William Tipton

    Jonathan married sometime around 1726, because records in St. Paul's Parish show that Jonathan and Elizabeth Tipton were the parents of Edward Tipton, born October 27, 1728.  Subsequently, Elizabeth gave birth to two other children, John in 1730 and Sarah in 1734.  Elizabeth Tipton died (possibly during or shortly after the birth of Sarah) sometime prior to 1736, because records document that Jonathan and Mary Tipton were the parents of William Tipton, born August 30, 1736.  Jonathan had at least two other children subsequent to William:  Joseph born 1738, and Jonathan born 1750.  The identity of the mothers of these two latter children is uncertain because the evidence indicates that Jonathan Tipton married two more times.  A deed executed by Jonathan signifies a third marriage for Jonathan, while still another deed executed by Jonathan Tipton and wife Elizabeth in 1774 in Virginia denotes yet a fourth marriage by this man. However, the dates of these marriages are too hazy to enable the identity of the mother of these children.  Neither Mary nor Julithia can be eliminated as candidates for the mother of Joseph; similarly, neither Julithia nor Elizabeth can be discounted as the possible mother of Jonathan.

    Jonathan Tipton moved from Baltimore County, Maryland to Frederick County, Virginia sometime prior to the birth of his son Jonathan in 1750.  The most likely time for the move would appear to be in the last half of 1747, because Jonathan disposed of some of his Baltimore County assets and settled some other Baltimore County affairs in the first half of the year.  The first document that verifies his residency in Virginia is a grant from Lord Fairfax in 1766.  Jonathan and his wife Elizabeth sold this property in December of 1774 and moved shortly thereafter (1775 or 1776), in company with his son Jonathan, to the Watauga settlement in Tennessee (then North Carolina).  A second son, Joseph, either accompanied them or followed shortly thereafter for he appears in the 1778 Watauga tax list.

    The last recorded transaction that can be attributed to Jonathan with any degree of confidence is the sale of his land in Washington County, Tennessee, in 1785.  Carter County tax records show that a Jonathan Tipton, Sr., and a Jonathan Tipton, Jr., were residents of Carter County in 1796.  Although it is possible that these two men were Jonathan and Major Jonathan, it is also possible and perhaps likely that Jonathan had passed away by this time (he would have been 97) and that Major Jonathan had assumed the use of "Sr." with some other descendant using "Jr." as a courtesy to Major Jonathan Tipton.

TIPTON - The First Five American Generations by Charles D. Tipton, page 75.

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