Joseph Aldridge, I

from the website of Richard Hayes Phillips http://web.northnet.org/minstrel/allred.15.htm

William Ezekiel Aldridge, did move to North Carolina. He is listed as Ezekiel Alred in the 1790 census records for Randolph County. He died on 24 October 1793 and is buried at Old McMasters Cemetery in Randolph County. He named fourteen children in his will.

The land records and the early census records show that most of the children of William Aldridge and Elizabeth Symons lived in North Carolina. On 6 February 1761, Nathaniel Aldrage received a grant for 220 acres on the Bushy Fork of Flat river; Joseph Oldrage was a chain carrier. On 8 December 1762, Nathaniel Aldrage received another grant for 700 acres on both sides of Flatt River; Joseph Oldrage was a chain carrier. On 11 December 1762, Joseph Aldrage received a grant for 455 acres on both sides of Flat River. Both men affixed their marks, unable to sign their names. There were several men by the name of Alridge or Aldridge who appear in the early records of Randolph County and vicinity. Among them were: Nicholas Aldridge (1768 tax list for Orange County); William Aldridge and Nathaniel Aldridge (1779 tax list for Randolph County); Joseph Aldridge (1784 tax list for Caswell County); and Nathan Alridge (1790 census for Randolph County). All are said to be sons of William Aldridge and Elizabeth Symons, and brothers of Sylvania Aldridge York.

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Joseph ALDRIDGE I is the first born child of seven children born to William ALDRIDGE II and his wife Elizabeth SYMMONS II. Joseph married Mary HUTCHINS on 3 Jan 1758 in Orange (now Randolph) County, North Carolina. Joseph ALDRIDGE I and his wife Mary HUTCHINS had five children all born in Orange (now Randolph) County, North Carolina:

1. Phoebe "Phebe" ALDRIDGE b. 1756 d. abt 1815 m. Henry HEMRICK in 1776.
2. William ALDRIDGE b. 1728 d. aft 1788 m. Susannah ASHLEY in 1788. 3. Isham ALDRIDGE b. 1764 d. 1817 m. Patty in 1783 4. Joseph ALDRIDGE II b. 1765 d. aft 1800 m. unknown 5. Peter ALDRIDGE b. 1766 d. 1813 m. Judith WAGGENOR in 1786

Joseph ALDRIDGE I was a Regulator in Orange (now Randolph) County, North Carolina in 1768. He was most likely involved in the Battle of Alamance Creek on 16 May 1771. Apparently during the Revolutionary War era this Joseph ALDRIDGE I family migrated from Orange (now Randolph) County, North Carolina into Orange (now Person) County, North Carolina. Joseph and his married sons Isham and Peter can be found in the 1800 U S Census of Person County, North Carolina created in 1791 from Caswell County created in 1777 from Orange County, North Carolina.

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