Bethiah Nation

Bethiah Robins

• Gender: Female
• Birth: 1701 - Crosswicks Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Colonial America
• Death: between May 1774 and 1789 (72-88) - Probably her son's home, Surry, North Carolina, United States
• Place of Burial: Surry County, North Carolina, United States
• Father: Joseph ROBBINS b: 12 Mar 1670/71
• Mother: Anna (Hannah) PACK b: 11 May 1663

Marriage

1. John Jr. NATIONS b: 28 Mar 1697 in N. Petherton, Somerset, England Married: 1718 in Freehold Twp., Monmouth Co. NJ 1

John Nation, Sr. died in 1774 in Guilford Co. NC. and named these seven children in his will:

1. Joseph Nation married Eleanor Robins.
2. John Nation, Jr. married Elizabeth Bethiah Robins
3. Christopher Nation - married Elizabeth Swaim
4. Elizabeth Nation - married Marmaduke Vickery
5. Ann Nation - married John Bullar
6. Bethia Nation - married Joseph Mathew Robbins
7. Frances Nation - married William Robins

After John's death, Bethiah moved into Surry (now Stokes) county with sons John & Joseph, and was on the tax list there for 1774. She probably died before the 1790 census.

Notes

• Dennis McFerran states that Bethiah Robins was the daughter of Joseph Robins, Sr. and Anne Peck. Is it possible that Bethiah Robins and Joseph Robins, b. c. 1702 are brother and sister?

Links

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1834591&...
• http://davenation.com/gene/jnation.html
• http://www.megjohn.info/genealogy/Henry_Nation_Descendants.pdf