William Hathaway III of Enon Hall Va.

Not the son of William Hathaway

William HATHAWAY

• Birth: 1707 Lancaster Co., VA
• Death: 1772 Lancaster Co., VA
• Father: Francis HATTAWAY
• Mother: ___ GIBSON (? – 1719)
• Spouse: Sarah Lawson (Daughter of Henry)

The period variations on Hathaway included: Hattaway, Haddaway, Hadaway, Hatteway, and Hatherway.

Estate

Lee, Ida J, "Abstracts Lancaster County, Virginia, Wills - 1653-1800," p.107. Will of Wm. Hathaway written 16 Nov 1771, proved 16 Jan 1772, Will Bk.20, p.33: Wife: Sarah; Division of Estate, 20 Feb 1772, Will Bk.20, p.33: Sarah Hathaway, relict, 1/3, John, James, Thomas, Mary and Lawson Hathaway 1/6, Isaac Currell 1/6.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hathaway-1796

William Hathaway was born to Francis Hathaway [1]and an unknown sister of Robert Gibson in Mar 1707 in Lancaster County, VA. [2]

in 1732 William married Sarah Lawson[3], from a neighbor family of Lawsons. Daughter of Henry Lawson and Mary (Sallard) Lawson

In 1741 William purchased 190 acres on Piscataway Creek from William and Anne Boulivare...which she had inherited from her father, Philip Parr. The property adjoined that of Thomas Edmondson, Charles Breedlove, Captain James Wood, Micajack (?) Evans, and Thomas Kid. No mention of a wife for William.

Enon Hall was purchased in 1762. (ref. www.enonhall.com)

Will listing the following. Wife: Sarah Children: John, James, Thomas, Lawson, Mary, & Dolly and William (photocopy and transcript). Died Nov 16, 1771 at Enon Hall, .

William Hathaway BIRTH 1695 Lancaster County, Virginia, USA DEATH 1772 (aged 76–77) Lancaster County, Virginia, USA BURIAL Enon Hall White Stone, Lancaster County, Virginia,

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116488797/william-hathaway

DAR I.D. #8572 Mr. Alice Kemper Boring. also #68516 and #38560 and #17243 and #11715 and #83312 and #91907and #14375

http://www.angelfire.com/nc3/joynerfamily/tim.html

Sarah married John Hathaway in Fauquier Co, VA, 26 Dec 1754. John was the son of William Hathaway.

http://www.enonhall.com/pdf/lineage.LAWSONTAYLOR.pdf

But see:

http://www.coffey.ws/FamilyTree/Docs/HATHAWAYJohn%28C%29.htm

(Capt. John's will abstract, written just 6 days before his death. Source: Abstracts of Fauquier Co., Va Will, Inventories and Accounts, 1759 - 1800 By John K. Gott)

Date: 13 April 1786

Dau.: Elizabeth - in lieu of mine given to my brother James Hathaway which he assigned to her - one Negro Girl.

Wife: Sarah - the tract of land whereon I now live, all Negroes, horses, cattle and household furniture during her natural life.

Sons and Dau.: It is my Will and desire that if my wife Sarah Hathaway should die before my Sons Henry Lawson Hathaway & Francis Hathaway & dau. Sarepta receives their Education that they shall be educated: Lawson 3 years more than he has received; Francis five and Sarepta Two at the expense of my Estate.

Children: After decease of wife, real and personal property sold and equally divided between all my children Viz, Judtih Kamper, Sarah Bartlett, Elizabeth, John, Nancy, Susannah, Molly, Dolly, Peggy Lawson, Sarepta and Francis. Judith Kamper and Sarah Bartlett to have L12 less than the others.

Sons: John - the land which Simon Kenton was to locate for me which is 1100 acres lying near Big Sandy River.

Sons: Lawson and Francis - the tract of Land I bought of Powers and Davison lying on Tyger River in Harrison County - 561 acres - if my son John should not get the Land above mentioned that then he shall have an equal part of the tract of land I willed to my sons Lawson & Francis.

Exors: Wife, Sarah, Executrix & Son John Hathaway

Signed; John Hathaway

Wit: Josiah Fishback, Philip Fishback, William Metcalf

Proved: 25 September 1786 by o. of above Witnesses Sarah Hathaway and John Hathaway granted certificate to obtain probate

Gwathey's Register of Virginians in the Revolution states he resigned as Major in May 1783, but lists him as Lt. in Capt. James Scott's Co., Va. Militia, in 1777. His S.A.R. record, Ohio, called him Capt. of Militia Company in Continental Service from 25 Oct. 1779 to 26 May 1783, continued in Civil Service, holding office of Associate Justice, Court of Common Pleas, Fauquier County. The John Marshall Chapter, D. A. R., Registrar in 1943, stated that Ann, Dorothy, Margaret, Sarepta, and John, all children of Capt. John Hathaway, came to Mason Co., Ky..

Disputed Origins

http://www.enonhall.com/html/hathawayofva.html

The Hathaway family tree below has been published and published and published until it has become accepted in toto as the gospel truth. Unfortunately, this family tree is incorrect.

William Hathaway I
1636 - 1672
|
William Hathaway II
1666 - 1725
|
William Hathaway III
1695 - 1772

Everything that follows is built on primary research. I have not included a single date or name or location for which I cannot point to the primary source. Unfortunately, past trees have been totally unsourced. Leaps and assumptions have been made without any concrete evidence and then passed down as fact.

So if "William Hathaway I" died with no heirs, then what about "William Hathaway II"? In the family history he appears suspiciously without details. Unknown wife. Unknown children. All we had was unsourced birth and death dates. (He was supposedly born in 1666 and died in 1725 at Enon Hall.) In truth, William II did not exist. He was an assumption created to connect the William Hathaway from the 1666 deed with the William Hathaway who purchased Enon Hall.

The truth, being published here for the first time, is that our William Hathaway's father was Francis Hattaway of Lancaster County.

So we now know the following to be true.

Francis Hattaway m. _______ Gibson
? - 1719
|
William Hathaway*

March 1706/7 - November 16, 1771

• This is the same William Hathaway who we have come to know as "William Hathaway III" in the incorrect family tree shown at the top of this page.

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References

• https://www.familyhistory.bryantdameron.com/enonhall.html
• See also: http://www.coffey.ws/FamilyTree/Docs/HATHAWAYWilliamIII(C).htm
• http://www.enonhall.com/
• http://www.hathawayfamilyassociation.org/ The Hathaway Family Association has been organized to stimulate interest in the collection, compilation, and publication of the history and the genealogy of the Hathaway family. Some of the variations of the spelling of the surname Hathaway include: Hatheway, Hathway, Hadaway, Hataway, and Hattaway. The Oxford Dictionary states: A heath is a tract of land and a heathway is a path across the heath. Such is the possible origin of the family name, Hathaway.bThere are also numerous Old English spellings, which may have preceded the more common spellings known today. Although there have been other immigrants, three early Hathaways immigrated from England to America in the 1600's: Nicholas, from whom the largest group descends, Arthur, and the line we call William of Virginia.
  • http://www.hathawayfamilyassociation.org/our-ancestors.html