Elizabeth Henderson

Possible alternate b. & d. dates: September 14, 1714 - May 12, 1790.

Married 4 Nov 1732 in Hanover, Virginia (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=140017289)

References

• * Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 Table of Contents: Henderson Family Source Information Ancestry.com. Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. AncestryImage

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GEDCOM Note

Category: Granville County, North Carolina

Biography

Elizabeth Williams was born 14 Sep 1714.<ref>DAR (need National numberof applicant please for replicability-questionable source as her father wouldn't have served and her husband would have been quite elderly to have served either)</ref>
John Williams. ( John is occasionally referred to as "Jonathon" in some sources. But I will use "John", as that is the name that John Drayton Williams recorded in 1845 and I will continue with this tradition.). John Williams was born 26 January 1679 in Llangollen, Wales. John'swife was named Mary_____, b. 26 Sept 1684. (Mary's full name is generally accepted as Mary Keeling, the d/o of Capt. George Keeling and Ursula Fleming. If so she was born in America.) John is believed to haveimmigrated to America in the 1690's. He appears to have first settled on Queens' Creek in York County, Virginia but they later moved to Hanover County, Virginia and built their home "Studley" sometime before 1712. John and Mary Williams had eight children:

• 1. John Williams, b. 26 July 1704, Va.. Married Mary Womack *2. Mary Williams, b. 1 Sept 1706, Hanover Co., Va.. Married Henry Graves. *3. Ann Williams, b. 1 Sept 1708, Hanover Co., Va.. Married John Daniel. *4. Daniel Williams, b. 28 Sept 1710, Hanover Co., Va. d. 15 Nov 1757.Will proved 15 Nov 1759, Granville Co., NC. On 19 Oct 32, married Ursula Clark Henderson. *5. Nathaniel Williams, b.2 Dec 1712, Hanover Co., Va., d. ca. 1763. Va.; Abt. 1763, married to Elizabeth Washington, b. 21 June 1717, Middlesex Co., Va. *6. Elizabeth Williams, b. 14 Sept 1714, Hanover Co., Va., d. 12 May 1790 Granville Co., NC. Married Samuel Henderson, 14 Nov 1732, Hanover Co., Va. Samuel was the son of Richard Henderson and Mary Washer of Ashland, Granville Co., NC. *7.Sarah W. Williams, b. 15 Feb 1716, Hanover Co., Va. Married Thomas Castello.*8.Joseph Williams, b. 1 Jan 1721, Hanover Co., Va. d. 1 Oct. 1792, Elbert Co., Ga. Will proved 15 Oct. 1792, Elbert Co., Ga. Married Henrietta Jouett, b. 20 Apr 1727 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Va, d. aft1778, GA. She was the daughter of Matthew Jouett and Susannah ______. Church affiliation: Baptist. <ref>A source for this information is needed</ref> Elizabeth Henderson appears inGranville County, North Carolina in 1786.<ref><i>North Carolina, Compiled Census & Census index</i>. Author? Year? Page?</ref>

::In the name of God amen,::I Elizabeth Henderson of Granville County in the State of North Carolina being in perfect health & sound mind & disposing mind & memory domake, ordain & constitute this my Last will & Testament. First I will that all my just debts which I owe be forthwith levied out of my estate & paid.::Item my will & desire is that my whole estate be equally divided between the children of Susanna Searcy deceased, Richard Henderson deceased, William Henderson deceased & Nathaniel Henderson deceased by my Executors hereafter named and I hereby appoint my son Pleasant & my grandson Archibald Henderson Executors to this my last will & Testament hereby revoking & disannuling? all other & former Wills by me heretofore made. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this fifth day of Setpember 1790. ::Elizabeth (her X mark) Henderson::Signed, sealed & recorded by the said Elizabeth Henderson to be her last Will & Testament in presence of ::Reuben Searcy ::Leonard Henderson::John (his mark) Price<ref>Rockingham County, North Carolina Will Book I (1785-1804) pp65-66.</ref>

Sources

<references/>*Rockingham County North Carolina Will Abstracts 1785-1865. Irene B. Webster. 1973. p. 4*Worth Stickley Ray, <i>Colonial Granville and Its People, </i> Loose Leaves from "The Lost Tribes of North Carolina" (Austin, TX: Self-published, 1945] New England Historic Genealogical Society Library Call Number: F262/G85/R3 *<i>Early Descendants of John Williams, "The Wealthy Welshman" of Hanover County, Virginia</i>