Thirty Fathers in Thirty Days: Joachim Hudson

 

“It is the men from the farms who in the past have taken the lead in every great movement within our country, whether in time of war or in time of peace.” — Theodore Roosevelt, The Farmer and the Businessman (1912)

In the Bristol Parrish Register of Henrico, Prince George and Dinwiddie Counties, Virginia 1720-1790, is found the following entry:

Joakim  son of Hall and Elizabeth  Hudson born 11th Feb 1733 Bapt (baptized)  10th March.

Amazing.

Joakim, or Joachim, was one of my 5th Great Grandfathers. Back to the middlings, not a recent ancestor like a Great Grandparent, but also not one as far back as 9 or ten generations.

In Stanly County, NC, there are many descendants of a Joshua Hudson, a prolific man who married three times, lived nearly 100 years and fathered 20 over children into his 80's. His unusual life garnered a 'Letter to the Editor" to The Concord Times, a newspaper from the adjoining county of Cabarrus, in 1895, regarding the newly minted community of "Jackdaw", between Norwood and Cottonville.

The Concord Times

Concord, North Carolina • Thu, Jun 13, 1895Page 3

He was intriguing and remarkable, indeed, but has left generations dangling with some of his 'straight from the horse's mouth' information. My non-biological grandmother was descended from this man. I loved her tremendously, but do not carry her genes. She is even pictured in her youth in a massive Hudson Family reunion picture. There were certainly a multitude of them, he began a dynasty, no doubt, but most  have stayed stranded behind him, with  vague tales of his own beginnings commanding an impenetrable brick wall..

Then there was this.

"This is a transcription of a faded copy of a newspaper article, apparently from Stanly County. The clipping bears no date or masthead, but from quotes by "Auntie Jane" Swaringen (Joshua's 20th child of 22 children) the approximate date of publication is estimated to be sometime in 1952.  The article was written by Fred T. Morgan."

 An article written in 1952 by beloved Stanly county and Uwharrie Mountain chronicler Fred Morgan was published in the Stanly News and Press, the local newspaper where Mr. Morgan was employed. The article included an interview with one of Old Joshua's last surviving children, Jane Hudson Swaringen, who revealed that he was not born in Darlington, Sc as the previous article reported. Read on.

"According to her knowledge of the story, her father was born June 1, 1796, somewhere near the NC-Virginia line, between Roanoke Rapids and a place called something like Halifax.  His father, who was an immigrant from a foreign country, is believed to have been named Joshua also.  His mother, who died when he was 10 days old, was a Dutch woman.  At her death, his father gave him to an uncle who raised him upon a plantation.  In his late teens, he evidently became dissatisfied with the life on his uncle's farm and left without any horse, money or material possessions.

He is believed to have lived in Orange County NC for some time before coming on south to Anson County where he married Betsy Smith and settled down to tilling the soil.  Twelve children were born to them, six boys and six girls, as follows:  Jim, Patsy, Nancy, Louis (or Lewis), Sally, Rebecca, Burwell, Elijah, Elizabeth, Arch and Henry (twins), and Cindy."

Facts discovered since 1952 have proven or disproven some of the elderly Jane's memories. His family roots were indeed from Virginia, and his father was indeed named Joshua also. He was raised by an uncle and that uncle was my ancestor, Joachim Hudson. The untruths, or misconceptions include the report that his father was an immigrant from a foreign country. The immigrant ancestor was a number of generations previous to his father. His mother, who remains unknown, could have been Dutch, but more likely of German origin, if that. 

Instead of being a brick wall, the Hudson family, that extends to Old Joshua of Ugly Creek, is one of the remotest family surnames in the family tree. And not by my hand. While my non-biological grandmother descended from Joshua of Ugly Creek, I descend from the uncle-who-raised-him, Joachim. Joachim's daughter, Mary, was the first wife of Rocky River settler, Julius Hill. They had a son, William, who had a son William Matthew, who would move to Cabarrus County and operated a mill on Coddle Creek. Matthew had several beautiful daughters, one named Lottie. Lottie married a Lemmons, and they were the parents of my biological paternal grandmother. The connecting ancestor between the two Joshua Hudsons, Junior and Senior, and my Joachim, was Hall Hudson.

Hall Hudson

Hall Hudson lived circa 1700 to 1778, and was a citizen of Amelia County, Virginia. 

Amelia County, Virginia

He executed his will on March 3, 1778, and it was probated on September 28, 1780, in Nottoway Parish, Amelia County. Peter Hudson was the executor. Heirs named were:

Obedience Hudson, granddaughter, a cow and heifer, a sow with four shoats.

Noe Hudson, grandson, a feather bed and furniture, a cow and calf.

Richard Hudson, the "Great Family Bible".  - Glad it existed!

His other named children, Isaac Hudson, Hall Jr., Joshua, Benjamin, Joakim, Obediah, Elizabeth and Susannah, received only one shilling each, "and no more of my estate".  It appears these children had angered him, going against their father's wished is some manner.

Peter Hudson, the executor, received  a man name "Guy" and "all the rest of my living".

Witnesses were John Grey, Elizabeth Grey, Richard Ward, Robert Hudson, and George Snelling. 

Hall Hudson and his wife, Elizabeth Hampton, were the parents of both Joachim Hudson, and his brother, Joshua Hudson Sr., father of Jackdaw Joshua. They had a brother named Benjamin, who may have been the source of Joshua Seniors' other son, Benjamin, who remained in Anson County.  The children of Hall Hudson were not immigrants, and neither was Hall himself. In fact, his familial roots go back a number of generations in the land that would become America. 

Gentleman Henry Hudson

The lineage begins with an ancestor referred to as "Gentleman" Henry Hudson. Henry was born in 1500 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. He died in December of 1555, of a "malignant fever" and was buried at Saint Dunstan's Church, described as being east of London. Saint Dunstan's is also where another ancestor couple of mine, Richard Pace and wife, Isabella Smythe, were married prior to sailing to Virginia and settling in Jamestown. The church still exists, but is currently impossible to access due to political and immigrant issues occurring in London.

Henry's tombstone declares that he was the father of 8 sons and three daughters. His wife was named Barbara, and they were married in 1525 in St. Editha, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. Henry was named in Queen Mary's Charter, on February 6, 1555, as one of several founders of the Muscovy Company, the sponsor of John Sebastian Cabot, (not Jodie and Buffy's butler, either), an explorer of the Americas. Gentleman Henry was an important man. He was an Alderman in London, and was Lord of several Manors, and a wealthy landowner and tradesman. Some of his property had been ceded him by King Henry the Eighth. Despite the noble and aristocratic status, he is best known as the grandfather, of Henry Hudson, the explorer. After his death, his widow remarried to Richard Champion, a Sheriff and Alderman, and then she died in 1568.

Henry Hudson II 

Henry II was born in Tamworth, Staffordshire in 1541. There is a bit of debate in this generation. The most firmly held belief is that Henry II was the father of our ancestor, William. Since there is only 19 years between Henry II and William, some argue that William was instead, his nephew, and the son of Henry II's brother, William, who was born in 1528. It is easy to hold ancestors to modern trend and propriety, and we often forget how young they traditionally married, especially among the upper classes, as life could be short and rife with dangers, (and daggers). Nineteen was certainly not too young for a firstborn child. We'll stick with Henry II, unless proof is found otherwise. 

Junior was also a member of the Muscovy Company, an association of merchant adventurers. He owned land in Stourton, Lincolnshire, and like his father, was an alderman. There are records that he was a member of the Guild of Skinners and Tanners. This group was one of 12 companies that were the privileged guilds that a Lord Mayor could be chosen from. The name of Henry II's wife, and any possible daughters, are unknown, but it is known he had 6 sons. These were William, our line, Henry Hudson III, the Explorer, John, Thomas, Edward and Christopher, all born between 1560 and 1580.

William Hudson

William Hudson, son of Henry II and brother of Henry the Explorer, was born in Tamworth, Staffordshire, about 1560. He died around 1630 in the same town. On November 1, 1592, in Tamworth, he married Alice Turner. William and Alice would have five sons. 

• Robert Hudson, born in 1592 in Tamworth, arrived in Virginia in 1622 aboard the ship "James". He was living at Chaplain's Choice in 1623.
• William Hudson, born in 1602 in Tamworth, arrived in Virginia on January 12, 1635, aboard the "Bonaventure". 
• Christopher Hudson, born in 1605 in Tamworth, arrived in Virginia aboard the "Alice" on July 13, 1635.
• Richard Hudson is our Immigrant ancestor. He settled in Accomac, Virginia. More on him later.
• Edward Hudson was born in Tamworth, Staffordshire. It is unknown when he arrived in Virginia but was living at "Ye Neak of Land" on February 16, 1623. He owned 100 acres in Henrico County, on the Southside of the James River, downstream from the falls. 

The place name of "Henrico" was obviously passed down by word of mouth through multiple generations. 

Richard Hudson I

Richard Hudson I was our immigrant ancestor, not Joshua's father but his third Great Grandfather.

Richard was born around 1608 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. He was christened on November 5, 1608 at the Church of England in Tamworth. He arrived in Virginia aboard the "Safety" on August 10, 1635, at close to 30 years old.  He would die in 1657 in Hungars Creek, Accomack County, Virginia, at about 52 years old. His first wife is a mystery. He married the second time to Mary Tilghman Hayes in 1632, and a third time to Barbara Jacobs in 1652, just a few years before his death.

Richard was a Mariner, by trade and became a coastal trader. He settled along Hungars Creek in Accomack County. He apparently left two of his sons in England, the two being Henry and Richard II. He had married Mary Hayes, who was the widow of John Hayes, so her maiden name is unknown. The marriage was beneficial, financially, to Richard. The widow's debts were three times the value of her estate, and there was at least one stepchild, a daughter named Ruth Hayes, that the couple bound out. Traditions were different, and it was not a requirement for our ancestors to be nice people. Richard may have just not wanted her daughter around. Richard was shown to be a Mariner in the transporting records, and had a shipmate named Thomas Streete. He married a third time to Barbara Jacobs. There is also the issue of the mark. 

British families, especially those of higher status, had Coat of Arms, marks and brands, denoting their family and possessions. The Coat of Arms of Gentleman Henry Hudson contained an "argent, semee of fleurs delis gules, a cross engrailed sable." In the Virginia colony, the Richard Hudson marked his livestock with a similar brand, indication that he was using the family crest of his Great Grandfather. There are a few human-interest stories within the old court records of Accomack County, involving Richard for those who care to look. He left a nuncupative will in 1658, and died September 12, 1658, in Northampton County, Virginia. The known children of Richard Hudson I and his three possible wives. The exact mothers of these men are unknown, as well as any sisters.

• Henry Hudson (son of Richard, 'of Maryland')
• Robert Hudson of Onadock Creek, Accomack County, Va.
• Richard Hudson II (our line, see below.
• Edward Hudson of Rappahannock County, Va.
• Nicholas Hudson of Poakomoke hundred, Somerset County, Maryland.
• William Hudson of Hungars Creek, Accomack County, Va.
• John Hudson of Northampton, Accomack County, Va.

Richard Hudson II

The son of Richard I and Mary Tillman (or Tilghman) Hayes Hudson was born in Accomack, Virginia around 1634. He would die on October 25, 1669, in Roxdale, Henrico County, Virginia. He was the first Hudson of this line to be born in America and clearly where Jane Hudson Swaringen had gotten the name Henrico. Her father was not from there, but his ancestors had lived there. Richard married Mary Bowman in 1658. The story goes that the sons had no real relationship with their father, as he was often at sea. He was home enough to have seven sons, however. After his mother died, Richard was placed in the indenture and care of James Bruce, his guardian.  After reaching adulthood, Richard II would follow a wagon train of families relocating westward into Henrico County. He attached himself to the Bowman family who had bought land on the southside of the James River. He was given land, in conjunction with his wife, Mary, a plantation property known as Roxdale, by his father-in-law, Robert Bowman. This property was also referred to in the October 25, 1669, will of Richard Hudson II. In it, he had divided the property between three of his sons, all "infants", or minors, at the time, so somehow, it had been held in trust by the Bowmans until this time. The three were assigned a Thomas Pauldon as a guardian at the time of the will, so how it had passed to the Bowmans is a mystery.

"1 Dec 1688. On that date, Richard, the son and heir of Richard Hudson, deceased, late of Roxdale in Henrico Co, stated that by his father's will of 25 Oct 1669 he and his two brothers, Robert and William Hudson, were devised a plantation at Roxdale then in the possession of Thomas Poland. It was the land which his father Richard Hudson, Sr had been given by his father-in-law Bowman. The land has escheated to the crown and had been granted to the three brothers. For 1600 pounds of tobacco Richard Hudson sold his share to his brother Robert Hudson. The witnesses to the deed were Thomas Cocke and William Cocke, Jr. Mary Hudson, wife of Richard Hudson, relinquished her dower. Three sons of Richard II and Mary Hudson; Richard Hudson III 1660, Henrico Co, VA, Robert Hudson 1662, Henrico Co., VA, William Hudson Aug 1668, Henrico Co., VA."

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The children of Richard Hudson II and Mary Bowman were: 

• Robert Hudson (1662 Henrico - 1733 Chesterfield, Va) Patriarch of the Chesterfield County, VA. Hudsons.
• William Hudson (1667 Henrico - 1701 Hanover County, Va) Patriarch of the Hanover County, VA Hudsons.
• Rebecca Hudson ( 1670 - ?)
• Richard Hudson II or III (1659- Henrico - died 1746, in Amelia County, Va) Married Mary Hall, our line.

Richard Hudson III

Richard, the son of Richard and Mary Bowman Hudson, born 1659, married Mary Hall in 1688. After his father died, he and his brothers, Robert and William, were awarded a guardian in the form of Thomas Pauldin. In a Henrico County Deed, dated December 1, 1688, Richard III confesses that his father had a will dated October 25, 1669 and had given the plantation named Roxdale, given to him by his father-in-law, Robert, divided equally between his three sons, Richard, Robert and William. In saying so, he also reported that the man who had been appointed the guardian of the minor children, Thomas Polan or Poland, was living on the Plantation and had stolen in from the boys. The three sons appear to have won their court battle, as later, Richard is shown selling his shares to his brother Robert for 1600 pounds of tobacco. Afterwards, Richard III went further west  to make his fortune and settled in Amelia County, Virginia. He made his home at Hatcher's Run by 1706. He was the father of the aforementioned Hall Hudson, father of Joachim. The children of Richard Hudson III and Mary Hall were:

• Charles Hudson born about 1677
• Isaac Hudson
• James Hudson
• Richard Hudson born about 1690 - this branch ended up in Texas.
• Hall Hudson born about 1700 and died March 13, 1778
• Thomas Hudson born about 1702.

Hall Hudson

And then we are back to Hall Hudson of Amelia County, Virginia and wife Elizabeth again. The children of Hall and Elizabeth Hampton Hudson were:

• Peter Hudson b about 1720 who married Mary Terrell.
• Isaac Hudson born 17 July 1722 who married Elizabeth Hudson
• Joshua Hudson born 9 June 1727, died in Anson County, NC.
• Benjamin Hudson born 15 January 1728.
• Hall Hudson Jr. born 1732
• Joakim (Joachim) Hudson born February 11 1733, died December 5, 1817 in Darlington County, South Carolina.
• Elizabeth Hall Hudson born 1734. Married Cuthbert Hudson
• Obediah Hudson born 1735, married Rhoda Anderson.
• Richard Hudson born 1737
• Susannah Hudson born 1742, married a Shelton. 

Dates of birth from the Bristol Parish register of Amelia County.

On March 25, 1770, Hall gave a gift of deed to three of his sons; 150 acres to Joshua, 190 acres to Richard, and 190 acres to Obediah. Then over the next three years, the three boys sold pieces of the property off until it was gone.  In 1775, he gave a gift of deed to his sons Hall Jr and Peter, with the provision that if one died, the property would revert solely to the other. 

And now, finally, we are to Joachim Hudson. 

Joachim Hudson

Joachim is a biblical but seldom used name. It may have come to him down his mother's side of the family, as he was the first Joachim in the Hudson line. He was born either in Amelia or Prince George County, Virginia. He relocated to Anson County, North Carolina around 1777, as he bought his first property that year. His property was along Richardson's Creek, near the Hill family that his daughter, Mary would marry into. Joachim had two wives. His first wife, and Mary's mother of Margaretha Elizabetha Martin.  His second wife was Sarah Hickson. She had children by a previous marriage.  It has not been determined for certain if he had children with Sarah or only Margaretha Elizabetha aka Elizabeth.

In a timeline of Joachims life:

1758- 1760 Appears in tax lists in Lunenburg County, Virginia. Probably working as an apprentice.

1760 - Appears as a taxable in Amelia County with his father.

1764- Appears in Granville County, North Carolina.

By 1777- has arrived in Anson County, NC

1777 - September- bought 69 acres on both sides of Richardson Creek from William Brooks.

1778- March- Joachim named in his father, Hall Hudson's will.

1779- January - 100 acres of land on the fork of Bear Branch between Morris Poole and Thomas Gilbert.

1779- January 1, Jacob Thomas entered 100 acres bordering Hudson and his own improvement.

1778- Jan. 13, Joachim Hudson enters 100 acres on the north side of Richardson's Creek and the upper line of his own land. Around the same time, John Culpepper has four entries, another relative.

1790 

Name	Joakin Hutson
Home in 1790 (City, County, State)	Anson, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over	1
Free White Persons - Females	4
Number of Household Members	5

Joachim headed a family of five in the first census of the USA, himself and four females. There was also a Joseph and a William Hudson or Hutson, (it's seen both ways), in the Anson County at this time. I feel Joseph must have been Joshua Sr. There were a couple of Martins near him that may have been related to his wife. 

1783 - October 14, Gov. Alexeander Martin of Hillsborough to Joakim Huidson # 588 ;100-acre Grant on the south side of the Rocky River and the northwest side of Richardsons Creek, crosses Bare Branch.

It began on Hudson's corner pine near his cornfield, to Joachim Hudson. He was expanding his holdings. 

 1783, Oct 14, Gov. Martin to Joakim Hudson Grant 594, another 100 acres in the same area, meeting his own property.

1783- Obediah Hudson enters 300 acres on the southeast of Brown Creek bordering Abram Hill, including a branch running above Joseph White's spring branch and Abram and Samuel Hill's improvement. Obediah was a brother of Joachim.

1787-August 11, Britain Braswell to Joakim Hudson for $30, 100 acres on SW side of the Pee Dee River, on Pelham's fork, begins at Nathaniel Byby's line crosses the fork, Nathan Braswell's and crosses the creek, Witnesses; Thomas and Stephen Lacy and William Benton.

1787-October 1, Nathan Braswell of Richmond county to Joakim Hudson of Anson for $16 NC Money, 100 acres on the SW side of the Pee Dee River on Pellham's fork and crosses the creek. Witnesses Thomas and Stephen Lacy.

1789- September 1, Joakim Hudson to William Hudson (his son) for $30 North Carolina money, 100 acres on both sides of Pelham's fork, begins at post oak on Nathaniel Byby's line, Nathan Braswell's and crosses the creek. Buckner Kimball and Halal Hudson (Hall Hudson) witnesses. Book 2 page 270.

1790 -Jan. 4, James Hudson to Benjamin Cooper for $5,100 acres on the south side of Pee Dee and Richardson's Creek, enters a hollow and crosses a creek. Witnesses: John Warren Jackson, Thomas Shelby & William Hudson

1791- Feb. 28, James Hudson to Benjamin Cooper-100 acres on SW side of Pee Dee and east side of Richardson Creek, crosses Flat Fork and his old line. Witnesses William Hudson, jurat and Tubar Winget. Book 2, page 449. Here we see the sons of Joachim Hudson wheeling and dealing on their own.

1793- April 16, Joachim Hudson enters 100 acres on the north side of Richardson Creek that borders his own.

1387- Joaquim Hudson enters 150 acres adjoining his own land.

1155-Obediah Hudson enters 100 acres on both sides of Thompsons Creek, bordering Major Hohn Jackson's upper line and William Rorey's line.

1794- Oct 18, William Hutson enters 100 acres on the waters of Richardson's Creek bordering his own land. William was a son of Joachim.

1795-April 1, Michael Austin of Anson to Joakim Hudson , 35 acres at a spruce pine on the south side of Richardson's Creek joining Hudson's old line. Witnesses were Josias Wright and Lemuel Holland.

1796- April Land Grant 1342 for 50 acres in Anson on both sides of Richardson Creek adjoining Josiah Wright. 

1797- January, Joachim Hudson sold to William Matheny for 80 pounds, 100 acres on the south side of the Rocky River and on the northwest side of Richardson's Creek, near his own improvements. Witnesses were Solomon Boggan, Obediah Curlee and William Strain.

1797- July 10- gov. Samuel Ashe of Raleigh to Joakim Hudson 50 acres on both side of Richardson's Creek.

1797-July 10, Gov. Samuel Ashe to Joshua Dankens, 200 acres on Rays's fork of Richardson Creek, begins at Joshua Hudson's corner post. Joshua Hudson was Joachim's brother. This was about the time Joshua Jr. was born and why I believe he may have been born in Anson and not Virginia, as the story goes.

1797 - June, another grant on the north side of Richardson's Creek near Wright's line.

1799- Jun 7, Gov. William R. Davis of Raleigh, NC to Joacim Hudson grant #1482 150 acres on Richardson Creek, begins at his own post oak .(Notice his name is spelled various ways.)

 

In the 1800 census, Joakim is head of a household of five people. He and his wife were over 45, there was one male under ten in his household and two young females, one under ten and one ten to 15.

Name	Joakim Hutson
Home in 1800 (City, County, State)	Fayetteville, Anson, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10	1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over	1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10	1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15	1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over	1
Number of Household Members Under 16	3
Number of Household Members Over 25	2
Number of Household Members	5

His brother Joshua Hudson Sr. is definitely in this census, and may be the only one he appears in. 

Joaquim is listed close to Isaac and John Hill in 1800, who were part of Mary's future family.

Name	Joakim Hutson
Residence Date	6 Aug 1810
Residence Place	Anson, North Carolina, USA
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over	1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over	1
Number of Household Members Over 25	2
Number of Household Members	2

 By 1810, Joachim and his wife are alone in them, both in their 70's by then. Some of the adult children live near them, others have set out for greener pastures south or west. 

1810 - March 5, Indenture by Joachim Hudson to Nathan Hinson for $125 for 100 acres on the southwest side of Richardsons Creek, adjoining Green's branch.

1810- March 15, Indenture by Obediah Curlee to Joakim Hudson for $100 for 100 acres on the northwest side of Richardson's Creek. Witnessed by William Curlee and Nathan Hindson.

1810- June 19, a Deed of Gift, "for the love and affection to my loving son William Hudson of Anson, for love, goodwill & affection gave  all the lands now being on my present lands known by my living on it" . Before he signed he gave William an inventory of it. Witnessed by J. Smith and John High. Signed Joachim Hudson.

1810- November 30, Gov. David Stone to Obediah Curlee a grant on the waters of Richardson's Creek beginning at Joachim Hudson's corner post oak.

1814- Oct. 6, William Hudson of Anson to Spear Moore of Montgomery, 159 acres in two tracts, Spanish oak on the south bank of Richardson's Creek, joins Joakim Hudson's old line, my 100 acres tract, being all the land on that side of the creek "in" Joakim's old tract &100 acres beginning at Jacob Thomas's corner pine on the creek bank. Witnesses William Crittendon and Armiger Lilly.

1816, May 1, James Hill of Anson to William Hudson, same, for $200 100 acres beginning at Hudson's corner dead pine. Witnesses: I Hudson and John Hudson.

1817- March 17, Spear Moor of Anson to Reddick Moor sold three tracts on Richardson's Creek, joining Joatham Hudson's and William Hudson 100 acre tract, being all the land on that side of the creek in said Joathem Hudson's old tract, beginning at Jacob Thomas's corner, sold to Spear Moore by William Hudson.

1819, Mary 15, William Hudson of Anson to Asa Baucom for $200 sold 100 acres on the north side of Richardson's Creek beginning at a Willow Oak at the mouth of Gum branch, joins Hudson. William Baucom and John Hudson witnesses.

There are land records, all the way into the 1830's that mention the lands of Joachim Hudson, often included in the transactions of Spears Moore and his family, William Hudson, and other Hudson family members. These require more inspection and consideration, especially with the Moore's and the Hills. Another post for another day. 

Sometime between 1810 and 1814, Joachim and Sarah, his second wife, picked up and moved to Darlington County, South Carolina, where several of her adult children lived. It doesn't appear that Joachim and Sarah had any children together, and that they had married later in life, past her childbearing years. She had several Hickson children, and her maiden name is unknown.

Joachim Hudson died around 1815. His widow, Sarah, was named the administrator. Despite being around 84 years old, he had not made a will.

What would follow would be a series of court cases and lawsuits carrying on until the 1820's. Some involved the property of Sarah that was to go to her Hickman children, that had been attached, or counted, to debts occurred by Joachim Hudson in his last few years. As he grew older and ill in health, he had sold most of his properties, or dispensed of them to his own children, before his illness set in or his debts began to accumulate. 

Administration of Joachim Hudson's Estate

The signatures on the bottom of the Administration papers were of Sarah Hudson, Elias Hickson and Levi Hickson. I've seen some people transcribe them as Elias and Levi Hudson, instead of Hickson, but these were Sarah's sons by her first marriage.

The South Carolina proceedings seemed to be substantially more formal and exorbitant than those in North Carolina. The details are not genealogically important, more legalese than informative. 

The judges and justices of the procedures were John Sansbury, George King, Gabriel Morris and Henry Hagewood. 

In 1819, it was determined that the remaining property of Joachim Hudson was valued at $356.75.

Then came the suits between Sarah Hudson, admin of Joachim Hudson and Jesse Hudson and his brothers. No daughters were involved in the lawsuits. 

To sum up the above document, certain property of Sarah Hickson Hudson, that had been in her possession at the onset of their marital union, had ended up in the possession of some of Joachim's sons. The sons considered the property, primarily enslaved people, their property, that could not be attached to their father or stepmothers debts. 

"In Equity Between Jesse Hudson et al & Sarah Hudson admin of Joachim Hudson-Defendant.

" to take an accounting the personal estate of Joachim Hudson the intestate & found that he died possessed of goods and chattels to the value of"

"before her manager & whilst she was Sally Hickson conveyed by deeds dated 22 Jany 1812 this negro woman and her then only child & ..future increase as she should afterwards have,,, children by her former husband Hutson to have & to hold the said negro woman and her increase after...

"death of the said Sally Hudson now the defendant. That the intestate died indebted by notes to the amount of fourteen dollars eighty 1/2 cents to his own as count & in addition to this sum the intestate previous w his marriage with the deft."

"joined her in executing the following (illegible) to her children (viz) John Hickson in the sum of three hundred dollars, to Eli Hickson in the sum of three hundred dollars. To Levi Hickson in the sum of three hundred dollars. To Sally Hickson in the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars and to Esther Prother in the sum of ninety-five dollars."

"By Wm (William) Brothers (or Prothers) the husband of the aforesaid Esher Bothers husband to due by the deft....whether the intestate took an absolute in the estate in the negro woman Sarah & her children, (which had increased to four after the original document) & whether the said intestate is to be charged with the payment of the said notes of hand aforesaid."

Above, several transfers of property between the Hudson family of Darlington, formerly of Anson.

Other transfers between the Hickson's, their stepbrother.

Sarah filed a petition against the Hudson brothers, Elijah, Jesse, Jacob, William and Reuben in March of 1818. Joachim and Sarah had supposedly made an agreement before his death concerning her children from her Hickson marriage.

" Sarah Hudson Administratrix of Joachim Hudson vs Elijah Hudson, Jesse Hudson, Jacob Hudson, William Hudson and Reuben Hudson. Writ of Subpoena Response."

Above, the bill of complaint

The above from 1820 listed the 'debts due by Joachim Hudson', and they were to Sarah's children and son-in-law in lieu of their wives; Levy Hickson, Samuel Parnell (who married Sally), Eli Hickson, Esther Prother. Esther appears to have been a widow by then. Her husband was William Prother.

"She further says that some time provisions to her intermarriage the said Joachim consents that Sally and her children should settle upon herself during her & afterwards to her children this former a part of the provision which she made for herself est of her property And this defendant says the debts of the said estate are greater than the funds in her hands for the payment of debts and she cannot consent to a division until the debts are paid.."

Below: Grants gotten by Joachim Hudson in Anson County during his lifetime. 

Benjamin Hudson and Joshua Hudson, seen above, were the sons of Joachim's brother, Joshua Sr., who died young. Joachim reportedly took the children of his brother in after his death. William is the son of Joachim. James was a son of Joachim, but not listed in the lawsuit.

The children of Joachim and Elizabeth Martin Hudson were;

•  Elijah Hudson, born about 1769, died in 1843 in Jefferson County, Georgia, buried at he Providence Baptist Church in Avera, Jefferson. Had spent a considerable amount of time in Darlington before moving to Georgia. Married 1st to Unity "Uni" Matthews and had 5 children. Married second to Sarah Fontaine on January 10, 1821, in Jefferson County, Georgia and had two more children. Elijah Hudson opened a post office in his home and founded "Hudsonia" Georgia.
• William Hudson, probably the oldest son as he shows up first in land records and the census. He died in Sumter County, Georgia.
• James Hudson appears to have been the second oldest son, showing up second in the Anson records. 
• Jesse Hudson was born in Anson County, NC and died in Darlington County, SC. He married 1st to Elizabeth Oates and second to Ann Coker. He died in 1845 in Darlington. 
• Jacob Hudson
• Rueben Hudson
• Sarah Hudson born 1778 and died 1866 in Anson County, NC, married John Curlee. 
• Martha Hudson
• Elizabeth Hudson
• Mary Hudson, married Julius Walter Hill, died 1836 in Union County, NC.

The George and Joaquin II attached to Joachim sometimes are actually grandsons.  One suit record states Joachim Hudson died on December 5, 1817.

Thirty Fathers in Thirty Days: Honorable Captain Thomas Warren - Father #31

 

God has blessed me with the privilege of being able to trace a few lines in my family tree to my immigrant ancestors.  My maternal grandfather's line is made up primarily of Virginians, a great deal of them who made entry through Jamestown. Their stories, and families intertwine as tight as the twines of a rope. 

The Warrens are included among those earliest Virginia families, and I have two lines of these, from different generations. And it begins with my 12th Great Grandfather, Thomas Warren.

I have, or had, completed my 30 fathers in 30 days series, and have begun a post of 'honorable mentions", some of my ancestors that didn't make the cut, but whom I had started posts on, but hadn't completed. I began the post with William Spencer, the father-in-law of Thomas Warren and one of Jamestown's "Ancient Planters". Thomas was going to be second, but I just couldn't. Instead,  I'm giving him his own, brief, post.

He was born in the village of Ripple, in Kent, England around 1624. Ripple is a small, ancient village of Saxon origin, in the Dover District of Kent. He married a lady named Alice Powell around 1640. She is not my ancestor. Thomas would die on April 21, 1670, in Surry County, Virginia at only 46 years old. Few of the Jamestown settlers and their immediate descendants made it past 50, when you think about it, and like many of them, Thomas was married multiple times. He is also listed among the descendants of Charlemagne in Chapter LXXXVI "Warren -West- MacLamroc- Hoge-Daine.

                "Captain Thomas Warren, bapt. at Ripple Court, co. Kent, England, 30 Jan. 1624, came to Surry Co. Virginia ante 3 Feb 1640/41, d. at Smith's Fort Plantation, Surry Co. Va., 1669/70; m. (his third, her second) in Surry Co., Va, ca. 1658, Jane - d. in Surry Col,Val,aft 1669."

In between Alice Powell and Jane Allen King, he had married the daughter of William Spencer.

According to two sources: "Warren in Virginia Historical Genealogies" by John Bennett Boddie, 1954, and "The Newsom and Related Families of Surry, Isle of Wight, Southampton and Sussex Counties, Va," by B.C. Holtzclaw, Ph.D., Thomas was the son of William and Catherine Gookin Warren. William Warren is recorded as a parishoner of Ripple in 1621, and as a 'Liberal' benefactor of the local church. He died intestate and administration of his estate was granted to his widow in 1631, Catherine Warren of Ripple.Thomas's siblings baptized in the same church were Daniel Warren (No dates), Edward Warren (1620/21), Albertus Warren (1622/1623) and Mary Warren Sewall in 1627.

Thomas Warren served in the House of Burgess in 1644, 1645, 1658, 1662 and 1666.

Thomas Warren (1624-1670), patented land in Surry County and purchased land from Thomas Rolfe, the son of John Rolfe and Pocohontas. On this land he built the Warren House in 1652, the oldest standing brick house in Virginia. Family died and are buried at or near the Fort Smith Planation.

The Warren House

Smith's Fort (Rolfe/Warren House) is located on the west side of Virginia Rte. 31, between Hopewell and Smithfield. Warren House has also been documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey.
https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/jamesriver/war.htm.

Thomas Warren deposed on 3 May, 1661 that he was 40 years old. He had served in the House of Burgesses when he was a mere 22 years old. He was married three times, first to Alice Powell, second to Elizabeth Spencer Shepherd, a widow and daughter of William Spencer and third to Jane King, a widow of John King. 

Thomas left a will, now lost, on March 16, 1669, probated on April 21, 1670 by his son, William.  Elizabeth Spencer Shepherd Warren, my ancestor, died between 1655 and 1658, as Thomas Warren, Jr. his first child with Jane, was born on January 9th, 1659. Jane would marry a third time to Samuel Plaw after the death of Thomas.

The known children of Thomas Warren were Alice, William, Elizabeth, Thomas Jr., Allen, Robert and another William by Jane.

My line from Thomas is his daughter, Alice, who, at age 32, gave a deposition in 1677. She was the wife of Mathias Marriott, who I have posted on. The following agreement is found in Book 1, page377, dated September 24, 1670, Surry County, Virginia. 

"An agreement between Jane Warren, relict of Mr. Thomas Warren, deceased, late of Surry County, of one part, and Matthias Marriott who hath married Alice Warren, the only sister of the whole blood of William Warren, son of the aforesaid Mr. Thomas Warren, of the other part, witnesseth" That said Jane Warren and Matthias Marriott are and have been at controversy and variance about the division of the aforesaid Thomas and William, their estates, both personal and real....first that Mrs. Jane Warren shall have her thirds of the whole estate above said Mr. Thomas Warren, his estate, and if Thomas Warren, son of the above said Mr. Thomas Warren and Jane, his wife, should happen to die before he comes to the age of 21 years, that the land that was given to him by his fathers' will, will then fall to William Warren, the youngest son of Thomas Warren and said Jane his wife, during his natural life and when he dies, said land is to fall to Matthias Marriott and his heirs forever. It is also agreed that Thomas, a negro man, is and shall remain Matthias Marriott and his heirs forever." They then divide up crops and furniture, Matthias gets a white mare, her foal, a gold ring and caster set, etc. My question is, why name a child William when you had an older son William, who may or may not have passed before the boy was born, but it seems like after? And the manservant was named Thomas, too. Imagine being in the Warren house and calling out the name "Thomas" and here comes the servant, the father and the son? Would that not be a little confusing? Couldn't they think of any other names?

Captain Thomas Warren was born January 30, 1624, in Ripple, Dover District, Kent, England

He died April 21, 1670, in Surry County, Virginia

He was buried at the Warren Family Cemetery in Surry County, VA.

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The Warren Family Cemetery is located on the grounds of the preserved Warren House near the Fort Smith preserved historic site. Also buried there are John Hunnicutt, (1650-1699), son -in -law of Thomas Warren, Wives Jane Allen King Warren Plaw, (the last), Mary Alice Powell Warren (the first), Elizabeth Spencer Shepperd Warren (the middle), daughters Alice Warren Marriott and Elizabeth Warren Hunnicutt and son- in- law, Matthias Marriott, grandfather of Mary Marriott who married Henry Davis, grandfather of Job Davis, the 5th Great Grandfather I named this blog for. 

Thirty Fathers in Thirty Days: Rev. William McGregor

On a recent Saturday afternoon, I took my seven-year-old grandson to introduce him to our ancestor, Rev. William McGregor. It's a rare thing to have an immigrant ancestor such a short distance from where we still live, only a few miles and a bearable walk through the woods. I want members of the newest generation of my family tree know that they have a biological and historical connection to this ground, and that people who lived before them took part in their history and their creation. Know where the graves are. Know who the people were. Continue to honor your ancestors after I am gone. He is not the first grandchild I've introduced to Rev. McGregor. 

Ten years ago, I also introduced my first and oldest grandchild to the resting place of the old Scottish minister. I hope it will be a tradition. The grave is off the beaten path, which is a good thing, the fewer who know where it is, the better. The Kron cemetery, which is nearby, has tragically suffered much destruction since I was a child, some natural, like tree falls, but primarily from evil, cruel and destructive people, usually adolescents, who sometimes think doing something wrong and criminal will impress their friends. I want to influence members of the next generation to protect and preserve their own history and that of our location upon the planet. 

As I've posted on William McGregor multiple times already, I do not expect this to be a lengthy post, but there may be some details I've never shared. One post is found in the link below. 

The Solomons, the MacGregors and the Church

And he is mentioned also in the following post, linked below, concerning his daughter, Ava, my fourth Great Grandmother.

30 Mothers in 30 Days: Ava

Fellow blogger and distant cousin, Cynthia also has mentioned him in this post from her blog, Uwharrie Roots. 

Dutch John Creek

Taking the oldest of my 8 (so far!) grands to meet his ancestor, Rev. William McGregor 7 years ago.

Rev. William McGregor was born in Scotland. That much is fact. Some give his date of birth as 19 Jan 1733; however, I cannot determine where or how anyone came about with that date. Dr. Francis Kron, who later lived on his property, praised his planting of apples trees and claimed he came from "Osiaran's Glenn", which doesn't' exactly exist. Most have his birthplace as Perth. I will say Scotland, that is without a doubt.

I've not found record of when he arrived in America, but it's most likely he arrived straight to North Carolina, possibly through Wilmington, but as he is found in records of counties in the northeastern part of the state, he probably came in through New Bern, or Bath.

William McGregor is counted in the 1771 Tax Role of Bute County. He was a Junior.

Bute County, NC Record Book 7 records the Will of William Solomon Sr. on May 25, 1772.   "William Solomon to William Solomon Jr. Gift of a negro man to be his at my death." Witnesses were John Edwards, William McGregor, and Green Hill. All three of these men would soon be found later in either Montgomery or Anson Counties, NC, or both.

John Edwards is later seen in a Franklin County deed, as being "of Montgomery County" and selling land in Franklin to the Solomons. The Solomon brothers were in Franklin County, North Carolina at the same time Rev. William McGregor was for two or three years. Bennett Solomon would marry his daughter, Ava. They are my 4th Great Grandparents. They would also arrive in Montgomery County (Stanly side of the river), and two of them, William and Bennett, would become Baptist Ministers.

Rev. William McGregor is mentioned in the 1774 minutes of the Kehuky Baptist Association of Bute County. 

In 1776, William McGregor was given a license to preach in Franklin County, NC, formerly Bute. 

In February 1779, a Petition was taken to separate a portion of Anson County to form Montgomery County. Rev. William McGregor's signature was on the petition. He was also on the 1780 - 1782 Tax lists for Montgomery County.

From Genealogies of Rowan County, is found the abovemention of Rev. McGregor and his church, the "Mouth of the Uwharrie Baptist Church" in a history of the Liberty Baptist Association.

William McGregor received 3 Land Grants. 

Land Grant 1041 dated 1795, was on the southwest side of the Pee Dee River beginning on the Riverbank, Book 94 Page 73, Entered on Jan 4, 1795, and granted on July 10, 1797.  It consisted of 50 acres 'near my own land I live on', a Spanish Oak, McColoks (McColloughs) (sic) south corner, and joined the property of Jarrett Huckaby. 

Grant 1197 was for 150 acres that bordered William McGregors own residence on the south side of the PeeDee. Book 111 Page 289, Granted on November 30, 1810, but applied for in 1800.

Grant Number 1928 Began at 'William McGregor's own corner post oak in McLester's own line running west 106 poles to Bennett Solomons line, N 26 East 68 poles to Mungers old 100....back to McGregor's line.

He expanded his holdings but never moved. 

A great deal of confusion has been caused by two groups of people with similar names, who named their children similar names. There were two William McGregors and Rev. William was a Jr., before he became a Sr., as he named a son William, too.

One McGregor Clan lived in Northampton County. One was a William, with a brother, John McGregor who also lived in Northampton County. These two brothers married Flowers sisters. John had a son named Flowers McGregor. Brother William died about 1813 in Northampton County, and evidence from his will and other probate papers demonstrate that his son was William, Jr. North Carolina land records show him there well into the 1830's. 

The other William McGregor lived in Bute County, a now defunct county, part of which became Franklin. The Bute/Franklin branch moved to Montgomery County, North Carolina in the 1770's. The Rev. William McGregor was associated with a Bartlett McGregor who may have been his brother or eldest son. I personally have him down as a son due to obvious age differences.

The 1790 census of Northampton County, NC lists John McGregor, William McGregor and Flowers McGregor. The 1790 census of Montgomery County, NC list Willam McGregor, Bartlet McGregor, Thomas Huckaby and Bennett Solomon, along with Roland Ware. Two of Roland Ware's daughters, Susan and Sarah, will marry Rev. William McGregors's twin sons, Ezekial and Willis.

Name	William Megrigler
Home in 1790 (City, County, State)	Montgomery, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over	3
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16	2
Free White Persons - Females	3
Number of Slaves	4
Number of Household Members	12

In 1790, Rev. McGregor (transcribed incorrectly as "Megrigler"), is shown with three males over 16 in his home, and two under 16, along with three daughters. Nearby, is Bartlett McGregor with a household of four, one male over 16, two under and three females. Subtracting the parents, this would be a possible  4 sons and two daughters, with one son, Bartlett, already out on his own. 

Bartlett McGregor will still be in Montgomery County, NC in 1800 and marries Ann Harris, probably a daughter of one of the Montgomery County Harris family. They end up in Stewart County, Tennessee, where Bartlett dies in 1842. His date of birth was roughly around 1770, and he would have been a little tot when the family arrived in Montgomery. Rev. McGregor's mother is said to have been named Margaret Scott Bartlett. There was also a Bartlett Huckabee in the area at this time, and this family also originated in the Butte/ Franklin County area before arriving in Montgomery. There could have been a familial connection between the McGregor and Huckabee's through the Barlett's.

1800

The 1800 census created a little bit of confusion with two William McGregors side by side. If you look carefully, however, the top line says William Mcgregor JUN. and the second line has William Mcgregor SEN.

Name	William Mcgreger Jr
Home in 1800 (City, County, State)	Montgomery, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25	2
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over	1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over	1
Number of Slaves	6
Number of Household Members Over 25	2
Number of Household Members	10

The household of William Senior in 1800 has one male over 45, one female over 45, and two males between 16 and 25. These were the twins.

Name	William Mcgreger Jr
Home in 1800 (City, County, State)	Montgomery, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10	2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44	1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10	2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15	1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44	1
Number of Household Members Under 16	5
Number of Household Members Over 25	2
Number of Household Members	7

William McGregor Jr., son of Rev. McGregor is shown as between 26 and 44, with a female of the same age range in his household, presumably his wife, with two boys under ten, two females under 10, and one female 10 to 15.

Name	Bartlett Mcriger
Home in 1800 (City, County, State)	Montgomery, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10	2
Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15	1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44	1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10	2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15	2
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44	1
Number of Household Members Under 16	7
Number of Household Members Over 25	2
Number of Household Members	9

Bartlett McGregor and his wife are in the same age range, with two boys under 10, and one 10 to 15, tw females under ten and two 10 to 15. 

The 1790 census suggested that Rev. McGregor and his wife had four sons and two daughters at home, and that's with Bartlett McGregor already head of his own household, so who could the extra son have been, if we count William Jr, and the twins, Willis and Ezekial. 

Some add Flowers McGregor, who I am certain belongs to the Northhampton branch of McGregors, and others add Anthony McGregor. So, who was Anthony?

Anthony McGregor

In 1790, there is an Anthony McGregor in Edgecombe County, NC, and Rev. William had actually been there for a while. Oddly, his name was almost mis-transcribed the same way, as "Megriggo". 

Name	Anthony Megriggo
Home in 1790 (City, County, State)	Edgecombe, Halifax, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over	1
Free White Persons - Females	3
Number of Slaves	4
Number of Household Members	8

In 1800, he is now in Anson County, which makes some folks tack him onto Rev. McGregor, but he could not have been the missing McGregor. 

Name	Anthony Mcgregor
Home in 1800 (City, County, State)	Fayetteville, Anson, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44	1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25	1
Number of Household Members Over 25	1
Number of Household Members	2

There may have even been two Anthony's. Edgecomb Anthony had three females in his home in 1790, and four slaves. 1800 Anthony appears to have had one young wife, no children and no slaves in 1800.

Of course, he could have suffered some major life changes in that decade. 

Anson Anthony remained in Anson and married a Lydia. His birth year is shown as 1778, and he and Lydia are buried in the Henry-Leggett Cemetery southeast of Wadesboro. His daughter would marry a Henry.

In a land entry from 1818, Anthony is shown with three middle initials, "H. S. R." McGregor.

Anthony McGregor left a will 

He named his only son, William Lemeul McGregor, and left him land on Thompson's Creek.

He named his only daughter, Mary Ann and praised her for her "dutiful attention to me during my confinement whereby her education has been much neglected". 

He then bequeathed property to the children of his sister, Nancy Hill. There were a number of Nancy's among the records of the Northampton MacGregors, and I feel quite confident that Anthony was one of them. There could have been a distant relationship between the two groups. We will later follow the trail of the McGregor Children to see if any secrets or hints are revealed. 

Where did the good Reverend Settle?

The December 20th 1780 Grant shows that William McGregor settled upon 250 acres on the southwest side of the Pee Dee.

The written part revealed the property sat on the east side of "Ataway Mountain", joining McLester's line, to the Ataway branch, joining his own lines, or land he already had entered or bought. This is exactly where the Kron House sits today. After his death, Dr. Francis Kron would purchase McGregor's old farm, and this site is preserved for posterity at Morrow Mountain State Park today. 

This above plat shows the McGregor property meeting that of Henry Mounger's and the mouth of Attaway Branch, dated December, 1779, with Mounger and McGregor their own chain carriers. 

On a state census prior to the first Federal Census of 1790,  Rev. McGregor's name is incorrectly transcribed as "Wm McGrice", with Bartlett beside him. Other notable names near him is Neddy Pennington and Ephraim Carter, there are a number of Nobles, a family who dissipated over time, but left their name on Noble's Mountain, right outside the park. Moses Curtis is there, who is mentioned in my previous post on William McGregor and the Solomons, Daniel McLester, who may have been the neighbor, Kinchen Pennington, Peter Ware and two spots below him, possibly Roland Ware, and between them, Samuel P.? (Parsons maybe?).

In a list of Anson County Will Indexes, we find the 1824 list of Anthony McGregor's Will, but there is a 1797 list of a John McGregor with a wife named Mary.

Also mentioned in the Will of this John are Sarah Williams, Francis Sandifer, Cetchy Sandifer, Flowers McGregor, Jean Brown, William McGregor and Elizabeth McGregor. There very well could have been a relation. 

In 1796, at least 20 years after their arrival in Montgomery County, Rev. McGregor's son, William Jr. was old enough to entered his own grant, one of 50 acres on the Pee Dee River, adjoining his own lines, perhaps what his father had given him.

Religion and the ministry were driving forces in the course of life for Rev. McGregor and his kin. In my earlier post, linked above, I gave a little more depth of information on his ties to the church and the Sandy Creek Association, to which they belonged. Sandy Creek, which was located in Randolph County, had been established in 1755 by Shubal Stearnes and Daniel Marshall.

Above is a list of Churches who were members of the Association, and the delegates who had represented them at a particular conference in the later 1700's. Representing "Uwharrie", referring to the Mouth Of the Uwharrie Primitive Baptist Church, were my ancestors, William McGregor and Isaac Calloway.

There has been some debate concerning the location of the Church. The physical mouth of the Uwharrie River lies on the eastern shore of the Yadkin- Pee Dee River, and this marks the exact point where the Yadkin becomes the Pee Dee. When the Yadkin and the Uwharrie Rivers come together, you have the Pee Dee, they are the parents of it .Rev. McGregor could see the place from the Ferry Crossing near his home and named the church for it. His home was most definitely on the western bank of the river. Near the site of his home is the marker of the original site of Stony Hill Church. The Mouth of the Uwharrie Congregation would become the Stony Hill Congregation, an active church. I believe that marker also indicates in general proximity the location of the Mouth of the Uwharrie Church, also. It may or may not have been the same building. There had been recorded storm damage to the spot over the decades.

From those I know who attended the church, my ancestors, the McGregors, the Calloways and the Solomons, my ancestor, Rev. Samuel Parsons Morton, who was recorded in a later biographical sketch as attending as a youth and young man, and others who represented the church as delegates to the conferences over the years, by and large were from the western side of the river. A few were even from Cabarrus County. The one exception was Pleasant Epps, who lived on the eastern bank of the river. Most easterners attended the Fork of the Little River Church or the Pee Dee Baptist Church.

We know that Rev. McGregor died in 1804 and is buried at Morrow Mountain State Park in Stanly County, NC. But what of his children? The 1805 tax list of Warren County, Tennessee contains the names Ezekial, Willis and William McGregor (Jr). There's a Thomas McGregor in Davidson County, Tennessee in the same list and Flowers McGregor joins Thomas by 1811. Another William and Ezekial Ware end up in Maury County, TN. They're probably all related in some way or another, but the Warren County set are the only ones who are children of Rev. William of Montgomery County. By the 1820 census, Ezekial, William and Richmond McGregor are listed in Warren County. Richmond was a son of William, Jr., although some trees tie him to William Sr.. My belief is that he was a grandson of Rev. William, not a son. By 1830. Rev. Bennett Solomon, my ancestor who married Ava McGregor, daughter of Rev. William, and took over his ministry after his death, has himself passed away. Ava would join her brothers in Warren County, Tennessee, taking most of her children with her. She left behind her oldest son, named William after his grandfather, who would fill the empty shoes of his father, and also become a minister. She also left behind a daughter, Francis "Fanny" Solomon, who married a Russell. 

The 1830 census of Warren County lists Ezekial, William Jr., Willis, Ava Solomon and Jehu, Richmond, Ezekial II, and William III, the latter four all grandsons. Later generations would move westward and southward still, while leaving a handful of relatives in and around Warren as they had in the parts of North Carolina where they had dwelt. 

The children I am assured were the children of Rev. William McGregor were:

1) Bartlett McGregor (1770-1842) married Ann Harris, daughter of Roland Harris. Moved to Stewart County, Tennessee by 1810 and died there in 1842 at age 72.

Children:

A) Nancy McGregor (1791-1885) married Marmaduke Hogan.

B) Harris Valentine McGregor (1796-1854) Married Libby Herndon, moved to Trigg co Kentucky.

C) Lucy McGregor (1799-1863) married John Mann, died in Indian Mound, Stewart, TN.

D) Mary Lucinda McGregor (1800-1832) married Harrison, died Dade County, Missouri.

E) Arvila Avie Ann McGregor (1802-1880) married Willliam Morris of Anson County, NC,  1st, married Uriah Tyson 2nd., father and grandfather of "Tyson's Chicken" founders. Died in Atkins, Pope County, Arkansas.

F) Joel Henderson McGregor (1805-1870) married Emily Gay, moved to Brazos, Texas.

G) Levi Bartlett McGregor (1805-1861) married Elizabeth Mann. died in Travis, Texas.

H) Noah McGregor (1811-1885) married 1st Nellie Allen, married 2nd Mahala Duncan. Involved in the politics and government of Stewart County, Tennessee and died there in 1885.

Noah McGregor

I) John "Jack" McGregor -according to family records, died in Indian Mound, Stewart,TN at age 16.
J) Bartlett II McGregor-according to family records, died at age 6 in Montgomery County, NC.

2)William McGregor Jr. (actually III) died October 6, 1839 in Warren County, Tennessee.

        Married Martha Jane Stiles. 

A) Elizabeth Mae McGregor (1784 - Unknown) married William M. Williams, three children.

B) Willis Wallac(son of III) McGregor (1784-1861) Married Susannah, died in McMinnville, Warren County.

C) Maryann 'Polly' McGregor  (1789-1868) Married Robert Allen "Bob" Stoker III, died in Carroll County, Tennessee.

D) Sarah 'Sally' McGregor (1792-1868) Married Elijah Dodson, died in Smyrna, Warren County, TN.

E) Richmond J McGregor (1794-1858) Married 1st Mary Magdalena Myers 9 children, died in Smyrna, Warren, TN.

F) Martha McGregor (1794-1872) Married James Madison Mitchell, died in Dade Co. Missouri.

G) Jehu "Jay" McGregor (1796-1866) Married Sarah Dodson, died in Smyrna, Warren, Tenn.

H) Salina McGregor (1799 -1874) Married Raleigh Shipley, died in Dade County, Missouri.

I) William (son of III) McGregor (1805 -1839) called  "Nard". Died in Smynra, Warren County. Married "Mary".

J) Ezekial (son of III) McGregor (1810-1856) 

K) Clinton McGregor (1814-1853) Married Celcena Myers. 

L) Jason McGregor (died 1845 in Grundy, Tennessee. Was in Warren in 1838)

3) Ava " Avey" McGregor (1778-1857) Married Bennett Solomon (1773-1818) Her husband died in Stanly County, NC. She died in Warren County, TN. 

A) Tehony Solomon (1791- ?)

B) Martha B. "Patsy" Solomon (1799-1850)  Married George W. Bullen. Died in Warren County, TN

C) Rev. William S. Solomon (1801-1874) Married Tabitha Marks. Died in Stanly County, NC.

D) Frances "Fanny" Solomon (1803-1875) Married Jarrett Russell. Died in Stanly County, NC.

E) Jane Solomon (1805-1880) Married Robert H. Turner. Died in Dekalb County, Tennessee

F) Sarah A. Solomon (1805-1875) Married Hardin "Hardy" Russell. Died in Warren County, TN.

G) Mary 'Polly' Solomon (1807-1847) Married Micajah Massey. Died in Cannon County, TN.

H) Willis Lymon Solomon (1809-1877) Married Myrick Safely. Died in Warren County, TN.

I) Bennett Solomon Jr. (1812-1862) Married Anna Carlyle Morton. Died in Benton County, Missouri.

J) Hixey Solomon (1814-1885) Married Charles Hutchison. Died in Warren County, TN. 

McGregor Homestead in Stewart County, Tennessee

4) Ezekial McGregor (1784-1856) Ezekial and Willis were twins and married twins. Twins ran in the family and several of Rev. McGregors children and grandchildren would have twins. Ezekial also followed his father into the ministry He married Sarah Jane "Sallie" Ware, daughter of Roland Ware and Temperance White. He is buried in the Smyrna Cemetery, formerly known as the McGregor family cemetery, with Ava McGregor Solomon and many other family members. 

A) Ahixoam "Hixie" McGregor (1806-1865) Married Phillip Gysberti Hoodenpyl. Died in McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee. 12 children: Phillip II, George, Nancy Paine, Mary Minerva, Miria, Susan, Sarah, Missouri Polk, Wallace/Willis, Mary E., Adalaide, Christianna.

B) Temperance Mae "Tweaky" (1807-1883) Married James Allen of Montgomery County, North Carolina. They relocated to Adairsville, Bristow County, Georgia. Like her father, she had 13 children, but no twins: Jerusha Winifred, Nepthalie Durham, Missouri, America, Ezekial M., Milton Columbus, William Calvin, Washington Jackson, Jason Franklin, Wiley Jefferson, Louisiana "Lou", James Rufus, Alexander McGregor Allen.

Temperance McGregor Allen aka "Tweaky"

C) Elizabeth "Betsy" McGregor (1810-1881) Married McGladdrie. Believe to have died in Missouri or Mississippi.

D) Willis Nard McGregor (1812-1860) Married Nettie Ellen Harrison. Settled in Pontotoc, Mississippi. Thirteen children: William Washington, Audley Harrison, Sarah Elizabeth, Jemima, George, Mexico, Wiley M. 'Bud, Joseph Jason James Clinton Henderson Pleasant aka "Coon" (seriously), Newton Ezekial, Martha Vesta Ann aka "Pink", Nettie D. and Rachel. 

E) Jason McGregor (1813-1871) Married 1st to Margaret Jane Pennington; 6 children: Mary Ann, Victory Jane, John Wesley, Romulus, Remus,Silas. Married Theresa "Tressie" Sims 3 children: Charlotte, Francis and Mae. Died in Warren County, TN.

F) Susan McGregor (1814-1850) Married Benjamin Huckabee; 7 children: Sarah, James, William, John Henry, Eva Malinda, Matthew, Lundy. Died in Bell County, Texas.

G) Minnie McGregor (1815- ?) never married. Died in Pontotoc, Mississippi.

H) Jemima McGregor (1816-1859) married William Huckabee; 11 children: Ezekial, George Washington, Calvin, Mary Susan, Ava, Sarah Jane, Andrew Jackson, William Jr, Evy Charlotte, John Bartlett Huckabee. Died in Pontotoc, Mississippi.

I) Andres Wiley McGregor (1819- aft 1880) Married 1st Sarah A. Harrison; 5 children: Martha Lill, Sarah Celeste, Elizabeth Young, Mary Catherine, William Clary; Married 2nd, Francis "Fannie" Winsett; 7 children: Andrew, Thomas, Mack, Vesta Ann, Zala, Ida, Avy. Died in Athens, Limestone, Alabama. 

J) Avey McGregor (1819-1897) Married 1st Benjamin Marks of Montgomery/Stanly County, NC; tw sons: James H. Marks, Ezekial McGregor "Mack" Marks. Married 2nd Bartlett Huckabee; 4 children: Jason T., Charlotte Ann, Mary G., Martha D. Huckabee. Died in Bell County, Texas. 

K) Henderson Seawell McGregor (1821-1887) Married Martha C. Young; 9 children; Thomas Hiram, Dosia Delia, Mary Elizabeth, Charles, Lou, Sallie F., Martha J, Bruce Edward, Margaret. Died in Irving College, Warren County, Tennessee.

L) Clinton McGregor (1824-1874) 

Married 1st to Phebe C. McGregor (Maiden name uncertainly, maybe McFerrin? She died in 1851; 3 children; McFerrin, Melissa and Joseph F. McGregor. Married 2nd Mary V. Reece; 5 children: Morphera, Martha Jane, John, James Thomas and Cynthia. Died in Warren County under mysterious circumstances. 

M) William Bartley/Barclay (Barlett) McGregor (1826-1874) Married twice. 1st to "Wisse" Mayes, 2 children: John T and Benton McGregor.. Married 2nd to Currie Swindle, three children (may have been hers previously) Margaret, Anna and Charles Swindle. 

Nancy McGregor Hunter

5) Willis McGregor (1784-1861) Twin of Rev. Ezekial McGregor. Married Susannah Ware, sister of Ezekial's wife, Sarah Ware. 9 daughters:

A) Nancy McGregor (1812-1884) Married Peter Hunter. Died in Grayson County, Texas. 6 children: John W, Vashti/Vesta, Susan Lavonia, Andrew Peter, Missouri.

B) Almira Cinthia "Myra" McGregor  (1812-1880) twin. Married James Anderson Safley. 12 children: Cynthia , Jaspar, Ann, Mary, Marion, Spencer, Nancy, Lawson Isaiah, Louisa, Laura, Lucus, Doc Anderson.

Died in Warren County, Tennessee.

C) Minerva "Mina" McGregor (1812 - after 1880) Twin. Never married.

D) Mexico McGregor (1816-1891) Married James Madison Ware; two children; Mary Susan and Willia J Ware. Died in Garland, Collin County, Texas.

E) Ahinoam McGregor (1817-1895) Married Logan Dietz; 8 children: Thomas J,, Molly, Silas, Josephine "Josie", Virginia L. "Jenny", Ira Lester "William", Amos Stone, Susan C. Died in Bogota, Red River, Texas.

F) Vesta or Vashti McGregor (1821-1889) Never married. Lived with sister Orpha's family after parents death. Died in Warren County, Tennessee.

G) Lavonia Anna McGregor (1824-1883) Never married. Died in Warren County. Lived with family members.

G) Orpha McGregor (1823-1905) Married John Wesley Mitchell; 4 children; Charles, Florence, John and Idell. Died in Warren County, Tennessee.

H) Cynthia McGregor (1827-1902) Married William Lane Swan, one child, Susan Swan. Married late (41), helped raise step-children. Died in Warren County, Tennessee.

6) Martha McGregor

Martha McGregor was one of Rev. McGregors' two daughters. Martha was born around 1780 died in 1815. She married William Boyd, a Revolutionary War soldier

William Boyd was born August 11, 1760, in Southhampton, Virginia. He died in 1854 in Washington County, Arkansas. He enlisted in the Revolution from Rowan County, NC and lived there at the time of his enlistment. According to his Revolutionary War pension, after the War he lived in Montgomery County, North Carolina, and like many former soldiers, became a worm in hot ashes. He first moved with his family and inlaws to Warren County, Tennesee. From there to Lauderdale County, Alabama. From there to McNairy County, Tennessee, and finally to Washington County, Arkansas in 1837 and died there in 1854. 

He and Martha McGregor, whom he married in Montgomery County, NC, probably just before her father's death. The couple had five children:

1) McGregor "Mack" Boyd (1804-1853) Married 1st: Lavina Oxford, 5 children, married 2nd, Charlotte Young, 1 child. Moved 1st from Tennessee to Prairie, Washington County, Arkansas, Moved lastly to Hopkins County, Texas.

2) William Daniel or David Boyd (1806-1891) Married 1st to Elizabeth Oxford, 11 children. Married 2nd to Jane Moody, Married 3rd to Jane Thomas. Settled in Washington County, Arkansas.

William D. Boyd

3) Willis Boyd (1808-1882) Married Lucinda Surratt 1st and Lucinda Watkins or Waltrip, 2nd. Father of between 8 to 12 children. Some confusion among who is who. Died in Oxford Bend, Washington County, Arkansas.

Willis Boyd and wife, Lucinda W. Boyd

4) Ezekial Boyd (1811-1841) Married Lucinda Waltrip, 3 children: Washington, Carolina and Nancy. Died in Washington County, Arkansas. His widow married his brother Willis, after Willis's 1st wife, Lucinda Surratt died. 

5) Martha Hardin Boyd Todd (1813-1900). Married Elijah Smith Todd, 12 children, listed in the below Todd family history. Died in Washington County, Arkansas. 

The children often attributed to Rev. McGregor that may have been his kin, but I don't believe were his children were: Anthony of Anson, John and a different William who stayed back east, Flowers and Sarah "Sallie" McGregor. 

Rev. William McGregor left his influence far and wide, through his ministry and through his large family. Everywhere they landed, some stayed and others removed further west. They moved in groups. Once they chose a certain town or county and several family members, along with neighbors or intermarried families moved with them. The MacGregors had interesting family trends. As usual, names floated from generation to generation, in honor of the predecessors, parents, grandparents, and siblings. Ezekial, Willis, William and Ava or it's variations like Eva or Avey, passed down through various lines and variations and over to other surnames that female family members married into. The name "Bartlett" traveled through the McGregor, Huckabee and associated lines from old Bute County, NC to Montgomery, NC to Warren, McNairy, and Stewart Counties in Tennessee, and the places in Arkansas, Alabama and Texas that the grandchildren and great grandchildren of Rev. McGregor spread to. Other recurring names were Nard and Henderson as middle names. There seems to be a connection to Joel Henderson of old Montgomery County, NC. 

Unusual girls' names were also common, like Vashti, short for Vashita, which also ran through the Isaac Calloway family, also my ancestor, and we know from church records that Rev. McGregor had a close association with Isaac Callaway, both serving as delegates to the Association meetings. Another uncommon girl's name was Ahinoam, a Biblical name meaning "my brother is pleasant", or Ahixoam, aka "Hixie". There were two in the Bible, one married King Saul, and the other was a wife of King David. It's a very rare name and I wonder if Rev. William's wife, mother or grandmother was the originator of the name in the family lines. The also liked to name daughters after place names. Rev. McGregor had multiple granddaughters and great granddaughters named Mexico, Missouri, Louisiana and America. 

There were also many marriages within several other families that had either migrated with them from Montgomery County, NC or came afterwards, perhaps by mail request, to marry into the family. Siblings married siblings from other families. Cousin marriages were not uncommon. Some of those intragenerational marriages were from the Huckabee, Ware, Harrison, Mitchell, Safely, and Young families, a lot of them with representation in North Carolina before going to Tennessee. They married who was close, as well as married who was distant and traveled to join them. Twins ran in the family and still do, according to the McGregor Association online. Rev. McGregor contributed to my Scottish genes, the largest hunk in the recipe that is me.