Catherine Eddins

Catherine Towles

• Birth: 1721 Middlesex County Virginia, USA
• Death: 1789 Culpeper County Virginia, USA
• Daughter of Capt. Stokeley P Towles and Hannah 'Anne' (Vallott) Towles
• Wife of Abraham T. Eddins

Catherine Towles Eddins in 1720 Accomack Co VA to 1789 Wilkes Co NC @ Ancestry.com: + Abraham Eddins (1724-1801);

children:

1. Mary Eddins ( 1754-?),
2. William Eddins (1758-1841),
3. Judith Eddins (1760-1850),
4. Frances Eddins (1764-1815),
5. Anne Eddins (1764-?),
6. Sarah Eddins (1764-1848);

parents: Stokeley Towles (1688-1757) + Ann Vallott (1693-1742);

Catherine Towles @ VA Births and Christenings 1853-1917: b 07/05/1721, Christening: 07/16/1721 Christ Church Parish, Saluda, Middlesex Co VA; parents: Stokely Towles + Anne ?;

Catherine Towles Eddings in 1721 Middlesex Co VA to >1789 @ International Genealogical Index: b 07/05/1721 Middlesex Co VA, d >1789, + (≈1757 Culpeper Co VA) Abraham Eddings; children: Sarah Eddings, William Eddings, Joseph Eddings, Judith Eddings, Annie Eddings, Mary Eddings, Lucy Eddings, Frank Eddings; parents: ? + ?:

Catherine Towles Eddins in 1720 Jamaico, Middlesex Co VA to >1789 Culpeper Co VA @ Ancestral File: b 07/05/1720 Jamaica, Middlesex Co VA; Christening: 07/16/1721 Christ Church, Middlesex Co VA; d >1789 Culpeper Co VA; + (01/18/1747 Culpeper Co VA) Abraham Eddins; children: William Eddins, Judith Eddins, Annie Eddins, Mary Eddins, Joseph Eddins, Lucy Eddins, Frank Eddins, Sarah (Sally) Eddins, William Sr. Eddins; parents: Stockeley Towles + Anne Vallott;

Catherine Towles Eddins in 1721 Culpeper Co VA to 1789 Culpeper Co VA @ WikiTree.com: + Abraham Eddins; children: ?; parents: Stokeley Towles + Hannah Ann Vallott;

Catherine Towles Eddins in 1721 Culpeper Co VA to 1789 Wilkes Co NC @ Geni.com: + Abraham Eddins; children: Mary Eddins; William Eddins; Joseph Eddins; Frances Kilby; Judith Reynolds ; Sarah (Salley) Eddins; Anne Burdine; Lucy Eddins; parents: Stokeley Towles + Hannah Ann Valloitt;

Catherine Towles Eddins @ Roots Web.com: "...

Some thoughts on this family [by Craig Kilby]. Abraham Eddins's LW&T [infra] names his wife as Sarah, though the mother of his children was Catherine Towles which is proved by Clark v. Towles in Madison Co VA (Chancery Suits, File Drawer 14, 1836-1845). That suit only names four of his children, William Eddins, Josaph Eddins, Frances Eddins (who married Nathaniel Burdine), and Mary Eddins (who married Samuel Burdine).

Even this list is incorrect, as we know from deeds more contemporaneous than Clark v. Towles (≈1840 when they had all long left Culpeper Co VA) that Frances married William Kilby, and that the wife of Nathaniel Burdine was Ann and the wife of Samuel Burdine was Mary.

For Mary, we have the family bible of her grandson which gives her exact date of birth. We also have the dates for William Eddins from his bible. "I [Craig Kilby] believe Abraham has listed his children in the order they were b except for William, who is named separately [in Abraham's LW&T. infra] but who was not the oldest child.

Below are some brief notes on each of them and the parents:

"Abraham Eddins b 06/01/1724, probably Spotsylvania Co VA; d 11/30/1801 (dates taken from a webset, so beware. I believe they came from the bible of his son William Eddins), son, IT IS SAID, of William Eddins and Rebecca Haw (I have no proof of that). Married ≈1745, Catherine Towles (daughter of Stokely Towles + Ann Valloitt) ... b 07/05/1721 in Middlesex Co VA and d before 1790.

Children of Capt. Stokeley P Towles and Hannah 'Anne' (Vallott) Towles:

1. "i. Frances Eddins, b ≈1747, m. William Kilby ≈1765 in Culpeper Co VA, moved to Wilkes Co NC in 1776 and died there ≈1833.
2. "ii. Ann Eddins b. ≈1749 in Culpeper Co VA, m. Nathaniel Burdine ≈1770. Moved to Abbeville District SC via Wilkes Co NC.
3. "iii. Joseph Eddins of whom I have little other data--may have remained in Culpeper Co VA.
4. "iv. Mary Eddins b 07/01/1754 in Culpeper Co VA; died probably in SC, but possibly GA or MS. Married Samuel Burdine and moved first to Wilkes Co NC and thence to SC.
5. "v. Lucy Eddins, b ≈1756 in Culpeper Co VA, m. Thomas Johnson in Wilkes Co NC, bond dated 12/05/1780.
6. "vi. William Eddins, b 04/21/1758 in Culpeper Co VA, d 03/03/1841 in Wilson Co TN. Married, in Wilkes Co NC, to Rebecca Chandler (b. 02/19/1765 in Henry Co VA; d. unk.), daughter of Robert Bailey and Partheny Chandler Bailey, bond dated 08/24/1784.
7. "vii. Judith Eddins, b ≈1760 in Culpeper Co VA, m. in Wilkes Co NC, to Elisha Reynolds, bond dated 08/05/1786.
8. "viii. Sarah Eddins, b ≈1762 in Culpeper Co VA, m. in Wilkes Co NC to Josiah Chandler, (brother of Rebecca, above) bond dated 08/21/1784. Sarah died in 1848, Wilson Co TN.

"As Abraham's wife was named Catherine in their deeds as late as the late 1770s, I believe Catherine Towles was the mother of all of these children. The wife named 'Sarah' in Abraham's LW&T (the one accused of wasting the estate) is more than likely a second wife ..."

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Parents: Stokeley Towles (1688 - 1757)

Spouse: Abraham Eddins (1724 - 1801)*

Children:

1. William B Eddins (1757 - 1822)*

• Calculated relationship

Burial: Unknown

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Created by: arymaxson Record added: Oct 05, 2016 Find A Grave Memorial# 170885364 https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=eddins&GSfn=...

References

1. 05 July 1721, Middlesex: Catherine daughter of Stokely & Anne Towles born July ye 5 baptized July 16 1721. (The Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, VA, From 1653 to 1812, The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia, (1897) 1988, p 107). GAY EDENS-CARRIGAN