Harrell - Esther Butler Harrell Raby

Private User do you have a source for Unknown Harrell being Esther Butler? The DAR lists her as "XX" or No first or last name and the notation that I found below listed her as possibly "Hester Raby." I have seen some other trees with Hester Raby noted, but since this was the only undocumented source, I left it as it was "unknown," with the notation. We need a source if we name her.

From https://hdhdata.org/roots/c2739.html

. . . . 5-- Jesse Harrell [156685] b.ca.1754, Bertie Co. NC
. . . . . + Hester Raby [156700] b.ca.1754, Bertie Co. NC wife of Jesse Harrell
. . . . . 6-- Turner Harrell [156701] b.ca.1775, Bertie Co. NC
. . . . . 6-- Jesse Bryan Harrell [156702] b.ca.1770, Bertie Co. NC d.1845, Stewart Co. GA
. . . . . 6-- Tempa Harrell [156703] b.ca.1779, Bertie Co. NC
. . . . . 6-- Joab Harrell [156704]

Esther BUTLER Harrell Raby is her name. Her father name is Tobias Butler and her mother name is Keziah Butler. Her mother Keziah Butler is Tuscarora Indian. Her grandparents are Jethro and Martha Ann McDaniel Butler. Martha Ann McDaniel Butler parents are Owen and Ellender McDaniel.

Esther BUTLER Harrell Raby is the wife Jesse Harrell and Luke Raby. Try Steven Butler's Family History Website-Bertie Co., N.C. Butlers.

Thanks for messaging the website for Steven Butler's info http://watermelon-kid.com/family/bertiebutlers/bertiebutlers.htm. Note her as "Esther or Hester Butler Harrell Raby."
Children Turner Harrell, Jesse Harrell Jr., and Temperance or Tempty or Tempha Harrell.

This site says that her brother was Tobias and parents were Jethro Butler and Martha Ann McDaniel Butler; who was the father of Christopher Butler, Mary Butler, Tobias Butler, Esther or Hester Butler Harrell Raby, and William Butler [1]; grandfather to Samuel Butler of Camden District, South Carolina.

Owen McDaniel to Jno. (prob. Jethro) Butler, 1734; Bertie County, NC, Court Minutes, 1724-1739,Book I, 130.

Deed of sale from Jas. Blount to Jethro Butler, 1741 or 1742; names Butler's father-in-law, Owen McDaniel; Bertie County, NC, Court Minutes, 1724-1739, Book I, 330.

Will of Owen McDaniel proved by oath; Jethro Butler (McDaniel's son-in-law) took oath as executor, 1743; Bertie County, NC, Court Minutes, 1724-1739, Book I, 398.

Will of Owen McDaniel, widow Ellener, son-in-law Jethro Butler executor, February 7, 1742-1743, May Court, 1743; see Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, 229

Deed of sale, Robert Hicks and wife Sarah of Granville County, North Carolina to David Meade of Nansemond County, Virginia, 1755-1756, regarding 534 acres of land on north side of Roanoke River, adjacent to land formerly James Blount's, now Jethro Butler's; also mentions four acres of land "now in Possession of Jethro Butler on which he has a corn field that was formerly James Blount's"; Deed book H, 307.

Estate file, 1760/61; see at familysearch.org

I went on Family Search for a will for Jethro but found the Estate files, but no will so far. Still looking.

It looks to me like the real confusion stems from the multiple Jethro Butlers that appear to be related - even according to Steven Butler's notes.

There is

JETHRO BUTLER [1] (d. circa 1760)

Husband of Martha Ann McDaniel Butler; father of Christopher Butler, Mary Butler, Tobias Butler, Esther or Hester Butler Harrell Raby, and William Butler [1]; grandfather to Samuel Butler of Camden District, South Carolina.

Owen McDaniel to Jno. (prob. Jethro) Butler, 1734; Bertie County, NC, Court Minutes, 1724-1739,Book I, 130.
Deed of sale from Jas. Blount to Jethro Butler, 1741 or 1742; names Butler's father-in-law, Owen McDaniel; Bertie County, NC, Court Minutes, 1724-1739, Book I, 330.
Will of Owen McDaniel proved by oath; Jethro Butler (McDaniel's son-in-law) took oath as executor, 1743; Bertie County, NC, Court Minutes, 1724-1739, Book I, 398.
Will of Owen McDaniel, widow Ellener, son-in-law Jethro Butler executor, February 7, 1742-1743, May Court, 1743; see Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, 229
Deed of sale, Robert Hicks and wife Sarah of Granville County, North Carolina to David Meade of Nansemond County, Virginia, 1755-1756, regarding 534 acres of land on north side of Roanoke River, adjacent to land formerly James Blount's, now Jethro Butler's; also mentions four acres of land "now in Possession of Jethro Butler on which he has a corn field that was formerly James Blount's"; Deed book H, 307.
Estate file, 1760/61; see at familysearch.org

Then

JETHRO BUTLER [2A] (b. circa 1761 — d. between 1832 and 1840)

Revolutionary War veteran (served in the Continental Line from North Carolina) and husband of 1. Winefred Tiner Butler (married 16 August 1791) and 2. Nancy MNU Butler (date of marriage unknown); probable son of Tobias Butler; father of Winney, Isaac [3], Robert, and John.

Revolutionary war service file; may be viewed at Fold3.com (requires subscription).
Witnessed deed of sale from Luke White, Sr. and wife Grace to Cader Bass, 1786; Deed Book O, 264 (2).
1800 Federal Census, page 30-31 (use the "find in page" feature of your browser to locate the name you seek)
1810 Federal Census, page 53 (use the "find in page" feature of your browser to locate the name you seek)
Revolutionary War pension file (1818 and 1820); may be viewed at Fold3.com (requires subscription).
Not enumerated in 1820 Federal Census
1830 Federal Census, page 376, Line 4

and

JETHRO BUTLER [2B] (b. circa 1761 — d. 1841)

Revolutionary War veteran (born in Bertie County but served from South Carolina). Moved to Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.

Revolutionary war service file; may be viewed at Fold3.com (requires subscription).
Revolutionary War pension file (1818 and 1820); may be viewed at Fold3.com (requires subscription).

(The above may or may not be of the NC Butlers in my opinion, but just a suspicion as many did come down to fight in SC, I could be wrong. He could be one of the brother's children of Jethro 1 also or a nephew. )

and finally

JETHRO BUTLER [3]

Might be son of John Butler, Jr.; grandson of John Butler, Sr..

Named as a purchaser of one or more items from sale of John Butler Sr.'s estate,1828; Estate file for John Butler. Sr., 1828 (located at familysearch.org). NOTE: This file contains papers pertaining to three different John Butlers.

That last NOTE above to me indicates the nightmare this is. The estate file is 26 pages or so. Easy to just add something without contextual accuracy.

Profiles for Jethro Butler that may or may not be of interest to this discussion but need to be checked out:

Jesse Jethro Butler

Jethro Butler, I (also needs review for DAR projects according to notes on profile).

This is Bertie County, NC and Claiborne Parish, LA where I have family interests besides just the Harrells. I will see what I can do. Might take a while. The Harrells usually do.

Private User, please review these notes and see what else you can find too. There are a number of DAR patriots that we need to make sure get named and cleaned up if possible, I think in the Butler lines. The Harrell lines are a continuous pop up of tangles.

Jethro Butler (ca. 1760) husband of Martha Ann McDaniel Butler; father of Christopher Butler, Mary Butler, Tobias Butler, Esther or Hester Butler Harrell Raby, and William Butler (1); grandfather to Samuel Butler of Camden District, South Carolina.

Go to Sally's Family Place type in looking for a someone----Esther Butler Raby and is you will following Raby, Raey, Raiby, Downward to see Esther Butler Harrell RABY.

From https://sallysfamilyplace.com/raby-rabey-raiby-raibey/

Luke Raby est 1761 – 1789
& ca 1788 Hester/Esther Butler est 1765 –
& ca 1780 Jesse Harrell Jr
& 1793 John Robbins
of Bertie County NC

Luke Raby was the coroner of Bertie Co in 1820.

Child of Luke Raby and Hester/Esther Butler:
1. Luke Raby Jr ca 1789/90 – bef 1842
married 26 Aug 1808 Sally Raby – dec ca 1814
George W Bond, Bm – Bertie Co
married 2nd bef 1815 Carolina Cotten 10 June 1792 – bef 1842
daughter of Jesse Cotten and Martha Whitehead

Children of Hester/Esther Butler and Jesse Harrell Jr:
1. Turner Harrell ca 1783 –
2. Jesse Harrell ca 1785 –
3. Tempey Harrell ca 1787 –

Will of Luke [x] Raby 13 Oct 1789 – prob Nov Ct 1789 Bertie Co
“…in a low state of health…”
— Wife Hester Raby – lend cattle which belonged to her before our marriage, and at her death to her three children Turner Harrell, Jesse Harrell, and Tempey Harrell.
Lend my wife bed, furniture, plates, apparel, tea ware, pots, chairs, etc. and at her death to be divided between her three said children.
Lend my wife my plantation where I now live for her lifetime and at her death to the child my wife is now big with, but if this child should die without issue this land shall fall to my wife’s said three children.
To my wife – lend Negro Dick for her lifetime with reversion at her death to my unborn child.
EX: wife, friends, William Horn, George Williams
Wit: Perry Tyler, Mary [x] Holland, Elizabeth [x] Dodrill [Gammon abstract]

Will of Tobias Butler, planter 10 Aug 1791 – prob. Nov Ct 1791
among other clauses
— Sister Hester Raby – Negro Jenney she already has in her possession.

Estate of Adam Raby Jr dec’d
Administration grtd. Esther Raby 6 Aug 1792.
Deposition [Dec 12, 1796] by Cader Powell, stating that he, William Horn, and Absolam Carney went to divide the estate of Adam Raby, Sr,. ” about six years ago” but there was a dispute. This deposition further states that Luke Raby [an heir of the dec’d] drove away the cattle of the dec’d before it could be divided. The said Powell had bought a horse from Luke Raby in September of 1777, who told him it had been the property of his brother Adam Raby. This file contains a similar deposition by William Horn. [Gammon abstract]

Estate of Juneshe Raby dec’d
Inventory [undated] by James Hayes

Estate of Luke Raby dec’d
Inventory 30 Oct 1789 by Hester [x] Rabey, including 600 acres of land.
Summons [Nov 16, 1789] of Hester Raby as exrx. of the dec’d to answer to Dempsey Harrell and wife Orpah, and James Hayes and wife Ruth, for their petition for a distributive share of the estates of Adam Raby, Judy Raby, and Adam Raby, Jr.
Account of sale 3 Dec 1789 by Joseph Horne.
Hester Raby’s answer to the petition [Aug 1790] by Harrell and Hayes, states she did not know that Adam Raby, Jr. was deceased and does not know anything about his estate. However she admitted that he would have been entitled to a destributive share of his father’s estate if he had been living, but he never came out of the service [sic]. She further states she believed the petitioners had their full shares of the estates of Old Mr. Raby and Old Mrs. Raby, plus whatever property would have been Adam Raby, Jr’s. She admitted that Judy Raby only had a life estate in the property of her husband and this property was divided among her next of kin at her death, and Hester Raby’s husband had kept only his fair share, which was now in her hands for herself and her orphan child Luke Raby.
Account of sale 1791 by the exrx. [Gammon abstract]

Is this Hester/Esther remarriage
Esther Raby to John Robbins 27 April 1793
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So it appears that Hester/Esther married

1. Jesse Harrell Jr circa 1780 ( 3 children)
2. Luke Raby circa 1790 (1 child)
3. John Robbins circa 1793 (no known issue)

I've used info from Sally's place for my Minshew and Harrell lines. This is starting to make some sense. We will get it Private User. Thanks for accepting the collaboration request. Send me a message about your connections to Butler/Harrell/Raby and I will make sure you are added as I build any profiles. :-)

I will try to work on this section some this weekend. It will just take a bit as I have a couple of school events.

Check your google page--Robbins Family Rools to M Wi-North Carolina Newspapers story begin with John Robbins 1790. John Robbins was one the chief men of the Chowan Indian. Esther Butler Harrell Raby was a Tuscarora Indian.

From https://www.rla.unc.edu/Publications/NCArch/NCA_63.pdf by historian Forest Hazel is an interesting article on Chowanoke tribe of the region. Names noted in the article are Butler, Robbins, Harrell.

I have followed Hazel's work as he documented the Dimery family, a Native American family and community in Horry County. He specializes in Eastern Carolina regional archeology and lineages. We need to search through this one to see what we can find.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/23719092 also connects The Great Dismal Swamp with this group.

https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/parker-david-robbins-... mentions that Parker David Robbins father was John A. Robbins and an unknown wife. Was this the same John Robbins who married Esther/Hester Butler?

Parker David Robbins needs a profile and tree if we can't find one in Geni already. He isn't in the Chownoke project. We have a lot going on with this discussion thread.

Wow! I thought you was keeping me inside your pages. I did start you out of the pages. Not to let it shown that I that a biggest part it. I was kinfolks too.

Added and or expanded profiles to this line:

Temperance "Tempy" Harrell Brown

Turner Harrell

Luke Raby

Luke Raby, Jr.

Sally Raby

Carolina Raby

John Brown

Isaac Jesse Brown

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I'm not finding any notes on Tuscarora, Private User, but on Chowanoke through Butler and Robbins connections, perhaps. It looks like that Harrells purchased Robbins lands ending the Chowanoke reservation. Some intermarried in all three families according to the article that I posted by Forest Hazel mentioned above on the Chowanoke project. More needs to be done with that listing. I am going to discuss with several curators and Geni members who work in those areas, but Hazel provides a good starting list, I think.

These families crossed Bertie, Gates, and Perquimans Counties in NC and crosses into VA. The Great Dismal Swamp figures in along with other geographic anomalies.

Found it....sort of an explanation for you, but probably Chowanoke is a better fit due to the age of the profiles. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chowanoc

The Chowanoc,[1] also Chowanoke, are an Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe who historically lived near the Chowan River in North Carolina.[2]

At the time of the first English contact in 1580s, they were a large and influential tribe and remained so through the mid-17th century.[2]

In 1677, after the Chowanoc War, English colonists set aside a reservation for the tribe near Bennett Creek. The Chowanoc suffered high mortality due to infectious disease, including a smallpox epidemic in 1696.

Descendants of the Chowanoc merged with the Tuscarora in the early 18th century.[2]

Forest Hazel describes the last settlement in the reference above.

Another link to explore. Not well-sourced, but something tells me to hang on to it. If nothing but to discard later.

https://hdhdata.org/roots/d2739.html#f00004

I told you about the Tuscarora Indians in the Jethro and Martha Ann McDaniel Butler lineage.

You can find them on Ross Baptist Churc00hoggs(3).pdf-Adobe Reader. By the way, I'm kinfolk to them, too.

Yes, I know, but the connection of Tuscaroa to the Chowanoke was missing. Got it now, I think. We probably need to confirm which group to use for each profile and it may change depending on date they lived after merger of the tribes. Also need to see if we can find some more data if known as part of tribe. The more sources and links we uncover, the better.

https://divinityarchive.com/bitstream/handle/11258/11182/rossbaptis...

Searching it now.

Here it is -

From Page 15. retrieved from https://divinityarchive.com/bitstream/handle/11258/11182/rossbaptis...
"Ross Baptist Church: The First 75 Years 1800 - 1875, The People, The Community," by Stanley Hoggard

THE YEAR OF 1814: Mary Mizelle, Clary (Clara?) Cowan, and Nellie of color, the property of
Charles Sewell were received as candidates for baptism on the Saturday before the fourth Sunday of January. On Sunday during the baptismal service, Aaron Mizelle was received and baptized. Elder Thomas Leary preached on Saturday before the fourth Sunday in February. Jerry of color, the property of Ben Hardy; also, Martha Butler (*) "came forward for membership." They were baptized the following day. On this same date, delegates to the meeting of the association were appointed as follows: James Ross, Isma Yeats, and William Newbem. The Associational Meeting in the year of 1 8 1 4 was held in Edenton on the Saturday before the second Sunday in May. The church agreed the send fifteen shillings ($2.00) to the fund.

(*) Martha Butler was a Tuscarora Indian, as were the other Butlers during the early 1 800s. According to local history, Indian tribal units had ceased to exist by 1750 (this does not include
tribes on the Indian Woods Reservation that moved away in 1803). By the year of 1750, most of the Indians had moved away, leaving the few remnants that chose to remain in the area. Those that remained in the area organized into family units, and adopted English surnames for identifi- cation. The Butlers were among the most prominent of the Indian family units. The patriarch of this family was probably Tobias Butler, who died in 1791. The wife of Tobias was Keziah Butler. Martha Butler was one of the daughters of Tobias and Keziah. Many of the Butlers became members of Ross Church.

I will add to Martha's profile. Thanks Private User

I am guessing Martha would have been named for her grandmother Martha McDaniel Butler, wife of Jethro.

Tobias and Keziah Butler's child:
Martha Sarah Butler was charged with disorder and excluded from the Ross Baptist Church/Bertie Co., N.C. Her charged: she let a white man and her have sex. John Castellaw born 1726 Bertie Co., N.C. and Martha was born 1739 Bertie Co., N.C. They were not married when she had her first child, William. William took Castellaw last name. Here are other children John Castellaw and Martha Sarah Butler had: Elizabeth Butler Castellaw, Prudence Castellaw, Martha Castellaw, John Castellaw, James C. Castellaw, Sarah Castellaw ,and Penelope Castellaw. Martha Sarah Butler was Tuscarora Indian and John Castellaw was a white man. No preacher would not married a white man nor a Tuscarora Indian if he would like to be preaching. John Castellaw called her his "common-law wife" .Martha Sarah Butler died 1784 Bertie Co., N.C. John Castellaw married Margaret Dawson 1775. Margaret and John Castellaw had 8 children: Charlotte, Bartholomew, John Dawson, Henry Dawson, Nancy W., John William, Thomas Jefferson, and Harriet Castellaw. John Castellaw died 11 Dec 1813 Bertie Co., N.C. Martha Sarah Butler was only 45 years old when she died. I believe she what one that they part too death.

I saw the Castellaw name in the rolls of the Ross Baptist Church. I'll see if I can sort some of this later in the week, but I think we have made some progress. I have contacted a curator to review some of this and some of the work I think we need to do to add them to the correct projects.

This may become similar to the Dimery Settlement project https://www.geni.com/projects/Dimery-Settlement-Native-Americans-in... and the church cemetery, which was important to the membership. It would be nice if we could contribute to the preservation of information and knowledge.

What is you e-mail?

Joab Harrell died when he was young. S/O Jesse Harrell and Esther Butler Harrell Raby.

Sending it to you.

I found out though Owen McDaniel's will that Jethro Butler has two wife Martha Ann McDaniel Butler and Sarah Butler. Jethro Butler was Tuscarora Indian!

Do you have a link for the will of Owen McDaniel, Private User ? I am busy with Easter preparations, but hope to get back to this some later this coming week.

On google type in McDaniel, Owen (Bertie Co.,) NC Digital Collections. It will you up to Owen McDaniel' will.

Did you type the correct Owen McDaniel's will?

I haven't had time yet, Pat. I have had family in all weekend and swamped with work, but will get back to it soon. There is a lot to do on it for sure.