At this writing no one has been able to
verify the above information although Geo I and Sarah Middleton are
mentioned in Scrap 3. What I believe gives this version of our origins
credibility is the accuracy of the balance of the scrapbook along with
it's age and it is most likely correct since Geo III would
certainly have known who his grandparents were and is known to have
given this information to his son Jesse B. The fact that we now have
the name Sarah Middleton may, hopefully, give us a lead to verify this
part of the scrapbook but for now we must accept it on faith.
His
son, George Pemberton [II] came from England to America and settled in
Virginia in 1710, and married Elizabeth Brooks
In a book by Harry
Wright Newman, The
Smoots of Maryland and Virginia we find a chain of title that
would seem to place a George Pemberton in Prince William Co., VA at an
early date judging by the length of the chain:
"In 1764 Edward Smoot purchased from William Mitchell, of Prince
William County, Virginia, 153 acres of land lying in that county, the
tract being a portion of 300 acres bought by Luke Cannon from Thomas
Young, conveyed to Young by George Pemberton and conveyed
to him by Charles Sneed to whom the land had descended by
inheritance."
Charles Sneed is mentioned later as marrying Geo II's daughter Ann.
(See Below)
Elizabeth Brooks is
pointed to indirectly in Reah Lloyd McGaffey's, Lloyd Notes
and Facts, 1709-1990 (Electronic version transcribed by
James Lloyd). Used with permission of James Lloyd.
"JUDITH was not HENRY'S
first wife, for if we have the right Judith Pemberton, she was JUDITH
BROOKS, daughter of MATTHEW and ELIZABETH (Warren) BROOKS of
"Opekon". Elizabeth's will is dated Dec. 12, 1759 and it
named a daughter, JUDITH PEMBERSON (sic). The chief evidence for
thinking this is the Judith who married HENRY LLOYD Sr. is that her
granddaughter was named CATHERINE BROOKS MCCONNELL. Some doubt is
thrown on this theory by a paper handed down in the White family,
descendants of Henry and Judith, which says that it was Judith
Pemberton that married Henry. This paper says that Judith's mother was
a cousin of SALLY FAIRFAX, but gave no name. If the name BROOKS came
through the Lloyd family it had to be an early Brooks girl
(the cousin of Sally?) who married a Pemberton and had a daughter
Judith."
If the scrapbook is
correct then the wife of Geo II given as Elizabeth "Bettsy"
Brooks would certainly fill the bill as Grandmother of Catherine
Brooks McConnell. I have been searching the family of Sally Fairfax
who was rumored to be George Washington's mistress although no proof
has ever been found. What I have is this:
Sarah CARY
1730 - 1811
ID Number: I56729
RESIDENCE: VA
BIRTH: 1730
DEATH: 1811
RESOURCES: See: [S2066]
Father: Wilson CARY Esq. of Celeys
Mother: Sarah PATE?
Family 1 : George William FAIRFAX
MARRIAGE: 12 Dec 1748
Notes
"Sarah Cary((4)), b. 1730; d. 1811. She, in a letter of Dec. 12,
1802, to her nephew, Thomas, ninth Lord Fairfax, states her age as
then seventy-two. She married (Dec. 12, 1748) George William
Fairfax." [S2066]
[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/d0018/g0000078.html ]
So far I can find no
mention of a Brooks in the Cary linage.
As mentioned in my
article Growing The
Pemberton Family Tree :
In 1732 George received three Colonial
Land Patents totaling 1180 acres.
On 5
Nov 1734 he transferred something to a Jno Garth. In
1738 he received another
patent for an additional 416 acres. All of this property lay in
what is now Hanover County which was formed in 1720. One of the
tracts acquired in 1734 lay on both sides of the Newfound River (see
map above) and we believe his other property was either adjacent to
this or nearby.
It is possible that
this George was our Geo II but we have no way to prove it so far. The
date range of 1732-1738 is consistent with his span in the scrapbook
of 1710-1756/7 but there were other Georges in VA at the time who
could also qualify. The transaction mentioned above with Charles Sneed
is probably our Geo II because, as I will show, Geo II's daughter
married a Charles Sneed. One thing is clear at this point, if we
are working on the assumption that the scrapbook is correct, then we
can rule out George son of John who inherited by deed in 1701 from
Richard Littlepage and at the same time all of the De Rochell
information.
CHILDREN
OF GEORGE PEMBERTON AND ELIZABETH BROOKS
George
Pemberton who married Judea Brooks
There is no doubt that George III
married Judith Brooks:
Fact: George
Pemberton, III was a son of George Pemberton, II
Will
Of George Pemberton II Transcribed by E.L. Pemberton and G.D.
Buckley, Jr. from a photo copy:
I
give and bequeath unto my son George Pemberton his heirs and assigns
all my messuage or tenement whereon I now live in the County aforesaid
containing as by survey made four hundred and twenty two acres as
appears by my Deed issued in my name for said land to him and his
heirs and assigns forever, together with a Negro girl called Jean
about thirty years of age to him and his. Assigns forever also a fifth
part of all my moveables."
Fact: Matthew
Brooks and Elizabeth Warren Brooks had a daughter who was married to a
Pemberton in 1759.
1.
From the book Brooks and Kindred Families by Ida Brooks
Kellam :
"Elizabeth
Warren, Widow of Matthew, dated her will 12 -12- 1759 and it was
admitted to probate 2-6-1760 in Frederick County Virgina book 2 page
368. Elizabeth Brooks is said to be the Daughter of Thomas Warren who
made his will in Spottsylvania County Virgina., 4-13-1749 and probated
12-4 1750 book B. p. 56. He named his Daughter, Elizabeth
Brooks."
2.
From the book: LLOYD NOTES AND FACTS, Compiled by: Reah Lloyd
McGaffey:
"Elizabeth
Warren Brook's will is dated Dec. 12, 1759 and it named a daughter,
JUDITH PEMBERSON (sic)."
Fact: George
Pemberton, Jr. had a wife named Judith:
E.L.
Pemberton, EMail dated May 16, 2001:
"The
information I have on the the lands of George and Isaiah are copies of
the Deeds whereby both men with their wives Elizabeth (Isaiah) and
Judith (George) and both to Samuel Washington of 542 acres for Isaiah
and 473 acres for George on 1/27 and 1/28/1771 (for Isaiah) for 5
shillings and 435 pounds and 2/1 and 2/2/1771 for George for 5
shillings and 300 pounds. Both Deeds indicate the land joined Robert
Worthington's land patent 10-2-1735 and being tract granted to Isaiah
and George separately by a Deed from Lord Fairfaxe dated 10-16-1750
(for Isaiah) and 10-15-1750 (for George). My records show that Isaiah
was married in 1752 and George ABT 1755. Which means both men were
single in 1750."
Conclusion:
George Pemberton, Jr. married Judith Brooks.
Isaiah "
" " Dr. Hall's daughter of Va.
[1] Notes for Elizabeth Hall by Jesse
Hall used with his permission:
Elizabeth's
inheritance under her father's will:
"Item my
will is that my new Survey of land shall be sold by my Executor
hereafter mentioned and the money got for the same shall be Equally
divided among my four daughters Viz - Elizabeth Pemberton,
Ruth Havin, Hannah Harris, and Sarah Keyes and it is my will also that
my full children always to have their grain ground tool free during
their natural life or the mill ongoing."
[2] Elizabeth is named as wife of
Isaiah Pemberton in deed to Samuel Washington in 1771.
[3] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia
Of American Quaker Genealogy; 1700-1930 (Ann Arbor: MI, 1936), Vol. 1,
Page 1023:
"Elizabeth Pemberton, w. Isaiah, d. 12-28-1795." Bush River
Monthly Meeting.
It is interesting that here and later in the scrapbook William Hall is
refered to as "Dr.". I have seen no other source that
mentions this and indicates the author's first-hand knowledge of the
Hall family who lived nearby to George II around the present day site
of Halltown, WV. (See
Map)
THREE DAUGHTERS: -- one married Henry
Loyd
"
" Charles Sneed
"
" Thomas Carney
Strangely the
daughters of Geo II are not named in the scrapbook, perhaps the writer
had forgotten them or the original page had faded too much to be
transcribed. (The first scrap is typewritten and must have been
transcribed from an earlier page.) We used the following logic to sort
out who married who:
1. The will of George Pemberton II
identifies the three daughters as Ann, Judi, and Sarah.
2. Judi married Henry Lloyd:
In her book,
"Lloyd Notes and Facts", Reah Lloyd McGaffey makes this
statement:
"JUDITH
was not HENRY'S first wife, for if we have the right Judith Pemberton,
she was JUDITH BROOKS, daughter of MATTHEW and ELIZABETH (Warren)
BROOKS of "Opekon". Elizabeth's will is dated Dec. 12, 1759
and it named a daughter, JUDITH PEMBERSON (sic). The chief evidence
for thinking this is the Judith who married HENRY LLOYD Sr. is that
her granddaughter was named CATHERINE BROOKS MCCONNELL. "
It is our
contention that Mrs. McGaffey did not have the right Judeth Pemberton.
It is apparent from a careful of reading of her account that she was
unaware of who the Pemberton's of Frederick Co. were:
". If
the name BROOKS came through the Lloyd family it had to be an early
Brooks girl (the cousin of Sally?) who married a Pemberton and had a
daughter Judith, or through Judith Brooks who married a Pemberton
before she married Henry."
The last
assumption that Judith Brooks married a Pemberton before she married
Henry is what gives Mrs. McGaffey problems because if true then she
must reach the inevitable conclusion that Henry married twice since:
"No
marriage record has been found for Judith and Henry but several
researchers think that Judith was a second wife. Henry had a daughter
born in 1759 when he was 50 years old, and Judith had a son born in
1771 when it seems that a first wife would have been too old. Judith
Pemberton Lloyd. daughter of Judith and Henry was born 1763 so it
appears that between 1759 and 1763 Henry must have married
Judith."
There is no
birth record that I have seen which would prove 1709 as Henry's date
of birth, we have no clear record of Judith Brooks or Judeth Pemberton
either. We do know that Isaiah son of George Pemberton, Sr. married
Elizabeth Hall of Halltown, W.V. before (hopefully) 3 Dec 1753 when
according to Hinshaw's Quaker Encyclopedia, their first child was
born. They had their last child on 3 Sep 1775. A span which could also
apply to Henry and Judith Lloyd. Concerning Henry's ancestry I believe
Eileen C. Lloyd <ECLloyd@aol.com> has the best summary:
"Two of
our line of relatives have been researching the relationship of David
to William Lloyd and have not been successful in proving that fact. In
fact, one of them has gone as far as getting a researcher in England
and thus far has not found anything. One of the books that I have is
"Lloyds, Notes and Facts" by Reah McGaffey who has done a
great of research of this line. Her first chapter "Lloyds of
Virginia" states: "Thus far, not too much is known of the
early Lloyd family in Virginia, altho several of us have searched
diligently for proof of clues found there. The earliest member of
which we can be sure, was a DAVID LOYD of Frederick County, Virginia,
where a warrant for about 400 acres of land was obtained from Lord
Fairfax April 4, 1750 in David's name and it stated that he was living
on the land at the time. In October of the same year, this land was
patented to his son HENRY LOYD."
Regardless of
Henry's age, (my great grandfather Daniel Buckley fathered a child
when he was 62), the fact that he fathered a child in 1759 lends
credence to our contention that he married Judi Pemberton daughter of
George Pemberton, Sr. In fact there is no reason to believe that Judi
was not the mother of all of Henry's children.
Summing up:
1. The fact
that Judith Pemberton Lloyd named one her children Catherine Brooks
McConnell is insufficient reason to believe that Henry Loyd married
Judith Brooks.
2. If Henry's
wife had a maiden name of Brooks then why didn't they name their 9th
child Judith Brooks Lloyd? Surely that would have been preferable to a
dead husband's name.
3. Who could
the mysterious first husband be? As far as we know there was only one
Pemberton family living in what became Jefferson Co., WV during the
time frame in question and in those days there weren't many people
living in the whole area.
4. Fact:
George Pemberton had a daughter named Judi named in his will dated
1756:
"Will Of
George Pemberton (Copy Posted at: http://www.gbso.net/BUC/WILL%20GEO%20PEM.htm).
Transcribed by E.L. Pemberton and G.D. Buckley, Jr. from a photo
copy.
"Item I give unto my second eldest daughter Judi one fifth part
of all my moveables."
Fact: Henry
and Judith named their 9th child Judith Pemberton Lloyd.
5. The
information given in The Pemberton Family Scrapbook by Jesse B.
Pemberton supports my position that Judeth Brooks married Geo (III,Jr.)
and gives some credence to Mrs. Mahaffey's contention: "If the
name BROOKS came through the Lloyd family it had to be an early Brooks
girl (the cousin of Sally?) who married a Pemberton and had a daughter
Judith,........".
In the
Pemberton Family Scrapbook Judith Pemberton's mother is listed as
Elizabeth Brooks and this would certainly account for her grand
daughter naming one of her children Catherine Brooks McConnell.
Conclusion:
Henry married Judith Pemberton, who most likely was the mother of all
of his children.
3. Thomas Carney owned land adjacent to
George Pemberton as mentioned in a survey by George Washington (See
Map)
4. Thomas' wife is identified as Sarah
when the property was sold on 7 Dec 1774 in Berkley Co.,public
records.
Conclusion: Sarah married Thomas
Carney
5. By the process of elimination Ann
must have married Charles Sneed.
The only information we have linking
Charles Sneed is the reference given above in the Smoot book.
The descendants of Judith Pemberton and
Henry Lloyd begin at: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=danbuckley62&id=I2045
Based on information given in Reah
Lloyd McGaffey's book we have included several generations of
descendants for Thomas Carney and Sarah Pemberton which will be
found begining at: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=danbuckley62&id=I11659.
The second
scrap of Geo. M's book deals with the life of George Pemberton, III.
Dixie Ann Pemberton refers to it as an obituary and this is probably
correct. It is important to us for more than the details of Geo III's
life because if we can verify it then it will be helpful in our
analysis of other documents that are in conflict and those which
agree.
Scrap 2-
My [top
of page missing but probably reads: My father George Pemberton] who
departed this life in the one hundreth and tenth year of his age, was
in some particulars an extraordinary man. He was born in the State of
Virginia; moved from there to South Carolina about the year 1771 and
in 1801 moved to Kentucky where he died in Caldwell County in the year
1827 eight miles a little south of east from Princeton and was buried
on the farm owned by his son George Pemberton [IV].
At this point in our
research no birth records have been found for the children of Geo II
so the above account at least gives us one birthdate if we accept the
fact that Geo III was 109 when he died. His birth year would calculate
to 1718. Since we know from the will of Geo II that Isaiah was the
eldest son he would have been born before this date.
The coincidence of
the move to SC in 1771 and the sale of both brother's properties in
Frederick Co., VA to Samuel Washington as reported by E.L.
Pemberton:
"The information I have on
the the lands of George and Isaiah are copies of the Deeds
whereby both men with their wives Elizabeth (Isaiah) and Judith
(George) and both to Samuel Washington of 542 acres for Isaiah
and 473 acres for George on 1/27 and 1/28/1771 (for Isaiah) for 5
shillings and 435 pounds and 2/1 and 2/2/1771 for George for 5
shillings and 300 pounds. Both Deeds indicate the land
joined Robert Worthington's land patent 10-2-1735 and being
tract granted to Isaiah and George separately by a Deed from
Lord Fairfax dated 10-16-1750 (for Isaiah) and 10-15-1750 (for
George). My records show that Isaiah was married in 1752 and
George ABT 1755. Which means both men were single in 1750."
(Copies of these deeds are in my
possesion. GDB)
lead to the
conclusion that they moved to SC together along with their families.
If E.L. Pemberton's records are correct then Geo III was married when
he was about 37 and Isaiah perhaps about the same.
The colonial census
for Old 96 District SC lists both Isaiah and George Pemberton in 1779.
In 1790 the Newberry
Co., SC census page 77 (reprint) lists: George Pemberton and on
the following line Margaret Stedman and on the next Peggy Pemberton.
This conjunction of names almost certainly indicates that this Geo is
Geo III. Margaret Stedman we will show below was Geo III's daughter
who married a Stedman and Peggy Pemberton was his daughter-in-law
Margaret Level who married Geo III's son David who died in Charleston.
(See Scrap 3)
In 1800 Geo III, Geo
IV and Jesse Pemberton are listed in the Newberry Co., SC census page
89:
Pemberton George, Jr. (IV)
Free white males under 10 years of age...... 0
Free white males 10-15 years of age......... 0
Free white males 16-25 years of age......... 1
Free white males 26-44 years of age......... 0
Free white males 45 years of age and over... 0
Free white females under 10 years of age.... 2
Free white females 10-15 years of age....... 0
Free white females 16-25 years of age....... 0
Free white females 26-44 years of age....... 1
Free white females 45 years and over........ 0
All other free persons...................... 0
Slaves...................................... 1
Pemberton, Jesse B.
Free white males under 10 years of age...... 0
Free white males 10-15 years of age......... 0
Free white males 16-25 years of age......... 0
Free white males 26-44 years of age......... 1
Free white males 45 years of age and over... 0
Free white females under 10 years of age.... 0
Free white females 10-15 years of age....... 0
Free white females 16-25 years of age....... 0
Free white females 26-44 years of age....... 1
Free white females 45 years and over........ 0
All other free persons...................... 0
Slaves...................................... 0
Pemberton, George Sr. (III)
Free white males under 10 years of age...... 0
Free white males 10-15 years of age......... 0
Free white males 16-25 years of age......... 1
Free white males 26-44 years of age......... 0
Free white males 45 years of age and over... 1
Free white females under 10 years of age.... 0
Free white females 10-15 years of age....... 0
Free white females 16-25 years of age....... 0
Free white females 26-44 years of age....... 0
Free white females 45 years and over........ 1
All other free persons...................... 0
Slaves...................................... 3
Which proves they
were still in SC in 1800. Now according to the scrapbook they moved to
KY in 1801 and we find them listed in the Christian Co. and Caldwell
Co., census of 1810. (Caldwell Co. was formed from Christian Co., in
1810.)
U.S. Census 1810
Christian Co., KY page 88, Reel no: M252-9, Sheet No. 576-577
Pemberton, George
(III)
Free white males under 10 years of age...... 0
Free white males 10-15 years of age......... 0
Free white males 16-25 years of age......... 0
Free white males 26-44 years of age......... 0
Free white males 45 years of age and over... 1
Free white females under 10 years of age.... 0
Free white females 10-15 years of age....... 0
Free white females 16-25 years of age....... 0
Free white females 26-44 years of age....... 0
Free white females 45 years and over........ 1 (Judith Brooks?)
All other free persons...................... 0
Slaves...................................... 2
Pemberton, George
Jun. (IV)
Free white males under 10 years of age...... 2
Free white males 10-15 years of age......... 1
Free white males 16-25 years of age......... 0
Free white males 26-44 years of age......... 1
Free white males 45 years of age and over... 0
Free white females under 10 years of age.... 0
Free white females 10-15 years of age....... 0
Free white females 16-25 years of age....... 0
Free white females 26-44 years of age....... 1
Free white females 45 years and over........ 0
All other free persons...................... 0
Slaves...................................... 7
CHRISTIAN CO., KY
Pemberton, Jessie
Free white males under 10 years of age...... 1
Free white males 10-15 years of age......... 0
Free white males 16-25 years of age......... 1
Free white males 26-44 years of age......... 0
Free white males 45 years of age and over... 0
Free white females under 10 years of age.... 1
Free white females 10-15 years of age....... 0
Free white females 16-25 years of age....... 1 (Tabitha Brooks?)
Free white females 26-44 years of age....... 0
Free white females 45 years and over........ 0
All other free persons...................... 0
Slaves...................................... 3
At a later time Geo
III and IV moved to Caldwell Co.
As far as I am
concerned the above information more than proves the accuracy of the
scrapbook.
He was a stout, robust, athletic man; he could
say at his death what few men could say. He never was sick a day in
his life; never took a dose of medicine; never was bled; never was
drunk; never was sued; neither sued any person; never had an
arbitration with any person. When he died [he] just seemed to have
fallen asleep. He was a Captain in what was called Bratosks
(Braddock's) war. He was a respectable member of the old Regular
Baptist Church for about 80 years.
The above is my father's statement to me written by me George M.
Pemberton
..."George Pemberton served
as captain of a company of Virginia troops, under Col. Washington, in
the campaign with Braddock's army, and it was through their coolness
and bravery that the small remnant of that command was saved from
complete destruction."
[from the HISTORY OF ELK FORK TOWNSHIP, P 978, in Pettis County
History 1882.]
Based on my
interpretation of the mention of "Bratoehs [Braddock's] war"
in the scrapbook and the above quote from the Pettis Co. history book
it appears clear that George III fought in the French and Indian war.
Gen. Braddock was sent to the colonies to defend British interests and
Col. Washington was appointed by the governor of Virginia to command
the colonial militia. Braddock was killed in 1755 and could not
possibly have had any role in the Revolutionary war.
Scrap 3 repeats some
of the information found in Scraps 1 and 2. There are some differences
here that should be mentioned.
1. The inscription on
the gate re: Olives and Commodities is not found in Scrap 3.
2. I did not discuss
the list of children and marriages in Scrap 1 because it seemed better
to bring it up here since most of the information is duplicated
in Scrap 3. There is one difference between the two versions; Scrap
1 lists a child of George III as: Judea Pemberton who married Thomas
Worthington. We believe this may be an error however the question
remains: Where did the transcriber of Scrap 1 get this? So we are
leaving Judea as a child of Geo III with the caution that it may
incorrect. To date we have not been able to either confirm or deny it.
SCRAP
3
History Of Our
Relations -
This statement
was given to me by my father Jesse B. Pemberton down to the name of
Col. Bird Burfort where my narrative will commence.
Jesse B.
Pemberton's father was born in Virginia whose name was George, his
mother's maiden name was Judea Brooks; his grandfather's given name
was Geo.; his grandmother on his mother's side was named Betsey Warren
that was her maiden name after marriage called Brooks.
My father's
grandmother was Sarah Pemberton before called Middleton.
All of the above has been discussed
in Scrap 1 except Bird Burfort which will be taken up below.
I had three
brothers, (named) David, Geo. & Thos.
David married
Margaret Level who died in the city of Charleston, So. Carolina.
Refering
again to the census data given in Scrap 2 we found this in the 1790 SC
page 77:
Pemberton, George
Free white males 16 or older... 3
Free white males under 16...... 0
Free white females............. 1
All other free persons......... 0
Slaves......................... 6
Stedmon, Margaret
Free white males 16 or older... 0
Free white males under 16...... 0
Free white females............. 1
All other free persons......... 0
Slaves......................... 1
Pemberton,
Peggy
Free white males 16 or older... 0
Free white males under 16...... 0
Free white females............. 5
All other free persons......... 0
Slaves......................... 1
The fact that these three households
are listed next to each other would certainly indicate Geo III and his
daughter and his daughter in law were living next to each other. Until
finding this it was not clear from the scrapbook whether David or
Margaret Level died in Charleston but with the above it appears to
have been David. It would be interesting to find out who the other 4
females were, possibly daughters?
We do find a family of Leavells who moved to Bush River, Newberry Co.,
SC from VA. but at this writing we have not been able to make a
connection to this family.
Geo.
married Judea Mason
Her maiden
name is given on her tombstone:
Cemetery Inscriptions, EMail, 1 Aug 2003, . "Judea Pemberton,
before called Mason, consort of George Pemberton."
Source for DOD and DOB. [Information courtesy Dixie Ann Pemberton and
Rhonda Mefford].
From census data it would appear that Geo IV and Judith were married
in SC.
Thos.
not married.
At this
point in our research we have not been able to find any records of
Thomas to which we can link.
I
married Tabitha Brooks
Jesse B.
Pemberton-11245 and Tabitha Brooks-11251 were 1st cousins. Their
common ancestors were Matthew Brooks-8809 and Elizabeth
Warren-11401. We will discuss the Brooks family in detail in our
discussion of Scrap 4.
I had 4
sisters (named) Betsy, Margaret, Polly, & Phebe.
Betsey married Tho. Wadlington
1. Elizabeth
(Betsy) Pemberton is listed in Scrap 1 and 3 of the Pemberton Family
Scrapbook as the wife of Thomas Wadlington.
2. Ferdinand Wadlington son of Thomas Wadlington II named his sixth
child "Thomas Pemberton Wadlington".
3. The Wadlingtons of Old Frederick County, VA followed the same
migration pattern as the Pembertons, Brooks, Browns and Teague
families: From Old Frederick Co., VA to Newberry Co., SC to Christian
Co., KY.
We have
included several generations of the Wadlington Family begining at:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=danbuckley62&id=I12686
Margaret
married John Stedman
a/k/a
Steadman, Stidman, Stedmon, Steedman
I began my
effort to verify this statement by looking for relationships in my own
files. I found Benjamin Pinckney Worthington was married to an Judith
Stedman in my old Worthington records obtained prior to seeing the
scrapbook. Benjamin Pinckney Worthington-11439 and Samuel
Worthington-11664 are 1st cousins. Their common ancestors are Samuel
Worthington Sr.-11852 and Sarah Simcock-11896. Samuel
Worthington-11654 was the husband of Elizabeth Carney daughter of
Sarah Pemberton Carney daughter of George Pemberton II as discussed in
Scrap 1 above. Giving us cross relations to Pemberton, Carney,
Worthington and Lloyd.
Next I
searched Mormon Church records for Judith Stedman finding:
Judith
STEDMAN (AFN:1KWM-B80)
Born: 1774 Place: , , Newberry Co., South
Carolina
Died: 1856 Place:
Father: Elias Eli STEEDMAN (AFN:1KWM-B6K)
Family
Mother: -------------
Submitter(s):
LORINDA "LORI" STOVER STEADMAN
7131 SOUTH TOWNCREST DRIVE
SALT LAKE CITY UT USA 84121 .Submission: AF96-102837
This files lists the children of Benjamin P. Worthington and Judith
Stedman and shows they named one of their children:
George Pemberton Worthington.
The file goes on to list Elias Eli Steedman as Judith's father and
that he had a son named Eli Stedman, Jr.. Jr. is shown:
Eli Elias STEDMAN (AFN: 1KWM-B96)
Sex: M
Birth: 1777
, , Newberry Co., South Carolina
Father: Elias Eli STEEDMAN (AFN: 1KWM-B6K) Family
Mother: ----------
Spouse: Nancy (AFN: 1KWM-9M3) Family
Marriage: .
The file
also lists his children and among these is: George Pemberton
Stedman.
So at this point we have links to Geo III and Newberry Co., SC.
A wider
search on the entire web resulting in the finding of Mr. John Lisle's
Steadman files at: http://www.tqsi.com/stedman/ .
Here is Mr.
Lisle's reply to a questionaire that I sent him:
"Dan,
Thanks for your note. I have done a bit more research on the SC
Stedmans since I last posted my web site, so maybe I can help a bit. I
refer you to a book on the Barton/Steadman family by Joseph Earle
Steadman. I think you will find it useful.
Steadman's book claims that she married a Thomas Steedman, s/o Robert
Steedman of Fife, Scotland.
This is what Steadman says about Thomas (9th child of Robert Steedman
& a Miss Henderson):
Thomas (b. abt 1762 - d. unknown) He is not listed in the 1790 census
for South Carolina. According to information given to the late John
Edrington Steadman (not a descendant in this line) by later day
members of the Pemberton family conneciton living in Newberry County,
SC, Thomas married Margaret Pemberton -- (daughter of one George
Pemberton who moved from Frederick Co., VA, to Newberry county prior
to 1790) - and died prior to 1790. leaving no children. She is listed
next to George Pemberton in the 1790 census for Newberry county. On 1
May 1805 she witnessed a deed given to Mary Garner by John Pemberton
and others. (Deed Book I, p. 128) At about 1806 some of the Pembertons
moved to Miami County, OH, and she probably went with them."
My
reply and his to me:
John:
Thank You for the prompt reply. I will read over the information you
sent. The Margaret Pemberton who according to the scrapbook married a
John Steadman would most likely not have gone to Ohio but rather to KY
with other members of Geo. Pem III's family. The Pems who went to Ohio
were all descendants of Geo III's brother Isaiah Pem I ie Isaiah II
and Richard's widows.
The interesting thing at this point is no one seems to have a
wife for Elias Eli Steadman and yet both of his children named one of
their children Geo. Pemberton Steadman and Geo. Pemberton Worthington.
Maybe Eli Steadman was also named John? Wild guess, I know, but why
else would the name Geo. Pemberton be there????
Thanks again I will take some time studying your information.
Dan:
I agree that Elias is likely to have married close to the Pemberton or
Worthington family. I just have not done a lot of work with him,
although I have done considerable work on his descendants (over 200
pages of report...) I think that an exhaustive census analysis is in
order to see if we can nail him down and his family. That may provide
some clues to his spouse.
John.
So
at this point we can say Margaret Pemberton married a Stedman but
which one is an unsolved mystery. My summary:
The
1790 SC Census does show a Margaret Stedmon with one slave and no one
else in the household. She is listed between George Pemberton and
Peggy Pemberton who I now believe was Margaret Level the widow of
Geo.'s son David who died in Charleston, SC.
Thomas
Steadman had a brother John who according to Lisle married a Hannah
McKinney ca 1784 and about 1800 moved to NC. and later to TN. "
Eli
Stedman Sr. who is listed a brother to the above John and Thomas
appears to have had two children Eli, Jr. and Judith by an unknown
wife. Judith married Benjamin Worthington and named one of her
children George Pemberton Worthington while Eli Jr. married Nancy
Hardman and named one of his children George Pemberton Steadman.
A
possible explanation might read this way: Margaret Pemberton Steadman
widow of Thomas had no children so she either adopted or became ward
of her dead Brother in Law's children. This might expain the
connection to George Pemberton. Perhaps Eli Sr. and wife were killed
in the bloody circumstances that existed in the Piedmont area of SC
during the Revolution. Of course this does not deal with the conflict
between the Scrapbook's John and the Thomas mentioned in Joseph Earle
Steadman's book. But it does appear they are one and the same person.
Obviously
more research is needed here.
Here
is Mr. Lisle's notes for Eli Stedman, Jr.
Eli
Stedman was born in the present day Newberry County, SC, about 1777
(based on being age 73, born SC in the 1850 Census).
Eli
Stedman was witness to the will of Mathew Brooks in Newberry Co., SC.
on 26 Sep 1794. (Will proven 9 Jul 1796, Book B, Page 47.) At present,
no other SC records have been found for him.
According
to LDS records, he married Nancy Hardman (1779 - after 1828), daughter
of Uriah Hardman and Frances Chandler, about 1800. Joseph Earle
Steadman speculated that she may have been related to Sarah Pemberton
(wife of George Pemberton, Sr.), but there is no evidence of that in
the known family of Uriah Hardman.
He
has not been identified on a census for 1800.
He
moved to Kentucky and on 31 August 1807 in Livingston county he was
granted 200 acres of land on Dry Fork of Eddy Creek, south of Green
River. (see Willard Rouse Jellson, Kentucky Land Grants, p. 408).
[DB H: 214 15 June 1836 James Wood from Jeremiah Rucker. Robert
Draper, Trustee for Thomas Rucker and Attorney for Jeremiah Rucker and
Eli
Steadman... for $350.00, land Dry Fork of Eddy Creek,
corner to Thomas Anderson. (Jeremiah Rucker was father of
America who married Mason
George Pemberton-11352}G.D.B. 11/09/2003]
He
has not been identified on a census for 1810.
At
some time before 1812 he disposed of this land and returned to
Newberry County, SC.
He
has not been identified on a census for 1820.
He
later moved to Tuscalosa Co., AL, where he acquired other land that on
24 January 1828, he and Nancy conveyed to Donald O. Brooks. (Alabama
Records, Vol. 7, p. 41).
He
seems to have been recorded in the 1830 Census for Madison Co., MS
He
was recorded on the 1835 paid tax list for Carroll Co., MS.
He
was recorded in the 1840 Census for Carroll Co., MS, on p. 40.
On
the 1850 federal census of Carroll Co., MS, Eli was shown living with
Henry D. and Alice (Stedman) Smith. (Southern Division on 5 Sep 1850,
Page 196, House 32, Family 40, Age 73, born SC)
Based
on the 1850 Census, the approximate birth years and places for his
children were:
James
Hardman Steadman age 49, born SC? (about 1801) (however, 1860 census
is age 62, born KY and reading is clear)
George
P. Steadman age 45, born KY (about 1805)
Jesse
B. Steadman age 41, born KY (about 1809)
Sabra
(Steadman) Jones age 37, born KY (about 1813)
Bluford
Steadman age 36, born KY (about 1814)
Mary
(Steadman) Cotton age 32, born AL (about 1818)
Alice
(Steadman) Smith age ? , born ? (unreadable - but another reading was
-age 31, born NC)
Samuel
Steadman - not located (1801, SC?)
Joshuay
Steadman - not located (1812, SC?) - ? Forsythe Co., GA, p. 187?
Based
on the births of the children, it seems that Eli must have been in
Kentucky for a longer time than otherwise expected.
He
died in testate sometime after 1850; Children listed cannot be
"proven" but all research indicates that he is the father of
the children listed.
Based
on the information that we have so far I am tentatively assigning
Thomas as husband of Margaret Pemberton. Our Stedman family
listings begin here:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=danbuckley62&id=I12798 .
Polly
married Dan'l Brown one of ablest old Baptist preachers of his day.
The following quote shows
that the Rev. Daniel Brown followed the same migration from SC to
Western KY as did the Pembertons, Brooks, Wadlingtons, and Stedman
families:
History of
Kentucky Baptists, From 1769 to 1885, by J. H. Spencer, 1886,
Reprinted by Church History and Archives, 1976, Lafayette, TN.
Little River Association. Caldwell County.
"Daniel
BROWN was one of the early settlers of what is now Caldwell county,
and is believed to have emigrated from South Carolina. He aided in
gathering Eddy Grove church, in 1799, and Salem church, in Livingston
county, in 1804. His membership was at Eddy Grove, and he is believed
to have been the first pastor of that, and also of Salem church. He
was in the constitution of Red River Association, in 1807, and
preached the introductory sermon before that body, in 1811. He was
also in the constitution of Little River Association, in 1813, and
labored among its churches some three years. About 1816, he emigrated
to Alabama."
Source;
http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/caldwell/brown.d.txt
His move to AL and details of his
family were found at this web site:
Friends
Of Historic Northport, Alabama Web Site - Cemeteries.
Chapel Hill
Baptist Church Cemetery
Chapel Hill Baptist Church Cemetery is located in T20S R10W S29 on Hwy
43 North.
This church was known as White's Chapel as late as the 1930's.
In Memory
of
Jesse Mercer Finnell 12-29-1821 8-1-1864
Joseph Adison Finnell 6-23-1823 11-12-1878
Daniel Brown Finnell 11-21-1824 11-12-1877
Sons of Collin & Nancy Brown Finnell
They were buried widely separated unknown graves.
This community church was their home.
This was their church
In Memory
of
Rev. Daniel Brown Pioneer Baptist Preacher 1755 VA 1835 Clinton AL
Polly Pemberton Brown 1755 VA 1845 Caddo Parish, LA
Parents of Nancy Brown Finnell
They lie in widely separated unmarked graves but abundant
harvests are being reaped each year on account
of their missionary work here 1818-1835
Browne, John Tanner son of George Pemberton Browne
& Hardinia Tanner Browne, nephew of Nancy Brown Finnell
b. Christian Co., KY 10-26-1815 d. Moundville AL 10-26-1874
Finnell, Polly Pemberton 1830-1831
Finnell, Collin 1793-1848
Finnell, Nancy Brown 1795-1875
Collin Finnell PVT GA Troops War of 1812 & Indian Wars
July 9, 1793 Dec 10, 1848."
From this we have all we need to
confirm Jesse's information in the scrapbook however because the
cemetery inscription also brings up the Finnell family we must at this
point discuss a book written by the grandson of the above mentioned
Colin who married Daniel and Mary "Polly Pemberton Brown's
daughter Nancy, Colonel Woolsey Finnell:
Reverend Daniel Brown of
Culpepper County, Virginia and Allied Families
Compiled by Colonel Woolsey Finnell, Sr., Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
during the period 1948 - 1954.
In fairness we should say that the Col.
Finnell wrote without benefit of having seen the Scrapbook or the Will
of Geo. Pemberton, II so based on the information available to him he
made the incorrect assumption that the Mary "Polly"
Pemberton and her brother George Pemberton were the children of a Richard
Pemberton who was a contemporary of our Geo. II. In fact in his
forward he wrote:
"This is
not a complete history of any of the families of record, but it is at
least a key that will open many sources of information that heretofore
have been hidden by time and failure of the heads of famlies to leave
enough foot prints on the sands of time to enable those who came later
to follow them as far back as we would like"
We will not attempt here to discuss all
of the errors that are in the book especially concerning the Pemberton
family which is found on pages 62-68. Our main concern is the
statements that are in direct conflict with the scrapbook.
The first and most misleading statement is on page 4:
"Daniel
Brown son of William and Lucy Brown, was born June, 1755 in Culpepper
County, Virginia. He professed religion when seventeen years old and
was ordained
a Baptist Preacher when he was only twenty-two years old. He married
Mary (Polly)
Pemberton, daughter of Richard Pemberton, of
Cumberland County, Virginia."
It is not surprising that Finnell
guessed the family of Richard was his anscestral line since it
included children named George and Mary.
From Abstracts
of Cumberland County, Virginia Will Books 1 & 2 (1749 - 1782)
by Katherine Reynolds:
Will of Richard PEMBERTON dated 30 Jan 1768/9 and probated 24 July
1769 names wife Francis and children William, Martha, James, Richard, George,
Mary, and Magdalene.
But it would have been better had he
stated that this was just a reasonable guess instead of making it
appear as a proven fact. On page 63ff he makes statements that lead to
the conclusion that he indeed picked the wrong Pembertons!
"George
Pemberton, son of Richard Pemberton and brother of Mary (Polly)
Pemberton, who married Rev. Daniel Brown of Culpepper County, Va.
married Mary Lyon in Washington County, Va., Nov. 5 1793. Rev. Thomas
Woolsey performed the marriage cerermony. George Pemberton was settled
in Christian County, Ky., before 1800. On June 6th 1804, he bought 500
acres of land in Christian County for $1500 from William Grogan and
wife, Lucy. He helped his brother-in law, Rev. Daniel Brown, organize
Eddy Grove Baptist Church, about three miles from Princeton. Christian
(now Caldwell) County, Ky.
The census of
Caldwell County, Ky., of 1810 shows that George Pemberton and his wife
Mary [sic] were living on their farm in that county at that time. A
son of George Pemberton moved to Sedalia, Mo. from Kentucky.
A great-grandson of this man, Jesse M. Pemberton, Jr. lives in
Arlington, Texas now."
First Finnell ignores the fact that
there were two George Pembertons listed in the 1810 census as shown
above under Scrap 2. One of these is identified as Junior and since he
is adjacent to an older George (over 45) it is probable they were
father and son. It is clear that if Geo son of Richard did not marry
until 1793 then Finnell had to be looking at George Jr. since he
is the only one listed with children. (See Scrap 1).
Second to reinforce his assumption that this was George son of Richard
he says "and his wife Mary" This is incorrect because until
1850 all censuses included only the name of the head of household; no
other members were named.
Third he states a son of Geo (son of Richard) moved to Sedalia, Mo. It
is with this statement the Col. finally links to the
correct family, that of our George Pemberton III of the scrapbook.
From census data and cemetery records it is certain that the
Pembertons who moved to Sedalia, MO from KY were the descendants of
George Pemberton III. Not only did a son of Geo. III move to Sedalia,
Pettis Co., MO but in fact most of the family did.
George Pemberton, IV died there
and is buried in the Pemberton Cemetery along with his wife Judea
Mason Pemberton obviously NOT Mary Lyon!
There can be little doubt that the
scrapbook is the correct source for Mary (Polly) Pemberton who married
Rev. Daniel Brown.
But if the two Georges found in the
1810 Caldwell Co. census were Geo III and Geo IV where, one might ask,
was George son of Richard who married Mary Lyon? If we could answer
this question perhaps we can lay to rest Col. Finnell's assumption
once and for all.
First consider the World Connect file of Mr. Kenneth Lakey:
A W Lakey
Entries: 37029 Updated: Tue Dec 9 15:05:15 2003
Contact: Kenneth M. Lakey klakey@adams.net
ID: I07640
Name: George PEMBERTON 1
Sex: M
Birth: ABT. 1762 in Virgina
Death: 1835 in Wayne Co. Kentucky
Reference Number: 7640
Father: Richard PEMBERTON b: 1726 in
Cumberland County, Virginia (Henrico County, Va)
Mother: Frances BRADLEY b: ABT. 1729
Marriage 1 Mary LYON b: 1764 in
Washington County, Virginia
Married: 5 NOV 1793 in Washington County, Virginia 2
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=awlakey&id=I07640
As you can see this is the same individual named by Finnell and we
find that he died in Wayne Co., KY which is located far to the east of
Caldwell Co. Now if we could locate a George Pemberton in Wayne Co. in
1810 then it would be highly likely it would be this
same George. Well thanks to some kind contributors at the Wayne Co.
Genweb site we can do just that!!
U.S. Census 1810,
Wayne Co., KY
Pemberton, George
Free white males under 10 years of age...... 1
Free white males 10-15 years of age......... 0
Free white males 16-25 years of age......... 0
Free white males 26-44 years of age......... 1
Free white males 45 years of age and over...0
Free white females under 10 years of age.... 3
Free white females 10-15 years of age....... 1
Free white females 16-25 years of age....... 0
Free white females 26-44 years of age....... 1
Free white females 45 years and over........ 0
All other free persons...................... 0
Slaves...................................... 0
Source: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/wayne/census/18102.txt
Also listed is PEMBERTON, Richard 00101-11101-00 who is probably
George's brother as shown in Richard, Sr.'s will above.
George and Richard are also listed in the 1820 Wayne census:
http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/ky+index+20725216304677+F
Pemberton, Richard - -
- - - 1 -
- 1 - 1 -
- - (pg. 99)
Pemberton, George 2
- - 1 - 1
3 1 2 1 -
- - - (pg. 100)
And in 1830 we find George and Timothy
on page 243:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywayne/1830Waynep7.txt
PEMBERTON, Timothy 2 1
- - 1 - -
- - - - -
- - - 1 -
- 1 - - -
- - - - -
6
PEMBERTON, George -
- 2 - - -
- - 1 - -
- - - - 2
1 1 - 1 -
- - - - -
- 8
So the George that Finnell thought was in Caldwell Co., was
actually in Wayne Co., in 1810.
Nuff said.
Phebe never
married.
We have been unable
to find any record of Phebe outside of the scrapbook.
My
father had only one brother (named) Isaiah he married Dr. Hall's
daughter of Virginia Frederick Co.
My grandfather on my father's side came from England when a young man,
married Betsy Brooks.
This
information was discussed under Scrap 1 above.
James
Burfort married my grandmother's sister on my mother's side her maiden
name was Mary Warren, her oldest sister married Warren Burfort, her
youngest son was known by the title of Col. Bird Burfort.
The first
part of this statement re: Mary Warren is easy to verify by the will
of Thomas Warren:
Virginia
County Records Spotsylvania County 1721-1800 Wills-Will Book
B1749-1759 page 10
Warren, Thomas, Planter, Spotsylvanis Co., written April 13, 1749,
Probated December 04, 1750. Wit Robert Huddlestone, Abram Rogers,
Barbara rogers. Ex. wife , Mary and son, Hackley Warren. Leg. son,
Hackley Warren, 95 acres of land wahich I formerly gave to my daughter
Rachel Hasken. Daughter, Elizabeth Brook; daughter Mary
Buford; daughter , Roxanna More; son, Lancelot Warren. To
my wife, Mary Warren, all the rest of my estate during her life. Page
56
The next is more difficult because Mary is the only Buford mentioned;
also who was the "next oldest sister" of Mary? Another point
does Jesse mean by "her oldest son" that of Mary or her
sister? We can locate Bird/Byrd Buford/Boford in several files but
none seem to point to a spouse named Warren. Rachel is married to John
Askew/Hasken; Roxanna married Robert Moore/More; Elizabeth as we saw
previously in Scrap 1 was married to Matthew Brooks/Brook. My earlier
file on the Warrens shows two Marys one b. 1704 and one b. abt 1727.
A search at World Connect for Bird Buford yields three files naming
his father as James and mother Rebecca Outen and three more
naming James and Mary ?
Another
search for Byrd Buford yielded eight files:
1 lists
Warren Buford and Mary Beauford as parents
4 list Warren
Buford and Mary Buford
3 list James
Warren Buford and Mary Buford
Your guess is
as good as mine on the above. Although I lean to thinking Jesse meant
Bird was Mary's child.
Here is a
file that fills the bill as far as it includes both a James and a
Warren and a Bird. Also shows the right migration pattern from VA to
SC but it doesn't quite match up with the scrapbook:
1.
James Buford (Henry Buford5, Thomas Buford , Sr.4, John Buford3,
Richard Beauford2, John Beaufort1) was born 1712 in Lancaster,
Virginia, and died 19 DEC 1796 in Union County, South Carolina. He
married Mary ABT 1735. She was born ABT 1716 in Lancaster, Virginia.
Children of James Buford and Mary are:
2 i. Tavinor Bird Buford was born ABT 1733.
+ 3 ii. James Buford was born ABT 1734.
+ 4 iii. Warren Buford was born ABT 1735 in Virginia.
5 iv. Ambrose Buford was born ABT 1736, and died
1781 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
6 v. Phebe Buford was born ABT 1736 in Virginia.
7 vi. Catherine Buford was born 1737 in Lancaster,
Virginia, and died 1778. She married William Williamson. He was born
1762 in Greenville, South Carolina, and died 9 NOV 1839 in Manchester,
Ohio.
8 vii. Peter Buford was born 1738.
9 viii. Elizabeth Buford was born 1739 in Virginia.
10 ix. Lucy Buford was born ABT 1740 in Virginia.
+ 11 x. Daniel Buford was born 1740.
12 xi. Lillian Buford was born ABT 1741.
13 xii. Mildred Buford was born ABT 1741 in
Lancaster County, Virginia.
+ 14 xiii. Henry Buford was born ABT 1743.
15 xiv. Mary Buford was born ABT 1743, and died AFT
1770 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. She married Thomas Walker. He
was born ABT 1740 in Virginia.
At the least we
can say there was a Bird Buford and there was a James Buford who
married Mary Warren. There was a Buford family that moved to SC. So
Jesse probably had it right but sure wish he had given us more
details!
Scrap 4 deals with
George M. Pemberton's relations especially to the Brooks and Teague
families.
Geo
M. Pemberton History of his relations
My
Grandfather on my Mother's side was named Thomas Brooks an uncle of my
Fathers (Jesse B.) He was the youngest of ten children. His brothers
were Jesse, Mathew, Williams, James, Daniel, David and Joel. Jesse was
an old Baptist Preacher. David was a Quaker Preacher. His brother
Thos, my Grandfather, was a Quaker by Profession. His sister Mary
married a Mr.Thornberry.
George M.'s list mentions
by my count equals nine. He does not mention here his grandmother
Judith Brooks who married George Pemberton III as we discussed in
Scrap 1. Since Geo. M. only mentions some of the 10, I will break our
usual statement by statement presentation and discuss the above all at
once.
The above list can be confirmed by
several sources:
"Matthew
and Elizabeth Brooks had children
David (b. 19 Apr. 1749, d. 12 Dec. 1814, Stokes
Co., NC), who m. Sarah Sanders, 24 Dec. 1759, Hanover Co., VA;
Joel (d. 1 Sept. 1764, Orange Co., NC), who m.
Sept. 1756 to Mary Wright;
William d. after 29 Jan. 1798, Berkeley Co., VA);
Daniel, m. Hannah Hammond, and remained in Frederick
Co., VA;
Matthew, who left will 9 July 1796, Newberry Co.,
SC;
James, who m. Sarah Singletary and left will dated 10
Jan. 1820, Newberry Co., SC;
Thomas;
Jesse, who went to Wilkes Co., GA;
Mary, who m. 22 Oct. 1759 to Benjamin Thornburg; and
Judith, who m. a Pemberton.
Note that David Brooks is the David who appears as a Quaker in
Hopewell monthly minutes, and who moved to Cedar Creek monthly meeting
in Hanover Co., VA, and then to NC. Note also that the marriage of
Mary Brooks to Benjamin Thornbury occurred at Hopewell meeting in
Frederick Co. "
[Ida Brooks Kellam and Memory Alldredge Lester, BROOKS AND
KINDRED FAMILIES (priv. publ., 1950)]
Mrs Kellam adds some details not
given in the scrapbook and below we have additional information.
The marriage of David Brooks to Sarah Sanders was
mentioned in a letter to me dated 30 Nov 2003 by one of our Lloyd
cousins, Mr. Richard White Watson who wrote:
"I
stumbled across records relating that he asked for a certificate to
marry Sarah Sanders of Cedar Creek 12/24/1759, but was
"disowned" by the Hopewell Meeting 2/3/61 for marrying
"contrary to the discipline" after "stealing" the
young woman from her parents. However, he was reinstated on 3/1/63 and
later transferred to Ceeder Creek (sic) Meeting 5/6/64."
More information on Joel
was found at this website, (author unidentified): The
Descendants of Thomas Brooks
"The estate of Matthew Brooks was administered by Joel Brooks
(Frederick Co. WB 1, 1743-51).
Mary Wright, who m. Joel Brooks, was daughter of John Wright and
Rachel Wells, Quakers of Chester and Ann Arundel Co., MD. A history of
this family in Wilmer L. Kerns, FREDERICK CO., VA, SETTLEMENT AND SOME
FIRST FAMILIES OF BACK CREEK VALLEY 1730-1830 (Baltimore: Gateway,
1995), p. 152, says that John Wright was b. 1716 in Chester Co. He and
wife Rachel lived in Prince George Co., MD, where they were members of
Monocacy meeting until 1749, then they moved to Orange Co., NC. Rachel
died in Newberry Co., SC, on 23 Dec. 1771, so the family evidently
moved there. Kerns says that Mary Wright's sister Sarah m. James
Brooks (p. 153). " [See James below]
William's death date
is unique to Mrs. Kellam's book but he does appear to be listed in
Matthew, Jr's will. [See below]. I have not been able to find out
anything else about him.
I can confirm Daniel's marriage to Hannah Hammond but
can find no children or other details on him beyond the above. If he
is the one mentioned in Matthew's will below then he was probably
still living in 1797.
Matthew did indeed
leave a will in SC which is summarized in the South Carolina State
Archives [brackets mine]:
Date:
17970207
Description: Brooks, Matthew of Newberry County, Ninety Six District,
Will Typescript (Mss Will: Book B, Page 47) (2 Frames).
Names Indexed:
Brooks, Matthew
Brooks, Warren [son of Thomas Brooks, Jr. and Franky Bond see below]
Brooks, Daniel [brother]
Brooks, Joel [brother]
Brooks, David [brother]
Brooks, Ferrel [Foerdy Wadlington? son of Thomas Brooks, Jr. and
Franky Bond see below]
Brooks, William [brother]
Brooks, John [John Goodloe or John Johnson see below]
Brooks, Jane
Brooks, Jude [brother]
Brooks, Thomas [brother]
Inmann, John
Stidman, Eli [see Stedman above in Scrap 3 part 1]
Brooks, Susanah [daughter of Thomas]
Brooks, Tabitha [daughter of Thomas]
Locations: Newberry CountyNinety Six District
http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/search/details.asp?index=5975&table=AllArchivalData&tableLook=Wills
James who we saw above
is said to have married Mary Wright's sister Sarah, is the only member
of the family that was a member of the Bush River Monthly Meeting
Quakers. In fact the above information helps us solve a mystery left
in the Quaker records.
William
Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia Of American Quaker Genealogy;
1700-1930 (Ann Arbor: MI, 1936), Vol. 1, Page 1017, Bush
River Monthly Meeting:
"James
Brooks
Sarah Brooks
Ch: Elizabeth b.
6-24-1769
Susannah
b. 7-17-1771
Joab
b. 5-15-1773
Vashti
b. 1-15-1776
Salla
b. 3-17-1779
Nimrod
b. 8-9-1782
James b.
5-6-1784
John b.
9-1-1780
Mary b.
5-26-1788
David Singletary b. 2-9-1793
Daniel Ofley
b. 8-15-1794
[Last two ch. appear to be s. James & 2nd w. Sarah, dt. David
Singletary, whom he m. 9-1-1791]
Sarah Brooks, w. James d. 11-18-1789"
So the above information from The
Descendants of Thomas Brooks tells us that James
first wife was Sarah Wright. There are additional listings in Hinshaw
for this family on page 1026. Apparently James is one of the few
Quakers who remained in South Carolina after most had left for Ohio.
Thomas will be discussed in detail below.
Jesse: other than what we have above I can't find
anything additional.
Mary can be verified
by numerous files both at Family Search and World Connect however the
best is again found at
The
Descendants of Thomas Brooks :
"On 22
Oct. 1759, a Mary Brooks was married to Benjamin Thornburg/Thornbury
(I find both spellings in various records) at Hopewell Friends meeting
(see William Wade Hinshaw, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN QUAKER GENEALOGY,
vol. 6: VIRGINIA [Baltimore: Geneal. Publ. Co., 1973], p. 371).
Ida Brooks Kellam and Memory Alldredge Lester, BROOKS AND KINDRED
FAMILIES (priv. publ., 1950) identify this MB as the daughter of
Matthew and Elizabeth Brooks of Frederick Co."
My
Grand Mother on my Mother's side was named Susan Teague. Her Father
was Elijah Teague, a captain in the old Revolutionary war, was
captured by a squad of 8 Tories and hung. He had 3 sons, they followed
the 8 and killed them all except one - Ned Mitchuseson.
Including the
scrapbook we have three versions of this story.
In the article by William Heiss, Quakers
in the South Carolina Backcountry Wateree and Bush River
"Samuel Teague was not originally a Quaker. He was reared near
Black Jack, in Newberry District. Being a lad during the Revolution,
he had escaped conscription by the Whigs, but was exposed to the
cruelties of Tories. One day they were seen approaching the house,
when a puncheon was lifted and he was hidden under the floor. The
Tories came in and by their terrible demonstrations so frightened his
sick father that he rose from his bed and ran across the adjoining
lot. The Tories shot him down, hacked him over with their swords and
so stripped the house of everything in the clothing line that Samuel
had to take the shirt from his back to bury his father in. Truly,
these were the times that tried men's souls. Samuel Teague, to avenge
the murder of his father, to serve his country, or both, afterwards
enlisted in the service of the patriots, but to what extent I have
never learned; but presumably until the end of the war. He married and
lived at Newberry until the exodus, when with a considerable family he
came to this (Miami) county. He purchased and cleared land
successfully and became an efficient and useful citizen. He joined the
Friends, I think, some time before leaving Newberry. He was a Quaker
in the strictest sense of the word, hardly tolerating singing. One day
as he was husking corn under his crib-shed, assisted by two Newberry
boys named John Turner and Elish McCook, he was asked if McCook, who
was a good singer, might not give them a song. Consenting rather
reluctantly, McCook did his best, acquitting himself well. When
finished and asked if that was not good singing, he replied, 'Perhaps
it was if there is such a thing as good singing.' It was said he
could have obtained a pension in his latter days, but he would not
apply for one. He was very useful in his church, lived to advanced
age, leaving a numerous train of descendants, his children all keeping
their rights in the church, though none of them are now living ."
Still another version
from an EMail received from Mr. Dale Nicoll:
"My mother's name was
Susannah Teague. Her father, Elijah Teague, was captain of a company
of what might be called Regulators, who before and at the begining of
the Revolution were employed to hold in check the outlaws that
abounded in that part of North Carolina.].."
[The regulators were active in
South Carolina and the Teagues lived there, however there was also a
group of Regulators active in North Carolina. Since we have other
information indicating the Teagues were living in South Carolina I
think it likely the incident took place there.]
Dale is a direct
descendant of Thomas Brooks and Susannah (Susan in the scrapbook). Of
all the files I found on the web his site, Dales
Family was the only one that included the marriage
of Tabitha Brooks to Jesse B. Pemberton. He had no documentation in
the file but on contacting him I received some excellent data that
correlates closely with the scrapbook and adds a lot of new things.
We will bring in some
of his information under the family of Thomas Brooks in Scrap 4, Part
2.
The Teague family is mentioned extensively in the book by Cecil
O'Dell, Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia, (Walsworth
Publishing Company, 1995).
My
Mothers maiden name was Tabitha Brooks. She had 4 brothers & four
sisters. Thomas, Jesse, Elijah, and David, was her brothers names
her Sisters names were Polly, Betsey, Susan, and Rebecca.
As mentioned above I
found a website that repeated the above information and more. On
contacting Mr. Dale Nicoll I received the following:
Dear Dan,
How wonderful to hear from you and get that great info on the Teagues.
First, let me explain how I fit in. My grandfather, Harold Johnson
Howard, was the son of Lillian Brooks Johnson. She was the daughter of
Dr. Thomas Brooks Johnson and Mary Beard Smith. Thomas B. Johnson was
the oldest son of Rev. John Johnson and Susannah Brooks. Susannah
Brooks was the daughter of Thomas Brooks and Susannah Teague. Susannah
Teague was the daughter of Capt. Elijah Teague and Aisley Davis.
I have inherited the notebook belonging to my great aunt, Margaret
Howard Wiggins, sister of Harold J. Howard. My sources come mostly
from her research from the late 40's to late 1970's. I am very
comfortable with much of her information.
In her notebook she quotes extensively from Recollections
of Rev. John Johnson and His Home, by Susannah Brooks
Johnson, Southern Meth. Pub. House, Nashville, Tenn, 1869. Susannah
Johnson wrote this book (with the help of her son, Adam Clarke
Johnson) about her life with Rev. John Johnson, an early Methodist
Circuit Rider. I don't have my own copy (am trying to get hold of one)
but I trust aunt Margaret's transcriptions. Some quotes follow:
P. 10 "My father's name was
Thomas Brooks. He was the youngest of ten children. His brothers were
Jesse, Matthew, William James, Daniel, David and Joel....His eldest
sister, Judy, was married to George Pemberton; the younger, Mary to a
Mr. Thornerry. My grandmother's maiden name was Elizabeth Warren; my
grandfather, Matthew Brooks, a native of Virginia, was born of English
parentage and lived near Richmond."
Susannah goes on to tell what she knows about what happened to some of
these Brooks.
Then: "My mother's
name was Susannah Teague. Her father, Elijah Teague, was captain of a
company of what might be called Regulators, who before and at the
begining of the Revolution were employed to hold in check the outlaws
that abounded in that part of North Carolina..." Margaret
says Susannah also tells some more about her brothers and sister, but
Margaret did not include that in her notes. It would be in the book,
however.
I also have a photocopy of a
letter written by Mary Beard Smith Johnson after Thomas Brooks Johnson
died in 1870. The letter is written to her mother-in-law, Susannah
Johnson. Mary has copied the information from an old Johnson Bible
of the names of children and their birthdates. "In Uncle Davi (?)
old Bible I find" and she goes on to list the names of the
"Children of Thomas and Susannah Brooks."
Tabitha was born May the 4th
(74?)
Mary was born January 31st 17(?)
Thomas was born May the 6th 17(?)
Elijah was born Feb. 15th 1782
Jesse was born Sept 23rd
David was born Jun. 25th 1787
Mary was born Feb. 16th 1789
Elizabeth was born Oct 22 1794
Susannah was born Oct 22 1794
Rebechah was born Oct 21 98
"The dates are so moth-eaten
and worn away I can not make them out but you have them all I
suppose."
I confess I shamelessly added
reasonable guesses for years where they are missing in my own family
postings. You will also notice 2 children named Mary. The date on the
first is confusing.I only have a photocopy of this letter. Presumably,
the original is held by descendants of Margaret Howard Wiggins.
I also have a copy of a letter transcribed by Betty Lou
Houck Smith, written by Thomas Brooks Johnson, Feb. 18, 1833 from Eddy
Grove, Caldwell Cty, Ky. He was 18. This letter
is written to an Uncle and Aunt, presumably Betsey Johnson Moore of
Paris, Tn. In it Thomas writes, "Grandfather Brooks (Thomas) died
last fall, was a year or about a year ago, and Grandmother (Susannah
Teague Brooks) is very low." Thomas Brooks is said to have died
in 1831. According to this letter, Susannah Teague Brooks would still
be living in 1833 in Eddy Grove, KY. I don't know when she died nor do
I know where she is buried. Probably in Caldwell Co. KY.
I have seen info on the web that says Susannah Teague married someone
else and is buried in Newberry Co, NC. I firmly believe Susannah
Teague, daughter of Capt. Elijah Teague married Thomas Brooks and
lived out her life in Kentucky, dying sometime after Feb, 1833.
And this later:
Dear Dan,
Thank you for the interesting
research. Please help yourself to my info. I've tried to be as
accurate as possible, but realize there are probably some errors. I'm
glad you find it helpful.
I re-read some of the Susannah
Johnson information I had last night. When she wrote about the Brooks
children, she mentioned "George Pemberton removed to Kentucky
with my father Thomas Brooks". Does this seem to fit your story
of Judith Brooks and George Pemberton? I read somewhere that a George
Pemberton had written that his grandfather was Capt Elijah Teague. Was
he a son of Judith and George?
I also read that Susannah and
John Johnson moved to Illinois (Mt Vernon, Jefferson Co.) in 1834. The
parting was painful because Susannah left her mother (presumably
Susannah Teague) in Kentucky. That would indicate that Susannah Teague
was still alive in Kentucky in 1834 and not buried in Newberry Co, NC.
I also found a list of Susannah Brooks Johnson's siblings. The list
agrees with Uncle Davey's Johnson Bible with the exception that only
one Mary Brooks is mentioned.
Fun stuff, this family research. I inherited this from my mother who
worked with her Aunt Margaret. I've expanded both their works, but am
still banging my head on Brickwalls tracing my Dad's side of the
family.
Let me know how it's going and anything else you've found. Don't you
just love the Elijah Teague story? I tell my son, "This is the
real story of "The Patriot" and it is your gr-gr-etc
grandfather." And his boys hunt the murderers down and take their
vengeance! Delicious stuff! And Ailsey Teague continues to provide
supplies to the Continental Army after her husband has been murdered.
What a story.
The above information
more than confirms the family of Thomas Brooks and Susannah Teague.
Thomas
married Franky Bond. had ten children, (namely), ?__Warren,
David Given, Williams Bond, Furdy Wadlington, John
Johnson, Elijah Teague, & Jesse
Pemberton, Polly, Susan, Tabitha, & Rebecca- the girls
names.
Uncle Elijah married Betsey Young had eleven children 7 sons and 4
daughters namely Young Draton, Alney McClain, David Allen, John
Goodlow, Napoleon, Jesse & Geo.,
girles names Susan, Mary Jane, Polly, & Elizabeth.
David
never married
Aunt
Betsey married Thomas Goran had 5 sons & 3 daughters named Pesley
Edwards, Benj. Franklin, Geo. Pemberton, John
Johnson, (girles names) Emily, Susan, & Nancy.
Aunt
Polly married James Mercer had 2 sons one daughter - sons named Thos
Brooks & Cursen (sp?) - girls name Helen..........
I have not yet
verified this portion of the scrapbook but feel sure it could be done
either with Susannah Brooks Johnson's book or through other means.
Note here the naming coincidences with other family members which I
show above in bold type.
I
believe the scrapbook has been shown, by all of the preceding
information given in connection with the four scraps, to be a reliable
first hand source for our Pemberton and allied families. We all owe a
debt of thanks to Dixie Ann Pemberton and her brother Gordon not only
for sharing the book with us but also for the help Dixie has given me
in proofreading, correcting, and providing much additional research
making this project possible.
I
close with an EMail from Dixie that gives the Scrapbook's line of
descent:
December 21, 2003
The Scrapbook came into the hands
of my Pemberton grandparents upon the death of George M,, Jr., From a
newspaper clipping in the Scrapbook:
" The will of the late
George M. Pemberton was admitted to the probate court Monday. To
his wife, Grace B. Pemberton, he left his home, 619 West Seventh
Street, with all its contents, during her life time. At her
death the place is to be sold and the proceeds divided equally between
his two brothers, Warren G. and Brooks G. Pemberton of Midland TX, and
his two sisters Marilyn B. Rucker, of Aspen CO, and Matilde C. Teague,
of Sedalia. If Mrs. Rucker should not be living at the time of
the execution of the will, her shares to be divided among her three
heirs. All personal property and household goods, except articles
herein mentioned are to be divided equally between his sister-in law,
Mrs. T. M. Pemberton and niece, Mrs. George Lively, of
Sedalia....."
Mrs. T. M. Pemberton is Constance Taylor Pemberton, wife of Thomas
Mason Pemberton, the youngest son of George M., Sr.
My grandparents lived in old age, part time with their two daughters,
Dixie Pemberton Clarke (d 1978) and Cecelia Pemberton Marks (d 2001).
My aunt Cecilia kept the Missouri pictures and writings and the
Scrapbook, leaving "paperwork" by will to my brother Gordon,
and the other items, ie, George M. Sr, pocket watch, etc, to the
Clarke twin sons.
Aunt Cecelia let anyone persue the Missouri items under her watchful
eye, but nothing could leave the house or be copied, except what she
and her first cousin on the Taylor side did, and that was of selected
Taylor writings only. My brother consented to my using the
Pemberton Scrapbook for genealogical work, and later to our sharing it
with you. He approved of your citation and use of the Scrapbook
on the web, especially pleased with how you cited it..
No, it has never been copied to my knowledge nor that of my elder
brother. So it could have appeared no place else.
Re: George M. Sr, born in 1810 in KY, he was intimate contact with his
grandfather until his death in 1827. His own father Jesse B. was born
in Virginia, spent his boyhood in SC, and moved to KY in 1801, all in
the company of George III. Clearly George M. Sr. held both men in high
esteem and valued his memories of them...Jesse B. has writings in the
Scrapbook, but all minutes of the early Church meetings...George M.
Sr. traveled extensively later in life to visit his children's
families, and wrote of his travels, these long, long letters, many
published, filling half-pages of print, in the Sedalia Democrat.
Since these writings were deemed "accurate", I'd no less
value his writings about the Pemberton forbarers...I only wish he'ld
written much more.
And so do we!!
