Our John NOE

It is estimated that Our John Noe was born about 1765. This estimate comes from census records. Little if anything is know about the early life of Our John - not even the name of his wife or parents. It is my guess that he was a son of John Noe and Catherine EFLAND. This older John was a son of Peter, the immigrant. Nothing is known about the children of John and Catherine. This older John had one brother, Joseph. The children of Joseph are documented including a son named John. This is not the same John as Our John - he was in Tennessee by 1802. There is also speculation that Our John could be the John, son of Peter, that married Catherine EFLAND. The problem there is that both this John and Catherine are estimated to be born about 20 years before Our John.

Our John's wife's name is also unknown. There is speculation among some branches of the Noah family that she may have been Indian, possibly a Cherokee from eastern Tennessee. As far as I know there is no evidence of this. However, there are records of three Indians being buried at Stoner's German Reformed Cemetery. Stoner's is where Our John and his oldest son are buried. There was a John NOE who married Margaret SPOON 27 Feb 1798 in Guilford Co, NC. This could be Our John. (Some believe that this John was the son of Joseph.) However, three of Our John's children were born prior to 1798. Margaret could be his second wife. St. Paul's Lutheran Church records show the mother of Mary NOAH GRAVES (second daughter of our John) as Margaret SPOON. Mary was born in 1792, six years prior to the John-Margaret marriage. If Our John had a first wife who died, Margaret would be Mary's step-mother. There is another John NOE marriage on record. A John NOE married a Levina COOK 15 Jul 1809 in Orange county, NC. This is probably not Our John.