The most mysterious of the three daughters of Peter Winfield and Charlotte Freeman Winfield has to be the youngest, Ancena. Fairy and Griffon Gustave Moreau Her name is sometimes seen as "Arenna" or even "Arreny" and a variation of that is probably more accurate, however in the Winfield chronicles, she is named as Ancena, and that is what I shall stick with, as that is how I am accustomed to seeing her name. Both of her marriages were duly covered in the early marriage records of Anson County. James Morrison to Ancina Winfield 1802 Thomas Avett to Mrs. Ancina Morrison 1819
As well as the marriages of her 3 daughters:
George Singleton to Euxene Morrison 1822
Absalom Scarborough to Margaret Morrison 1833
John Beard to Annabella Morrison 1833
It's easy to assume that Euxene would be the oldest of the three girls, as she married first, a full decade before her sisters.
It also seems that James Morrison passed away in 1818. That means the first census that Ancena and her girls would be in with Thomas Avett as their stepfather would be the 1820 census.
He is shown with a male between the ages of 26 and 44, probably himself and a female 45 and over, probably Ancena, meaning she was probably a few years older than he was, born about 1775. The children in the household are two girls between 10 and 15 and one girl under 10. These would have been the Morrison sisters, given their mother remarried in 1819. There are also 2 boys in the house, one teenager/young adult 16 to 25 and one under 10.
Name
Thomas Aoet
Home in 1820 (City, County, State)
Coppedge, Anson, North Carolina
Enumeration Date
August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10
1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25
1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44
1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10
1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15
2
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over
1
Slaves - Males - Under 14
2
Slaves - Males - 14 thru 25
1
Slaves - Males - 26 thru 44
2
Slaves - Males - 45 and over
1
Slaves - Females - Under 14
1
Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25
1
Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44
1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture
5
Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures
2
Free White Persons - Under 16
4
Free White Persons - Over 25
2
Total Free White Persons
7
Total Slaves
9
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other
16
There was a record of Ancena having had a son prior to marriage, who bore the last name of Winfield, and lived with his grandmother Charlotte, until she passed away. That could have been the 16 to 25 year old, or Thomas Avett could have had a son or sons by a prior marriage, beside the Thomas Avett, Jr. who went to Tennessee and appears in the 1810 census of Anson County. In this census, there are two definate, distinct, Thomas Avett's of different ages and different makeups in family arrangement.
But looking at Thomas Avett before and after the 1820 census leads one to believe that perhaps the years on the marriage list is incorrect. Maybe Thomas and Ancena were married prior to 1819 and James Morrison passed away before 1810.
Name:
Thos Avitt
Home in 1810 (City, County, State):
Anson, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 :
1 Thomas Avett/Avitt
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:
2 Annabelle and Margarete Morrison?
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:
1 Euxene Morrison ?
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:
1 Daughter of Thomas Avett?
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:
1 Ancena?
Number of Household Members Under 16:
3
Number of Household Members Over 25:
2
Number of Household Members:
6
It was clearly easy to see a difference in property for Thomas Avett between looking at the land records and number of servants. Possibly a reason for marrying a widow older than himself. Ancena had not only inherited a dower from her husband, James Morrison's passing, but had acquired her portion of the Winfield plantation with her father's passing in 1802. Perhaps the legal proceedings had not taken place before this census, as far as property,etc.
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):
13
By 1830, the family structure had become totally confusing. We have Thomas Avett, for certain, as he is shown living right beside of John Winfield, son of Edward Winfield, and nephew of Ancena, but which Thomas Avett, and who are the other persons shown in the family structure?
As for Absalom B. Scarborough and wife Margarette,
Name:
Absolam Scarbrough
[Absalom Scarbough]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State):
East of Pee Dee and Yadkin River, Montgomery, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:
1 Alford. born 1829
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:
1 Absalom
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:
1 Margarete
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23:
1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:
1
Free White Persons - Under 20:
1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:
2
Total Free White Persons:
3
Total Slaves:
2
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):
5
They, too, appear to have been married and having children by 1830. In fact, the Scarboroughs were the easiest of Ancena's children to trace. The Scarborough family has them well documented and tracked in their records. And John and Annabella Beard? It certainly appears that they, too, were actually married prior to 1833.
Name:
John Beard
Home in 1830 (City, County, State):
Anson, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:
1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:
2
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:
1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:
1
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:
1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:
1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:
1
Slaves - Males - Under 10:
2
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23:
1
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35:
3
Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54:
1
Slaves - Females - Under 10:
2
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:
2
Free White Persons - Under 20:
5
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:
3
Total Free White Persons:
8
Total Slaves:
11
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):
19
John passed away in North Carolina in 1837. Annabelle shows up alone in the 1840 census, and living near her sister and brother-in-law, Abasalom and Margarette Scarborough in 1850 in Fayette County, Tennessee and with her daughter, Ann Eliza Beard Griffin in 1860 in Fayette County. She either passed away in Tennessee or along the journey from Fayette County to Lonoke County, Arkansas, where at least three of her children ended up, or she died in Arkansas prior to the 1870 census, where there is no sign of her. In my next several posts, I intend to look closer at the family of Ancena Morrison, the least researched of the Winfield sisters. Her family is full of mystery. Did Ancena have any children with Thomas Avett? Perhaps Thomas, Jr. If I am correct, she traveled with Thomas Jr. to Tennesee.
Thomas A Vett
[ThomasAvitt]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):
Fayette, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59:
1 Thomas Jr. ?
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:
1 Thomas's wife Sarah W. Avett
Free White Persons - Females - 80 thru 89:
1 Ancena?
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23:
3
Slaves - Males - 55 thru 99:
1
Slaves - Females - Under 10:
2
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:
2
Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54:
1
Persons Employed in Agriculture:
6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:
1
Total Free White Persons:
3
Total Slaves:
9
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:
12
What became of George Singleton and wife Euxene? Did he follow his father and brothers to Georgia? Did the couple pass away young and leave no more records after selling Euxene's inheritance? Anson County, NC Deed Books Q, R, T, and U No. 7573 Feb. 2, 1822 George Singleton and wife, Euxine to Richard Randle; for $85 sold 254 acres, border begins at a stake on the bank of the Rocky River where said Randles line crosses the river, joins Nash (Griffin), Cauthen, & Bennett's old line; sold by John Williams to James Morrison, deceased and Euxine Singleton owns a third of the tract (signed) G. Singleton and E. Singleton; Witnesses: Thomas Avett & C. Coppedge" Oct 1821 dower renounced by Mrs. Euxine Singleton before C. Coppedge JP; witness oath April 1822 by Charles Coppedge" Book U page 72 A journey lies ahead...
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