DESCENDANTS OF JAMES WITHERS
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Dawna Withers Hubble and Don Norman
1.JAMES WITHERS
James Withers
was born about 1700. He married Elizabeth Keene.
Will Of James Withers
Transcription of
will of James Withers located in Stafford County VA
Will Book M, pages 468-472 by Linda Sparks Starr is true
to original
EXCEPT that paragraphs were added for clarity
In the name of
God, Amen I James Withers of Stafford County Planter
being sick of Body but of Sound Sence & Perfect
memory thanks to
Almighty God and Calling to Remembrance how frail all
flesh is have
thought fitt to make this my Last will & Testament in
manner & form as
follows.
I give and bequeath
my Soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave
it, hoping for forgiveness of all my Sins through the
merits and
mediation of Jesus Christ my Savior and Redeemer. My body
I desire may
be Decently buried at the Discretion of my Exors
hereafter Named. After
all my Lawfull Debts are honestly paid, What Temporal
Estate it hath
pleased God to bless me with I Desire may be Disposed of
as fol-loweth:
IMPRIMIS I give to my Son James Withers & his heirs
for Ever a Dividend
or part of that Land which I bought of Rice Hooe Lying in
Prince William
County containing four hundred acres and bounded as
follows beginning at
the beginning tree of the said Patent and running ESE
three hundred &
Twenty poles thence NE one hundred & Eighty five
poles thence North
Sixty four Degrees West three hundred & Ninety Six
poles to the west
Line of the said Patent & from thence along the Line
of the said Patent
to the first beginning as also negro Robin now in his
possession a
Negro ...man Called Breechy & a feather bed &
furniture.
ITEM I give & bequeath to my Son in Law Henry Mauzy
& his wife Ann &
their heirs for Ever another part of the said Land bought
of Rice Hooe
Containing Five hundred acres to begin where the Second
Course of the
said James's Ends to Run up the main line of the Patent
so far as a Line
acros the same may Include that Quantity as also a Negro
man named
George a featherbed and Furniture and four Cows &
Calves & the half of
the hoggs that he raises where he now lives.
ITEM I give and bequeath to my Son in Law Jas. Hudnall
and his heirs
for Ever two hundred acres of Land whereon he now Lives
lying in the
upper Part of that land which.....I bought of Rice Hooe
bounded on the
North Side by the Line wich Divides John Hooes Land and
mine & on the
South Side by a Parralel Line quite across the said
Patent and a negro
boy named Frank in his Possession.
ITEM I give and bequeath to my Son Thomas Withers and his
heirs for
Ever a Dividend or part of my Land on licking run in
Prince Wm County to
be Laid off according to the Survey made thereof by John
Allan and at
the same time marked from Raccoon branch to the Back Line
of the main
Patent also the following.. Negros Sam, Denboro, Flory
& her last Child
Will & all of their Increase.
ITEM I give and bequeath to my Son Keene Withers &
his heirs for Ever a
Dividend or part of my Land on Licking Run in
theSouthwest Part of the
said Patent & bounded
As follows, Beginning at the beginning White oake
of the Said Patent and running North along the Line of
his Brother
Thomas One hundred and thirty Eight Poles thence north
forty Seven
Degrees west till it Intersects the out Lines of the main
Patent thence
along the lines of the Said Patent Revening them to the
first Beginning
including the old mannor plantation as also the following
Negroes Ned,
Famine, Nan, Phillis Easter and their Increase and a set
of
Blacksmiths Tools & a featherbed & furniture and
it is my will &
Desire that my Son John take into his Care my said Son
Keene and his
Estate till he arrive to the age of Twenty-one years
ITEM I give & bequeath to my Son William Withers
& his heirs for Ever
the remaining Part of my Licking run Land not yet
bequeathed with this
Proviso that if Henry Mauzy is obliged to remove from
where he now Lives
he shall have the Liberty of Living upon the mill
plantation on the said
Land til he has Time to Clear a plantation on the Land
already
bequeathed to him as also the following Negroes Peter
James Sarah Moll &
Jack & their Increase and a featerbed &
furniture.
ITEM I give & bequeath to my Son John Withers and his
heirs for Ever
two hundred and fifty acres of Land whereon he now Lives
bought of Henry
Field as also two hundred acres of Land bought of William
Waugh lying on
the South Side of rocky run and fifty acres which I
bought of Snodal
Horton as also the following Negroes to wit Matt, Harry
& a negro boy
named Cesar.
ITEM I give and bequeath to my Son in Law William Allan
& Bridgett his
Wife and their heirs for Ever a Tract of Land Containing
three hundred &
Sixty-five acres Lying on the North Side of Potomack run
bought of
Bryant Young.
ITEM I give & bequeath to my Loving wife Elizabeth
during the time of
her natural Life only all the household goods &
furniture which she
brought from her father & what kind So ever of Cattle
with the Mill on
Potomack run as also the tract of Land on which I now
Live & have the
following Negroes Tom, Dick, Pegg,Dinah, Roger, Bess,
Sugg, Hanah,
Winny, Paige & Daniel and after her Decease the said
Negroes and
their future Increase to be Equally Divided Between my
five Sons or such
of them as shall be then Living.
ITEM I give & bequeath to my said Son James A negro
woman Jenny and
her Child in full Satisfaction of his part of the Negroes
which are to
be Divided at his Mother's Death.
ITEM I give to my Loving wife Elizabeth a Negro man Named
Ben during
her Natural Life and after her Decease to be Equally
Divided between my
four Sons John, Thomas, Wm & Keene.
ITEM I give to my said Son Keene a Negro girl Named Sue
to him and his
heirs for Ever
ITEM I give to my Daughter Ursilla the wife of John Allen
the two
following negroes Lydia & Nan now in their possession
ITEM I give to my Daughter Elizabeth the wife of Abraham
Field Twenty
Shillings to buy her a ring
ITEM I give to my Daughter Martha the wife of James
McDaniel twenty
Shillings to buy her a ring
ITEM All the rest of my Estate moveable & Immoveable
I give to be
Equally Divided among my five Sons immediately after my
Decease
ITEM whereas there is an action Depending in the General
Court between
Edward Herndon & me about a Negro my intention is
that if I am Last in
the said Suite my wife Shall Pay the money Debt and I
desire that my
said five Sons Shall Equally pay the Tobacco that shall
be due for the
costs & charges attending it and that if any of them
shall fail to pay
their Equal part thereof they shall forfeit their
Legacies already
Bequeathed them to the others willing to Perform it.
ITEM the remaining part of the Land bought of Rice Hooe
not yet
Bequeathed I give to my Sons William & Keene to be
Equally Divided
between them.
ITEM I give to Each of my five Sons twenty Pounds Current
money & the
remaining part of my Cash I Give to my Wife to pay
of my Cash Debt
the money to Herndon if he recovers any agst me
ITEM I give to my said wife During her Natural Life one
hundred acres
of Land Lying on the South Side of Potomack run bought of
Joseph Waugh
where my Quarter now Stands and after her Decease to my
Said Son John
and his heirs for Ever
ITEM I Do appoint my Loving wife Eliza. & my Sons
John,Thomas & William
Exercutrix & Exors of this my Last Will &
Testament revoking all
former wills by me here to fore made Declaring this only
to be my Last
will and Testament
IN WITNESS whereof I have herewith to Set my hand &
seal this 7th day of
June 1746
James Withers
At a Court held
for Stafford County July the 8th 1746
THE within Last
will and Testament of Jas. Withers Dec'd wasPresented
into Court by
Elizabeth Withers, John Withers, Thomas Withers, & Willm
Withers Exors
Therein named who made Oath thereto according to Law and
Being Proved by
the Oaths of Andrew Ross, Jas Oneal & Henry Tyler three
of the witnesses
thereto Subscribed is Admitted to record & on _____ of
the said Exors
they Preforming what is Usual in such Cases Certificate
is granted them
for Obtaining a Probate thereof in Due form.
Teste Hy. Tyler Ct
Clrk
Known children of James and Elizabeth (Keene) Withers.
2. (1). James
3. (2). Ann
m. Henry
Mauzy
4. (3). ?
m. James
Hudnall
5. (4). Thomas b.Feb 15 1723 d.
1794
m.
Elizabeth Ashby
6. (5). John
7. (6). William
8. (7). Keene
9. (8). Bridget
m. William
Allen
10. (9). Ursula
m. John
Allen
11. (10).
Elizabeth
m. Abraham
Field
12. (11). Martha
m. James
McDaniel
5.THOMAS WITHERS
1.JAMES WITHERS
Thomas Withers,
a son of James and Elizabeth (Keene) Withers, was
born February 15, 1723 and died in 1794. He married
Elizabeth Ashby in
1761. Elizabeth was born in 1723 and died in 1780.
Thomas was
secretary to Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie,
(1751-1758) in VA. He lived and is buried in Stafford
County, Va.
Children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Ashby) Withers.
13. (1). James W. b.c. 1747
14. (2). Elizabeth b.c. 1749
m. Minor
Winn
15. (3). Hannah b.c. 1751
16. (4). Ann b.c. 1753
17. (5). Matthew Keene b.Aug 7 1755
18. (6). Joseph b.c. 1757
19. (7). Benjamin b. 1758
20. (8). Enoch Keene b.Oct 14 1760 d.Jul
7 1812
m. Jennet
Chinn May 13 1786
21. (9). William b.c. 1762
22. (10).
Sarah b.c. 1767
23. (11).
Susanna b.c. 1770
14.ELIZABETH WITHERS
5.THOMAS WITHERS 1.JAMES
WITHERS
Elizabeth
Withers, a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Ashby)
Withers, was born about 1749 and died after 1813. She
married Minor
Winn.
Known children of Minor and Elizabeth (Withers) Winn.
24. (1). Margaret b.c. 1765
m. Thomas
Neale
20.ENOCH KEENE WITHERS
5.THOMAS WITHERS 1.JAMES
WITHERS
Enoch Keene
Withers, a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Ashby) Withers,
was born October 14, 1760 and died July 7, 1812. He married
Jennet Chinn
May 13, 1786 in Fauquier County Va. Jennet, a daughter of
Thomas and
Jennet (Scott) Chinn, was born November 10, 1764 and died
January 26,
1827.
Enoch serve in
the American Revolution in the SC campaign under Col.
Richard Campbell. He was at Battle of Eutaw Springs.
Children of Enoch Keene and Jennet (Chinn) Withers.
25. (1). Alexander Scott b.Oct 12 1792 d.Jun 23 1865
m. Melinda
Fisher Aug 10 1815
26. (2). Eliza Scott b.Feb 18 1787 d.Feb
2 1845
m. Rev.
George Lemmon Jun 13 1816
27. (3). Janet Margaret b.Oct
2 1788 d. 1847
28. (4). Thomas Thornton b.Dec 11 1790 d.Feb
6 1855
29. (5). Robert Walter b.Feb 2 1795
d.Oct 23 1881
m. Susan
Dabney Alexander
30. (6). Edward Ball b.Jan 10 1797 d.May 20 1849
m. Evalina
W. Payne
31. (7). Horatio Chinn b.Apr 14 1799 d.May 20 1840
m.
Carolina Fitzhugh
32. (8). Mary E. b.Jan 15 1802 d.Apr 25 1867
m. Dr.
Samuel B. Fisher
33. (9). Henry Howard b.Oct 10 1805 d.Aug
7 1838
25.ALEXANDER SCOTT WITHERS 20.ENOCH KEENE WITHERS 5.THOMAS WITHERS
1.JAMES WITHERS
Alexander Scott
Withers, a son of Enoch K. and Jennet (Chinn)
Withers, was born in Fauquier County VA October 12, 1792
and died in
Wood County VA January 23, 1865. He married Melinda
Fisher August 10,
1815. Melinda, a daughter of Samuel and Mark (Pinckard)
Fisher, was born
in 1793 and died in September 1853.
The family
moved to Harrison County VA about 1827. Alexander was a
schoolteacher and lawyer and was the author of
"Chronicles of Border
Warfare", published in Clarksburg, VA in 1831 by
Joseph Israel. This
work relied heavily on an unfinished manuscript by
William Powers and
William Hacker, early Harrison county settlers.
Children of Alexander Scott and Melinda (Fisher) Withers.
34. (1). Henry Howard b. 1823
d. 1873
m.Dorcas
Dianah Lorentz
35. (2). Jennet S. " Janet" b.Aug 29 1819 b.May 16 1910
36. (3). Enoch Thornton b. 1822
d. 1865
m. Sarah
Ann Steinbeck Nov 12 1846
37. (4). Mary T. "Josephine" b.
1830
m. James
Owens
38. (5). Elizabeth Ann b. 1833
d. 1905
m. John
ThornHill
m. T.L.
Macon
34.HENRY HOWARD WITHERS
25.ALEXANDER SCOTT WITHERS
20.ENOCH KEENE
WITHERS 5.THOMAS
WITHERS 1.JAMES WITHERS
Henry Howard
Withers, a son of Alexander Scott and Melinda (Fisher)
Withers, was born in Faquier County VA about 1814 and
died in Gilmer
County WV in 1873.
He married Dorcas Dianah Lorentz. Dorcas was born in
Lewis County Va (WV) in April 1827. The family came to Gilmer County VA
(WV) before 1860.
Henry served at least one term as sheriff of Gilmer
County.
Children of Henry Howard and Dorcas Dianah (Lorentz)
Withers.
39. (1). Mary H. b.c. 1847
40. (2). John Scott b.Jul 17 1847 d.
1924
m.Sabina
Holt Sep 12 1875
41. (3). Emma b.Mar 1851
42. (4). Henry L. b.c. 1858
43. (5). Herbert Howard b.Jun 19 1866 d.Sep
7 1939
m.Estella
Whiting Dec 25 1894
35.JENNET S. WITHERS
25.ALEXANDER SCOTT WITHERS
20.ENOCH KEENE
WITHERS 5.THOMAS
WITHERS 1.JAMES WITHERS
Jennet S.
Withers, a daughter of Alexander Scott and Melinda
(Fisher) Withers, was born in VA August 29, 1819 and died
in Wood County
WV May 16, 1910. She is listed in the 1850 Lewis County
VA census as a
head of a household with four children.
Children of Jennet S. Withers.
44. (1). William C. b.c. 1841
45. (2). Thomas A. b.c. 1843
46. (3). Elizabeth M. b.c. 1844
47. (4). Jennet A. b.c. 1846
36.ENOCH THORNTON WITHERS 25.ALEXANDER SCOTT WITHERS 20.ENOCH
KEENE WITHERS 5.THOMAS WITHERS 1.JAMES WITHERS
Enoch Thornton
Withers, a son of Alexander Scott and Melinda
(Fisher) Withers, was born in 1822 and died in Forest
County TX in 1865.
He married Sarah Ann Steinbeck in Lewis County VA
November 12, 1846.
Sarah, a daughter of Henry D. and Julia Ann (Capito)
Steinbeck, was born
in VA in 1828 and died in TX about 1868.
Their first two
children were born in Lewis County VA (WV). The
others were born in Forest County TX. All but three of
the children kids
died of fever along with Sarah and Enoch. The surviving
children were
moved back to WV. In the 1870 Lewis County WV census, 13
year old Howard
Alfred Withers and 10 year old Enoch Scott Withers were
listed in the
household of their maternal grand father, Henry D.
Steinbeck.
Children of Enoch Thornton and Sarah Ann (Steinbeck)
Withers.
48. (1). Thomas Edward b. 1853
49. (2). Ada Louise b. 1855
50. (3). Howard Alfred b.Oct 2 1857
d. 1929
m. Lina
Bennett Mar 27 1884
51. (4). Enoch Scott b. 1859
d. 1941
52. (5). Bertie Crook
53. (6). girl b.c. 1862
54. (7). John William b 1864
55. (8) Julia Melinda b. 1865
40.JOHN SCOTT WITHERS
34.HENRY HOWARD WITHERS
25.ALEXANDER SCOTT
WITHERS 20.ENOCH
KEENE WITHERS 5.THOMAS WITHERS 1.JAMES WITHERS
John Scott
Withers, a son of Henry Howard and Dorcas Dianah
(Lorentz) Withers, was born in Lewis County VA (WV) July
17, 1847 and
died in 1924. He
married Sabina Holt in Gilmer County WV September 12,
1875. Sabina, a
daughter of John Fletcher Wesley and Elizabeth
(McKissic) Holt, was born about 1856.
Children of John Scott and Sabina (Holt) Withers.
56. (1). Olita
57. (2). Horace
58. (3). Irma
59. (4). Janet
60. (5). John
43.HERBERT HOWARD WITHERS 34.HENRY HOWARD WITHERS 25.ALEXANDER
SCOTT WITHERS
20.ENOCH KEENE WITHERS 5.THOMAS
WITHERS 1.JAMES
WITHERS
Herbert Howard
Withers, a son of Henry Howard and Dorcas Dianah
(Lorentz) Withers, was born in Lewis County WV June 19,
1866 and died
September 7, 1939.
He married Estella Whiting in Gilmer County WV
December 25, 1894. Estella, a daughter of Samuel Fletcher
and Sarah
(Wade) Whiting, was born August 31, 1875.
Children of Herbert Howard and Estella (Whiting) Withers.
61. (1). Herbert Franklin b.Jun 16 1896 d.Nov 10 1976
m.Janet
Duff
62. (2). Everett b.Sep 7 1905
d.Jan 8 1962
m.Helen
Patterson 1947
50.HOWARD ALFRED WITHERS
36.ENOCH THORNTON WITHERS
25.ALEXANDER
SCOTT WITHERS
20.ENOCH KEENE WITHERS 5.THOMAS
WITHERS 1.JAMES
WITHERS
Howard Alfred
Withers, a son of Enoch Thornton and Sarah Ann
(Steinbeck) Withers, was born in Roberts County TX
October 2, 1857 and
died in 1929. He married Lina Bennett in Lewis County WV
March 27, 1884.
Lina was born August 14 1868 and died in 1937.
Children of Howard Alfred and Lina (Bennett) Withers.
63. (1). Henry Scott b.Apr 20 1885
m. Versa
Jarvis
64. (2). Sarah Florence b.Jul 20 1887
m. Emery
Jarvis
65. (3). Emma Tillie b.Jul 19 1889
66. (4). Pearl b.Jun 15 1892
m. Bert
Brown
67. (5). William Granville b.Jun 27 1894
m. Ora
Haynes
68. (6). Oren "Orland"
m. Edna
Mealey
69. (7). Edna May b.Mar 15 1898
m. Cooper Black
70. (8).Robert Otis "Uncle Bob" b. Mar
12 1900
m. Mildred
Hall
71. (9). Fred Orval b.Mar 20 1903 d.Aug
5 1969
m.
Beatrice Shobe Sep 15 1924
61.HERBERT FRANKLIN WITHERS 43.HERBERT HOWARD WITHERS 34.HENRY
HOWARD WITHERS
25.ALEXANDER SCOTT WITHERS
20.ENOCH KEENE WITHERS
5.THOMAS WITHERS
1.JAMES WITHERS
Herbert Franklin
Withers, a son of Herbert Howard and Estella
(Whiting) Withers, was born in Gilmer County WV January
16, 1896 and
died November 10, 1976.
He married Janet Duff in Toronto Canada
September 7, 1921.
Janet was a daughter of Thomas and Catherine Duff.
He graduated
from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery in 1918 and
practiced dentistry in Glenville until 1972.
Children of Herbert Franklin and Janet (Duff) Withers.
72. (1). Catherine Estelle
73. (2). Janet Anne
74. (3). Herbert Scott
62.EVERETT WITHERS
43.HERBERT HOWARD WITHERS
34.HENRY HOWARD WITHERS
25.ALEXANDER SCOTT
WITHERS 20.ENOCH KEENE WITHERS 5.THOMAS WITHERS
1.JAMES WITHERS
Everett Withers,
a son of Herbert Howard and Estella (Whiting)
Withers, was born in Gilmer County WV September 7, 1905
and died at
Bethesda, MD January 8, 1962. He married Helen Patterson in VA in
1947.
Children of Everett and Helen (Patterson) Withers.
75. (1). Mary Diana
76. (2). Margaret Elizabeth
71.FRED ORVAL WITHERS
50.HOWARD ALFRED WITHERS
36.ENOCH THORNTON
WITHERS
25.ALEXANDER SCOTT WITHERS 20.ENOCH
KEENE WITHERS
5.THOMAS WITHERS
1.JAMES WITHERS
Fred Orval
Withers, a son of Howard Alfred and Lina (Bennett)
Withers, was born March 20, 1903 and died August 5, 1969.
He married
Beatrice Virginia Shobe in Upshur County WV September 15,
1924.
Beatrice, a daughter of Marion B. and Mary Catherine
(Hamilton) Shobe,
was born December 14, 1906 and died July 24, 1994.
Children of Fred Orval and Beatrice Virginia (Shobe)
Withers.
77. (1). Frederick Marion b.Dec
2 1924 d.Sep 15 1945
78. (2). Harvey Scott b.Oct 19 1929
79. (3). Harley Richard b.Mar 18 1937
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
"Bicentennial Biographies, Gilmer County WV"
1976, pp.131,132,133
Bland, Robert L. "Historical Sketches",
"The Hacker's Creek Journal"
Vol. XV, Issue 2, pp.74-76
[email protected], e-mail to HCPD Aug 25 2001
"Gilmer County WV History 1845-1989" p.289
"Gilmer County WV Marriages"
Norman, Don, "Descendants of John W. Holt"
1850,1860,1870,1880, 1900 Gilmer County Va (WV) census
Whiting, Richard and Louise, "The Whiting family in
America"
Withers, Harley Richard Sr. photos and cemetery data