Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse
Tag: Marchant
MCBRIDE, THOMAS – Descendants of
DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS MCBRIDE
First Generation
1. Thomas MCBRIDE.
Child:
2 i. John (-1766)
Second Generation
2. John MCBRIDE. John died in 1766 in Pasquotank County, NC. Occupation: Planter. Education: Literate. Religion: Protestant.
John married Sarah McBride. Sarah died aft 1766.
They had the following children:
3 i. Rhoda (~1751-1774)
4 ii. Elisha (~1757-~1815)
5 iii. Josiah
6 iv. Sarah
Third Generation
3. Rhoda MCBRIDE. Born abt 1751 in Camden County, NC. Rhoda died in Pasquotank County, NC in 1774, she was 23. Occupation: Domestic. Education: Probably literate. Religion: Methodist.
On 28 Jan 1773 when Rhoda was 22, she married Joseph STOKELY, son of Isaac STOKELY & Mary (Merriam) MURDEN, in Pasquotank County, NC. Born in 1748 in Pasquotank County, NC. Joseph died in Pasquotank County, NC in 1805, he was 57.
They had one child:
7 i. Isaac (~1773-1810)
4. Elisha MCBRIDE. Born abt 1757 in Camden County, NC. Elisha died in Camden County, NC abt 1815, he was 58. Religion: Methodist (McBride Methodist Church, South Mills, NC).
Elisha married Elizabeth CARTWRIGHT, daughter of Peter CARTWRIGHT & Jane MORGAN.
They had the following children:
8 i. Joseph
9 ii. Sarah (Sallie)
iii. Nancy.
10 iv. Polly
v. Betsy.
vi. Peter. Peter died in Lousiana. Religion: Methodist.
vii. James. James died abt 1879 in Louisiana.
5. Josiah MCBRIDE.
On 3 Feb 1770 Josiah married Rachael COOK, in Pasquotank County, NC.
They had one child:
i. Polly.
6. Sarah MCBRIDE.
Sarah married BURNHAM.
They had one child:
i. Alla.
Fourth Generation
7. Isaac STOKELY. Born abt 1773 in Pasquotank County, NC. Isaac died in Pasquotank County, NC in 1810, he was 37. Buried in Pasquotank County, NC. Occupation: Planter. Education: Literate. Religion: Protestant.
abt 1797 when Isaac was 24, he married Lydia MCPHERSON, daughter of Joshua MCPHERSON & Courtney HIXON, in Pasquotank County, NC. Born on 23 Mar 1775 in Pasquotank County, NC. Lydia died in Pasquotank County, NC in 1858, she was 82.
They had the following children:
11 i. Rhoda (1799-<1857)
12 ii. Jeremiah Delamare (1806-1869)
13 iii. Margaret (Peggy) (1806-)
14 iv. Emma (1811-)
15 v. Murden (1811-1875)
16 vi. Alfred M.
17 vii. Joshua Hixon (-1831)
8. Joseph MCBRIDE.
Children:
i. Joseph.
18 ii. Elisha
9. Sarah (Sallie) MCBRIDE.
Sarah (Sallie) married James PEARCE. Born in Rhode Island.
They had the following children:
i. Samuel.
ii. Ira.
10. Polly MCBRIDE.
Polly married MARCHANT.
They had the following children:
i. Peter.
ii. William.
iii. James P..
Fifth Generation
11. Rhoda STOKELY. Born in 1799 in Pasquotank County, NC. Rhoda died in Pasquotank County, NC bef 1857, she was 58. Religion: Protestant.
On 12 Jan 1821 when Rhoda was 22, she married Isaac B. GREGORY, in Pasquotank County, NC. Isaac B. died abt 1841 in Pasquotank County, NC.
They had the following children:
i. Margaret (1824-)
ii. Emma (Emily) (1829-)
iii. Martha (1834-)
iv. Isaac S. (1838-)
12. Jeremiah Delamare STOKELY. Born in 1806 in Pasquotank County, NC. Jeremiah Delamare died in Pasquotank County, NC in 1869, he was 63. Buried in Pasquotank County, NC. Occupation: Farmer. Education: Literate. Religion: Protestant.
abt 1835 when Jeremiah Delamare was 29, he first married Mary LOCKWOOD, in Pasquotank County, NC. Mary died bef 1839 in Pasquotank County, NC.
They had one child:
i. Charles Lockwood (1836->1885)
In 1835 when Jeremiah Delamare was 29, he second married Martha Stokley, in Pasquotank County, NC. Born in 1818 in Pasquotank County, NC.
They had the following children:
i. Marshall P. (1840-1897)
ii. Henry C. (1842-1864)
iii. Martha (1846-)
iv. Mattie W. (1848-)
v. Emma J. (1856-)
On 22 Dec 1857 when Jeremiah Delamare was 51, he third married Sarah WILLIAMS, in Pasquotank County, NC. Born in 1831 in Pasquotank County, NC. Sarah died aft 4 Jan 1885, she was 54.
They had the following children:
i. Joshua Wiley (1854-1944)
ii. Cornelia (1857-1908)
iii. Etta (~1860-)
iv. Sarah Elizabeth (1864-1911)
v. Mary E. (1866-)
13. Margaret (Peggy) STOKELY. Born in 1806 in Pasquotank County, NC. Margaret (Peggy) died in Pasquotank County, NC.
Margaret (Peggy) married Edgar Latimer HINTON, son of William Smith HINTON & Mary (Polly) RICHARDSON. Born on 25 Oct 1804 in Pasquotank County, NC. Edgar Latimer died in Pasquotank County, NC.
They had the following children:
i. Emma (1844-<1857)
ii. Penelope (1846-)
14. Emma STOKELY. Born in 1811 in Pasquotank County, NC.
Emma married Daniel SAWYER. Born in 1812. Daniel died in Pasquotank County, NC in 1882, he was 70.
They had the following children:
i. Daniel A. (1837-1909)
ii. Mark S. (1838-1899)
iii. Leonidas Robert (1850-1934)
15. Murden STOKELY. Born in 1811 in Pasquotank County, NC. Murden died in Pasquotank County, NC in Nov 1875, he was 64. Buried in Pasquotank County, NC. Occupation: Farmer. Education: Literate. Religion: Baptist, Charter Member, Berea Baptist Church 1856.
In 1835 when Murden was 24, he married Parthenia WOOD, daughter of Joseph WOOD & Sarah D. Wood, in Pasquotank County, NC. Born in 1820 in Pasquotank County, NC. Parthenia died in Pasquotank County, NC aft 24 Dec 1878, she was 58.
They had the following children:
i. Lucy (1836-)
ii. W. Franklin (1837-1904)
iii. Elizabeth (1842->1913)
iv. Jeremiah Murden (~1848-)
v. Emma (Emily) (1849-~1868)
vi. Jennie (Sarah Virginia) (~1852-)
vii. Susan Carline (1853-<1875)
viii. Joseph Rufus (1855-1926)
ix. Parthenia (1858-<1873)
16. Alfred M. STOKELY. Born in Pasquotank County, NC. Occupation: Farmer. Religion: Protestant.
Alfred M. married Julia PARSONS. Born in Pasquotank County, NC.
They had one child:
i. John Westley (1851-1938)
17. Joshua Hixon STOKELY. Born in Pasquotank County, NC. Joshua Hixon died on 25 Nov 1831 in Pasquotank County, NC. Religion: Protestant.
On 24 Feb 1828 Joshua Hixon married Olly SPENCE, daughter of Joseph SPENCE & Lydia Spence, in Pasquotank County, NC. Born on 29 Apr 1807 in Pasquotank County, NC.
They had the following children:
i. Martha Ann (1830-1852)
ii. Susannah (1829-1854)
18. Elisha MCBRIDE.
Elisha married Elizabeth RIGGS.
They had one child:
- Anna Jane
Contributed by Bob Stokley
BRICKHOUSE BELL (1822 Will)
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
February 20(28?), 1822
In the name of God Amen! I BRICKHOUSE BELL of the County of Camden and State of North Carolina being weak of body but of sound mind and memory knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner & form following Viz.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Wife MARY BELL all the property of every nature & kind she was possessed of when I intermarried with her, except such as have been made use of, also one gig, two sows and eleven shuts, & four pigs & all the previsions in the house except four barrels of old pork to her & her heirs forever.
Item. I lend to my Daughter NANCY COX during her natural life the following negroes viz. Amy & her three children Stephen, Smart, and Sarah, & Lucy & her child Dinah, Lini & Smart son of Lucy and after her death, I give & bequeath unto the children of my Daughter NANCY COX as well those hereafter to be born as those already born, the above mentioned negroes that I loaned her during her natural life to them & their heirs forever. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter NANCY COX one sorrel mare called Cross to her & her heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter JANE BRAY, the following negroes viz. one negro woman named Courtney & her three children, Sally, Stephen, & Julia, also one negro man named Young Charles, one negro woman called Young Sarah & her Son Demsey to her & her heirs forever.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son CARTWRIGHT BELL part of the land that I purchased of CALEB CHURCH bounded as follows viz. beginning at the North River opposite a branch where ABNER ROBESON formerly lived running northwardly to the mouth of said branch, then up said branch to a ditch then up the ditch to the main road, then across the main road north twenty one(?) east by a line of marked trees to JOHN WILLIAMS line then west said WILLIAMS line to the run TULLY GREGORY’S line then down the main stream of the run to the North River then the various courses of the River to the first station also one negro man named Enoch, one negro girl Rachel and one negro girl Grace to her and her (sic) heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son TULLY BELL the remainder of the land I purchased of CALEB CHURCH whereon he now lives also the land I purchased of THOMAS C. FEREBEE also one negro man named Willis, one negro girl named Claricey, one negro man called Old Charles, one negro woman Old Sally, one bed & furniture one yoke of young oxen, two cows & calves, six head of sheep to him & his heirs forever.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son JAMES W. BELL all the land I purchased of SARAH STEWART also the swamp I purchased of JOHN LAMB, also one negro man named Lerry(?), one negro girl named Lomen, one old man Cuffee, one old man Jack, one bed & furniture, two cows & calves, six head of sheep, to him and his heirs forever. My will and desire is that the board & tutition of my Son JAMES W. BELL at Raleigh be paid out of the money in hand—the ??? to be made out of the property not given away in particular legacies also one hundred dollars in notes for the purpose of purchasing him a horse.
My will & desire is that all the property not before given away in particular legacies at my death to be equally divided amongst my five children, viz. NANCY, JANE, CARTWRIGHT, TULLY & JAMES W. BELL.
Lastly I nominate & appoint my Son in Law ANDREW BRAY & my two Sons CARTWRIGHT & TULLY my whole & sole Executors to this my Last Will & Testament. Revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the twenti (runs off the page could be 20th or 28th not sure) day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty two.
B. BELL seal
Signed, sealed & declared to be the
Last Will & Testament of the
Testator by him in the presence of us
G.C. MARCHANT
H.N. WILLIAMS
Camden County Court
May Term 1822
This instrument of writing was exhibited in open Court & proved as the Last Will & Testament of BRICKHOUSE BELL dec’d. by the oath of GIDEON C. MARCHANT a subscribing witness thereto and at the same time CARTWRIGHT BELL & TULLY BELL Executors therin named appeared & qualified as Executor thereto. Ordered to be Recorded.
Test. M.S. LEWIS clk
Will Book C
Pages 4, 5
Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse