The Cannon family

I posted in one of my first genealogy posts on this blog, about Nancy Ann Whitlow Cannon...Here.
At that time I liked sharing some of the clothes that were being worn at the time.  But as far as Ancestry goes, I also posted about her marriage to John Cannon. Here's the post about John Cannon, with some corrections as to his descendant, Cyntha Cannon Rogers (Mrs. Micajah Clack Rogers.)

I'm reposting some of this information which I can verify by primary documents. And I'm discussing some of the information that is assumed by various members of Ancestry.

In 1770 there is a parish record of "Jo. Cannon" marrying "Ann Whitlow."  She is listed just as named Ann Whitlow, not Nancy Ann. It took place "29 Dec 1770, in St James Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia."

Is Ann Cannon a different woman married to John Cannon, and Nancy Cannon was his second wife and mother of all his children?

And there are the details of a will written by Nancy Cannon (no Ann as part of her name.) She is clearly the mother of several Cannon children.  Her will mentions Jane "Janie" Cannon her daughter. And then Nancy's son-in-law Bartlett Cannon...in considering who shall receive Nancy's slave, Hage. If both Janie and Bartlett should die, then Hage will be given to granddaughters "Patsy Ray and Betsey Cannon."  Having a son-in-law by the name of Cannon gave me a pause, but it is quite possible her own daughter married a cousin, because Bartlett was not Nancy's son. He is not even that closely related (that I can discover today) to her husband John Cannon.

Her other 6 slaves were to be sold, and the proceeds divided between her 5 children (not mentioning Janie here) "my son William Cannon, my daughter  Betsey Gamble, my son John Cannon, my son Robert Cannon, and my daughter Patsy Nelson.  My three beds and my furniture I give to my three grand daughters, namely Nancy Sue Rupell, Patsy Ray, and Eveline Cannon, to be made as near equal as possible.  And lastly I appoint my son Robert Cannon my executor."  She signed her will by a mark, and the scribe who recorded the whole thing wrote excellent penmanship.

The grand daughters:

Nancy Sue Rupell was the daughter of Elizabeth Cannon Gamble.  Nancy Sue was really Nancy Ann Gamble, who married Simon Russell.  It's quite likely that she had been named after her grandmother.  Who knows why her middle name is changed to Sue.  But Russell may have been confused the way "s" were written in those days. After all this was dictated by a woman who signed with a mark "X."

Patsy Ray was the daughter of Janey and Bartlett Cannon, listed as Patsy Jo, who married James Roy, so was then Patsy Roy (close to Patsy Ray.)

Robert Cannon's daughter was Eveline Cannon.

I'll leave you there, having delved into 2 primary documents. Not necessarily solving the Nancy/Ann Cannon conundrum!