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About Alexander Herring, II
Augusta County Pioner and the progenitor of the Rockingham line.
Alexander HERRING (HERRON) Jr.
- 1708 - Jun 1778
- OCCUPATION: Founder Of The Herring's Of Rockingham Co., VA
- RESIDENCE: Sussex Co., DE; 1742 Rockingham Co, VA
- BIRTH: 1708, Sussex Co. DE
- DEATH: Jun 1778, Deleware/Rockingham Co., VA
- Father: Alexander HERRING (HERRON) Sr. Mother: Margaret
- Family 1 : Abigail HARRISON MARRIAGE: Sussex Co., DE
Children
6/sons, perhaps a daughter
- Jesse HERRING (HERRON)
- + Leonard HERRING
- + Alexander HERRING
- John HERRING
- William HERRING (HERRON)
- Bethuel HERRING (HERRON)
Notes His migration to the Shenandoah Valley occurred in about the spring of 1742, having sold his land of 189 acres in Sussex, DE to Peter Dale on 5 May 1742. He first bought land near Linville and in 1755 , received his patent for the land promised him on Cook's Creek.
About 20 years following Alexander Herring's settlement in Augusta Co. Va, a Thomas Herron came from Ulster and settled in the Linville Creek region of Rockingham. [S224] [S224]
Disputed descent
Not a known parent of Bathsheba Lincoln.
“While many sites indicated that this family are ancestors to Abraham Lincoln, no sources have ever been provided to substantiate the claim.[1]”
References
- Settlers by the Long Grey Trail: Some Pioneers to Old Augusta County ... By John Houston Harrison. Page 282. GoogleBooks. Pioneer Alexander Herring left, in 1781, five sons (Leonard, Alex, William, Bethuel, Jesse). Also son John and one daughter (unnamed), speculated to be Bathsheba, wife of Abraham Lincoln.
- Warren, Louis Austin : "The Herrings of Virginia. Searching for Facts about Lincoln's Paternal Grandmother", The Lincoln Kinsman, No. 3, Ft. Wayne, IN (Sep 1938) Archive.Org
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130754780/alexander-herring
- https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Alexander_Herron_%281%29
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Herring-175
- “Mrs. Bathsheba Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's paternal grandmother - Was she a Herring?” by R. Andrew Pierce link Alexander Herring resided in Rockingham (then Augusta) Co. from at least 1751 until his death in 1778, and had five sons. There was considerable deed activity among the sons after his death, and none of them mention a daughter/sister Bathsheba. Distinctive names among the Herrings such as Alexander, Leonard and Bethuel, do NOT occur in the Lincoln family.
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https://archive.org/stream/lineageandtradi00hendgoog/lineageandtrad...
'John Alexander Herring, of Norfolkshire County, England, ran away from home
when a mere lad of 15, coming to New Jersey ahout 1670, where he married. Later he
moved to the Valley of Virginia, now Rockingham County, about 1736. One of his sons
was Alexander Herring. He qualified as lieutenant, July, 1756. He married Abigail
Harrison, a descendant of the James River Harrisons. This family are said to be
entitled to bear the same Arms, differing only in the crest, which is a boar's head
holding in its mouth four arrows. These Herrings were given their Arms, etc., for
saving the King's life while boar hunting. There were four brothers, and one of them
lost his life in the encounter (ref. Dr. Burke Chrisman). Alexander Herring had
issue: No. 1, John Herring; No. 2, Jesse Herring, killed in the Revolution; No. S,
Leonard Herring, who also fought In the Revolution, went West and had several
children; No. 4, William Herring, made lieutenant in 1778. and qualified as captain
October 24, 1780. He married Elizabeth Stephenson. No. 6, Bethuel Herring. place
described was called the "Mill Place/* In 1790, January
27, he sold it to James Salter/ This land adjoined James CJox's
place. The Coxes were closely allied to the Herrings.
Origins
An abstract of his Will, dated 19 Sep 1735, is as follows:
"Alexander Herring of Sussex County, sick: To loving son Alexander Herring, house and 189 acres. To loving wife Margaret Herring one feather bed and furniture. To loving daughter Eady Herring beds and furniture when 16 years of age. to my daughter, Esther Wood one shilling. To my daughter Sarah Prettyman one shilling." Witness: John ( ) Mariner, John Russell, Elizabeth ( ) Mariner. (Signed) Alexand X Herring (SEAL).[5] The probate date of his will was 22 Mar 1736.
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Alexander Herring, II's Timeline
| 1708 |
June 1, 1708
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Sussex County, Lower Counties on the Delaware, Colonial America
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| 1735 |
1735
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Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware, Colonial America
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1738
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Sussex, Delaware, United States
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1739
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Sussex County, Delaware, Colonial America
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1744
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Augusta County , Province of Virginia, Colonial America
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| 1746 |
1746
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Sussex County, Delaware, Colonial America
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1746
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Delaware, Colonial America
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| 1778 |
June 22, 1778
Age 70
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McGaheysville, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States of America
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June 1778
Age 70
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Augusta County (Present Rockingham County), Virginia, British Colonial America
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