Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Lyndall J. White (Lynn Mayes)
Ancestors of LyndallJ. White (Lynn Mayes)
642.Francis Flournoy, born January 31, 1686/87 in Geneva, Switzerland; died Bef. March 05, 1773 in Chesterfield Co. Virginia.He was the son of 1284. Jacob Flournoy and 1285. Martha Morel.He married 643. Mary Baugh.
643.Mary Baugh, born 1693 in Henrico Co. Virginia.
Children of Francis Flournoy and Mary Baugh are:
321 | i. | Mary Flournoy, born 1715 in Henrico Co. Virginia; died 1807 in Chesterfield Co. Virginia; married Edward Wooldridge 1740 in Chesterfield Co. Virginia. | ||
ii. | Sarah Flournoy, born 1718 in Henrico Co. Virginia; died 1806 in Elbert Co. Georgia; married (1) William Wooldridge Abt. 1750 in Chesterfield Co. Virginia; born 1709 in Henrico Co. Virginia; died 1798 in Elbert Co. Georgia; married (2) David Hudspeth 1783 in Surrey Co. North Carolina; born February 07, 1762 in Surrey Co. North Carolina; died 1812 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. |
Notes for Sarah Flournoy: Sarah Wooldridge signed her will on February 24, 1804, and it was recorded on May 27, 1806.Sarah's will names her three sons and one daughter, as well as the children of a deceased daughter. |
More About Sarah Flournoy: Nickname: Called "Sally" |
Notes for William Wooldridge: William Wooldridge (1709-1798) was born in Henrico County, Virginia.He was apparently the second or third son of John and Martha Wooldridge of that county, and as his father's executor and legatee of his blacksmith's tools, may have been the leader of the family after his father's death.He appears in the Henrico records from time to time in various ways but does not hold public office in the county.For example, at the April Court in 1743, together with John Wooldridge, Samuel Jordan and Jacob Trabue, he was ordered to appraise the estate of Moses Ferguson, deceased.The same year, "On motion of William Wooldridge, leave is given to keep an ordinary at Samuel Jordan's home below the mount and Jordan enters himself as security." William may have started farming on his own on a 100 acres of John Roberts', on which William paid the tax in 1736 (his son Richard married Jane Roberts).Then after his stint of keeping ordinary (operate a tavern) at Jordan's he patented 400 acres in Albemarle in 1748, receiving two years later 2000 acres in the same county, in the part which became Buckingham.His father's will left him 414 more acres in Chesterfield, and it is not known whether he ever lived in the Buckingham section, though a Samuel Jordan did. William Wooldridge had at least two wives; the name of the first, whom he probably married in the late 1730s, is not known.His second wife, whom he seems to have married about 1750 in Chesterfield County, was Sarah Flournoy, of the noted French Huguenot family of that name.He continued to live on land adjoining his father and brothers in Chesterfield after it was cut from Henrico, and was one of the fairly propsperous planters in that area, owning several hundred acres and some slaves.He appears on the 1756 Chesterfield County tithable list, charged with tax for himself, son William and slaves Frank and James.His oldest son Richard was at that time living with John Wooldridge, Sr., William's father. After the year 1770, William and Sarah Wooldridge's family, then William and Sarah, decided to move South.While the reason for this move is not clear as none of the rest of the Wooldridges left Virginia at this time.In fact, William was the only one in the second generation to leave the immediate Chesterfield vicinity; some of the Flournoys did, and perhaps Sarah wanted to go with her brothers to the new territory.Beginning in 1771, they began to show up in the records of Surry County, in western North Carolina, though in 1777, William, Thomas and Edward are tithables in one household in Chesterfield and as late as 1778 he is called "of Chesterfield" when selling off his remaining land there.William, or his son William, shows in the Surry County deeds as buying and selling land; in 1777 he is on the venire from which the Grand Jury for Salisbury District is chosen, and in 1778 Captain of militia in his district.He remained in that capacity until the early 1780s, when he decided to move further south.His service in the Surry County militia is considered service in the Revolutionary War.There was plenty for the militia to do because of the Tory element in western North Carolina.John Hudspeth, brother of William's daughter-in-law, Lucy Hudspeth, was killed while serving as a tax collector in Surry. By the early 1780s, William Wooldridge and part of his family moved on south to Elbert County, Georgia, where he again purchased land and became one of the prominent planters of the county.His land lay on Beaver Dam Creek, and his sons, Gibson and Thomas, owned land that adjoined him for part of the time. He lived in Elbert County for the remainder of his life, signing his will there on December 6, 1797, as a man in his eighties; it names his five sons, two daughters, and wife Sarah, and divides his estate among them, including 24 slaves, two of whom, Phoebe (who was to be manumitted on Sarah's death) and Kate (or their namesakes) had been in the family for 35 years.Sarah Wooldridge signed her will on February 24, 1804, and it was recorded on May 27, 1806.Sarah's will names her three sons and one daughter, as well as the children of a deceased daughter. |
645.Mary Mitchell, born 1692; died 1777 in Virginia.
Children of Henry Clay and Mary Mitchell are:
i. | Martha Clay, born Bet. 1704 - 1721; married William Bass; born December 05, 1707 in Virginia; died January 21, 1775 in Virginia. | |||
ii. | Amey Clay, born Bet. 1704 - 1732. | |||
iii. | Mary Clay, born Bet. 1704 - 1732. | |||
iv. | William Mitchell Clay, born Bet. 1704 - 1732; died September 06, 1774. | |||
v. | Henry Clay, born September 03, 1711. | |||
vi. | Charles Clay, born January 31, 1715/16; died February 25, 1789. | |||
322 | vii. | John Clay, born Abt. 1730; died 1761 in Chesterfield Co. Virginia; married Mary Bass Bef. 1760 in Virginia. | ||
viii. | Martha Clay, born Abt. 1710 in Chesterfield Co. Virginia; died Aft. 1737 in Virginia; married William Bass Aft. 1724 in Virgina; born December 05, 1707 in Virginia; died January 21, 1775 in Virginia. |
646.William Bass, born December 05, 1707 in Virginia; died January 21, 1775 in Virginia.He was the son of 1292. William Bass and 1293. Mary Fail.He married 647. Martha Clay Aft. 1724 in Virgina.
647.Martha Clay, born Abt. 1710 in Chesterfield Co. Virginia; died Aft. 1737 in Virginia.She was the daughter of 644. Henry Clay and 645. Mary Mitchell.
Child of William Bass and Martha Clay is:
Child of William Bass and Martha Clay is:
323 | i. | Mary Bass, born February 02, 1732/33 in Chesterfield Co. Virginia; died Aft. 1764 in Virginia; married John Clay Bef. 1760 in Virginia. |
648.John Cantrell, born October 06, 1724 in New Castle, Lawrence Co. Pennsylvania (now Delaware); died February 1803 in Spartanburg, South Carolina.He was the son of 1296. Joseph C. Cantrell and 1297. Catherine.He married 649. Miss Brittain 1743.
649.Miss Brittain, born Bet. 1725 - 1728 in New Castle, Lawrence Co. Pennsylvania (now Delaware); died 1769 in Rockingham Co. North Carolina.
Notes for John Cantrell:
John Cantrell was born in New Castle Co. Pennsylvania (now Delaware), October 1724, and baptized in Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) church March 25, 1726.He was married twice.His first wife was Miss Brittian, by whom it is said he had seventeen sons; his second wife was Jane -----, by whom he had four sons and two daughters. Reportedly there were a number of twins in this large family.John is shown to be the father of 21 sons and 2 daughters, but research indicates that a number of children attributed to John were nephews, sons of brother Isaac
John became associated with the Welsh Tract Baptist Church, which had been established in the early 1700s in the New Castle area.After the birth of some of their children in New Castle County, John and his family joined with others in the movement southward. They moved down through the Great Valley of Virginia to the Piedmont Plateau of the Carolinas.They settled there in the "Land of Eden", Granville County, North Carolina, (which became Orange County in September 1752).In 1752 John Cantrell purchased land north of the Haw River and south of the Dan River.The land was on Wolf Island Creek, a tributary of the Dan.There are many traditions in this family regarding John Cantrell and his family and their moving to the Carolinas, but the exact date of his leaving New Castle county is not known.
The list of taxables collected in the years of 1752 and 1753 as submitted by the Sheriff to the County Court in 1754 contains the name of John Cantrell with two white polls.John purchased land north of the Haw River and south of the Dan River in 1758.The land was on Wolf Island Creek, a tributary of the Dan River.John was appointed to many juries in the next 15 years.
The Wolf Island Baptist Church was formed in 1777 by John's brother, Isaac Cantrell, on part of Isaac's 770 acre farm.Isaac's second wife, Talitha Cloud, had died in 1772, and she was probably buried on his land and it later became the Wolf Island Baptist Church Cemetery.John's first wife, Miss Brittain, may also be buried there.
John married his second wife Jane about 1770.John and Jane had four sons and two daughters.
Guilford County, North Carolina was formed in 1771 from the western part of Orange County.John and his family lived in the northern part of this new county.This area became Rockingham County in 1785, but by that time, John and his family had moved southwest down the Piedmont Plateau to the Ninety Six District of South Carolina, now part of Spartanburg County, South Carolina where he owned over 800 acres of land on Buck Creek, a tributary of the Pacolet River.This move was made soon after the close of the Revolutionary War.There he farmed and worked with the Buck Creek Baptist Church. Some of his descendants still attend this old church.
In 1790, John was listed in the census of the Ninety Six District of South Carolina.He had one son under sixteen and two daughters living at home.Many of the names on this census were familiar names from the Court Records of Orange County, North Carolina.It should be noted that this was the first record found in America where the family name was spelled Cantrell.The same census in Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina listed families as Cantrall, Cantrel, Cantril, and Cantwell.John appears to be the first to use the Cantrell spelling in America.
LAND RECORD--Thomas Warren of Spartanburg to Isaac Young of Spartanburg for 70 pounds sterling sold 200 acres on North side of Pacolet River, grant August 23, 1774 to Hugh Warren who sold to Thomas Warren on February 16, 1787.Witnessed Samson Bethel, John Cantrell, and Richard Turner.Signed-- Thomas Warren. Recorded 14 December 1791.
John Cantrell and his family were devoted and active workers in the Buck Creek Baptist Church. Three of the Cantrell children were baptised at the Buck Creek Baptist Church.John's brother Isaac Cantrell served there as minister in 1796 and 1797, and a John Cantrell served in 1800 as minister.Another member of Buck Creek Church was Sampson Bethel, whose wife was Mary Cantrell, was a daughter of Isaac Cantrell".
In the 1800 census of South Carolina, John Cantrell is listed in the household of his son Moses, age 36.The household listed a male and female over 45 years (John and Jane Cantrell) and three slaves.It is known that John Cantrell owned three slaves.
John died before February 1803 (the date of the will probate) and three of his sons, Abraham, Stephen, and Moses were the administrators of his estate.John Cantrell was probably buried at the Buck Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in South Carolina's Ninety Six District.The center of the cemetery has at least one hundred graves marked by fieldstones.Widow Jane Cantrell received a dower settlement.
More About John Cantrell:
Burial: Buck Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Notes for Miss Brittain: Miss Britain was either a daughter or sister of Joseph Brittain who accompanied John Cantrell and Miss Brittain to Orange County North Carolina. |
More About Miss Brittain:
Burial: Wolf Island Baptist Church Cemetery
Children of John Cantrell and Miss Brittain are:
340 | i. | Abraham Cantrell, born 1744 in Newcastle Co. Pennsylvania (now Delaware); died 1814 in Spartanburg, South Carolina; married (1) Unknown Abt. 1769; married (2) Lucy Watson Abt. 1785 in South Carolina. | ||
324 | ii. | Isaac Cantrell, born Abt. 1745 in Orange Co. North Carolina (now Rockingham Co.); died 1804 in Warren Co. Tennessee; married Nancy Watson Abt. 1764 in Rockingham Co. North Carolina. | ||
iii. | Joseph Cantrell, born 1747 in Orange Co. North Carolina (now Rockingham Co.); died 1804 in Hillsboro, North Carolina. | |||
iv. | Jacob Cantrell, born Abt. 1748 in Orange Co. North Carolina (now Rockingham Co.); died August 1790 in Orange Co. North Carolina; married Mary Cantrell January 11, 1763 in Orange Co. North Carolina. | |||
v. | Stephen Cantrell, born Abt. 1749 in Orange Co. North Carolina (now Rockingham Co.); died Aft. 1790. | |||
vi. | Susan Cantrell, born Abt. 1750 in Orange Co. North Carolina (now Rockingham Co.). | |||
vii. | Charles Cantrell, born 1750 in Orange Co. North Carolina (now Rockingham Co.); died in DeKalb Co. Tennessee; married Sarah Murray January 23, 1772 in Greensboro, North Carolina. | |||
viii. | John Miller Cantrell, born August 18, 1751 in Orange Co. North Carolina (now Rockingham Co.); died October 17, 1825 in Spartanburg, South Carolina; married Elizabeth Cantrell Abt. 1775 in Guilford Co. North Carolina; born Abt. 1761 in Orange Co. North Carolina (now Rockingham Co.); died Bet. 1830 - 1840 in Spartanburg Co. South Carolina. |
Notes for John Miller Cantrell: From material received from Eddy and Glenda Harrel - Reference attributed to "Early Families of the North Carolina Counties of Rockingham and Stokes with Revolutionary Service," compiled and published by members of James Hunter Chapter, National Society Daughter of American Revolution of Madison, North Carolina, published 1977: John Miller Cantrell was born about 1751 in the northwestern part of Orange County, North Carolina (later Rockingham County, North Carolina).He grew to manhood on the waters of Wolf Island Creek, about one and a half miles northeast of Reidsville.John married his cousin, Elizabeth Cantrell, daughter of Isaac Cantrell and Talitha Cloud, about 1779 in Guildford Co. North Carolina.The marriage records of Guildford County for this time period were destroyed.Elizabeth was born on a farm nearby John's family in 1761. He served in the Revolutionary War from the Salisbury District of North Carolina.John's name is listed in the warrants for land granted to Officers and Soldiers of the Continental Line (warrant #3930).He was also allowed 17 lbs. and 7 pence on a claim filed Aurgust 9, 1782 (Certificate #1575 on file in the Archives of AR Raleigh, NC) After the war, John and Elizabeth Cantrell moved southward to the Ninety Six District of South Carolina.He owned and operated a mill on Buck Creek and to distinguish him from other John Cantrells, he was called "Miller John."He was a devoted and active member of the Buck Creek Baptist Church, where his father and father-in-law served as minister and messenger, up until his death in 1825.He prepared his will listing all his children on March 30, 1823 and it was probated in October 1825.He and Elizabeth are buried at the Buck Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.Their graves are marked by field stones. WILL OF JOHN CANTRELL "I, John Cantrell, of the State of South Carolina, and the County of Spartanburg, being of sound mind and memory, do make and constitute this my last Will and Testament, in manner and form following, that is to say, I recommend my soul to God and my body to a Christian burial. "First: I will that all my just debts bo paid, also "I give and bequieth until my daughter Anna Turner, one hundred acres of land, more or less, lying on the Maple Swamp, on both sides of the creek. "I also give and bequeath unto my daughter, Synthia, one bed and two pillows and slips, four civer lids, one bed quilt, six sheets, one cow, one chest, one pot, one wheel, and table pair of cards. "I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, Elizabeth Cantrell, the remainder of my estate, both real and personal, during the time of her natural life, or widowhood, to be equally divided amongst my children, at her death, that is to say: Abraham, Isaac, and my daughter Tilitha's heirs, and Betsey, William, Polly, Martin, Berry, Anna, Sally and her heirs, and Synthia; also twenty-five dollers to be given to my granddaughter, Janny Robbins. "Lastly, I appoint my three sons, William Cantrell, Martin Cantrell, and Berry Cantrell, executors of this my last Will and Testament. "In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 30th day of March, 1823. (Signed) "JOHN CANTRELL. "Test Lanceford Cantrell, George Cantrell, Nimrod Cantrell." After John's death in 1823, a lengthy probate was made of his estate.In addition to the land, he left personal property which was inventoried at $2,077.58 and sold go $2,102.27.The personal property included 5 slaves; Jesse was Mulatto, though sold to Elizabeth at the sale, Jesse later went to Marion Co. Alabama with the rest of the family.Jesse married an Indian girl, Sarah, born 1815 in North Carolina.In later yeas after the Civil War Jesse owned land in Marion County and was a well known farmer. In 1830 widowed Elizabeth Cantrell is listed in Spartanburg Co. South Carolina and probably died soon thereafter. |
More About John Miller Cantrell: Burial: Buck Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Spartanburg, SC |
Notes for Elizabeth Cantrell: Elizabeth was listed in the 1830 census, but was not located in 1840. She is buried with her husband at the Buck Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Their graves are marked by field stones.Elizabeth and her husband were first cousins. |
More About Elizabeth Cantrell: Burial: Buck Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Spartanburg, SC |
ix. | James Cantrell, born 1751 in Orange Co. North Carolina (now Rockingham Co.); died in Buck Creek, Ninety Six District, South Carolina; married Elizabeth Harris 1770 in Orange Co. North Carolina. | |||
x. | William Cantrell, born Abt. 1752 in Orange Co. North Carolina (now Rockingham Co.). | |||
xi. | Aaron Cantrell, born 1755 in Orange Co. North Carolina (now Rockingham Co.). |
Notes for Aaron Cantrell: From "A Bicentennial History of DeKalb County, Tennessee" by Thomas Gray Webb.(In reference to early DeKalb Co. land grants)"Farther up the river, Aaron Cantrell was granted 110 acres, but his relatives on Sink and Pine Creeks bought less land: Abraham, Benjamin, and John Cantrell each got 50 acre grants, Watson Cantrell bought 25 acres, and Thomas Cantrell was granted only 20 acres. |
xii. | Simon Cantrell, born Abt. 1757 in Orange Co. North Carolina (now Rockingham Co.). | |||
xiii. | Peter Cantrell, born 1759 in New Castle , Lawrence Co. Pennsylvania. | |||
xiv. | Thomas J. Cantrell, born January 23, 1761 in Rockingham Co. North Carolina; died September 25, 1830 in Grady, McMinn Co. Tennessee; married Elizabeth Norris Bet. 1780 - 1783 in Caswell Co. North Carolina; born March 10, 1765 in McMinn Co. Tennessee. |
More About Thomas J. Cantrell: Burial: Williamburg Cemetery, Etowah, McMinn Co.Tennessee |
xv. | Moses Cantrell, born Abt. 1764 in Rockingham Co. North Carolina; married Elizabeth. | |||
xvi. | Benjamin Cantrell, born 1768 in Rockingham Co. North Carolina; died 1843 in Warren Co. Tennessee; married (1) Polly Magness; married (2) Hannah Powell; married (3) Charity Legate; born Abt. 1770; died 1824 in Warren Co. Tennessee. |