Ancestry of Lucretia Hart (1781-1864)

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1. Lucretia¹ Hart (Thomas², Thomas³, Thomas⁴), daughter of Thomas Hart and Susanna Gray, was born March 18, 1781. Lucretia died April 7, 1864 in Fayette Co., KY, at 83 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.

She married Henry Clay in Lexington, KY, April 11, 1799. Henry was born in Hanover County, VA April 12, 1777. Henry was the son of John Clay and Elizabeth Hudson. Henry died June 29, 1852 in Washington, DC, at 75 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. At 23 years of age Henry became the father of Henrietta Clay June 25, 1800. At 25 years of age Henry became the father of Theodore Wythe Clay July 3, 1802. At 26 years of age Henry became the father of Thomas Hart Clay September 22, 1803. At 27 years of age Henry became the father of Susan Hart Clay February 14, 1805. At 30 years of age Henry became the father of Anne Brown Clay in Lexington, KY, April 15, 1807. At 31 years of age Henry became the father of Lucretia Hart Clay February 1809. At 33 years of age Henry became the father of Henry Clay, Jr. April 10, 1811. At 36 years of age Henry became the father of Eliza H. Clay July 5, 1813. At 38 years of age Henry became the father of Laura Clay October 16, 1815. At 40 years of age Henry became the father of James Brown Clay in Washington, DC, November 9, 1817. At 43 years of age Henry became the father of John Morrison Clay in Fayette Co., KY, February 21, 1821. Henry Clay was born in Hanover County, Virginia and moved to Kentucky in 1797 where he practicied law until his death in 1852. Among other things he was Speaker of the House, Speaker of the Senate, Secretary of State and ran for President several times. He is listed in The Kentucky Encyclopedia. His biography from the Biographical Directory of the American Congress follows: CLAY, Henry (father of James Brown Clay), a Senator and a Representative from Kentucky; born in the district known as "the Slashes," Hanover County, Va., April 12, 1777; attended the public schools; studied law in Richmond, Va.; was admitted to the bar in 1797 and commenced practice in Lexington, Ky.; member of the State house of representatives in 1803; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Adair and served from November 19, 1806, to March 3, 1807, which service was rendered in contravention of the thirty-year age requirement of the Constitution; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1808 and 1809 and served as speaker the last year; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Buckner Thruston and served from January 4, 1810, to March 3, 1811; elected to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1811, to January 19, 1814, when he resigned; served as Speaker from November 4, 1811, until his resignation; appointed one of the commissioners to negotiate the treaty of peace with Great Britain in 1814; reelected to the Fourteenth, [p.987] Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Congresses (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1821); elected Speaker of the House on December 4, 1815, and served until October 28, 1820, when he resigned the office; elected to the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Congresses and served from March 3, 1823, to March 6, 1825, when he resigned; again served as Speaker from December 1, 1823, until the close of the Eighteenth Congress; appointed Secretary of State by President John Quincy Adams and served from March 7, 1825, to March 3, 1829; elected to the United States Senate on November 10, 1831, to fill the vacancy in the term commencing March 4, 1831; reelected in 1836 and served until March 31, 1842, when he resigned; unsuccessful candidate on the Whig ticket for President of the United States in 1824, 1832, and again in 1844; again elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1849, until his death in Washington, D.C., June 29, 1852; interment in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky. Biography from Encarta Encyclopedia: Clay, Henry (1777-1852), American statesman, who was secretary of state under John Quincy Adams and an unsuccessful candidate for the presidency in 1824, 1832, and 1844. He was one of the most popular and influential political leaders in American history. His genius in the art of compromise three times resolved bitter political conflicts that threatened to tear the nation apart, winning him the title The Great Pacificator. Clay was born on April 12, 1777, in Hanover County, Virginia, to a middle-class family. After studying for the bar with the eminent George Wythe, Clay, at the age of 20, moved to Lexington, Kentucky, where he developed a thriving practice. He was blessed with a quick mind, a flair for oratory, and an ability to charm both sexes with his easy, attractive manner. That he loved to drink and gamble was no drawback in an age that admired both vices. Clay, ambitious for worldly success, married into a wealthy and socially prominent family and soon gained entry into Kentucky's most influential circles. While still in his 20s, he was elected to the state legislature, in which he served for six years, until 1809. Congressman Clay established his great reputation in the United States House of Representatives, where he served intermittently from 1811 to 1825. In his first term, he became one of the leading "War Hawks"-the young men whose clamor for hostilities with England helped bring about the War of 1812. Clay was selected as one of the commissioners who in 1814 negotiated the Treaty of Ghent, ending that war. In 1820-21 it was Clay above all who engineered the Missouri Compromise, quieting the harsh controversy that had erupted by maintaining an equal balance between free and slave states. Although he himself was a slave owner, Clay's views on slavery-as on most other issues-were moderate. He was thus able to command the support of men fearful of extremism. In the presidential election of 1824, after his own candidacy had failed, Clay threw his support to John Quincy Adams, whom the House early in 1825 elected as the sixth president. When Adams named Clay secretary of state, his Jacksonian opponents charged "corrupt bargain!" The charge was unfair, but Clay was haunted by it throughout his subsequent career. Although Clay was a practical politician of flexible rather than rigid beliefs, he did emerge as the great champion of the "American System." He called for a protective tariff in support of home manufactures, internal improvements (federal aid to local road and canal projects), a strong national bank, and distribution of the proceeds of federal land sales to the states. Whig Leader Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1831, Clay served in that body until 1842 and again from 1849 until his death. In 1833 he devised a compromise tariff that resolved the crisis brought on by South Carolina's attempt to "nullify" the prevailing tariff set by Congress. In the same period he became a leader of the new Whig Party that emerged to oppose Andrew Jackson's administration. Perhaps the most heartbreaking event of Clay's career was his close defeat in the presidential contest of 1844, when his reluctance to back the annexation of Texas cost him support in the South. Many believe that his greatest service to the nation came in 1850, when he helped win acceptance for a compromise that ended, at least temporarily, the threat of civil war over the issue of slavery in the new territories. He died in Washington, D.C., on June 29, 1852.

Contributed By: Edward Pessen

"Clay, Henry," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 98 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Clay counties in Ala., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kan., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex. and W.Va. are named for him.

At 19 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Henrietta Clay June 25, 1800. At 21 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Theodore Wythe Clay July 3, 1802. At 22 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Thomas Hart Clay September 22, 1803. At 23 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Susan Hart Clay February 14, 1805. At 26 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Anne Brown Clay in Lexington, KY, April 15, 1807. At 27 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Lucretia Hart Clay February 1809. At 30 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Henry Clay, Jr. April 10, 1811. At 32 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Eliza H. Clay July 5, 1813. At 34 years of age Lucretia became the mother of Laura Clay October 16, 1815. At 36 years of age Lucretia became the mother of James Brown Clay in Washington, DC, November 9, 1817. At 39 years of age Lucretia became the mother of John Morrison Clay in Fayette Co., KY, February 21, 1821.

Lucretia Hart and Henry Clay had the following children:

2 i. Henrietta Clay was born June 25, 1800. Henrietta died June 14, 1801 at less than one year of age.

3 ii. Theodore Wythe Clay was born July 3, 1802. Theodore died May 5, 1870 Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, at 67 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. Theodore Clay spent most of his adult life at the Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum and died without issue.

4 iii. Thomas Hart Clay was born September 22, 1803. Thomas died March 18, 1871 in Fayette Co., KY, at 67 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. He married Marie R. Mentelle in Fayette Co., KY, October 5, 1837. Marie was born 1806. Marie was the daughter of Waldemar Mentelle and Charlotte LeClerc. Marie died 1891 in Fayette Co., KY, at 85 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. At 32 years of age Marie became the mother of Lucretia Hart Clay April 20, 1839. At 34 years of age Marie became the mother of Henry Boyle Clay November 13, 1840. At 36 years of age Marie became the mother of Thomas Hart Clay March 15, 1843. At 38 years of age Marie became the mother of Rose Victoire Clay February 4, 1845. At 41 years of age Marie became the mother of Minnie R. Clay March 30, 1848.

Thomas's occupation: Farmer. At 35 years of age Thomas became the father of Lucretia Hart Clay April 20, 1839. At 37 years of age Thomas became the father of Henry Boyle Clay November 13, 1840. At 39 years of age Thomas became the father of Thomas Hart Clay March 15, 1843. At 41 years of age Thomas became the father of Rose Victoire Clay February 4, 1845. At 44 years of age Thomas became the father of Minnie R. Clay March 30, 1848.

5 iv. Susan Hart Clay was born February 14, 1805. Susan died September 18, 1825 at 20 years of age. Her body was interred. She married Martin Duralde in Fayette Co., KY, April 22, 1822. Martin became the father of Martin Duralde III March 29, 1823. Martin became the father of Henry Clay Duralde September 30, 1824.

At 18 years of age Susan became the mother of Martin Duralde III March 29, 1823. At 19 years of age Susan became the mother of Henry Clay Duralde September 30, 1824.

6 v. Anne Brown Clay was born in Lexington, KY April 15, 1807. Anne died December 10, 1835 in Lexington, KY, at 28 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. She married James Erwin in Fayette Co., KY, October 21, 1823. James was born in Wilkesboro, NC October 21, 1796. James was the son of Andrew Erwin and Jane Patton. James died June 1, 1851 in Lexington, KY, at 54 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. James's occupation: Attorney. At 29 years of age James became the father of Julia D. Erwin December 24, 1825. At 30 years of age James became the father of Henry Clay Erwin June 14, 1827. At 31 years of age James became the father of James Erwin, Jr. June 18, 1828. At 33 years of age James became the father of Lucretia Hart Erwin October 22, 1829. At 33 years of age James became the father of Andrew Eugene Erwin in Lexington, KY, October 1830. At 35 years of age James became the father of Mary Erwin May 1832. At 39 years of age James became the father of Charles Edward (Ned) Erwin November 2, 1835. At 47 years of age James became the father of Elizabeth Julia Erwin February 1844. At 51 years of age James became the father of James Erwin 1848.

At 18 years of age Anne became the mother of Julia D. Erwin December 24, 1825. At 20 years of age Anne became the mother of Henry Clay Erwin June 14, 1827. At 21 years of age Anne became the mother of James Erwin, Jr. June 18, 1828. At 22 years of age Anne became the mother of Lucretia Hart Erwin October 22, 1829. At 23 years of age Anne became the mother of Andrew Eugene Erwin in Lexington, KY, October 1830. At 25 years of age Anne became the mother of Mary Erwin May 1832. At 28 years of age Anne became the mother of Charles Edward (Ned) Erwin November 2, 1835. Her obituary from the Lexington Intelligencer: DIED, very suddenly, on Thursday evening last, at The Woodlands, the seat of James Erwin, Esq., his amiable consort, Mrs. ANN B. ERWIN, the last surviving daughter of the Hon. Henry Clay, in the 29th year of her age. Her death, which was almost instantaneous, is supposed to have been caused by the rupture of a blood vessel. The funeral service was performed by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Smith, on Saturday morning; and her remains were conveyed to the vault, attended by a numerous train of citizens, which attested her worth, as well as the general sympathy and regret experienced on the occasion. She has left her honored parents and five children, with a heart-bleeding husband, and numerous other friends, to lament her untimely death. It is with our friends, as with our health, and a thousand other blessings - we rarely appreciate them as we ought, till we are taught their value, by a painful deprivation. Hence, when we are near relations and intimate connections are taken away, we are often led to exaggerate their virtues by posthumous praise. Hence the fulsome eulogy, which sometimes crowds the obituary column, or exhibits the vanity of the survivor, instead of the character of the deceased, on the marble monument. But this must not prevent departed merit from receiving the tributary notice, which is justly due. In the death of Mrs. Erwin, society has sustained no ordinary loss. With a mind highly cultivated and improved, with a taste which left nothing it touched unadorned, with a temper always cheerful, amiable and kind, with a deportment dignified and decided, yet simple, artless and condescending, in the unlimited enjoyment of all that wealth and affluence could bestow, she was yet not unmindful of that better part which could never be taken from her. Several years since, she became hopefully pious, and a communicant in the Protestant Episcopal Church, of which had since lived an exemplary member. In short, possessed of everything which could render life desirable to herself or her friends, she has been suddenly torn away, by a Wisdom which we dare not presume to scan, and is gone to reap the rich rewards which await "the good and faithful servant," in another and a brighter world. "The Woodlands" are still there. The stately mansion - the hospitable board - the spacious gardens, the tasteful walks, the extensive pleasure grounds - the trees, the shrubs and the flowers - but where is the spirit that animated the whole? Gone, alas, forever! - and the once brilliant scene is now shrouded, not only in the gloom of winter, but in the habiliments of woe. Spring will, indeed, soon return - "the Woodlands" will again be decked in green - the flowers will again bloom, in all their wonted fragrance and beauty - and the gay tenants of the grove will again be warbling "their native woodnotes wild" - but where will be the Taste that contrived, the Hand that planted, and the Eye that enjoyed and gladdened this wilderness of sweets! - Where the lovely Form, that gave life, and interest and beauty, and song, and sentiment, to the whole? The heart-broken husband may be there, but he will be alone. The darling little ones, the prattling infants, may be there; but no maternal bosom on which to rest - to soothe their sorrows, or to participate in their joys. The fond and doting parents may call, but no daughter to embrace and welcome and them in. But we forbear. While our society deplores the painful event, by which it has been thus suddenly deprived of one of its brightest ornaments, we cannot but mingle our tears, with those of the bereaved relations, to whom the loss is irreparable. No event of this kind, in this city, could be more deeply felt, or more powerfully impress us with the serious truth that, In the midst of life we are in death; or, with the solemn admonition, "Be ye also ready!"

7 vi. Lucretia Hart Clay was born February 1809. Lucretia died June 18, 1823 in Fayette Co., KY, at 14 years of age.

8 vii. Henry Clay, Jr. was born April 10, 1811. Henry died February 22, 1847 at 35 years of age. His body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY. He married Julia Prather October 10, 1832. Julia was born May 16, 1814. Julia was the daughter of Thomas Prather and Matilda Fontaine. Julia died February 13, 1840 at 25 years of age. At 19 years of age Julia became the mother of Henry Clay III July 20, 1833. At 20 years of age Julia became the mother of Matilda Clay January 30, 1835. At 22 years of age Julia became the mother of Anne Clay February 14, 1837. At 24 years of age Julia became the mother of Martha Clay 1838. At 25 years of age Julia became the mother of Thomas Julian Clay January 30, 1840.

At 22 years of age Henry became the father of Henry Clay III July 20, 1833. At 23 years of age Henry became the father of Matilda Clay January 30, 1835. At 25 years of age Henry became the father of Anne Clay February 14, 1837. At 27 years of age Henry became the father of Martha Clay 1838. At 28 years of age Henry became the father of Thomas Julian Clay January 30, 1840.

9 viii. Eliza H. Clay was born July 5, 1813. Eliza died August 11, 1825 at 12 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.

10 ix. Laura Clay was born October 16, 1815. Laura died January 5, 1817 at 1 year of age.

11 x. James Brown Clay was born in Washington, DC November 9, 1817. James died January 26, 1864 in Montreal, Canada, at 46 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. He married Susanna Maria Jacob October 12, 1843. Susanna was born January 17, 1823. Susanna died February 25, 1905 in Fayette Co., KY, at 82 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. At 21 years of age Susanna became the mother of Lucy Jacob Clay August 10, 1844. At 23 years of age Susanna became the mother of James Brown Clay, Jr. January 27, 1846. At 24 years of age Susanna became the mother of John Cathcoat Johnston Clay December 23, 1847. At 26 years of age Susanna became the mother of Henry Clay November 17, 1849. At 28 years of age Susanna became the mother of Lucretia Hart Clay July 3, 1851. At 32 years of age Susanna became the mother of Susan Maria Clay February 12, 1855. At 33 years of age Susanna became the mother of Charles Donald Clay January 7, 1857. At 35 years of age Susanna became the mother of George Hudson Clay October 24, 1858. At 38 years of age Susanna became the mother of Nathaniel Hart Clay April 10, 1861.

James's occupation: Attorney. At 26 years of age James became the father of Lucy Jacob Clay August 10, 1844. At 28 years of age James became the father of James Brown Clay, Jr. January 27, 1846. At 30 years of age James became the father of John Cathcoat Johnston Clay December 23, 1847. At 32 years of age James became the father of Henry Clay November 17, 1849. At 33 years of age James became the father of Lucretia Hart Clay July 3, 1851. At 35 years of age James became the father of Thomas Jacob Clay April 5, 1853. At 37 years of age James became the father of Susan Maria Clay February 12, 1855. At 39 years of age James became the father of Charles Donald Clay January 7, 1857. At 40 years of age James became the father of George Hudson Clay October 24, 1858. At 43 years of age James became the father of Nathaniel Hart Clay April 10, 1861. His biography from the Biographical Directory of the American Congress follows: CLAY, James Brown (son of Henry Clay), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Washington, D.C., November 9, 1817; pursued preparatory studies; attended Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., and Kenyon College, Gambler, Ohio; clerk in a countinghouse in Boston 1832-1834; studied law at Lexington Law School; was admitted to the bar and practiced with his father in Lexington; Chargéé d'Affaires to Portugal from August 1, 1849, to July 19, 1850; was a resident of Missouri in 1851 and 1852, when he returned to Lexington, Ky.; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859); was not a candidate for renomination in 1858; declined the appointment by President Buchanan to a mission to Germany; member of the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; during the Civil War identified himself with the Confederacy; died in Montreal, Canada, January 26, 1864, where he had gone for his health; interment in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.

12 xi. John Morrison Clay was born in Fayette Co., KY February 21, 1821. John died August 10, 1887 in Fayette Co., KY, at 66 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. He married Josephine Deborah Russell in Fayette Co., KY, July 7, 1866. Josephine was born in Fulton, Callaway Co., MO December 7, 1835. Josephine was the daughter of William Henry Russell and Zaenett Freeland. Josephine died March 29, 1920 in Fayette Co., KY, at 84 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. At 18 years of age Josephine became the mother of Lucretia Clay Erwin in Independence, MO, June 12, 1854. At 21 years of age Josephine became the mother of Nettie Russell Erwin 1857. At 25 years of age Josephine became the mother of Mary Webster Erwin in Jackson Cnty, Mo, February 5, 1861. At 28 years of age Josephine became the mother of Eugenia Erwin January 26, 1864. John M. Clay owned and operated a horse farm on the outskirts of Lexington known as the Ashland Stud. He died without issue. Josephine was first married to Andrew Eugene Erwin, a grandson of Henry Clay who was killed at the Battle of Vicksburg in 1863.

13. Thomas² Hart (Thomas³, Thomas⁴) was born in Hanover County, VA December 11, 1730. Thomas died June 23, 1808 in Lexington, KY, at 77 years of age. His body was interred in Old Episcopal Cemetery, Lexington, KY.

He married Susanna Gray in North Carolina, 1764. Susanna was born in North Carolina 1749. Susanna was the daughter of John Gray and unknown. Susanna died 1832 in Lexington, KY, at 83 years of age. Her body was interred in Old Episcopal Cemetery, Lexington, KY. At 19 years of age Susanna became the mother of Eliza Hart September 9, 1768. At 23 years of age Susanna became the mother of Thomas Hart 1772. At 31 years of age Susanna became the mother of Lucretia Hart March 18, 1781. Susanna became the mother of Nathaniel Gray Smith Hart in Hagerstown, MD, ca 1784.

At 37 years of age Thomas became the father of Eliza Hart September 9, 1768. At 41 years of age Thomas became the father of Thomas Hart 1772. At 50 years of age Thomas became the father of Lucretia Hart March 18, 1781. Thomas became the father of Nathaniel Gray Smith Hart in Hagerstown, MD, ca 1784. Thomas Hart was engaged in business and had an entrprenurial bent. He was a member of the Transylvania Company and was one of the purchasers of some 20 million acres of Kentucky and Tennessee from the Cherokee Indians in 1775. This purchase was later nullified by the legislatures of Virginia and North Carolina. Thomas moved to Lexington, Kentucky from Hagerstown, MD in 1794. He had moved to Hagerstown from North Carolina during the Revolutionary War for safety. His biography from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography edited by William S. Powell, Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1988 follows: Hart, Thomas (ca. 1730-23 June 1808), merchant, public official, and militia officer, the son of Thomas and Susannah Rice Hart, was born in Hanover County, Va., on a plantation settled in 1690 by his English-born grandfather, also named Thomas. John, Benjamin, David, and Nathaniel were his brothers, and Ann his only sister. The family moved to Orange County, N.C., in 1755 after their father died. By 1779, Thomas had received a total of 2,282 acres of land in grants and erected his home, Hartford, near Hillsborough. In addition to farming, he built a gristmill on the nearby Eno River and conducted other business enterprises at the location that became known as Hart's Mill. Later he became a partner with Nathaniel Rochester and James Brown in a mercantile establishment in Hillsborough. After establishing himself financially, Hart married Susannah Gray, the daughter of the wealthy and politically prominent Colonel John Gray. In 1775, the colonel died and left his entire estate to his son-in-law, including the large plantation Grayfields. With capital resources thus increased, Hart shrewdly expanded his business and by his industrious management accumulated a considerable fortune according to the Orange County tax books for 1779. In addition to his financial prosperity, Hart was successful politically. Shortly after settling in North Carolina, he became an intimate of James Watson, James Thackston, Thomas Burke, James Hogg, William Johnston, and Richard Henderson, and an acquaintance of Governor William Tryon and Edmund Fanning. This led to his appointment as a vestryman of St. Matthew's Parish as well as county sheriff for a two-year term and another beginning in 1768. In the latter year he was also made a captain in the Orange County militia and commissary for the troops of Orange and Granville counties. Throughout his tenure of office, the sheriff was in constant controversy with the increasingly active Regulators. In 1765, the Assembly passed a bill introduced by Edmund Fanning to award Hart £1,000 for his losses as sheriff, and the previous legislature had included Hart in a group exempt from the payment of taxes. These acts infuriated the Regulators, who claimed the sheriff had no losses, but was being rewarded at public expense for using his influence in the election of Fanning to office. Hart also displeased the government by his failure to collect the unpopular poll tax, either because he disapproved of the law or did not understand it. In 1765, the Assembly ordered him to make the collection. Whether or not he did, he settled his financial account in the colony satisfactorily, which won for him a tribute from Orange County residents because he was the only sheriff ever to do so. When Governor Tryon decided in 1768 to have Herman Husband arraigned in court for his Regulator activities, Sheriff Hart served the warrant and took the accused into custody. In the same year, and again in 1771, Hart was ordered to raise five hundred troops for the defense of the colony. He was unable to enlist the requested manpower but on both occasions accumulated sufficient provisions to sustain the troops Tryon assembled at Hillsborough. The actions of the royal government increasingly incited the wrath of the Regulators, and the sheriff was one of a group of officials they severely whipped in 1770. In view of such treatment, Hart undoubtedly received considerable satisfaction in serving as quartermaster for Tryon when the governor dispersed the Regulators at the Battle of Alamance. During the relative calm that ensued after the War of the Regulation, Hart was able to concentrate on business enterprises. The role of an entrepreneur appealed to him, and in 1774 he became one of the partners in Richard Henderson's Louisa Company to buy and develop lands in what became Tennessee and Kentucky. Hart journeyed to the Watauga section of Tennessee as one of the company's representatives at a meeting arranged by Daniel Boone with the Cherokee Indians. John Sevier and Isaac Shelby, who attended as spectators, saw the Indians accept several loads of "trading goods" in return for their titular rights to a huge area of western land. After this transaction, the company was reorganized as the Transylvania Company with Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathaniel Hart, William Johnston, James Hogg, John Luttrell, John Williams, David Hart, and Leonard Henly Bullock as shareholders. Trading with the Indians for western lands strictly violated the Royal Proclamation of 1763, but, as many Americans were engaging in land speculation despite the king's fiat, the Transylvanians ignored it also. The potential profit in the venture was enormous, and the partners lost no time in enlisting settlers to buy or rent land in the territory. Thomas Hart visited the Watauga again in 1775 and his brother, Nathaniel, became a resident agent for the company in the west until he was killed by Indians in 1782. The outcome of the American Revolution relieved the Transylvania Company of any interference in its affairs from the British government but presented a new dilemma because the states of North Carolina and Virginia claimed Tennessee and Kentucky, respectively, as part of their territory. The partners determined to establish their claim to the western land if possible and years of litigation followed. The final decision rendered that the company's purchase was illegal but a tract was awarded the partners to recompense them for the expenses incurred in the transaction. Hart traded part of his share for land in Kentucky and eventually settled on it. After the War of the Regulation, Hart continued to fill an important role in political affairs, serving as a juror; member of a commission to build a new jail in Hillsborough; member of the colonial Assembly from Orange County in 1773; and then representative in the First, Second, and Third Provincial congresses. When the Revolution began, he was appointed commissary for the Sixth North Carolina Regiment with the rank of colonel. In addition, he was elected a senator in the North Carolina General Assembly for the 1777 session where he became involved in the work of so many committees that he resigned his military commission in order to attend to them. Although Hart, with many others, could not condone the violent tactics of the Regulators, he felt no compunction in becoming an ardent patriot in the American Revolution when independence was formally declared. In doing so, he incurred the hatred of the loyal Tories who unleashed their persecutions when Lord Cornwallis approached Hillsborough with the British Army. Concerned for the safety of his wife and several daughters, Hart removed to Hagerstown, Md., accompanied by Nathaniel Rochester, one of his former business partners. Shortly after his departure the Battle of Hart's Mill was fought on his property, which the British occupied. Hart and Rochester built a mill and a nail and rope factory, both of which prospered. The colonel gradually disposed of his North Carolina property and never returned to the state. He sold his homeplace, Hartford, to Jesse Benton, husband of his niece, Nancy, and father of Thomas Hart Benton. As the purchaser died before paying for the place, Hart became the mortgagee of the property through a friendly lawsuit and allowed the widow and her family to continue to live there. The mortage was never fully redeemed, which apparently caused no ill will as Hart left the Bentons an additional tract of land when he died. In 1794, Hart moved to Lexington, Ky., where he resided for the remainder of his life. He built up his rope and hemp business into a highly profitable commercial enterprise and engaged in various forms of trade and investment. Due to his affluence, pleasing personality, and shrewd mind, Hart soon became one of the most prominent men in Kentucky. His daughter, Ann (Nancy), married James Brown who had engaged in business with the colonel and Rochester back in Hillsborough, and who later became the U.S. minister to France. Another daughter, Lucretia, born after the Harts left North Carolina, married Henry Clay. A niece married Isaac Shelby, and the other members of the family made marital connections in influential circles. In Maryland, Hart was a communicant of All Saints' Parish (later renamed St. John's), of the Protestant Episcopal church. In Kentucky, he joined an Episcopal society which eventually became Christ Church in Lexington. He was buried in the Old Episcopal Graveyard in that city. No portrait of Hart has been found.

SEE: Walter Clark, ed., State Records of North Carolina, vols. 11, 16, 24 (1895, 1899, 1905); Lyman Copeland Draper Letters (Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort); William S. Lester, The Transylvania Colony (1935); Frank Nash, Hillsboro: Colonial and Revolutionary (1953); Records of Orange County (Offices, Register of Deeds and Clerk of Courts, County Courthouse, Hillsborough); William L. Saunders, ed., Colonial Records of North Carolina, vols. 7, 8 (1890); Durward T. Stokes, "Thomas Hart in North Carolina," North Carolina Historical Review 41 (1964).

DURWARD T. STOKES

A web site about the Hart family may be found at http://www.airtanker.com/mcnally/hart/index.html.

Thomas Hart and Susanna Gray had the following children:

14 i. Anne¹ Hart. Anne died October 20, 1830. She married James Brown. James was born in near Staunton, VA September 11, 1766. James was the son of John Brown and Margaret Preston. James died April 7, 1835 in Philadelphia, PA, at 68 years of age. James's occupation: Attorney.

15 ii. John Hart. John died 1820 in St. Louis, MO.

16 iii. Susanna Hart. Susanna died 1865 in Louisville, KY. She married Samuel Price.

17 iv. Eliza Hart was born September 9, 1768. Eliza died 1798 in Hagerstown, MD, at 29 years of age. She married Richard Pindell. Richard died March 16, 1833 in Lexington, KY. Richard became the father of Mary "Polly" Pindell 1787.

At 18 years of age Eliza became the mother of Mary "Polly" Pindell 1787.

18 v. Thomas Hart was born 1772. Thomas died 1809 in Lexington, KY, at 37 years of age. He married Eleanor Grosch. Eleanor was born in Hagertown, MD 1772. Eleanor died 1856 in Lexington, KY, at 84 years of age.

+ 1 vi. Lucretia Hart was born March 18, 1781.

19 vii. Nathaniel Gray Smith Hart was born in Hagerstown, MD ca 1784. Nathaniel died January 23, 1813 in Battle of the River Raisin, at 28 years of age. He married Anna Edward Gist in Frankfort, KY, April 6, 1809. Anna is the daughter of Thomas Gist. Nathaniel Gray Smith Hart was a Captain in the War of 1812 and was killed at the battle of the River Raisin. Hart County, Kentucky is named for him. He was a lawyer who studied under Henry Clay and practiced in Lexington, Kentucky. He is listed in The Kentucky Encyclopedia.

20. Susanna² Gray (John³, John⁴) was born in North Carolina 1749. Susanna died 1832 in Lexington, KY, at 83 years of age. Her body was interred in Old Episcopal Cemetery, Lexington, KY.

She married Thomas Hart in North Carolina, 1764. Thomas was born in Hanover County, VA December 11, 1730. Thomas was the son of Thomas Hart and Susanna Rice. Thomas died June 23, 1808 in Lexington, KY, at 77 years of age. His body was interred in Old Episcopal Cemetery, Lexington, KY. At 37 years of age Thomas became the father of Eliza Hart September 9, 1768. At 41 years of age Thomas became the father of Thomas Hart 1772. At 50 years of age Thomas became the father of Lucretia Hart March 18, 1781. Thomas became the father of Nathaniel Gray Smith Hart in Hagerstown, MD, ca 1784. (See Thomas Hart for the children resulting from this marriage.)

At 19 years of age Susanna became the mother of Eliza Hart September 9, 1768. At 23 years of age Susanna became the mother of Thomas Hart 1772. At 31 years of age Susanna became the mother of Lucretia Hart March 18, 1781. Susanna became the mother of Nathaniel Gray Smith Hart in Hagerstown, MD, ca 1784.

21. Thomas³ Hart (Thomas⁴) was born in England circa 1679. Thomas died circa 1755 Hanover Co., VA.

He married Susanna Rice in Virginia, ca 1729. Susanna was born in New Kent Co., VA 1707. Susanna was the daughter of Thomas Rice and Marcy. Susanna died 1785 in Orange Co., NC, at 78 years of age. At 23 years of age Susanna became the mother of Thomas Hart in Hanover County, VA, December 11, 1730. At 25 years of age Susanna became the mother of Benjamin Hart in Hanover Co., NC, October 1732. At 26 years of age Susanna became the mother of Nathaniel Hart in Hanover County, VA, May 8, 1734. Susanna became the mother of David Hart Hanover Co., VA, ca 1736. Susanna became the mother of John Hart Hanover Co., VA, ca 1738. At 33 years of age Susanna became the mother of Ann Hart Hanover Co., VA, 1740.

At 51 years of age Thomas became the father of Thomas Hart in Hanover County, VA, December 11, 1730. At 53 years of age Thomas became the father of Benjamin Hart in Hanover Co., NC, October 1732. At 54 years of age Thomas became the father of Nathaniel Hart in Hanover County, VA, May 8, 1734. Thomas became the father of David Hart Hanover Co., VA, ca 1736. Thomas became the father of John Hart Hanover Co., VA, ca 1738. At 61 years of age Thomas became the father of Ann Hart Hanover Co., VA, 1740.

Thomas Hart and Susanna Rice had the following children:

+ 13 i. Thomas² Hart was born December 11, 1730.

22 ii. Benjamin Hart was born in Hanover Co., NC October 1732. Benjamin died January 2, 1802 in Brunswick, Glynn Co., GA, at 69 years of age. He married Nancy Ann Morgan in North Carolina, 1760. Nancy was born in Orange Co., NC March 17, 1747. Nancy was the daughter of Thomas Morgan and Rebecca Alexander. Nancy died 1835 in Henderson Co., KY, at 88 years of age.

23 iii. Nathaniel Hart was born in Hanover County, VA May 8, 1734. Nathaniel died July 22, 1782 in near Boonesborough, KY, at 48 years of age. His body was interred in family cemetery near Boonesborough. He married Sarah Simpson in North Carolina, December 25, 1760. Sarah was born in Fairfax Co., VA February 24, 1744. Sarah was the daughter of Richard Simpson, Jr. and Mary Kincheloe. Sarah died March 1785 in Lincoln Co., KY, at 41 years of age. Her body was interred in family cemetery near Boonesborough. At 18 years of age Sarah became the mother of Keziah Hart in Caswell Co., NC, March 18, 1762. At 19 years of age Sarah became the mother of Susannah Hart in Caswell Co., NC, February 18, 1764. At 24 years of age Sarah became the mother of Simpson Hart in Caswell Co., NC, April 30, 1768. At 26 years of age Sarah became the mother of Nathaniel Hart, Jr. in Caswell Co., NC, September 30, 1770. At 27 years of age Sarah became the mother of John Hart in Caswell Co., NC, February 5, 1772. At 31 years of age Sarah became the mother of Mary Ann Hart April 7, 1775. At 32 years of age Sarah became the mother of Cumberland Hart July 17, 1776. At 35 years of age Sarah became the mother of Chinoe Hart in Boonesborough, VA (now KY), October 25, 1779. At 38 years of age Sarah became the mother of Thomas Richard Green Hart in Boonesborough, VA (now KY), June 29, 1782.

At 27 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Keziah Hart in Caswell Co., NC, March 18, 1762. At 29 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Susannah Hart in Caswell Co., NC, February 18, 1764. At 33 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Simpson Hart in Caswell Co., NC, April 30, 1768. At 36 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Nathaniel Hart, Jr. in Caswell Co., NC, September 30, 1770. At 37 years of age Nathaniel became the father of John Hart in Caswell Co., NC, February 5, 1772. At 40 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Mary Ann Hart April 7, 1775. At 42 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Cumberland Hart July 17, 1776. At 45 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Chinoe Hart in Boonesborough, VA (now KY), October 25, 1779. At 48 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Thomas Richard Green Hart in Boonesborough, VA (now KY), June 29, 1782. Nathaniel Hart was a member of the Transylvania Company and was one of the purchasers of some 20 million acres of land in Kentucky and Tennessee from the Indians in 1775. He was one of the original settlers at Boonesborough in 1775 and helped construct the fort there. His biography from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography edited by William S. Powell, Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1988, follows: Hart, Nathaniel (1734-82), pioneer, Revolutionary officer, and proprietor in and chief negotiator for the Transylvania Company of Kentucky, was born in Hanover County, Va., the son of Thomas and Susannah Rice Hart. His grandfather, Thomas Hart, a merchant, emigrated from London, England, to Hanover County about 1690 and left an only son, Thomas (1632-1755), father of Nathanlel. His mother was an aunt of Daniel Rice, the renowned Presbyterian minister who, before moving to Kentucky in 1781, is said to have taken part in the establishment of one or more early Presbyterian churches in Orange County (now Caswell County), N.C., among which Hyco (now Red House) is one of the oldest in central North Carolina. Shortly after Thomas Hart's death, his widow and children moved to Orange County and settled on Country Line Creek, where three of her sons--Thomas, Nathaniel, and David--in the late 1750s and early 1760s obtained land grants in the area that was cut off from Orange in 1777 to form Caswell County. Nathaniel Hart's estate, known as Red House, located at Nat's Fork on Country Line Creek, was of considerable proportions. Referred to as "Captain Hart," he was not only a polished member of society but also an "accomplished and complete gentleman." As one of the proprietors of the Transylvania Company, he was a leading spirit in opening the Kentucky territory and in establishing the town of Boonesborough. At the Battle of Alamance, Hart led a company of infantrymen in Governor Tryon's army; after the battle, he was highly complimented by the governor and his officers for the gallant and spirited behavior of the detachment under his command. Following the efforts of Daniel Boone and his brother, Squire Boone, to settle Kentucky, Richard Henderson of Granville County in association with Nathaniel Hart, Thomas Hart, John Williams, William Johnson, and John Lutterell, on 27 Aug. 1774 organized the Louisa Company for the purpose of purchasing from the Cherokee Nation a large territory lying on the west side of the mountains on the Mississippi River. In the autumn of 1774, Nathaniel Hart, the chief negotiator, along with Richard Henderson, president of the company, visited the territory and met with the chiefs of the various tribes in the Cherokee country to discuss their interest in buying the land west of the Cumberland Mountains. Nathaniel Hart, Jr., wrote that his father returned to his home with six or eight of the principal men of the Cherokee Nation, who remained with him until the latter part of the year and assisted in the selection of a large supply of goods to be used in exchange for the land. By 1775 the enterprise had outgrown the Articles of Agreement of the Louisa Company. After a reorganization, a new company, called the Transylvania Company, was formed and Daniel Boone was hired to explore the territory. Soon Nathaniel Hart and Richard Henderson brought vast quantities of goods from Cross Creek (now Fayetteville) to Sycamore on the Watauga River near what is now Elizabethton, Tenn. The Watauga meeting, arranged by Hart, lasted twenty days and was attended by 500 to 1,000 Cherokee Indians along with their chiefs. The Transylvania Company was represented by Hart and his brother Thomas, Henderson, and John Williams. Negotiations broke down and the Indians left, but it is said that Nathaniel Hart overtook them the next day, persuaded them to return, and an agreement was reached. On 17 Mar. 1775, the conveyance or treaty was signed, by which the Transylvania Company acquired all of the territory from the Kentucky to the Cumberland rivers. Title to the land was taken in the name of Richard Henderson, Nathaniel Hart, and the other seven proprietors of the company as tenants in common. This purchase was said to have been the largest private land deal ever undertaken in North America. Nathaniel Hart and his associates invested much of their time and private fortunes in the venture; they succeeded in obtaining for the colonies peaceful possession of the land from the Indians, thus permitting the opening of the Kentucky territory for colonization. Nevertheless, they received very little for their efforts. Because of a proclamation by the royal governors of Virginia and North Carolina that prohibited treaties or purchases of land from Indians by individuals, the Crown refused to recognize the transaction and declared it null and void. The same proclamation, in substance, was reenacted by the Virginia assembly after the colonies gained independence from Great Britain. As a consequence, the Transylvania Company retained only that small area of the land lying on the Green River in Kentucky and that portion lying on the North Carolina side of the Virginia line, and its plan to establish an original fourteenth colony in America resulted in failure. In 1760 Hart married Sarah Simpson, daughter of Captain Richard Simpson, a large plantation owner who was one of the earliest settlers in what is now Caswell County. Their daughter, Susanna, in 1783 married General Isaac Shelby, planner of the Battle of Cowpens and hero of the Battle of Kings Mountain, who became the first governor of the state of Kentucky and for whom the towns of Shelby, N.C., Shelbyville, Tenn., and Shelby County, Ky., were named. Nathaniel and Sarah Hart's grandson, Thomas Hart Shelby of Traveler's Rest, Ky., was said to have been the first importer of thoroughbred livestock, including racehorses, into the state of Kentucky. Hart was appointed a justice of the peace by the royal governor. He served as captain of militia before the outbreak of the Revolution and as captain in the army during the American Revolution. He was killed by Indians near Logan's Station in Lincoln, Ky., where he left his will. In 1783 his widow and their son Nathaniel, Jr., went to Logan's Station to prove the will.

SEE: John R. Alden, John Stuart and the Southern Colonial Frontier (1966); Walter Clark, ed., State Records of North Carolina, vols. 16, 19, 22, 24 (1899-1905); Lewis Collins, Historical Sketches of Kentucky (1850); Dartmouth Papers, 5, 127, 1353 (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh); Lyman C. Draper Papers (Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison); Genealogical Narrative, "The Hart Family in the United States" (North Carolina State Library, Raleigh); Archibald Henderson, The Transylvania Company and the Founding of Henderson, Kentucky (1929); Land grants of Caswell and Orange counties (Office of the Secretary of State, Raleigh); William S. Lester, The Transylvania Colony (1935); George N. MacKenzie, Colonial Families of the United States, vol. 2 (1966); W. E Palmer, ed., Calendar of Virginia State Papers, vol. 1 (1875); William L. Saunders, ed., Colonial Records of North Carolina, vols. 6, 8-10 (1888-90); Tyler's Quarterly 31 (1949), 32 (1950); Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 7 (1899-1900); Frederick A. Virkus, The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, vol. 5 (1933). VANCE E. SWIFT

A web site about the Hart family may be found at http://www.airtanker.com/mcnally/hart/index.html.

24 iv. David Hart was born Hanover Co., VA ca 1736. He married Susanna Nunn in Orange Co., NC, ca 1763. Susanna was born Hanover Co., VA ca 1742.

25 v. John Hart was born Hanover Co., VA ca 1738.

26 vi. Ann Hart was born Hanover Co., VA 1740. She married James Gooch in Orange Co., NC, 1763. James was born Hanover Co., VA ca 1736.

27. Susanna³ Rice (Thomas⁴, Edward⁵) was born in New Kent Co., VA 1707. Susanna died 1785 in Orange Co., NC, at 78 years of age.

She married Thomas Hart in Virginia, ca 1729. Thomas was born in England circa 1679. Thomas was the son of Thomas Hart and Mary. Thomas died circa 1755 Hanover Co., VA. At 51 years of age Thomas became the father of Thomas Hart in Hanover County, VA, December 11, 1730. At 53 years of age Thomas became the father of Benjamin Hart in Hanover Co., NC, October 1732. At 54 years of age Thomas became the father of Nathaniel Hart in Hanover County, VA, May 8, 1734. Thomas became the father of David Hart Hanover Co., VA, ca 1736. Thomas became the father of John Hart Hanover Co., VA, ca 1738. At 61 years of age Thomas became the father of Ann Hart Hanover Co., VA, 1740. (See Thomas Hart for the children resulting from this marriage.)

At 23 years of age Susanna became the mother of Thomas Hart in Hanover County, VA, December 11, 1730. At 25 years of age Susanna became the mother of Benjamin Hart in Hanover Co., NC, October 1732. At 26 years of age Susanna became the mother of Nathaniel Hart in Hanover County, VA, May 8, 1734. Susanna became the mother of David Hart Hanover Co., VA, ca 1736. Susanna became the mother of John Hart Hanover Co., VA, ca 1738. At 33 years of age Susanna became the mother of Ann Hart Hanover Co., VA, 1740.

28. John³ Gray (John⁴) was born in Bertie Co., NC May 16, 1724. John died February 26, 1775 in NC, at 50 years of age.

He married unknown. Unknown became the mother of Susanna Gray in North Carolina, 1749.

At 25 years of age John became the father of Susanna Gray in North Carolina, 1749.

John Gray and unknown had the following child:

+ 20 i. Susanna² Gray was born 1749.

29. unknown³ birth date unknown.

She married John Gray. John was born in Bertie Co., NC May 16, 1724. John was the son of John Gray and Ann Bryan. John died February 26, 1775 in NC, at 50 years of age. At 25 years of age John became the father of Susanna Gray in North Carolina, 1749. (See John Gray for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Unknown became the mother of Susanna Gray in North Carolina, 1749.

30. Thomas⁴ Hart was born in England. Thomas died Hanover Co., VA.

He married Mary in England, ca 1675. Mary was born England. Mary became the mother of Thomas Hart in England, circa 1679.

Thomas became the father of Thomas Hart in England, circa 1679. Thomas Hart immigrated to Hanover Co., Virginia from England about 1690 bringing with him his 11 year old son, Thomas.

Thomas Hart and Mary had the following child:

+ 21 i. Thomas³ Hart was born circa 1679.

31. Mary⁴ was born England.

She married Thomas Hart in England, ca 1675. Thomas was born in England. Thomas died Hanover Co., VA. Thomas became the father of Thomas Hart in England, circa 1679. (See Thomas Hart for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Mary became the mother of Thomas Hart in England, circa 1679.

32. Thomas⁴ Rice (Edward⁵) was born in Shirementon, Bristol, England 1656. Thomas died ca 1711 in at sea.

He married Marcy in New Kent Co., VA, 1679. Marcy was born in New Kent Co., VA 1664. Marcy died after 1722 Hanover Co., VA. At 16 years of age Marcy became the mother of David Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1680. At 18 years of age Marcy became the mother of William Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1682. At 20 years of age Marcy became the mother of Michael Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1684. At 21 years of age Marcy became the mother of James Rice in New Kent Co., VA, April 4, 1686. At 23 years of age Marcy became the mother of Thomas Rice in New Kent Co., VA, June 24, 1688. At 25 years of age Marcy became the mother of Edward Rice in New Kent Co., VA, April 17, 1690. At 30 years of age Marcy became the mother of Mary Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1694. At 34 years of age Marcy became the mother of John Rice in New Kent Co., VA, September 18, 1698. At 35 years of age Marcy became the mother of Francis Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1699. At 38 years of age Marcy became the mother of Henry Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1702. At 43 years of age Marcy became the mother of Susanna Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1707. At 45 years of age Marcy became the mother of Elizabeth Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1709.

At 24 years of age Thomas became the father of David Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1680. At 26 years of age Thomas became the father of William Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1682. At 28 years of age Thomas became the father of Michael Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1684. At 29 years of age Thomas became the father of James Rice in New Kent Co., VA, April 4, 1686. At 31 years of age Thomas became the father of Thomas Rice in New Kent Co., VA, June 24, 1688. At 33 years of age Thomas became the father of Edward Rice in New Kent Co., VA, April 17, 1690. At 38 years of age Thomas became the father of Mary Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1694. At 42 years of age Thomas became the father of John Rice in New Kent Co., VA, September 18, 1698. At 43 years of age Thomas became the father of Francis Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1699. At 46 years of age Thomas became the father of Henry Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1702. At 51 years of age Thomas became the father of Susanna Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1707. At 53 years of age Thomas became the father of Elizabeth Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1709.

Thomas Rice and Marcy had the following children:

33 i. David³ Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA 1680.

34 ii. William Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA 1682. William died after December, 1734.

35 iii. Michael Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA 1684.

36 iv. James Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA April 4, 1686. He married Margaret House.

37 v. Thomas Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA June 24, 1688. Thomas died January 28, 1745 at 56 years of age.

38 vi. Edward Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA April 17, 1690. Edward died October 15, 1770 Goochland Co., VA, at 80 years of age. He married Mary Claiborne. Mary is the daughter of William Claiborne.

39 vii. Mary Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA 1694.

40 viii. John Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA September 18, 1698. John died after 1736.

41 ix. Francis Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA 1699. Francis died after 1736.

42 x. Henry Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA 1702.

+ 27 xi. Susanna Rice was born 1707.

43 xii. Elizabeth Rice was born in New Kent Co., VA 1709.

44. Marcy⁴ was born in New Kent Co., VA 1664. Marcy died after 1722 Hanover Co., VA.

She married Thomas Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1679. Thomas was born in Shirementon, Bristol, England 1656. Thomas was the son of Edward Rice and Mary Claiborne. Thomas died ca 1711 in at sea. At 24 years of age Thomas became the father of David Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1680. At 26 years of age Thomas became the father of William Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1682. At 28 years of age Thomas became the father of Michael Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1684. At 29 years of age Thomas became the father of James Rice in New Kent Co., VA, April 4, 1686. At 31 years of age Thomas became the father of Thomas Rice in New Kent Co., VA, June 24, 1688. At 33 years of age Thomas became the father of Edward Rice in New Kent Co., VA, April 17, 1690. At 38 years of age Thomas became the father of Mary Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1694. At 42 years of age Thomas became the father of John Rice in New Kent Co., VA, September 18, 1698. At 43 years of age Thomas became the father of Francis Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1699. At 46 years of age Thomas became the father of Henry Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1702. At 51 years of age Thomas became the father of Susanna Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1707. At 53 years of age Thomas became the father of Elizabeth Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1709. (See Thomas Rice for the children resulting from this marriage.)

At 16 years of age Marcy became the mother of David Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1680. At 18 years of age Marcy became the mother of William Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1682. At 20 years of age Marcy became the mother of Michael Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1684. At 21 years of age Marcy became the mother of James Rice in New Kent Co., VA, April 4, 1686. At 23 years of age Marcy became the mother of Thomas Rice in New Kent Co., VA, June 24, 1688. At 25 years of age Marcy became the mother of Edward Rice in New Kent Co., VA, April 17, 1690. At 30 years of age Marcy became the mother of Mary Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1694. At 34 years of age Marcy became the mother of John Rice in New Kent Co., VA, September 18, 1698. At 35 years of age Marcy became the mother of Francis Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1699. At 38 years of age Marcy became the mother of Henry Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1702. At 43 years of age Marcy became the mother of Susanna Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1707. At 45 years of age Marcy became the mother of Elizabeth Rice in New Kent Co., VA, 1709.

45. John⁴ Gray was born in Scotland 1690. John died October 11, 1756 in Rosefield, Windsor Co., NC, at 66 years of age.

He married Ann Bryan 1715. Ann was born 1698. Ann was the daughter of Lewis Bryan and Elizabeth Hunter. Ann died August 24, 1770 in Rosefield, Windsor Co., NC, at 72 years of age. At 23 years of age Ann became the mother of Janet Gray in Bertie Co., NC, December 7, 1721. At 25 years of age Ann became the mother of John Gray in Bertie Co., NC, May 16, 1724. At 27 years of age Ann became the mother of Barbara Gray in Bertie Co., NC, May 31, 1726. At 29 years of age Ann became the mother of Ann Gray in Bertie Co., NC, June 12, 1728. At 31 years of age Ann became the mother of William Gray in Bertie Co., NC, June 17, 1730. At 34 years of age Ann became the mother of Lucretia Gray in Bertie Co., NC, August 20, 1732. At 36 years of age Ann became the mother of George Gray in Bertie Co., NC, August 29, 1734. At 38 years of age Ann became the mother of Elizabeth Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 15, 1736. At 41 years of age Ann became the mother of Amelia Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 13, 1739. At 43 years of age Ann became the mother of Louisa Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 26, 1741.

At 31 years of age John became the father of Janet Gray in Bertie Co., NC, December 7, 1721. At 33 years of age John became the father of John Gray in Bertie Co., NC, May 16, 1724. At 35 years of age John became the father of Barbara Gray in Bertie Co., NC, May 31, 1726. At 37 years of age John became the father of Ann Gray in Bertie Co., NC, June 12, 1728. At 39 years of age John became the father of William Gray in Bertie Co., NC, June 17, 1730. At 42 years of age John became the father of Lucretia Gray in Bertie Co., NC, August 20, 1732. At 44 years of age John became the father of George Gray in Bertie Co., NC, August 29, 1734. At 46 years of age John became the father of Elizabeth Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 15, 1736. At 49 years of age John became the father of Amelia Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 13, 1739. At 51 years of age John became the father of Louisa Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 26, 1741.

John Gray and Ann Bryan had the following children:

46 i. Janet³ Gray was born in Bertie Co., NC December 7, 1721. Janet died February 28, 1753 at 31 years of age. She married John McKenzie in Bertie Co., NC, December 7, 1741.

+ 28 ii. John Gray was born May 16, 1724.

47 iii. Barbara Gray was born in Bertie Co., NC May 31, 1726. Barbara died April 15, 1768 at 41 years of age. She married Jacob Blount in Bertie Co., NC, 1748. Jacob was the son of Thomas Blount and Ann Elizabeth Reading. Jacob died August 17, 1789 in Pitt Co., NC.

48 iv. Ann Gray was born in Bertie Co., NC June 12, 1728. Ann died August 24, 1770 at 42 years of age. She married John Slade.

49 v. William Gray was born in Bertie Co., NC June 17, 1730. William died June 23, 1801 at 71 years of age. He married Frances Lee. Frances is the daughter of Stevens Lee and Elizabeth West.

50 vi. Lucretia Gray was born in Bertie Co., NC August 20, 1732. Lucretia died November 21, 1762 at 30 years of age.

51 vii. George Gray was born in Bertie Co., NC August 29, 1734. George died March 9, 1835 at 100 years of age.

52 viii. Elizabeth Gray was born in Bertie Co., NC November 15, 1736. Elizabeth died February 1737 at less than one year of age.

53 ix. Amelia Gray was born in Bertie Co., NC November 13, 1739. Amelia died 1814 at 74 years of age. She married Thomas Clark.

54 x. Louisa Gray was born in Bertie Co., NC November 26, 1741. Louisa died 1822 at 80 years of age. She married Thomas Worley.

55. Ann⁴ Bryan (Lewis⁵, John⁶) was born 1698. Ann died August 24, 1770 in Rosefield, Windsor Co., NC, at 72 years of age.

She married John Gray 1715. John was born in Scotland 1690. John died October 11, 1756 in Rosefield, Windsor Co., NC, at 66 years of age. At 31 years of age John became the father of Janet Gray in Bertie Co., NC, December 7, 1721. At 33 years of age John became the father of John Gray in Bertie Co., NC, May 16, 1724. At 35 years of age John became the father of Barbara Gray in Bertie Co., NC, May 31, 1726. At 37 years of age John became the father of Ann Gray in Bertie Co., NC, June 12, 1728. At 39 years of age John became the father of William Gray in Bertie Co., NC, June 17, 1730. At 42 years of age John became the father of Lucretia Gray in Bertie Co., NC, August 20, 1732. At 44 years of age John became the father of George Gray in Bertie Co., NC, August 29, 1734. At 46 years of age John became the father of Elizabeth Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 15, 1736. At 49 years of age John became the father of Amelia Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 13, 1739. At 51 years of age John became the father of Louisa Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 26, 1741. (See John Gray for the children resulting from this marriage.)

At 23 years of age Ann became the mother of Janet Gray in Bertie Co., NC, December 7, 1721. At 25 years of age Ann became the mother of John Gray in Bertie Co., NC, May 16, 1724. At 27 years of age Ann became the mother of Barbara Gray in Bertie Co., NC, May 31, 1726. At 29 years of age Ann became the mother of Ann Gray in Bertie Co., NC, June 12, 1728. At 31 years of age Ann became the mother of William Gray in Bertie Co., NC, June 17, 1730. At 34 years of age Ann became the mother of Lucretia Gray in Bertie Co., NC, August 20, 1732. At 36 years of age Ann became the mother of George Gray in Bertie Co., NC, August 29, 1734. At 38 years of age Ann became the mother of Elizabeth Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 15, 1736. At 41 years of age Ann became the mother of Amelia Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 13, 1739. At 43 years of age Ann became the mother of Louisa Gray in Bertie Co., NC, November 26, 1741.

56. Edward⁵ Rice birth date unknown.

He married Mary Claiborne. Mary became the mother of Thomas Rice in Shirementon, Bristol, England, 1656.

Edward became the father of Thomas Rice in Shirementon, Bristol, England, 1656.

Edward Rice and Mary Claiborne had the following child:

+ 32 i. Thomas⁴ Rice was born 1656.

57. Mary⁵ Claiborne birth date unknown.

She married Edward Rice. Edward became the father of Thomas Rice in Shirementon, Bristol, England, 1656. (See Edward Rice for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Mary became the mother of Thomas Rice in Shirementon, Bristol, England, 1656.

58. Lewis⁵ Bryan (John⁶) was born in Surry Co., VA ca 1660. Lewis died before May 1, 1735 in Edenton, NC.

He married Elizabeth Hunter in Surry Co., NC, ca 1688. Elizabeth is the daughter of Henry Hunter. Elizabeth became the mother of Simon Bryan in Surry Co., NC, 1689. Elizabeth became the mother of Lewis Bryan 1693. Elizabeth became the mother of Elizabeth Hunter Bryan in Surry Co., NC, September 15, 1694. Elizabeth became the mother of Mary Bryan 1695. Elizabeth became the mother of Joanah Bryan 1697. Elizabeth became the mother of Ann Bryan 1698. Elizabeth became the mother of William Bryan in Surry Co., VA, ca 1705. Elizabeth became the mother of Janett Bryan after 1709. Elizabeth became the mother of Joseph Bryan after 1710. Elizabeth became the mother of Sarah Bryan after 1712.

At 29 years of age Lewis became the father of Simon Bryan in Surry Co., NC, 1689. At 33 years of age Lewis became the father of Lewis Bryan 1693. At 34 years of age Lewis became the father of Elizabeth Hunter Bryan in Surry Co., NC, September 15, 1694. At 35 years of age Lewis became the father of Mary Bryan 1695. At 37 years of age Lewis became the father of Joanah Bryan 1697. At 38 years of age Lewis became the father of Ann Bryan 1698. Lewis became the father of William Bryan in Surry Co., VA, ca 1705. Lewis became the father of Janett Bryan after 1709. Lewis became the father of Joseph Bryan after 1710. Lewis became the father of Sarah Bryan after 1712.

Lewis Bryan and Elizabeth Hunter had the following children:

59 i. ⁴ Bryan.

60 ii. Simon Bryan was born in Surry Co., NC 1689. Simon died 1753 in Bertie Co., NC, at 64 years of age. He married unknown.

61 iii. Lewis Bryan was born 1693. Lewis died 1771 in Craven Co., NC, at 78 years of age.

62 iv. Elizabeth Hunter Bryan was born in Surry Co., NC September 15, 1694. Elizabeth died January 18, 1753 at 58 years of age. She married Thomas Whitmell, Jr. 1712. Thomas was born in Charles City Co., VA September 16, 1688.

63 v. Mary Bryan was born 1695. Mary died after 1760. She married John Bush.

64 vi. Joanah Bryan was born 1697. Joanah died 1721 at 24 years of age.

+ 55 vii. Ann Bryan was born 1698.

65 viii. William Bryan was born in Surry Co., VA ca 1705. William died 1747 in New Bern, NC, at 42 years of age. He married Ann Delamar.

66 ix. Janett Bryan was born after 1709. She married Hardy Hill.

67 x. Joseph Bryan was born after 1710.

68 xi. Sarah Bryan was born after 1712. She married Thomas Lovick.

69. Elizabeth⁵ Hunter (Henry⁶) birth date unknown.

She married Lewis Bryan in Surry Co., NC, ca 1688. Lewis was born in Surry Co., VA ca 1660. Lewis was the son of John Bryan and unknown. Lewis died before May 1, 1735 in Edenton, NC. At 29 years of age Lewis became the father of Simon Bryan in Surry Co., NC, 1689. At 33 years of age Lewis became the father of Lewis Bryan 1693. At 34 years of age Lewis became the father of Elizabeth Hunter Bryan in Surry Co., NC, September 15, 1694. At 35 years of age Lewis became the father of Mary Bryan 1695. At 37 years of age Lewis became the father of Joanah Bryan 1697. At 38 years of age Lewis became the father of Ann Bryan 1698. Lewis became the father of William Bryan in Surry Co., VA, ca 1705. Lewis became the father of Janett Bryan after 1709. Lewis became the father of Joseph Bryan after 1710. Lewis became the father of Sarah Bryan after 1712. (See Lewis Bryan for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Elizabeth became the mother of Simon Bryan in Surry Co., NC, 1689. Elizabeth became the mother of Lewis Bryan 1693. Elizabeth became the mother of Elizabeth Hunter Bryan in Surry Co., NC, September 15, 1694. Elizabeth became the mother of Mary Bryan 1695. Elizabeth became the mother of Joanah Bryan 1697. Elizabeth became the mother of Ann Bryan 1698. Elizabeth became the mother of William Bryan in Surry Co., VA, ca 1705. Elizabeth became the mother of Janett Bryan after 1709. Elizabeth became the mother of Joseph Bryan after 1710. Elizabeth became the mother of Sarah Bryan after 1712.

70. John⁶ Bryan was born in Nansemond Co., VA ca 1625.

He married unknown in Virginia, ca 1645. Unknown became the mother of Lewis Bryan in Surry Co., VA, ca 1660.

John became the father of Lewis Bryan in Surry Co., VA, ca 1660.

John Bryan and unknown had the following child:

+ 58 i. Lewis⁵ Bryan was born ca 1660.

71. unknown⁶ birth date unknown.

She married John Bryan in Virginia, ca 1645. John was born in Nansemond Co., VA ca 1625. John became the father of Lewis Bryan in Surry Co., VA, ca 1660. (See John Bryan for the children resulting from this marriage.)

Unknown became the mother of Lewis Bryan in Surry Co., VA, ca 1660.

72. Henry⁶ Hunter birth date unknown.

Henry Hunter had the following child:

+ 69 i. Elizabeth⁵ Hunter.

Index

Blount

Brown

Bryan

Bush

Claiborne

Clark

Clay

Delamar

Duralde

Erwin

Gist

Gooch

Gray

Grosch

Hart

Hill

House

Hunter

Jacob

Lee

Lovick

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McKenzie

Mentelle

Morgan

Nunn

Pindell

Prather

Price

Rice

Russell

Simpson

Slade

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Whitmell

Worley

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