Our Maynor family history has several beginnings.....
The first comes from William Judson Maynor’s branch of the family who remembers stories about three Maynor brothers who came to the U.S. from Scotland, England, or Ireland: two brothers settled in Moore and Chatham Counties and the third brother settled in Wake County near Apex.
Several members of Joseph Maynor’s branch of the family speculate that there might be an Indian connection: that Chloe Maynor’s husband was named William (? Arthur) Maynor and that he was a Lumbee Indian. While Joseph Maynor’s death certificate states that his father was born in Sampson County, NC, we have been unable to document any connection between Chatham/Moore Counties and Sampson County.
The North Carolina Archives has a record of a “William Maynard” (age 16 and a barber) arriving at the Charleston, SC port from Great Britain in the quarter ending June 1820, aboard the Ship Friends. James Maynard, age 37 and a baker, was also a passenger. I do not know if James and William were related. I include the information on William since several Maynor men have been barbers.
Many spellings of the name MAYNOR have been found in our research: Maynor, Maynard, Manar, Mainer, Manor, Mainor, Maner, Mainard, Maness, Manah, and Maners.
Our family started this family history in hopes of finding my grandfather, Angus Edgar Maynor, who disappeared from Greensboro, NC in 1926 or 1927. So far, we have had no luck in finding him.
The information I present here is a summary. I would be happy to share more detailed information with other researchers who are interested in the same family names.
CONTACT: Sandra Lunsford, Durham, NC (email: sandycope@aol.com)

Generation I
William ___ MAYNOR (b. Sampson County, NC d. unknown) (William Maynor
is not listed in any official documents except his children’s death certificates--one
of which states that William was born in Sampson County.) He married Chloe
Phillips(before 1841).
Chloe Phillips Maynor (b. around 1808 and died after the 1870 Chatham Census).
Chloe “is believed” to be one of the daughters of Brinkley and Elizabeth Muse
Phillips of Moore County, NC. In the 1850 Chatham Census (Bear Creek
Township), Chloe Mainard (42) was living with her brother & sister (William and
Catherine Phillips) and three of her children: Josiah (6), William (4), and Theany
(3) on the Phillips’ farm in Chatham County. The 1850 Census does not list
Chloe’s husband.

Generation II -- Children of William and Chloe Phillips Maynor:
Joseph/Josiah Maynor (b. 6-11-1842 Chatham County d. 1917 Durham County, NC)
m. Mary Ann Martindale on 10-25-1860 in Chatham County.
(The marriage was lised as: Joseph Mann (Manr) m. Mariah Martindale)
Joseph (Maynard/Maness/Maners) served in the Civil War, 44th Infantry, Co. E
“Chatham County Turtle Paws” with his brother, William Judson. Joseph’s death
certificate states that his father was born in Sampson County, NC.

Theany Maynor (b. 11-27-1847 d. 1926 Moore County, buried at Cool Springs
Methodist Church with Martin)
m. Martin D. Davis on 2-7-1881 in Moore County (newspaper records state that
Thenia Maness m. Martin Davis). Theany was Martin’s 2nd wife; his first wife
was Nancy Jane Black Davis. Martin’s parents were William and Clarkey Hilliard
Davis. His brothers were Taylor and Wesley Davis.

William Judson Maynor (b. 6-17-1845 Moore County d. 9-23-1926 in the
Old Soldiers Home, Raleigh; local Moore county residents told us that he is buried
at Cool Springs Methodist Church in an unmarked grave along side his wife Mary
Ann).
m. Mary Ann Phillips (b. 4-18-1845 d. after 1884 but before 19000.
I have been told that she might have been related to Bascom Phillips or
Lewis & Bob Phillips of Moore County). After Mary Ann died, William
Judson married Winnie Stallings of Warren County in 1900, Durham, NC.
William Judson (Maners) joined the Confederate Army at Bear Creek, Moore
County, as a substitute for his Uncle Berry Phillips. He served in the 44th Infantry,
Co. E “Chatham County Turtle Paws” with his brother Joseph.

Generation III---Children of Joseph and Mary Ann Martindale Maynor:
Ellen, Nancy, Addie, Emma, Cora, James, George, John Joseph
Note: By the late 1800’s, most of Joseph Maynor’s family was residing in Durham, NC. Later generations were also living near Moncure, NC.

Generation III---Children of Theany and Martin Davis:
Connie, Turner and Meta
Theany’s stepchildren (children of Martin and Nancy Davis): Atlas, Devotion, Lucy Ella

Generation III---Children of William Judson and Mary Ann Phillips---all were born in
Chatham & Moore Counties, NC:
1. William (Will Maner, Will Maness) b. 2-10-1861
d. 6-15-1944 in the Moore County Home (Poor House). He was buried at
Fair Promise Church even though he was a member of Cool Springs Methodist
Church. Will was a merchant & farmer in Putnam (Moore County) for years.
m. (1st) Nannie Davis
(2nd) Drusilla

2. George Henry (G.M. Maner) b. 8-17-1867. In 1890, GM moved to Caldwell,
Texas to work with Judge Alexander W. McIver (of Moore/Lee Counties, NC).
He married Eddie Lee Blunn in Austin, Texas on 1-31-1898. It was rumored that
he died while working on the railroad in Texas.

3. Cornealius J. (CJ, Neal) b. 6-17-1869 d. ?
m. Hassie Short Fields of Carthage, NC at the bride’s home 7-8-1895.
(Hassie’s parents were John (Jack) and Sarah Short Fields of Carthage.
Sarah’s parents were Daniel (b. 1782 d. 1848) and Margaret Short
(b. 1787 d. 1872) of Moore County. Sarah Short’s brothers & sisters
included: Eliza, Caroline, Ellen, Brinkley, Frances, Margaret, and
Samuel)
Cornealius cannot be found in NC after 1904 (listed with Hassie in the
Durham City Directory). The last listing I have for Hassie was in the 1911
Durham City Directory: she was 40 years old and a border in a private
home---CJ is not listed. When CJ’s father died in 1926, his obit stated that
CJ was living in Cleveland, Ohio. CJ was a barber by trade. (Note: the
1960 Asheville NC City Directory listed a CJ Maynard living in a trailor
park. See also the notes for Angus Maynor for an Asheville connection.)

4. Malisia Alice b. 3-17-1872 d. 1-20-1947 (buried Culder Church Cemetery,
Moore County) Malisia’s death certificate stated that her mother’s
name was Mary McPherson---instead of Mary Phillips.
m. Calvin A. MacKenzie

5. Alexander A. b. 9-21-1874 d. 10-22-1946 Durham, NC
m. Maggie Rigsbee of Durham

6. L.C. (Lonnie) b. 1878 or 1880 d. around 1917 in Virginia (maybe in Portsmouth;
it was during the Flu Epidemic of that time). In 1900, Lonnie married
Amanda Ausley in Durham, NC. Their child, Vernon, was said to have
been adopted by a BAGLEY family of Virginia after his parents died

7. Mary Alice (Alice Maynard) b. 4-3-1884 (? Moore, Forsyth Cty)
d. 1-6-1966 buried at Pine View Cemetery, Rocky Mount, NC
m. (1st) Milton A. Peace
(2nd) William Hogshire

8. Angus Edgar (AE, Anguish) b. 6-6-1877 d. ?
m. Virginia Ella (Jennie) O’Neal, 1902 in Durham
Angus was a barber. Angus and Jennie frequently visited a STOKES
family in Hendersonville, NC during the 1920’s. They were living in
Hendersonville in 1926 when Angus’s father (William Judson) died.
Angus disappeared in 1926/1927 from Greensboro. NC and was never
heard from again. Jennie was granted an absolute divorce from Angus in
1933 (based on an absence of 7 years). The family received a mysterious
phone call in 1960 that indicated that Angus was living in or around the
Asheville, NC area in the early 1960’s. We have never been able to find
any record of Angus and, to our knowledge, no one in the family ever
heard from him after he disappeared. (See also the note for Cornealius
Maynor about the Asheville connection.) (Note: Angus was the
grandfather of Sandra Lunsford, one of the author’s of this family history.)
Generation IV---Children of Angus Edgar and Jennie O’Neal Maynor:
Vera, Lois, Victor, and Mary Rebecca
 

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