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Descendants of Samuel Puryear

Generation No. 2


2. JOHN3 PURYEAR, SR (SAMUEL2, PURYEAR1) was born Bet. 1720 - 1730 in Warwick County, VA, and died 1785 in Mecklenburg County, VA. He married MARTHA NORMENT Bet. 1740 - 1744 in Mecklenburg County, VA. She was born Abt. 1724 in Warwick County, VA, and died 1810 in Mecklenburg County, VA.

More About JOHN PURYEAR, SR:
Fact 1: served as Patriot in Revoluntionary War
     
Children of JOHN PURYEAR and MARTHA NORMENT are:
9. i.   JOHN4 PURYEAR, JR, b. 1745, Virginia; d. 1777, Virginia.
10. ii.   REBECCA PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1740 - 1770, Virginia; d. Unknown.
11. iii.   JANE PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1740 - 1758, Mecklenburg County, VA; d. Bet. 1780 - 1789, Mecklenburg County, VA.
12. iv.   SEYMORE PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1740 - 1760, Virginia; d. April 1788, Mecklenburg County, VA.
13. v.   SAMUEL PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1755 - 1765; d. Unknown.
14. vi.   WILLIAM PURYEAR, b. 1760, Mecklenburg County, VA; d. 1797, Athens, GA.
  vii.   REUBEN PURYEAR, b. 1770, Mecklenburg County, VA; d. 1821, Mecklenburg County, VA; m. MARTHA CLAUSEL, December 17, 1791, Mecklenburg County, VA; b. Mecklenburg County, VA; d. Unknown.
15. viii.   MARY PURYEAR, b. 1773; d. 1820.
16. ix.   HEZEKIAH PURYEAR, b. February 20, 1775, Mecklenburg County, VA; d. 1816, Williamson County, TN.


3. SAMUEL3 PURYEAR, JR. (SAMUEL2, PURYEAR1) was born Abt. 1720 in Warwick County, VA, and died 1810 in Mecklenburg County, VA. He married MARGARET MACKINTOSH Bet. 1740 - 1750 in Warwick County, VA. She was born Bet. 1720 - 1730, and died Aft. 1766 in Mecklenburg County, VA.

More About SAMUEL PURYEAR, JR.:
Fact 1: June 1783, enlisted as private in Revoluntionary War
     
Children of SAMUEL PURYEAR and MARGARET MACKINTOSH are:
  i.   THOMAS4 PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1740 - 1760, Mecklenburg County, VA; d. 1802, Mecklenburg County, VA.
17. ii.   SAMUEL PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1740 - 1760; d. Unknown.
18. iii.   JOHN PURYEAR, JR, b. Bet. 1740 - 1760; d. Aft. 1803.
19. iv.   PETER PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1740 - 1760, Mecklenburg County, VA; d. Aft. 1810, Mecklenburg County, VA.
20. v.   ELIZABETH PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1740 - 1765; d. Aft. 1805, Mecklenburg County, VA.
  vi.   SARAH PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1740 - 1760; d. Unknown; m. BROWN; d. Unknown.
  vii.   PEGGY PURYEAR, b. May 15, 1766, York County, VA; d. Unknown.


4. PETER3 PURYEAR (SAMUEL2, PURYEAR1) was born Bet. 1715 - 1720 in Warwick County, VA, and died Abt. 1768 in Henrico County, VA. He married SUSANNAH MAJOR Bet. 1735 - 1748 in Warwick County, VA, daughter of NICHOLAS MAJOR and MARY. She was born Bet. 1710 - 1730 in Warwick County, VA, and died 1801 in Henrico County, VA.

Notes for PETER PURYEAR:
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From the book, Ancestors and Descendants of Jesse Puryear and Jane Holman, by Russel K. Puryear and Mary Jeter Puryear, " Peter Puryear, listed as the third son of Samuel Puryear and Elizabeth____, was found first in Warwick County, VA., although he may have been the oldest - born as early as 1715 perhaps. Marriage record (for him) has not been found but probably was in Warwick County. They were in Henrico County, VA in 1747 when Peter was appointed Processioner of Lands for the 2nd District at that time. Some of the other brothers served in that capacity for some of the other precincts. Peter and Susanna reared their family in Henrico and although Peter acquired a great deal of land in Lunenburg County, VA, they did not move to it. One genealogist, writing in the Virginia Magazine of History and Genealogy, has advanced the theory that peter Puryear's wife, Susannah was the daughter of Nicholas Major of Lunenburg County, VA, basing his decision on the record of a patent of August 20, 1760, to Peter Porear of Henrico County for 270 acres in Lunenburg County. (Patent Book 34-670-671)
Peter Puryear died while still a relatively young man, ca. 1748, leaving the widow Susannah and nine children. He left a will in Henrico County, VA., evidently one of those "destroyed by the enemy" and not re-recorded. In WILL BOOK 1 - page 96& 99, Sept. 14, 1783, recording the division of the slaves, "according to his will and her thirds." We find the widow and orphans named with the number of slaves each received. O fthe 24, Susannah was allotted eight. To the children:
III. 1- Mary, 1 slave
      2- Martha, 2 slaves
      3- Peter, 2 slaves
      4- Reuben, 2 slaves
      5- Jesse, 1 slave
      6- John, 2 slaves
      7- Obediah, 2 slaves
      8- Elizabeth, 2 slaves
      9- William, orphaned son of William deceased, 2 slaves

No doubt, Peter Puryear has specified in his will that the land and slaves were to be held together until the youngest heir reached a certain age, in this way guaranteeing the support of the family.
The widow, Susannah Puryear, never re-married, although she lived nearly 40 years after her husband died. Her estate was appraised 28 November, 1801, WILL BOOK 3-82 &83. Their son, Jesse was administrator. Then on 6 January, 1802, additional division of Peter Puryear's estate was made - "the part lent to Susannah for Life." Those participating in this later division were: John Puryear, Jesse Puryear, the legatees of Samuel Price, deceased (He had married the daughter, Elizabeth); legatees of the deceased son, William Puryear; Obediah Puryear; Daniel Burton (husband of Mary Puryear) and Peter Puryear. WILL BOOK 2-639, Henrico County, VA. The son Reuben Puryear had died unmarried between 1783 (when he received his share of the slaves) and 1794 when one legatee sold to another "the part of Reuben Puryear's estate I have claim to."
     
Children of PETER PURYEAR and SUSANNAH MAJOR are:
21. i.   JOHN4 PURYEAR, b. Abt. 1750, Henrico County, VA; d. Unknown, Mecklenburg County, VA.
22. ii.   MARY (POLLY) PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1755 - 1775; d. Unknown.
  iii.   MARTHA PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1755 - 1775; d. Unknown; m. BENJAMIN ALLEN; b. Bet. 1740 - 1775; d. Unknown.
  iv.   REUBEN PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1755 - 1775, Henrico County, VA; d. Bet. 1783 - 1794, Henrico County, VA.
23. v.   PETER PURYEAR, b. 1768, Virginia; d. Unknown.
24. vi.   OBEDIAH PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1755 - 1775, Goochland County, VA; d. Aft. 1802.
25. vii.   ELIZABETH PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1740 - 1748, Goochland County, VA; d. Unknown.
26. viii.   WILLIAM PURYEAR, b. Abt. 1749, Warwick County, VA; d. December 04, 1769, Warwick County, VA.
27. ix.   JESSE PURYEAR, b. Abt. 1770, Henrico County, VA; d. Aft. 1803, Virginia.


5. WILLIAM3 PURYEAR, SR (SAMUEL2, PURYEAR1) was born Bet. 1725 - 1726 in Warwick County, VA, and died 1808 in Granville County, NC. He married REBECCA Bet. 1740 - 1750 in Lunenburg County, VA. She was born Bet. 1720 - 1735 in Virginia, and died Aft. 1788 in Granville County, NC.

Notes for WILLIAM PURYEAR, SR:

William Puryear was born in Warwick County, VA in about 1725 and he moved to Lunenburg County (the area is now called Mecklenburg County). He had six sons there: John, Robert, William,Jr, Thornton, Thomas, and Samuel; and three daughters: Sarah, Elizabeth, and Nancy. Later William was to move to Granville County, NC where he was a planter and court records show gifts of slaves to his sons Robert, William Jr and John. In the 1786 Census for the Country Line District of Granville County, NC, William is listed as having just himself over 21 but under 50; no white males under 21; 1 white female of any age; one black over 12 but under 50; and 5 blacks over 50 or under 12.
     
Children of WILLIAM PURYEAR and REBECCA are:
  i.   SAMUEL4 PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1746 - 1790, Mecklenburg County, VA; d. Bet. 1752 - 1854.
  ii.   THOMAS PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1746 - 1795, Mecklenburg County, VA; d. Bet. 1766 - 1854; m. ELIZABETH MARSHALL, Bet. 1765 - 1795; b. Bet. 1740 - 1800; d. Unknown.
28. iii.   NANCY PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1747 - 1790, Mecklenburg County, VA; d. Bet. 1821 - 1889.
29. iv.   JOHN PURYEAR, b. Abt. 1755, Warwick County, VA; d. March 1831, Granville County, NC.
30. v.   ROBERT HARMON PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1755 - 1756, Lunenburg County, VA; d. Bet. 1820 - 1821, Granville County, NC.
31. vi.   WILLIAM PURYEAR, JR., b. 1758, Warwick County, VA; d. 1838, Granville County, NC.
32. vii.   SARAH PURYEAR, b. 1762, Lunenburg County, VA; d. Bet. 1785 - 1856.
  viii.   ELIZABETH P. PURYEAR, b. Abt. 1786, Mecklenburg County, VA; d. Bet. 1808 - 1890; m. WILLIAM MEALER, November 09, 1807, Granville County, NC; b. Bet. 1750 - 1790; d. Bet. 1810 - 1880.
33. ix.   THORNTON PURYEAR, b. 1788, Lunenburg County, VA; d. Bet. 1815 - 1879.


6. HEZEKIAH3 PURYEAR (SAMUEL2, PURYEAR1) was born 1735 in Warwick County, VA, and died October 1796 in Goochland County, VA. He married (1) WINN Bet. 1755 - 1760 in Henrico County, VA. She was born Bet. 1735 - 1755, and died Aft. 1763 in Henrico County, VA. He married (2) MARY ELLIS August 16, 1764 in Henrico County, VA, daughter of JOSEPH ELLIS. She was born Bet. 1740 - 1750, and died Bet. 1770 - 1773 in Henrico County, VA. He married (3) ANN ELLIS December 17, 1773 in Henrico County, VA, daughter of JOSEPH ELLIS. She was born 1753 in Henrico County, VA, and died October 28, 1815 in Goochland County, VA.
     
Children of HEZEKIAH PURYEAR and WINN are:
  i.   MILLY WINN4 PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1755 - 1778, Goochland County, VA; d. Aft. 1793; m. JOHN NEAVES, October 17, 1793, Goochland County, VA; b. Bet. 1750 - 1775; d. Aft. 1793.
34. ii.   FRANCES PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1755 - 1760; d. Aft. 1783, Virginia.
  iii.   SARAH PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1755 - 1764, Virginia; d. Aft. 1780; m. JOHN MORRIS, August 20, 1779, Goochland County, Virginia; b. Bet. 1750 - 1764; d. Aft. 1780.
     
Children of HEZEKIAH PURYEAR and MARY ELLIS are:
35. iv.   HEZEKIAH4 PURYEAR, JR., b. Bet. 1763 - 1778, Henrico County, VA; d. 1833, Virginia.
36. v.   ELLIS PURYEAR, b. March 15, 1766, Henrico County, VA; d. Aft. 1827, Goochland County, VA.
37. vi.   SUSANNAH PURYEAR, b. March 15, 1766, Henrico County, VA; d. November 20, 1852, Barren County, KY.
  vii.   JOSEPH PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1765 - 1773, Goochland County, VA; d. Aft. 1796, Virginia.
  Notes for JOSEPH PURYEAR:
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Little is known of this son. His father, in his will, of 1796, left him a tract of land and a negro boy, Launcy.

     
Children of HEZEKIAH PURYEAR and ANN ELLIS are:
  viii.   MARY (POLLY)4 PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1774 - 1785, Henrico County, VA; d. Aft. 1801, Virginia; m. PATRICK HENLEY, January 17, 1801, Goochland County, VA; b. Bet. 1760 - 1784, Virginia; d. Aft. 1801, Virginia.
38. ix.   ELIZABETH (BETSY) PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1774 - 1788, Goochland County, VA; d. Aft. 1810, Goochland County, VA.
39. x.   WILLIAM PURYEAR, b. Abt. 1777, Goochland County, VA; d. December 18, 1846, Amelia, VA.
40. xi.   PATSY (MARTHA) PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1774 - 1785, Goochland County, VA; d. Aft. 1801, Virginia.
  xii.   NANCY WESLEY PURYEAR, b. Abt. 1788, Goochland County, VA; d. Aft. 1809, Goochland County, VA; m. WILLIAM NUCHOLS, August 25, 1809, Goochland County, VA; b. Bet. 1760 - 1784, Virginia; d. Aft. 1809, Virginia.
  xiii.   THOMAS HILL PURYEAR, b. Abt. 1789, Goochland County, VA; d. June 23, 1813, Goochland County, VA.
  Notes for THOMAS HILL PURYEAR:
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Thomas died unmarried and the Douglas Register shows the will of Thomas H. Puryear filed in 1813. Was he a casualty of of fthe War of 1812?


  xiv.   NOBLIN PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1774 - 1795, Goochland County, VA; d. Abt. 1815, Goochland County, VA.
41. xv.   SARAH JANE PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1780 - 1796, Goochland County, VA; d. Aft. 1812, Barren County, KY.

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