William Herring, of Rockingham County

Not the same as William Herring, of Pendleton District

William Herring

• alias William Herron
• b.Abt 1744
• d.Jul 1806
• F. Alexander Herron, Jr.,1708 - 1778 & M. Abigail Harrison 1710 - 1780 (m. Abt 1731)
• W. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Stephenson Abt 1745 - Bef 1821 (m. Est 1765)

Children

1. Alexander Herron ( 1766 - 1801)
2. Abigail Herron (Abt 1775 - Bef 1806)
3. Sarah Herring ( Bef 1781 - )
4. Rebecca Herring (Bef 1781 - )
5. Edith Herring (Bef 1788 - )
6. Margaret Herron (Bef 1789 - )
7. Elizabeth Herring
8. William S. Herring

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Alexr. Herring vs. Chipley et als.--O. S. 280; N. S. 99--Bill, 23d February, 1810, by orator for title to part. of his father's (William Herring's estate of Rockingham. Orator married in 1793 and his father gave him part of his estate, but never made title. William died July, 1806, intestate, leaving Elizabeth, his widow, and children, viz: Sarah Huston, wife of orator R. Huston, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Edith, Margaret and William S. Herring; and grandchildren, William and Elizabeth Chipley, infant children of William's daughter, Abigail, who married William Chipley and had died in Carolina in William's lifetime. Sarah and R. Huston were married in 1797.

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'John Alexander Herring, of Norfolkshire County, England, ran away from home
when a mere lad of 15, coming to New Jersey ahout 1670, where he married. Later he
moved to the Valley of Virginia, now Rockingham County, about 1736. One of his sons
was Alexander Herring. He qualified as lieutenant, July, 1756. He married Abigail
Harrison, a descendant of the James River Harrisons. This family are said to be
entitled to bear the same Arms, differing only in the crest, which is a boar's head
holding in its mouth four arrows. These Herrings were given their Arms, etc., for
saving the King's life while boar hunting. There were four brothers, and one of them
lost his life in the encounter (ref. Dr. Burke Chrisman). Alexander Herring had
issue: No. 1, John Herring; No. 2, Jesse Herring, killed in the Revolution; No. S,
Leonard Herring, who also fought In the Revolution, went West and had several
children; No. 4, William Herring, made lieutenant in 1778. and qualified as captain
October 24, 1780. He married Elizabeth Stephenson. No. 6, Bethuel Herring.

References

• Settlers by the Long Grey Trail: Some Pioneers to Old Augusta County ... By John Houston Harrison. Page 282. GoogleBooks. Pioneer Alexander Herring left, in 1781, five sons (Leonard, Alex, William, Bethuel, Jesse). Also son John and one daughter (unnamed), speculated to be Bathsheba, wife of Abraham Lincoln.
• Warren, Louis Austin : "The Herrings of Virginia. Searching for Facts about Lincoln's Paternal Grandmother", The Lincoln Kinsman, No. 3, Ft. Wayne, IN (Sep 1938) Archive.Org
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Herron_%282%29
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Herring-550
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21066294/william-herring
  • https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~harrisonrep/genealogy/Harrison/d002... cites
  • [S67] Settlers by the Long Grey Trail: Some Pioneers to Old Augusta County Virginia and Their Descendants, of the Family of Harrisons and Allied Lines. AUTHOR: J. Houston Harrison PUBLICATION: 665p, C.J. Carrier Co., Harrisonburg VA 1935, reprint 1983.
  • [S224] The House of Cravens AUTHOR: Ruth H. McConathy PUBLICATION: publ. privately Charlottesville, VA