Termination Points (Temporary) - Part 1

Part 1

I don't like calling these ancestors the termination points on my family tree; that seems to connote a finality that I refuse to accept. I will find my ancestors prior to these points. I will find out where my family comes from; well at least where they were dropped off. Maybe even find a branch that actually goes back more than a few centuries. Here's to hoping.

Maternal Side

John Sheppard

My great great grandfather, and the (possible) father of Thomas Carr Rollins. I don't know much more about him. This is the name that was listed on either a marriage or death certificate for either Thomas or Benjamin (his other son). Born some time prior to 1848, possibly in Pitt County, North Carolina.

Pennie Rollins

My great great grandmother, and the (possible) mother of Thomas Carr Rollins. I don't know much more about her. This is the name that was listed on a marriage certificate for Thomas. Born some time prior to 1848, possibly in Pitt County, North Carolina.

Fed Crisp

My g-g-g-g grandfather, and the (possible) father of Jonas Griffin. I don't know much more about him. This is the name that was listed on Jonas Griffin's certificate of marriage to Rosa Yonrell. Born some time prior to 1807, possibly in Martin County, North Carolina.

Frankie Griffin

My g-g-g-g grandmother, and the (possible) mother of Jonas Griffin. I don't know much more about her. This is the name that was listed on Jonas Griffin's certificate of marriage to Rosa Yonrell. Born some time prior to 1807, possibly in Martin County, North Carolina.

Mary Lanier Griffin

My g-g-g grandmother, the first wife of Jonas Griffin and the mother of Joshua Larnee Griffin. She was born in about 1823 and died on an unknown date "during slavery times," i.e., prior to 1865, according to Civil War related documentation I found, but I found her in the 1870 census living with Jonas and her children. She had at least 5 children, and she predeceased her husband Jonas, some time after 1870 but before 1880.

Hardy Reddick

My g-g-g grandfather, the husband of Lucinda Reddick and the father of Mary Frances Reddick Griffin. He was born about 1814 in Virginia and died on February 5, 1895 in Martin County, North Carolina. I know quite a bit about him, for a termination point, because he executed and filed a last will and testament. This was one of the most exciting finds I've made thus far. One exceptional point is that he made his wife, Lucinda, his executrix. Most/Many men of these times would have named a male family member or friend the executor of his estate. This was particularly so because during that time, surviving widows would only receive their inheritance for their lifetime! 3g grandfather Reddick was ahead of his time, perhaps because he had at least three daughters -- Mary Frances, Martha Jane and Cordelia -- and no sons. 

Hardy Reddick was a landowner in Martin County. He owned the land on which he and his wife lived, as well as a tract of land on Bentleys Island in Martin County. He also owned horses, mules, cattle, hogs, crops and household goods. His land holdings were large enough for him to split between his three daughters, after the death of his wife (I guess women couldn't bequeath anything back then?!?).
In the 1870 census, he was listed as a farmer whose personal estate was valued at $200 (economic power value of that wealth is $459,000 in today's terms - measuringworth.com). He also had 3 farm hands living with him at this time. I don't really know how to weigh this, but I think I can conclude that they weren't living in abject poverty. So that's why I don't understand why this is the extent of my knowledge of 3g grandfather Reddick. I have been unable to find any other mention of him in records or writings of Martin County. But, the search continues...

Lucinda Reddick

My g-g-g grandmother, the wife of Hardy Reddick and the other of of Mary Frances Reddick Griffin. She was born around 1830 and died some time after 1895 but likely before 1900. 

William M. Fayton

My g-g grandfather, the husband of Sara F. (Ida) Davis Fayton (1869-1929). He was born around 1866 in North Carolina, and I know very little about him. He was married on 29 May 1889 in Chowan County, North Carolina.  They were married by Samuel Felton, a Baptist minister at the home of William Davis (presumably his wife's father). John Skinner, Mary Davis and William Davis served as witnesses.

I know that he was living in Edenton, NC in 1910 and 1930 (and presumably in between). He had at least 5 children: Sarah Victoria Fayton Johnson (1898-1963), John Sidney Fayton (my great grandfather) (1898-1957), Charles Linwood Fayton (1901-1972), Annie M. Fayton Spruill (1905) and Oliver Fayton (1907).

William Davis

My g-g-g grandfather, the husband of Annie Davis and the father of Sara F. (Ida) Davis Fayton. I know very little about him, other than this and the fact that he likely lived in Chowan County.

Annie Davis

My g-g-g grandmother, the wife of William Davis and the mother of the Sara F. (Ida) Davis Fayton. I also know very little about her.

Robert Hurdle

He was born into slavery in or around 1811 and married Phillis Felton hurdle in or around 1834, in Perquimans County, North Carolina. He is my g-g-g-g grandfather. He resided in Belvidere, North Carolina (in Perquimans County) in at least 1870 and 1880 (and likely in between). I surmise that he was enslaved on a plantation in Perquimans county.

Phillis Felton Hurdle

She also was born into slavery in or around 1815 and was married to Robert (Bob) Hurdle in or around 1834. She is the mother (along with Robert Hurdle) of Sampson Hurdle (my g-g-g grandfather) (1842), Emanuel Hurdle (1848-1934), Henrietta Hurdle (1855), Ferebee Hurdle (1858), Joshua W. Hurdle (1860-1923).

Caroline Small Hurdle

My g-g-g grandmother born into slavery in or around 1847, married to Sampson Hurdle in 1859 in Perquimans County and the mother of Daniel E. Hurdle (1861-1930), Margaret A. Hurdle (1866), Robert Hurdle (1868-1940), Miles Hurdle (1870-1936), Mary J. Hurdle (1871), Ella Rebecca Hurdle Dillard (1873-1960), Richard Hurdle (1874). She was living in Belvidere in 1880, in Center Hill (Chowan County) in 1910, and Edenton (Chowan County) in 1930.

Theophilis Boyce

My g-g-g grandfather born in or around 1823 in Chowan County. He was married to Ann Small Boyce and they at least had 10 children: Moses Boyce (1864-1919), Ambrose Boyce (1865), Roseanne Boyce (1866-1927), Sarah J. Boyce (1867), Mary E. Boyce (1868), Stephen Boyce (1871), John Boyce (1873), Elizabeth Boyce (1877), Armesie Boyce (1878) and James T. Boyce (1879).

Ann Small Boyce

My g-g-g grandfather born in or around 1847 in Chowan County. She was married to Theophilis Boyce. That's all I know.

Paternal Side

To be cont....


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