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Branch 5~William Featherstone Descendant Report~Darlene's Direct Line


Generation No. 2


      2. WILLIAM8 Featherstone II (WILLIAM7, THOMAS6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, THOMAS2, JOHN F.1)15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27 was born Abt. 1685 in Charles City County, Virginia, and died 1718 in Virginia. He married (1) Catharine Neal. He married (2) FRANCES Cross28,29,30,31,32 Abt. 1700. She was born in Virginia.

Notes for WILLIAM Featherstone II:
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"English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, List of Patents" pg. 91 & Pg. 109 states the following:

P. 91 (List begins) "A List of Patents granted for LAND in this Colony by The Honorable Alexander Spotswood, His Majesty's Lieuten't Governor & Commander in Chief of this Dominion."

P. 109 of same list -- "50 Acres Charles City County (VA) WM. FEATHERSTONE date: July 15, 1717.
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Notes for FRANCES Cross:
Featherstone Society Member Helen Pruitt 54 Meeting St., Charleston, SC 29401 - 803-577-4432:

Has Frances Howell, and not Frances Cross, as the spouse of William Featherston, Sr. -- need her resource for this information to confirm.
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Children of WILLIAM Featherstone and FRANCES Cross are:
  4 i.   William9 Featherstone III, born Abt. 1710 in Prince George County, Virginia; died April 27, 1769 in Nottoway Parish, Amelia County, Virginia. He married Susannah Grigg Abt. 1737 in Amelia County, Virginia; born June 11, 1720 in Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Virginia; died August 22, 1767 in Nottoway Parish, Amelia County, Virginia.
  Notes for William Featherstone III:
SEE FEATHERSTONE GRIGG DESCENDANTS~99 2000---separate FTM file.
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Evidence indicating some of William's descendants moved to North Carolina:

Jesse was married to Catherine ("Catron") by 3 Jan 1775 per a property deed signed on that date in Amelia County Virginia. He later bought land (15 Mar. 1778) in Granville County, North Carolina. He sold the land again on 15 Jan. 1779 and bought land in Tyrone County, North Carolina on 12 Feb 1779. He is described on the deed as being from Granville County.
     
Lincoln County, North Carolina was formed out of Tyrone County on 30 Oct 1794, Merriman THORNE of "CLAIMBRA, Ga." sold Jesse 140 acres on the South Fork of the Catawba River in Lincoln County, North Carolina.
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Another son of this William was found as follows:

Featherston, Richard
Born: Abt. 1749
Died: WFT Est. 1750-1839
Tree name: Spurgeon, Henry, Taylor of TN, England 670-1998
Tree number: 3147
Tree submission date: Jul 31, 1997

Richard Featherston appears in a tree containing 1604 individuals, with dates ranging from 670-1998. The earliest dates recorded in the tree are 670, 689, 720, 721, 739. These dates include World Family Tree estimated dates. The surnames that appear most frequently in this tree are: Spurgeon, Henry, Taylor, Carter, Plantagenet, Mikel, Duffield, Featherston. The most common locations in this tree include: TN, England, VA, Scotland, France, NC, AR, United Kingdom. This tree also contains the following foreign locations: England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Northern Ireland, Norway, Scotland, Spain, United Kingdom, Wales. There are 312 individuals with More About information. You will find 182 individual or marriage Notes. This information may help you narrow down your search.

This tree contains Richard's:
*Parents --- Given as William Featherston and Susannah Grigg
*Grandparents---William Featherston & Mary May
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  5 ii.   Charles Featherstone, born Aft. 1710; died Bef. January 25, 1790 in Brunswick County, Virginia. He married Jane Wright.
  6 iii.   Howell Featherstone33,34,35,36, born Aft. 1710.
+ 7 iv.   RICHARD Featherstone I, born Abt. 1716 in Amelia County, Virginia; died 1799 in Chester County, South Carolina.


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