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Nancy was born about 1766 in Berkeley Co, VA to Daniel Hendricks and Jane (Jean) Buckles. On 14 February 1782 she married William McCormick in a ceremony presided over by the Reverend John McKnight, a rather prominent Presbyterian minister of VA. William was a wanderer, and after his death in 1818, he was buried somewhere along the Mississippi River. On 18 April 1844, Nancy appeared before Richard Copeland a justice of peace of Overton Co, TN. She was attempting to gain William's Revolutionary War pension but was unsuccessful as she could never prove his records. A very sad fact since they can now be proven after 200 years. In 1852 Nancy was granted 80 acres of land in Iowa for the services William rendered as a Captain in the Indian Wars in Tennessee. She was blind the last 30 years of her life, and she died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William (Jane) Carmack, in Jackson Co, TN, before April 1857.
I don't know if Nancy knew about her ancestry, but it includes some incredible names. Our history includes adventurers, knights, signers of the Magna Carta, and kings. We're descended from royalty, and I don't think we should be snooty by any means, but we do have quite a bit to be proud of. Of course, a few of these names weren't always nice people, but we can't help that. When you shake that family tree, a few nuts are bound to fall out eventually.
Daniel was born 20 Feb 1745 in Reading Township, York Co, PA, to James Hendricks and Priscilla Darling Pettit. About 1763 Daniel married Jane (Jean) Buckles in Virginia. Now Daniel must have been quite a sight to see because it's been said that he stood just over 7 foot tall and had bright red hair. After serving as a sergeant during the Revolutionary War, he served as the constable of Berkeley Co, VA. My guess is he didn't have much trouble keeping the peace. Could you imaging seeing that coming at you? Daniel died sometime before 22 June 1759 near Shepardstown, Jefferson Co, VA.
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