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Descendants of Joshua Atchley

Generation No. 2

2. JOSEPH [SR.]³ ATCHLEY (JOSHUA², THOMAS¹) was born 1747 in New Jersey, and died 14 Feb 1849 in Rhea Cty., Tn. He married FNU CHRISTINA[?] CHRISTIAN. She was born 1765.

Notes for JOSEPH [SR.] ATCHLEY:
Farmer and plantation owner.

Children of JOSEPH ATCHLEY and FNU CHRISTIAN are:

	i.	REBECCA⁴ ATCHLEY.
	ii.	JOSHUA ATCHLEY.
	iii.	JOEL ATCHLEY.
	iv.	DANIEL ATCHLEY.
	v.	DANIEL ATCHLEY.
	vi.	BARSHEBA ATCHLEY, b. 1780, New Jersey; m. NICHOLAS HIGHT; b. East Windsor; d. 1799, California.
5.	vii.	ELIJAH ATCHLEY, b. 1796, TN; d. Abt. 1823, Indiana.
	viii.	JOSEPH [JR.] ATCHLEY, b. 1798.
	ix.	MOSES ATCHLEY, b. Abt. 1808.

3. MARY³ ATCHLEY (JOSHUA², THOMAS¹) was born 1747, and died 1809. She married (1) JOHN HOLMES. He was born 1730 in Ireland, and died 1781. She married (2) ENOCH MUIRHEAD 1785. He was born 1755, and died 1805.

More About ENOCH MUIRHEAD and MARY ATCHLEY:
Marriage: 1785

Children of MARY ATCHLEY and JOHN HOLMES are:

	i.		WILLIAM⁴ HOLMES, b. 19 Sep 1773; d. 30 Oct 1830; m. MARY CAFFEE; b. 26 Mar 1786; d. 14 Aug 1825.
	ii.		JOSHUA HOLMES, b. 23 Apr 1775; d. 19 Jan 1831; m. IRENE MUIRHEAD.
	iii.		ALEXANDER HOLMES, b. 1777; d. 1806.

Children of MARY ATCHLEY and ENOCH MUIRHEAD are:

	iv.		ELI⁴ MUIRHEAD.
	v.		MARY MUIRHEAD, m. THOMAS PIERCE.
	vi.		RUTH MUIRHEAD, m. DAVID MAXWELL.
	vii.		GEORGE MUIRHEAD, b. 1785; d. 1817.

4. THOMAS³ ATCHLEY (JOSHUA², THOMAS¹) was born 03 May 1755 in VA, and died 11 Oct 1836 in Tennessee. He married LYDIA RICHARDS, daughter of WILLIAM RICHARDS and ABIGAIL LAY. She was born 18 Aug 1762, and died 31 Aug 1850 in Tennessee.

Notes for THOMAS ATCHLEY:
He was a Revolutionary War soldier. When but 20 years of age, he enlisted during the Fall of 1775 in the Colonial Army and served for one month as a private in Major John Dunn's Filrst Regiment, Middlesex County Militia.
While a resident of Loudoun County, Virginia, he enlisted in the Fall of 1777 and served six months as a private in Captain Reddakin's Virginia Company.
1780 -- He married Lydia Richards in Loudoun Co., Virginia.
1781 -- While a resident of Botetourt County, Virginia, he enlisted and served one month as a private in Captain John Lewis' Virginia Company of Botetourt County Regiment; then enlisted again in the same year and served two weeks (officers not named), making in all four enlistments during the Revolutionary War if we count the enlistment in New Jersey during 1775 (which, of course, was prior to the time of general rebellion).
1786 -- After harvest time, Thomas Atchley, his wife, and their three small daughters left Botetourt County, Virginia, bound for the fertile land located on Alder Branch, a tributary of French Broad River, in the new Sevier County, State of Franklin.
1794 -- He also served in the Indian War of 1794.
1830 -- He founded the Alder Branch Baptist Church, Sevier Co., TN, and donated the land for the church and cemetery.
1836 Oct 11 -- He died at his home located in Alder Branch community north of Sevierville, in Sevier County, Tennessee. He was a farmer by occupation.
Pension Application: Rev. War Soldier Thomas Atchly. Application # is W-257:NJ&VA/TN. Thomas Atchley, Sevier County, Private, New Jersey Line, $28.22 Annual Allowance, $84.22 Amount Received, August 2, 1833 Pension Started, Age 79.
Buried in Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier Co., Tennessee.
Tombstone: Thomas Atchley 1756 1837 A Soldier of the Indepence of the Colonies. One of the Founders of Alder Branch Church, organized in his Dwelling House in 1830.
Source: Atchley Family History by Paul Atchley and Mary Ann Thomson. 'The Townsend Heritage', Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 51. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 86.

Notes for LYDIA RICHARDS:
Census 1840 Sevier Co TN-"Lydia Atchley, age 75 years. Rev. pensioner." In the household of Noah Atchley.
Revolutionary War pension claim W. 267 shows her birthdate as 18 Aug 1762
In a letter dated March 29, 1927, from the U. S. Government General Accounting Office, Washington, Records Devision File No. R-PDF-338, it is stated that the following children survived the death of Lydia Richards Atchley, whose death occurred Aug. 31, 1850: Hannah, Mary, Sarah, Isaac, Benjamin, Josiah, Lydia, Thomas, Jane, Elizabeth, Rhoda and Noah Atchley.
Tombstone - Alder Branch Cemetery " Lydia Richards Atchley Born 1761 Died 1850"
Source: 'The Townsend heritage', Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 51. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain historical Society, 1993, p 86.

Children of THOMAS ATCHLEY and LYDIA RICHARDS are:

	i.	HANNAH⁴ ATCHLEY, b. 23 Feb 1782.
6.	ii.	BENJAMIN ATCHLEY, b. 24 Jan 1790, Tennessee.
7.	iii.	MARY ATCHLEY, b. 13 Nov 1783, VA.
	iv.	SARAH ATCHLEY.
8.	v.	ISAAC ATCHLEY, b. 09 Dec 1787.
	vi.	CATHERINE ATCHLEY.
	vii.	JOSHUA ATCHLEY.
	viii.	LYDIA PAULINE ATCHLEY.
	ix.	THOMAS ATCHLEY.
	x.	JANE ATCHLEY.
	xi.	ELIZABETH ATCHLEY.
	xii.	RHODA ATCHLEY.
	xiii.	NOAH ATCHLEY.

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