Prove or disprove?
This has been going through my mind for a while. Always skipping around the issue and never making the connection. If you stare at something long, you begin to see the answer or at least begin to see what you want :-) I have three sources from old WAYNE-L maillist messages and the family tree I got from Rev. Robert Wayne, which Michelle Leslie also has on her website. I'm still not clear of it's origins. Anybody wish to jump in? Anyway, this tree appears to be very bias, in that, only the family that stayed in the Chester Co./Philadelphia area are on it. Did this mean that when the families moved away, they lost contact with relatives or a "…so you don't want to stick around - you think you're too good for us here" thing and became estranged??
The part of this tree I want to point out for this letter is William John, a son of Jacob, grandson of Capt. Anthony Wayne. He was born in 1730 and married a Sarah Gillingham in 1754. Between 1755 and 1772, they had 4 boys and three girls. In 1775, William John marries Sarah Hardy and that's all we know about them. He would have been 45 in 1775 and still capable of having Children. Was Sarah Hardy still young enough? We know the death dates of his children from the first marriage (except one), but his death date is unknown, so, can I conclude that he dissappears at some point after 1775?
Now, let's move on to some of those letters from the WAYNE-L maillist. Frank Bevc (), Harold Helm () and posted a series about a William Whayne in 1750 King & Queen Co., VA. It's noted that he was married to a Sarah and had two children (Elizabeth and Isaac), both born circa 1780.
Subject: WHAYNE, William 1750 King & Queen Co VA USA From:
WHAYNE, William -c 1740 King & Queen Co, VA USA married Sarah.
WHAYNE, Elizabeth -b c 1780 King & Queen Co, VA USA
WHAYNE, Isaac - b c 1780 King & Queen Co, VA USA
Family history = above were related to Mad Anthony Wayne -need proofs
William WHAYNE is first mentioned in a history of King & Queen County as being elected a Deacon of the Baptist Church in King & Queen Co. It is before the Revolutionary War..I think 1750. William Whayne's wife was probably Sarah. Sarah Whayne is mentioned in the court records of Jefferson Co, KY. Their son Isaac Whayne disappeared from the King & Queen tax rolls before the death of William. The year, c1809, William disappeared from the tax rolls, Isaac came back to King & Queen Co VA for a very short stay. Some of William's land went to Simeon Simcoe. Simeon married William's daughter Elizabeth in about 1803. Both Isaac and Elizabeth moved to Jefferson Co, KY. Simeon died shortly after arriving. On the day Simeon's will was probated in 1813, Priscilla Jeffries chose Isaac Whayne as her guardian. Priscilla later married Walker Pruitt of King & Queen Co. They stayed close to Elizabeth and her children. Isaac moved on to Davies Co, KY.
In the court record of Lousiville there is reference that Elizabeth received 1/3 of the money collected from the VA estate and sent to them by Mr Thomas Jeffries. I believe this indicates that William had two surviving children and a Spouse, Sarah.
When Walker Pruitt died he left inheritance to, his wife, to his sister in K & Q Co. and to a Brother in the mid west. Priscilla Pruitt left inheritance to the three Simcoe Children that were Elizabeth's children,second marriage for Simeon.
Family Tradition says there is a relationship to Mad Anthony WAYNE. I can find no evidence that this is true. I think there may be a relationship with the Jeffries and perhaps the Pruitts.
In 1787 Personal Property Tax for King & Queen there was the est of Tabatha
Whayne plue a charles, Benja, William. They seem to be connected to Prewitts
and Jefferies.
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A citation from a book by Lloyd DeWitt Brockstruck: Virginia's Colonial Soldiers (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1988) page 305 may be of interest:
"Warrant for 200 acres issued to John Whayne, heir at law of Humphrey Whayne, a sergeant in 1755, and of William Whayne, a soldier in the same regiment, both of whom died in the service; proved on oath of Tabitha Whayne, April 1780, King and Queen County". Also, "Warrant for 50 acres issued to John Whayne."
It appears that Humphery and William Whayne were related in some way to a John Whayne and that perhaps John Whayne was also a colonial soldier. The Wayne family related to Mad Anthony Wayne arrived in Chester County Pennsylvania in 1723 and are mostly documented as residing there and in the Philadelphia area. I havn't been able to trace any of their members to Virginia, but would really like to since "family tradition" is the same for a John and Benjamin Wayne of Campbell County Virginia.
Any additional information on the King and Queen County Whaynes (or any others in Virginia) besides the early census citations for Tabatha, William, Charles, and Diana would be appreciated.
Subject: Re: Whayne's
Although I can't "prove" any of what I'm about to tell, It has been passed
down from Generation to generation. The story goes that the two branches of
Waynes were in different counties and had a lot of trouble with shipping &
supplies getting mixed up between the two Wayne families in the two
different counties. (A part of the story you just seemed to confirm for me!)
It was decided among the family that one would add the "H" to the name to
clairfy which family goods were meant for.
I'm very excited to hear from you. We have all been wondering where exactly
the split came from and you seem to have the answer to it! My branch of the
Whaynes will be estatic! (Although our little branch has almost died out,
the only surviving "Whayne" is my uncle Aud Earl Whayne, Jr. and if he does
not have a son...our little branch will die...very sad isnt it?) I am in
contact with a few other Whaynes...I'd be interested in seeing all of your
information. If you have a Gedcom file I can receive it via e-mail. Please
keep in contact with me. I'm sure our line will cross eventually. I have
only just begun my research but my cousin Cindy (Whayne) Gunthrie has been
doing the research for a while now and has some more information for me to
look at still. I will forward your e-mail to my family.
Although I have information going way back on the Whaynes....We have not yet
figured out our place in the puzzle....We are trying now to find out which
ancestor is our gggggrandfather....The family bible says it was Issac Whayne
but some of my research shows it could be William M. Whayne. We are still
trying to piece it together. I'd be happy to share what I have. (Which is
very little right now.) I have a tiny bit on the computer but did not want
to go further until we established which one Isaac or William is our ancestor.
Please keep in touch and let me know what other information you have. I'd be
interested in obtaining a copy! And I will share what I have too!
Thank you so very much for responding. Its the best "Christmas" present I've
gotten this year!
God bless,
Raven Hardin
At 12:20 AM 12/26/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Raven,
>I saw your query on the Wayne Genforum. The search for my line has
>brought me to Campbell Co., VA (circa 1800). My research has shown that
>there is a relation between the Waynes of Campbell Co. and the Whaynes
>King&Queen Co., VA. What that relationship is, I'm not sure. As far as
>I can tell, this is where "all" Whaynes originate. I have never found
>any other place with such a concentration, although, I have noted that
>even in K&Q Co., Whayne is interchangeable with Wayne.
>I believe that my Wayne line and your Whayne line are offshoots of
>Francis, son of Capt Anthony Wayne, that immigrated from Ireland in
>1722. Francis had five sons, I believe that the Whaynes come from his
>third son, Abraham and his wife Tabitha. My line comes from one of the
>other four sons (Anthony, Humphrey, John or Michael). Can you prove or
>refute any of this??
By the way, to anyone on the WAYNE surname posting mail-list, my current
challenge is to link a Benjamin Wayne (born 1752 in Fairfax County, Virginia,
died in 1832) to the Anthony Wayne family. Benjamin also fought in the
Revolutionary War, in the Virginia 7th Regiment and later 5th Regiment.
Fairfax County records were destroyed in the Civil War and looking from that
direction hasn't worked. My hope is that he was related to one of the
children of Anthony Wayne the Boyne commander and immigrant. Any assistance
would be appreciated. I've tracked about 700 MAD ANTHONY WAYNE family
relatives at this point and still have a fair number of possibilities to
chase down.