Mary Edwards Rives

Family/Spouse: Aaron Gaston Headen. Aaron was born on 21 Aug 1822 in Chatham County, NC; died on 1 Mar 1907 in Chatham County, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edwards married Mary Ann Alston. Mary (daughter of William Alston and Sarah Ann Yeargain) was born on 9 Jun 1785 in Halifax County, North Carolina, USA; died on 8 Sep 1867 in Chatham County, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Age: 89

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• Birth: 1748, Halifax, North Carolina
• Will: 2 Aug 1789, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA

Notes:

Served as Chatham County., North Carolina Clerk of Court from 1773-spring of 1776. Omitted "Reign of the King" in dating Court Minutes 6 month prior to Declaration. In April, 1776, at Halifax, North Carolina, was appointed as Lt. Col. under Col. Jethro Sumner, 1st Reg., Rev. War)

have also proven that William Alston, son of Joseph John, was the William (of three possibilities) who served as Lt. Col. Third North Carolina Regiment, Continental Lines under Col. Jethro Sumner, appointed at Halifax.

My William Alston was son of Joseph John and Elizabeth (Chancey) Alston of Halifax County , North Carolina. J. J. named him in his will as well as Wm's sons, thus J. J.'s grandsons. So we are talking about the very same and only early Joseph John (son of old Col. John of Chowan, first born, I believe, as named first in father's will, as I recall) but two different wives, mine Elizabeth "Betsy", yours Euphan. No, William Alston was not born in Chatham County as Chatham was not erected until 1771 and Wm died in 1781, testate, in Chatham. He could not have been born in Chatham, even if Chatham were erected much earlier, which it wasn't, as J. J., although he owned quite a bit of land there, never lived in Chatham. My Wm, as per his will, had three living sons, John Joseph, William Chancey and Orendatus Davis, one of whom was already living on his own land in 1781, as well as two young daughters, Ann and Mary Ann, who were left to the "care of Ann Hunt (Macon) Alston wife of my desceased brother John Alston", in will. Full brother to your Willis, and 1/2 brother to my Wm, Joseph John Alston, Jr., was nicknamed "Chatham Jack" Alston. He owned ca 40,000 acres stretching from near Pittsboro all the way to Siler City. He built beautiful homes for his daughters when they married, still standing and occupied though no longer by Alstons. Last Alston in Chatham, given name of Lacy, died in the 50's. J. J., Jr. had very fine cemetery which the Chatham Historical Society is working toward bring it back into it's original glory.

My William had lived in and owned land in Halifax (deeds there) until toward the end of the Rev. War when he moved to Chatham. He named above 1/2 brother Joseph John, Jr. as an executor of his will, as well as his nephew Willis (Congress Willis), son of his brother Capt. John. William Alston's wf., Ann Yeargain, already desceased, had d. between her father's late 1785 death and her husband's 1781 death (as well as her son Samuel Yeargain Alston) had received her father's (Samuel Yeargain) plantation on Little Stone House Creek on south side of the Roanoke, slaves and all, to the care of Ann Hunt (Macon) Alston with income from it to feed, clothe and educate his two little daughters, Ann and Mary Ann. Yeargain's "home plantation", where the first Methodist chapel in America was located on opposite side of the river (north side) went to his baby daughter Sarah Yancey Yeargain.

Another 1/2 brother to your Col. Willis but full brother to my Lt. Col. William was Col. Philip Alston of The House in the Horseshoe (now state park) where skirmish bet. Alston and notorious Tory Col. Davis Fanning is reenacted every Aug. This land was in Chatham but now in Moore County which was erected from Chatham.

Bebe and John Fox , Winston-Salem

Died:
Age: 40, Age: 41

William married Sarah Ann Yeargain in 1769. Sarah (daughter of Samuel Yeargain and Anne Booth) was born in 1752 in Chesterfield, Virginia, USA; died in 1786 in Pittsboro, Chatham, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 1750, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA
• Death: 1769, Pittsboro, Chatham, North Carolina, USA; Age: 36

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MORE LIKE 1753) in Brunswick County, Virginia (*** ANNE PROBABLY BORN IN CHESTERFIELD CTY., Virginia HER PARENTS MARRIED THERE IN 1752 AND SAMUEL YEARGAIN OWNetherlands LAND THERE,) d: 1786 in Chatham County, North Carolina m: Abt. 1774 (MUST HAVE M. CLOSER TO 1769 OR 1770 AT LATEST, PROB. AT AGE 16 OR EVEN YOUNGER. WHEN LT. COL. WM ALSTON WROTE HIS CHATHAM CTY., North Carolina, 1789 WILL HE LEFT LAND TO ELDEST SON AND SAID THAT THE SON WAS ALREADY LIVING ON IT.

Died:
Age: 36

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• Birth: Abt 1735, Chapel Hill, Durham, North Carolina, USA
• Birth: Abt 1735, Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, USA
• Birth: Abt 1735, Chapel Hill, Durham, North Carolina, USA
• Will: 24 Dec 1784, Warren County, NC
• Probate: Jan 1785, Warren County, NC

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My husbamd and I spent some time in Virginia last year and have found two earlier wives for Samuel Yeargan. I descend from the first wife, Anne Booth. Please feel free to add this information to that which I sent you below. I have also proven that Samuel Yeargain did not have the first Methodist Chapel in Virginia, as stated by editor in travel journal of Methodist Bishop Francis Asbury but that it was in fact just across the state line into Northampton County., North Carolina, on the north side of the Roanoke River, the part which became Warren County. 2-3 years before Yeargain wrote his will. His land, house and chapel (sites) are now under Lake Gaston which was formed by backing up the Roanoke River. Yeargain was also in charge of road which abutted your Eaton lands. Cousin Bebe Bebenjohn ++++++++++++++++++ Samuel YEARGAN (~1750-1784) (SAMUEL WAS born AT LEAST BY 1735, PROBABLY IN WALES AS THE NAME EURGAIN IS SHOWN IN THAT COUNTRY.)

Mother: Unknown (YEARGAN) (1ST WF WAS ANNE BOOTH WHO M. SAMUEL YEARGAIN IN CHESTERFIELD CTY., Virginia IN 1752. HAD DAU. ANNE, WHO M. WM ALSTON OF HALIFAX CTY. North Carolina, AND LATER LIVED IN CHATHAM CTY., North Carolina. YEARGAIN M. 2ND MARY GRAY, WID. OF CHRISTOPHER CLIncH OF BRUNSWICK CTY., Virginia NO CHILDREN BY MARY. MARY DID HAVE A CHILD BY CLIncH NAMED ELIZABETH. ELIZABETH IS NAMED IN YEARGAIN'S WARREN CTY. WILL AS WIFE OF SUGAR JONES. YEARGAN M. 3RD SARAH YAncEY WHO HAD THE JACONIAS YAncEY LINE BACK TO HANOVER CTY., Virginia SARAH'S MOTHER WAS A KIMBROUGH PRIOR TO M. 1ST TO WILLIAM ALSTON, SON OF OLD COL. JOHN ALSTON OF CHOWAN CTY. SHE M. 2ND JACONIAS YAncEY AND LIVED NEAR HALIFAX IN HALIFAX County.) ++++++++++++++++ Samuel Yeargain's 1784 Warren County. will himself. I have it and Sam. clearly states several times "my daughter Ann, wife of William Alston"

+++++++++++++++++++++ Samuel Yeargain had three wives. 1. Ann Booth. Their dau., Ann Yeargain, married Lt. Col. William Alston, son of Joseph John and Betsy Chancy Alston.

Yeargain m. 2. Mary Gray, wid. of Christopher Clinch. She had one child by Clinch, Elizabeth, and none by Yeargain. The 1784 Warren Cty. will of Samuel Yeargain names Elizabeth Clinch as the wf of Sugar Jones.

Yeargain married 3. Sarah Yancey, dau. of Jaconias Yancey and Hannah/Ann (Kimbrough) Alston of Halifax Cty. Samuel Yeargain and Sarah Yancey of Warren Cty., n. side of the Roanoke River, had one child, Sarah Yancey Yeargain. Groves mistakingly paired my Lt. Col. Wm Alston with this baby as opposed to her much older 1/2 sister Ann. Groves said that Sarah Yancey Yeargain m. - Alston (can't remember given name, but think John) and that they had no issue.

Warren County , North Carolina Will Bk 4 page 66 (A) Will of Samuel Yeargain: 24 Dec. 1784; Jan. Ct. 1785 Names: dtr. Frances Jones, wife of Francis Jones; Dtr. in law, Eliz. Jones, wife of Sugar Jones, who was Eliz. Clinch.

Anne Booth and Samuel Yeargain m. in Chesterfield County , Virginia in 1752, had baby Anne. Mother Anne died and Samuel moved to Northampton County , North Carolina, (Over 1,000 acres/deeds there) the wedge above the Roanoke River which became part of new Warren County in late 1770's. Samuel then m. Mary Gray, wid. of Christopher Clinch of Brunswick County Virginia and therefore had stepdau., Elizabeth Clinch who m. Sugar Jones (proven by Samuel's 1785/6 will, Warren County Mary d. and Samuel m. Sarah Yancey, dau. of Jaconias and Hannah (Kimbrough) Alston of Halifax County North Carolina. Their child, Sarah Yancey Yeargain m. Thomas Alston, no issue.

Samuel married Anne Booth in 1752 in Chesterfield County, VA. Anne (daughter of Booth and Ann Harris) was born about 1735; died in 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Anne Harris