Martin Weatherford

Martin Weatherford, son of William Weatherford III and Susanna Wilkerson, was born about 1729 in James City, Virginia Colony

After Augusta, Georgia fell in the early 1780s to the British, Martin Weatherford was one of 250 Loyalists who were banished from the state and had their land confiscated.

Weatherford died in March 1805 as a resident of Russell Island, Eleuthera, The Bahamas and was likely buried at the Sir George W. K. Roberts Memorial Library, Dunmore Town, Harbour Island, The Bahamas.

He had signed a will 28 July 1800 in Harbour Island, Eleuthera, The Bahamas, with Joseph Curry, Sr., Samuel Johnson, and Jeremiah Higgs as witnesses. The will was proved 23 March 1805. Isabella Weatherford, his wife, was named executrix. Per a newspaper notice submitted 29 March 1805 and published 5 April 1805, the attorney for the executrix was William Kerr.

Notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Weatherford-112

Martin Weatherford is not the ancestor of the Muskogee Indian William Weatherford. Martin’s son Charles was banished in 1782 with his father. William’s father was a Scots immigrant.

“WEATHERFORD (WITHERFORD), MARTIN of Augusta, planter. He served against the rebels during the siege of augusta, brought in intelligence and intercepted rebel convoys. He was appointed Conductor of the Creek Indians and marched at the head of 300 of them to the relief of Savanah. Claims sworn St. Augustine 11 October 1783 for a town lot of 50 acres in Augusta with two other lots of 50 and 200 acres,; a house and 200 acres five miles from Augusta on Savannah River; 200 acres on Town Creek, SC, 10 miles from Augusta; 10 negroes."

9. MARTIN6 WEATHERFORD (CHARLES5, RICHARD4, WILLIAM3 WHITHEFORD, JOHN2, THOMAS1) was born 1726 in James City County, VA, and died March 1805 in Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas. He married (1) JANE 1747 in Virginia. She was born 1731 in Virginia. He married (2) ISABELLA 1775 in Georgia.

Children of MARTIN WEATHERFORD and JANE are:

• i. WILLIAM7 WEATHERFORD, b. Abt. 1748, Lunenburg Co., VA.
• 14. ii. CAPT. JAMES WEATHERFORD, b. 1750, Lunenburg Co., VA; d. 1810, Edgefield Co. SC.
• 15. iii. CHARLES WEATHERFORD, b. 1752, Lunenburg Co., VA.
• iv. ELENOR WEATHERFORD, b. 1753.
• v. JOHN WEATHERFORD, b. 1754, Lunenburg Co., VA.
• 16. vi. CATHERINE WEATHERFORD, b. 1756, Lunenburg Co., VA.

Children of MARTIN WEATHERFORD and ISABELLA are:

• vii. HENRIETTA7 WEATHERFORD, b. 1775, St. Paul Parish, Augusta Twp. Georgia; d. 17 May 1797, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas; m. WILLIAM GOULD, 07 September 1796, St. John's Parish, Harbour Island, Abaco, Bahamas; b. Abt. 1775.
• 17. viii. JOHN WILLIAM WEATHERFORD, b. 1776, St. Paul Parish, Augusta Twp. Georgia; d. 28 September 1867, Hope Town, Elbow Cay, Abaco, Bahamas.
• 18. ix. WILLIAM HENRY WEATHERFORD, b. 1777, St. Paul Parish, Augusta Twp. Georgia; d. 04 October 1823, Bahamas.
• 19. x. CATHERINE "CATY" WEATHERFORD, b. 1778, St. Paul Parish, Augusta Twp. Georgia.
• 20. xi. CHARLES C. WEATHERFORD, b. 1779, St. Paul Parish, Augusta Twp. Georgia.
• xii. RICHARD WEATHERFORD, b. 1781, St. Paul Parish, Augusta Twp. Georgia; d. 15 March 1815, Abaco, Bahamas.
• xiii. CHARLOTTE WEATHERFORD, b. 1783, St. Augustine, Florida; d. 16 May 1805, Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
• xiv. SARAH WEATHERFORD, b. Abt. 1784, Abaco, Bahamas; d. Aft. 1804.
• xv. ISABELLA WEATHERFORD, b. 1785, Abaco, Bahamas; d. 12 April 1820, St. Matthew's Church, Nassau, Bahamas; m. CAPTAIN JOHN W. HALL, 24 December 1817, Nassau, Bahamas; b. Abt. 1785 .

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Old family notes

Father: Charles ? WEATHERFORD , Sr. b: ABT 1705 in Mecklenberg County, Virginia Mother: Mary ? CORNET b: ABT 1709 in Scotland

Marriage 1 Mary Jane "Half BLOOD" b: ABT 1731 in Virginia Married: ABT 1747 in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina Note: Source: Dolly Mae's CD, Abaco, 2007 Edition.

Children

• Has No Children William ? WEATHERFORD b: ABT 1748 in Lunenburg County, Virginia
• Has Children James ? WEATHERFORD b: ABT 1750 in Lunenburg County, Virginia
• Has No Children Charles ? WEATHERFORD b: ABT 1752 in Lunenburg County, Virginia
• Has No Children Eleanor ? WEATHERFORD b: ABT 1753 in Lunenburg County, Virginia
• Has Children John ? WEATHERFORD , Sr. b: ABT 1754 in Lunenburg County, Virginia
• Has Children Catherine ? WEATHERFORD b: ABT 1756 in Lunenburg County, Virginia
• Has No Children Cornet ? WEATHERFORD b: ABT 1757 in Augusta Township, Georgia

Marriage 2 Isabella ? ARCHER [NOT ARCHER] 17 AUG 1760 in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia Married: BEF 1775 in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia Note: Source: Dolly Mae's CD, Abaco, 2007 Edition. Source: St. John's Church register.

Children

1. Has No Children Henrietta ? WEATHERFORD b: ABT 1775 in St. Paul Parish, Augusta Twp., Georgia
2. Has Children John William WEATHERFORD , Sr. b: ABT 1776 in St. Paul Parish, Augusta Twp., Georgia
3. Has Children William Henry WEATHERFORD b: ABT 1777 in St. Paul Parish, Augusta Twp., Georgia
4. Has Children Catherine ? "Caty" WEATHERFORD b: ABT 1778 in Augusta Township, Georgia
5. Has Children Charles C. WEATHERFORD b: ABT 1779 in St. Paul Parish, Augusta Twp., Georgia
6. Has Children Richard R. WEATHERFORD , Jr. b: ABT 1781 in St. Paul Parish, Augusta Twp., Georgia
7. Has No Children Charlotte ? WEATHERFORD b: ABT 1783 in St. Augustine, St. Johns, Florida
8. Has No Children Sarah ? WEATHERFORD b: ABT 1784 in Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas
9. Has Children Isabella ? WEATHERFORD b: ABT 1785 in Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas

References

• http://mcclure.freeservers.com/weatherford.htm does not show a Martin Weatherford.
• Source: Dolly Mae's CD, Abaco rev. from Wyannie Malone Museum, Abaco, Bahamas.
• , Wyannie Malone Genealogy, p18.
• John J., Jr. McAleer, Genealogy of Wyannie Malone, P14.
• Source: F. Claiborne Johnston, Jr., "Early Colonists of The Bahamas", Martin Weatherford, estate notice, Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas, 02 January 1808, Administrator, Charles Weatherford.
• Source: 1850 U.S. Federal Census.
• from Ancestry, The American Migration - 1765 - 1799.
• "Notice." The Royal Gazette & Bahama Advertiser, published 5 April 1805.