Hale, never had any children, her husband died. She is now a widow. Second daughter Lucy married James Willis, had several children, moved to Alabama and there she died shortly after she went there.
James Echols second daughter named Mary Echols, married Jeremiah Reeves. They had five sons and four daughters. One of the daughters died young and another fell into the spring and drowned. Their first son Absolom Echols Reeves, who lives at Rome married Elisa Tyas, by her had one daughter who died at about the time she was twenty years old while she was attending Association in Chattanooga County. John N. Reeves, their second son, never married, lives in Augusta. Jeremiah Reeves, their third son, married at about 40 years of age, lives in Walker County. Their fourth son, James M. Reeves, never married. Joseph Reeves, their fifth son, married a Miss Hodge and lives in Chattanooga in Tennessee and keeps a tavern in that town. Jeremiah Reeves first daughter, Leah, married Samuel Neblick, lives in Jackson County, Georgia. I know nothing of their families. Their second daughter Elisa married Ben Powell. I know nothing of their family, only they have one son named Evans Powell. James Echols third daughter named Elizabeth Echols married Thos. M. Fagg. He then ran away, left wife and child and never been heard of since............................................

Benjamin Echols was Richard Echols fourth son. He married Sabra Hendrick, his own cousin and by her had three sons and five daughters. Their first son was Richard, he married Betsy Smith his cousin. They had no children, were very wealthy. They differed, parted and never lived together any more. He died from a fever taken in Floyd’s army in 1815. John Echols, their second son, married a girl named Merrel, raised a large family in Mississippi. I know none of his children, but his oldest daughter Elmira. Benjamin Echols was old Benjamin Echols third son. He married Betsy Ellis, lives Chattanooga County, had a large family of children. His first son is Richard Echols, married but don’t know who. Second son Abner not married, third son Robert lately married to Miss Verner. Their first daughter Caty not married. Second daughter (I know not her name) married Amay Dickson, a very fine man. He had several other daughters but I don’t know their names.

Old Benjamin Echols first daughter Lucy married Samuel Paine, had several children; one son named Samuel lives near Rome. One of his daughters married a man named Williamson. She is now a widow. Benjamin Echols second daughter Betsy never married, died rich. Third daughter Sally married Luis Rolston, had three children, one son Robert, the others daughters. One married a man named Edwards. I know nothing of their family. Fourth daughter Caty married Jacob Lawridge, moved to Mississippi, had several children. I know the names of but two of them, one boy named Legon, one John -- . Fifth daughter named Citty married J. Dyche, moved to Mississippi. He shortly died. I know nothing further of the family ---

Obediah Echols was old Richard Echols fifth son. He married a very rich old Irishman’s daughter. His name was Wm. McDaniel, her name was Caty McDaniel. He had five sons and two daughters. His sons, William who died at about 19 years old, second son Benjamin Echols. He was a nearsighted man, not very bright, but had the most extensive recollection of any man. He inherited a large estate from his grandfather McDaniel’s estate but had not forecast enough to take care of it. He married Betsy Milner in Kentucky, his own cousin. They had several children, one son named Obediah, one daughter named Mariea. I know nothing more of his family as they moved to Tennessee but left Blind Ben - as we called him. Old Obediah Echols third son was James, married Sally Rutledge, raised several children. I know but little about them only one of his sons named Silas Echols said to be a very smart man. James was a great farmer, a great hand to make tobacco, and from that was called Horn Worm James. Old Obediah’s fourth son was named Obediah. He married a Miss Franklin in Virginia but moved to Georgia and died young, left two children, a son named Josephus and a daughter. I know not where they are.

Obediah’s fifth son was named Elijah. He married a girl by name of Willingham. I know nothing more of his family. He was said to be the greatest millright that ever was seen in the State. Old Obediah’s two daughters were named Betsy and Nancy, one married Thos. Rutledge, the other married Wm. Arnold. They both moved to Tennessee. I know nothing further of their families. Old Obediah’s wife died. He then married a widow Jones near Richmond in Virginia. Her maiden name was Jackson, she was a half sister to the great General Lawson. By her he had two sons and one daughter. His first son was Philip Jackson Echols, lives in Crawford County, Georgia, and one son lives in a little town in Monroe or Forsyth County, the name of the town I don’t recollect. That is all I know of his family. He has been Clerk of the Court in Crawford County. His second son was Samuel Echols. He married Sally Booker and moved to Alabama and died. I know but little of his family.

Old Obediah’s daughter was named Polly Echols who married a man by name of Raney, moved to Giles County, Tennessee and died a few years ago, so I was informed by a letter from his daughter. Old Obediah was a Baptist preacher of the highest order of his day. Joseph Echols was sixth son of old Richard. He was a Methodist preacher, married Polly Stamps and by her had five sons and four daughters. First son Ruben married Betsy Owen, of whom I know but little. He moved to Mississippi and died shortly. He had several sons, I don’t know their names. He had one daughter Sarah, married Samuel Marshall, a very fine man, lives in Coweata County. Another daughter Caty married a man by name of Bell, of them I know nothing.

Joseph’s second son was Levi, married a Miss Hubbard, became vastly rich and died soon. He lived in Washington, Wilks County, had but one child, that was a boy named Joseph Hubbard Echols. He is a man of great learning. He is a Methodist preacher and a lawyer and he was the president of the Female Academy in Madison, Morgan County, Georgia. Joseph Echols third son named Simeon married Caroline Van Allen, daughter of Peter L.Van Allen. He was a very great lawyer, and was killed by Wm. H. Crawford in duel on the bank of Savannah River in South Carolina at Braksdale Ferry. Caroline Van Allen was said to be worth $20,000 when Simeon Echols married her. They moved to Mississippi near Columbus to a little town called Athens where he shortly died. His wife lives at the same town and keeps a public house. I know nothing of their family.

Joseph Echols fourth son was Josephus, a very tall man, became a doctor. He went to Alabama to a town called Selma and by his Partner I am told he got very rich. I heard he married but I don’t know who to, consequently know nothing of his family.

Joseph Echols fifth son, William, was also a doctor, never married, had a wen on his neck which was cut out and he died immediately at about 24 or 25 years of age. Joseph Echols first daughter Tabitha married Thomas Cooper, had no child, died in Cowetta County. His second daughter Caty married a very worthy man in Jasper County named Archibald Standifer. She was upward of forty years old when she married, had no child. His third daughter Rebecca never married, lives in Newnan, Cowetta. His fourth daughter Olive married an Englishman named John Daughterty, lives in Coweata County, keeps a public house, he is said to be a very fine man, I know nothing of his children.
Old Richard had five daughters, the oldest named Mary Echols, married Thos. Wynne, had 2 sons and 4 daughters. His first son was Obediah, married Onry Bolton in Virginia, had by her several children, first son John Wynne lives Oglethorpe, married a girl Owen, of his children I know nothing only one son named Glen Wynne married a daughter of Samuel Lumpkin and lives in Coweata County. Thos. Wynne’s second son Thos. Wynne Jr. was left very rich by his father but alas - he was a drunkard and gambler and married onto a very low family, spent his property in a few years and went over seas to some foreign land, his family lives in the upper part of Georgia. He had one daughter married a man by name of J. Brand, and two of his daughters married two brothers named Fincher. I know but little more of the family.

Old Thos. Wynne’s first daughter married Wm. Arnold, had three children, one son and two daughters - she was by name Rhoda, weighed nearly 400 pounds. Her son was William, married a Miss Milner, had two sons by her and died. One of his sons is a wholesale merchant in Charleston, South Carolina, the other one I know but little about. One of her daughters married Samuel Lumpkin of Oglethorpe, the other married David Owen of Newnan, Coweata County, all very wealthy people.
Thos. Wynne’s second daughter married Levi Marshall - a brother to the great preacher Abraham Marshall - they had several sons and daughters. First daughter married Robert N. Crawford of Columbia County. I know but little about the rest of their children. Thos. Wynne’s third daughter Kitty married John Bolton, they had three sons and two daughters. Their sons were Thos., Charles and John. Thos. Lives in Newnan, Charles lives Wilks, vastly rich. John died. He lived in Cobb County on the Chattahoochee River near Montgomery’s Ferry. Their daughter Betsy married Philip Cooper and died shortly, their daughter Polly married Thos. Sims, lived in Washington, Wilks County. He died and then she married a man by name of Sherburn, he died.

Old Thos. Wynne’s fourth daughter Lucy married William Booker, had by him three daughters and one son, their names were Polly who died, Sally who married Samuel B. Echols and now lives in Alabama. Third daughter Lucinda married William Galbreath, they have one daughter married Absalom Echols Roberts and another married a Mr. Hester and they also have a young son I know not his name. The son of Wm. Booker was the notorious John W. Booker who died in Monroe, Walton County, Georgia.

Old Richard Echols second daughter, Drucilla, married Wm. Owen, raised a large family. They all went to western countries but one daughter, her name was Rhoda. She married the Rev. Malachi Reeves. I know but little of the family since they went to the west. Old Richard’s 3rd daughter Sally who married John Milner and moved to Kentucky in a very early date raised a very large family. Their sons were Armstead Milner, a very rich man, John Milner and Mark Milner.

Old Richard Echols fourth daughter Anna married James Daniel, had five children, four sons and one daughter. Their sons were Moses, Hopkins, Echols Daniel and Jeremiah. Their daughter Caty never married. Echols Daniel married but never had children by his wife. He is a vastly rich man, lives in Floyd County. Hopkins married the widow Crane, the grandmother of John Glover Crane of Charleston. Jeremiah Daniel married but I don’t know who. He moved to west. I know nothing of his family.

Old Rich Echols fifth daughter Elizabeth married William Raney, had one daughter named Betsy Hunter Raney. She married a very great lawyer by name of Edward Jones who lives in Giles County, Tennessee. Of their family I know nothing more.
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A Short Account of my Great Grandfather Walter Evans Faymily

He was a Welchman. Came to America about the beginning of 17th century, married Betsy Holcomb and settled in Caroline County, Virginia. He had several sons and four daughters. Who his sons married I know not. One of his daughters named Caty married Richard Echols - my grandfather. One other named Kitty married Daniel Terry. From them sprang the Colquitt family. One other of his daughters married John Hendrick. From them came the family of Jones, Smith and Ligon. Another of his daughters married Richard Hubbard. From them sprang the Hubbard family of Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
Old English John Echols had three daughters which I could have inserted had I known enough about them to give any satisfactory account of them. I only know they married outlandish men, one an Englishman named Nicholas Gilington. Of their family I know nothing. The second daughter married an Irishman named Murphy. I know nothing of their family only they had two sons, Joseph and William, that was called the greatest Baptist preachers that ever was known in Virginia of their day. Old English John Echols third daughter married a Scotchman named Marshbank. I know nothing of their family only the family of Deens in DeKalb and Floyd County sprang from that family.

Walter + Betsy Holcomb. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1675, , , Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1678, , , Virginia, USA

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General Notes: Joshua served as Justice in the Charles City County court, Sheriff of Prince George County 1705-1712, and commanded various militia units in the Virginia Colonie. He made serveral trips to England trading tobacco, responsible for treaties with Indian from New York to Virginia, and mentioned numerous times as a close family friend of the Byrds of Westover (Colonel William Byrd H's diaries). Joshua was assassinated by American Indians.

June 4, 1694: Joshua was sworn in as County Sub-Sheriff, and was reappointed on June 3, 1695. Joshua was a member of the House of Burgesses for Charles City County, Virginia from 1702-1704.Joshua and his brother, Thomas were Indian interpreters for the Nottaway, Meherrin, Nansmond, Pamukey, and Chickahominy Indian tribes and were asked to go north with these tribes to help nogotiate a treaty with the Senacas. He devoted many years to keeping peace among the Indians and represented them by presenting their grievances to the Council of Virginia; (remember, the Wynne children and the Poythress children were 1/2 brothers and sisters as they shared the same mother). Joshua was shot and killed by Saponey Indians because a servant of Major Wynne's had killed one of their great men.

Major Joshua Wynne lived among the Indians in the Virginia Colony. In 1703, the Nottoway, Nansmonds, and Meherrin tribes requested that Joshua and his brother, Thomas Wynne, be appointed Indian Interpreters for the tribe. When a Chief of these tribes was taken prisoner by the Senecas, the Wynne brothers were begged to accompany the Indians on this long and dangerous journey, as without them "nothing could be accomplished". This journey was undertaken and their Chief was retrieved, temporarily averting a tribal war.

Joshua Wynne married Mary Jones, the daughter of Major Peter Jones, commander of the Fort built at the falls near present day of Petersburg, Virginia, and Margaret Cruse. Margaret Cruse was the step-daughter of Maj. General Abarham Wood, Commander of Ft. Henry and leader of the first English expedition into the Mississippi Valley. General Wood was the official negotiator of the British Fur trade with the Cherokee Nation. Wood also testified against Nathaniel Bacon who was the leader of "Bacon's Rebellion" who led a rebel army that massacred friendly Indians in Colonial Virginia among other devious acts.

"On March 29, 1715 Major Joshua Wynne was shot and killed by Saponey Indians because one of Joshua's servants had killed on the the Indian's 'great' men. Upon trial of the Indian, the Indians pleaded that the Wynnes were then equal, each having lost a great man. To avoid more bloodshed the Indian was pardoned." [The Saponey or Saponi were of the Siouan linguistic stock, related to the nearby Tutelo tribe. They were unreleated to the Iroquoian speaking tribes Nottoway, Meherrin and the Algonquian speaking Powhatan Confederacy Tribes, Pamunkey, Nansemond, that the Wynne brothers enjoyed friendly relations with.

Joshua Wynne's parents were Colonel Robert Wynne and a former widown, Mary Frances Poythress, maiden named believed to be Sloman. Robert Wynne was speaker of the House of Burgesses and served longer than any man in Virginia's history, from Marh 13, 1661-1675. Robert died on Oct 8, 1675. His will dated July 1, 1675, and proved August 15, 1678 at Jordan's Parish or Charles City (present Prince George County) shows an Estate in Canterbury, England of two houses and a farm in addition to his 600 acre Virginia Estate south of the James River.

The Wynne family name, often spelled Winn, continued to be carried down as a first name in the Williams family for generations. The Wynne name is also one of the most common surnames among Native Americans living in Eastern Virginia, although the genealogical relationship is not known.

Joshua was overseer of the Berkley Plantation during Bacon's Rebellion, was a member of the Governor's Council, and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. After building Fort Henry in 1646, he and three other Virginians, two servants, and a guide explored what someday would become Tennessee and Kentucky, and being the first Englishemn to set foot there. After this, Joshua lived in Prince George County, Virginia.

Notation: Joshua married Mary Jones, daughter of Peter Jones and Margaret Wood, on Jul 6, 1685 in Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia. Mary Jones was born on May 13, 1665, in Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia and died in 1718 in Henrico County, Virginia.

Joshua Wynne was born in Jordan's Parish, Charles City County, Virginia about 1663. He was the son of Col. Robert Wynne and his wife, Mary Frances Sloman, the widow Poythress. Joshua married Mary Jones about 1687 in Virginia. Mary Jones was the daughter of Major Peter Jones and Margaret "Wood" Powell. Margaret Powell's step-father, General Abraham Wood was the head of Virginia's fur trade under Royal Governor Sir William Berkeley and was the official who negotiated the British fur trade with the Cherokee Nation. General Wood also testified against Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion. General Abraham Wood was also Commander of Ft.Henry and the elader of the first English expedition into the Mississippi Valley. Major Peter Jones was Commander of the fort built near present Petersburg.
Joshua lived a varied life and was said to have been a "fearless adventurer". He inherited property in England from his father consisting of a house and oatmeal mill on Dover Lane in St.George's Parish, Canterbury, commonly called the "Lily Pot", as well as two houses adjoining a ropermaker and one Rawlins were former tenants. Joshua's grandfather, Peter Wynne of Canterbury had left these properties to Joshua's father in 1638. Joshua also received the plantation called Georges in Virginia along with the tobacco houses.
Joshua made several trips to England trading tobacco and probably checking on his properties in England.
We first read of Joshua in Henrico County recoreds 1 Feb 1681/82 when Thomas Chamberlayne appointed Joshua as his attorney.
He was a Justice in Charles City 23 Feb 1698 and he was also sheriff of Prince George County, VA after the area became Prince George County 1705-1712. Joshua was also a member of the House of Burgesses 10 Dec 1700-1704, as was his father before him.
In March 1701/02, Joshua signed the Loyalty Oath.
In 1704, Joshua was listed in the Tax Roll with 860 acres.
He commanded various militia units in the Virginia colonies. He was Captain of the militia for Charles City County with over forty men.
Joshua was a close family friend of the Byrds of Westover and with Colonel William Byrd in particular.
As was his brother, Thomas, Joshua was also an Indian interpreter. In 1704, Joshua was enlisted by the governor to accompany the Nottoway, Meherrin, Nansemond, Pamunkey and Chickahominy Indians north in order to ransom the Nottoway king taken prisoner by the Seneca tribe the summer before. The Indians had specifically requested that the governor allow Joseph and his brother, Thomas, to accompany them "without whose consent and approbation they were to conclude nothing".
He was commissioned in 1707, along with Captain John Poythres Sr., Colonel John Hardyman and Captain Francis Mallory to be part of a commission to investigate the Virginia-North Carolina border. They were to examine under oath "such ancient inhabitants of Prince George, Surry, Isle of Wight and Nansemond Counties and discover the truth as to the said bounds between the said colonies." They were also to ask the "ancient and intelligent Indians of the Nottoway, Meherins and Nansemond nations" what they knew about the area. Among the old inhabitants of Prince George County deposing were: Robert Bolling, Gentleman, aged 61, who "hath known the Nottoway River for 37 years or more... and "Major Wynn's quarter is on the sight of the old Nottoway Indian Town." Captain Wynne became Major Wynne by 1708.
Joshua devoted many years to keeping peace with the Indian tribes and represented them by presenting their grievances to the Council of Virginia.
In late August of 1711, a rumor spread throughout the James that there were fifteen French ships entering the river. The militia officers lit their warning bonfires, donned their uniforms, leaped on their horses and dashed to Westover for news. It turned out that the ships were English and everything was quiet again.
Joshua was responsible for treaties with the Indians from New York to Virginia.
Joshua and (the husband of his niece Mary), Robert Malone were paid of a bounty of £200 to kill wolves.
On 29 Mar 1715, Joseph was shot and killed in Dinwiddie County in revenge by Saponi Indians after one of Joshua's servants killed one of their "great" men. The accused Indian claimed that the white men were the aggressors and that they never rest without revenge and that now they were equal, having each lost a great man. In order to avoid more bloodshed, the accused Indian was pardoned.
The Saponi Indians were of the Siouan linguistic group, related to the nearby Tutelo tribe. They were unrelated to the Iroquoian tribes (Nottoway, Meherrin) and Algonquin speaking Powhatan Confederacy tribes with whom the Wynne's had friendly relations.
The earliest known location of the Saponi tribe was an "extensive village site on the banks of the Rivanna in Albemarle County." The Saponi is identical with the Monasukapanough, which appears on John Smith's map as though it were a town of the Monacan, which it may have been. Before 1670, they moved southwest, settling on Otter Creek, when visited by Thomas Batts. Shortly thereafter, they moved to an island in the Roanoke River in present Mecklenburg County, VA in order to escape the Iroquois. For the same reason, they again moved south in 1701 to the Yadkin River in present Salisbury, NC. Soon afterwards they again moved toward the white settlements in Virginia and crossed the Roanoke River before the Tuscarora War of 1711, establishing themselves about 15 miles west of present Windsor in Bertie, NC. A little later, they, along with the Tutelo and a few other tribes, were near Fort Christanna about 10 miles north of the Roanoke River near present Gholsonville in Brunswick County, VA. The name, Sappony Creek in Dinwiddie County, dating to 1733, indicates that they sometimes extended their excursions north of the Nottoway River.
Joshua's will was probated 30 Mar 1715, shortly after his death by his son, Peter. The estate had debts in the amount of £359 and credits of £283. He was in debt to Richard Bland, Col. Edward Hill, Maj. Charles Goodrich and John Hardyman among others. On 30 Mar 1715, a suit was brought against Peter Wynne as administor of the estate of his father.
Joshua Wynne's Signature
Joshua and Mary had children: Peter who married the daughter of Col. Edward Hill and later the widow, Frances Anderson Herbert; Joshua who married Mary Sloman; Robert who married a Hamlin and secondly Sarah Knibb; William who married Frances Read; Francis; Mary who married John Worsham and Margaret who married Edward Goodrich.
His widow, Mary, married William Randolph. She died in 1718 in Henrico Co., VA.

Joshua + Mary Woodlief Jones. Mary was born on 13 May 1668 in , Charles City, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Aug 1718 in , Henrico, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin + Elizabeth Irby. Elizabeth was born in 1720 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Elizabeth Smith on 1 Nov 1684 in Jamestown, James City, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born on 29 Oct 1673 in , Hanover, Virginia, USA; died on 5 Aug 1767 in , Amherst, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Ann Dedman on 13 Mar 1717 in Virginia Beach, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA. Ann was born in 1701 in Virginia Beach, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died in Oct 1719 in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]