Lt. Spencer Clack has been given a lot of my blog time...Try these subjects if you want some background:
In honor of Spencer Clack's Death July 9
Spencer Clack Memorials by the Little Pigeon River, Sevierville TN
Mary Beavers Clack and her children
Spencer Clack, founding father, Sevierville TN and Revolutionary War soldier
Today I will be looking at his younger siblings, since he was the first son born into the John Clack family. I already gave you a post on Col. John Clack which mentioned how the children were born in different Virginia counties. But the dates of their births are pretty wishy washy.
Ann Clack Robinson 1745-1800
Spencer Clack 1746-1832
Martha (Patty) Kennon Clack (between 1748-60) - (around 1793-1818,) unknown if she married Hightower, d. either in NC or GA?
James Clack (1750 or 56) -1834
John Sterling Clack 1758-1798
Richard Clack 1763-1806
Agnes Bolling Clack 1771-1803
I spent a good couple of hours looking at how many Ancestry trees combined Martha Clack (whether she had Patty or Polly as a nick-name or not) and another couple of Marthas who were named in wills. I thought she might have been the Martha married to Austin (Augustino) Hightower (his second wife.) It is too bad that his first wife was named Jane Oldham, and someone decided that her name must have been Martha Jane. I'm going with the guess that there were 2 different women. But there's no evidence. And since someone thinks his last 3 children were born to the second wife, our Martha might have only been 13 when she married a man who had 3 children already and was (ahem) 63. (But her birth date also might be in question, so maybe she was older) So as of now, I'm skeptical of her being THAT Martha, who died in Chatham County, NC in 1793.
The other Martha was definitely Martha Rivers, not Clack, so that whole family isn't related to me. I may never find out, but Martha Rivers Broadnax did have a daughter who's given a K. as middle initial, which could have stood for Kennon, but the Rivers Martha is the one who was her mom, not my Martha Clack (whose mom had been a Kennon.)
And now let's hope the rest of the siblings have easy to follow notes on their lives.
Ann Clack Robinson, born to Col. John (1721-1784) and Mary Kennon Clack (1728-1794) on 12 April, 1745. But her birth could have been as late as 1748. In Brunswick County, VA...which is where she married Burwell Robinson on 9 Feb 1766. They had 8 children. They moved around 1783 to Warren County NC, where one daughter was born, but their last 2 children were born back in VA. However Ann returned to Warren County NC by the time she died 12 March 1800. Burwell outlived her until 1816, and there's a hand written will of his desires, including leaving a ferry and an acre of land at the landing in Warren County NC to his son Clack.
The Robinson's other children were
Elizabeth, Mary Polly, Lucy, John, Nancy Anna Robinson Claiborne, James, and Henry.
I dare say the other daughters also married, but I haven't gone off in that direction to find out. The Claiborne name is already in my Rogers Family tree, so I'm glad to see that marriage, though not to the other Claibornes that I've got already. Nancy Anna's husband was George Ravenscoft Claiborne, (1782-1833) and I haven't ever heard of him.
More on other siblings tomorrow...
Research for 3 branches of my family: Rogers, Booth and Swasey
Showing posts with label Mary Kennon Clack. Show all posts
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Saturday, August 18, 2018
Sunday, December 17, 2017
Richard Kennon Jr 1690-1736, and some notes about his mother
Richard Kennon Jr, Birth 1690 • Conjurors Neck, Henrico, Virginia Colony, Death AUG 1736 • Conjurors Neck, Henrico, Virginia
About half the Ancestry trees have this man confused with his older deceased brother.
He is the son of Col. Richard Kennon Sr. and Elizabeth Worsham Kennon.
Six years before he was born, another son had been the first son of this colonial couple (after three daughters). He was also named Richard Kennon, but died when he was 4. His grave is on the premises of The Brick House, including his dates. He had been born Dec. 5, 1684 and died in 1688.
Now I actually had seen this birth date and thought I'd post about Richard Kennon, Jr. on Dec. 5, for that reason. But we don't really know Richard Jr.s' birthdate.
By the time Richard Jr was born in 1690, another brother, William had been born in 1685. They were the only two boys in the household with five sisters. Here was my post about his father Col. Richard Kennon, who built The Brick House.
When Richard Jr. was 6, his father died, and he had a sister two years younger than he was. His mother remarried within a year to Thomas A. Liggon, who was about 20 years her junior, and had a son the same age as her youngest daughter.
At least that is the way I've been putting together very fine threads in the ancestry information. The dates of people's birth/marriage/deaths are somewhat ambivilent because so many records have been lost.
Thomas Liggon's wife had been named Annie, and no maiden name was given. His second wife, Richard Jr.'s mother was Elizabeth Anne Worsham Kennon (1656-1743). And the way I figured Annie Liggon wasn't the same woman was that they both had children the same year, with their different husbands. Elizabeth gave birth to Judith Kennon, and Annie Liggon had Thomas Liggon Jr. in 1692.
Then apparently Elizabeth Ann Worsham Kennon Liggon and Thomas Sr. had a child, Elizabeth Liggon in ??, after their marriage in 1697. However, there had been daughter of Elizabeth Anne (Richard Jr's mother) also named Elizabeth (Kennon, 1682-1773) who was still alive...according to the records over at Ancestry. I would imagine a mother would name another daughter the same name only after the older one had died, so this is a bit confusing to me. That's how she had the two Richard Kennon sons.
Thomas Liggon died probably in 1705, and it's possible that Elizabeth Anne did as well. But there's another source saying she lived much longer, until 1743. If she did live that long, she outlived Richard Jr, who died in 1736, when he was just 46.
I already posted about Richard Kennon Jr.'s wife Mary Bolling Kennon HERE.
Richard Kennon Jr. and Mary Bolling Kennon, only had one child, Mary Kennon Clack, born on Jan. 28, 1728 in Gloucester County, VA.
Richard Jr. died when his daughter was 8 years old. Gloucester County VA is mentioned in Ancestry as being the location of the death of the half-sister of his wife, Mary Bolling Kennon.
Since Richard Jr. was the second son, his older brother William probably inherited "The Brick House," where all the children had been born. But if their mother was still living, it's possible she still lived in it.
I don't know what Richard Jr. did during his life. I just hope he was happy. He was the 7th great grandfather on my father, George Rogers' Family Tree.
Today's quote:
He is the son of Col. Richard Kennon Sr. and Elizabeth Worsham Kennon.
Six years before he was born, another son had been the first son of this colonial couple (after three daughters). He was also named Richard Kennon, but died when he was 4. His grave is on the premises of The Brick House, including his dates. He had been born Dec. 5, 1684 and died in 1688.
Now I actually had seen this birth date and thought I'd post about Richard Kennon, Jr. on Dec. 5, for that reason. But we don't really know Richard Jr.s' birthdate.
By the time Richard Jr was born in 1690, another brother, William had been born in 1685. They were the only two boys in the household with five sisters. Here was my post about his father Col. Richard Kennon, who built The Brick House.
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| The Brick House, built by Richard Kennon Jr's father Col. Richard Kennon |
When Richard Jr. was 6, his father died, and he had a sister two years younger than he was. His mother remarried within a year to Thomas A. Liggon, who was about 20 years her junior, and had a son the same age as her youngest daughter.
At least that is the way I've been putting together very fine threads in the ancestry information. The dates of people's birth/marriage/deaths are somewhat ambivilent because so many records have been lost.
Thomas Liggon's wife had been named Annie, and no maiden name was given. His second wife, Richard Jr.'s mother was Elizabeth Anne Worsham Kennon (1656-1743). And the way I figured Annie Liggon wasn't the same woman was that they both had children the same year, with their different husbands. Elizabeth gave birth to Judith Kennon, and Annie Liggon had Thomas Liggon Jr. in 1692.
Then apparently Elizabeth Ann Worsham Kennon Liggon and Thomas Sr. had a child, Elizabeth Liggon in ??, after their marriage in 1697. However, there had been daughter of Elizabeth Anne (Richard Jr's mother) also named Elizabeth (Kennon, 1682-1773) who was still alive...according to the records over at Ancestry. I would imagine a mother would name another daughter the same name only after the older one had died, so this is a bit confusing to me. That's how she had the two Richard Kennon sons.
Thomas Liggon died probably in 1705, and it's possible that Elizabeth Anne did as well. But there's another source saying she lived much longer, until 1743. If she did live that long, she outlived Richard Jr, who died in 1736, when he was just 46.
I already posted about Richard Kennon Jr.'s wife Mary Bolling Kennon HERE.
Richard Kennon Jr. and Mary Bolling Kennon, only had one child, Mary Kennon Clack, born on Jan. 28, 1728 in Gloucester County, VA.
Richard Jr. died when his daughter was 8 years old. Gloucester County VA is mentioned in Ancestry as being the location of the death of the half-sister of his wife, Mary Bolling Kennon.
Since Richard Jr. was the second son, his older brother William probably inherited "The Brick House," where all the children had been born. But if their mother was still living, it's possible she still lived in it.
I don't know what Richard Jr. did during his life. I just hope he was happy. He was the 7th great grandfather on my father, George Rogers' Family Tree.
Today's quote:
There are no wrong
turns, only unexpected paths.
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Mark Nepo
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