James Mclean "Lean" Hastings

DNA Circle Match on this ancestor at Ancestry.com-Stephen Wesley Kendall-four matches.

James nickname was Lean.  James was a North Carolina soldier in the Revolutionary War (DAR record #617492, Yetive Denton Ramsey, a supplemental).   He married (1) Mary Ann Wilson about 1799 in Orange Co., NC. She was born in 1758 and died in 1784, about age 26 and was the mother of his first three children.  He then married (2) Hannah Crabtree, on 15 July 1784, in Orange Co., NC.

According to Will T. Hastings' research, James, Sr. became indisposed at a cornshucking in the neighborhood, excused himself at an early hour, went home and died about sunrise the next morning.

Some researchers have his death 10 May 1822;  Will T. Hastings has it in October because of the will's date. Also, cornshucking would have happened in the fall, not the spring.

Abstract of Wills, Orange County, North Carolina by Shields

E. 29 Will dated  25 Oct 1822 in Orange Co., NC; proved in November court, 1822.

Sons, Thomas & Henry;

Daughters,  Nance Smith, Sara Hastings, Hannah Smith, Margaret Lasley,   

     Easter (Ester) Cate;

Youngest sons, John, James, Joseph;

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James McLean 'Lean' Hastings BIRTH 3 Sep 1758 Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, USA DEATH 25 Oct 1822 (aged 64) Orange County, North Carolina, USA BURIAL Unknown MEMORIAL ID 34782867 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 0 FLOWERS 4 Family Members Parents Photo Henry Clay Hastings 1727–1812

Photo Elizabeth McDaniel Hastings 1731–1800

Spouse Hannah Crabtree Hastings 1764–1842

Children Esther Hettie Hastings Cate 1780–1864

James McLean Hastings 1792–1866

Photo Hannah Hastings Smith 1799–1867

Photo Joseph Marion Hastings 1804–1885

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