----- Original Message ----- From: <STELLVA@aol.com> To: <LHODGE@NYCAP.RR.COM> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 6:43 AM Subject: PML Search Result matching "Blackledge" > ===================================================================== > A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this > search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > ===================================================================== > Source: PATRICK-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Eliakim Patrick 1785-1852 Beaufort Co NC > > > I'd like to make contact with anyone working brothers John, Isaac and Eliakim > Patrick of Craven, Pitt & Beaufort Cos NC. > > MY NOTES on Eliakim Patrick 1785 Craven - bef. 12/1852 Beaufort, m. 1805 > Polly Riggs, m.c. 1845 Mary Ives: > > James Eliakim Patrick, d. 1938, said that he had been told as a boy that his > great grandfather was a Fitz Patrick. This would be the father of Eliakim. > Edward Fitz Patrick d.c. 1781 Craven Co. NC used the names Fitz Patrick and > Patrick in his will for his sons (Daniel, Menan, Menoah & Micajah); John > Patrick of Tyrrell Co. NC is probably the John who used the name John Fitz > Patrick; and Thomas Patrick of Tyrrell was also known as Thomas Fitz Patrick. > > Eliakim was age 5 in 1790: Micajah and Joel of Pitt both had sons under age > 16 in 1790; John Fitzpatrick of Dobbs Co. had a son under age 16. Thomas > Patrick, Isaac Patrick and John Patrick, all of 1790 Tyrell Co. NC, have sons > under age 16. > > Eliakim was age 15 in 1800: Joel Patrick's son of 1790 is no longer in the > household; Solomon Patrick of Pitt has a son 10-16, as does John Patrick of > Craven (who may be one and the same as John of Dobbs). Isaac Patrick of > Tyrell has five males under age 25 in his household and two are between 10 > and 15 years old. > > Ben M. Patrick believed Eliakim was born and raised in Craven but there is no > proof to back this up. Eliakim is first seen in 1804 Craven, when he > purchased land. In 1829, he purchased land in Beaufort and is noted "of > Craven." > > In 1810, Eliakim was 25, married and had a son about 2-3 years old. In 1820, > he was 35 and John R. was about age 13. It is thought Eliakim was in Craven > during this time and his household has not yet been found in census records. > > Eliakim is associated with the following Patricks: In June, 1813, Eliakim > Patrick and Jesse McCotter were security for John Patrick of Craven when he > was appointed constable in Craven. Isaac Patrick was security in 1819, when > John Patrick gave bond to marry Sally Rice. Isaac Patrick signed the bond > when Eliakim married Polly Riggs in 1805 Craven County. (NCA MB 117 P-Q) > Eliakim's son, James Madison, refers to "Uncle Isaac." (Ben M. Patrick, > Patrick Genealogy, 1941) Eliakim's land in Beaufort County adjoined that of a > Benjamin Patrick, who was a witness to his will. The land Eliakim purchased > in 1829 Beaufort adjoined Thomas Vines and Vines' property adjoined William > Patrick, brother of the above Benjamin (sons of Cornelius & Ann Patrick). > > In 1804, Eliakim purchased 140 acres in Craven Co., NC from William Muse. > Between 1804 and 1834, he acquired about 3,100 acres of land, not including > 1,200 acres purchased at Sheriff's sales with others (Craven Deed Books 36, > 39-41, 43, 48, 50, 55) and he sold several thousand acres, leaving at least > 1,000 in Craven mentioned in his will. He was constable in Craven County > 1810-11, 1813, 1815, 1839, 1840-1841. > > Eliakim Patrick purchased for $25.50 50A land NS Neuse River WS Bay River SS > Gail's Creek being upper part of 100 acres given to William Jones by his > brother Francis Jones by deed 3 Sept. 1792; Craven Co. writ of Fieri Facius, > March, 1818 heirs of John Jones, deceased, of Bay River, for 8 lbs, 4 > shillings which Henry Tillman recovered against heirs of John Jones. > (abstracted by Martha Marble from Benjamin M. Patrick Collection at NC > Archives, Raleigh) > > Eliakim Patrick of Craven County bought 898 3/4 acres including mills and > improvements on the Chocowinity Creek adjoining John Cobbs, Joshua Ecklin and > Thomas Vines & Browns Branch, a 200 acre tract on the east side of the > Newbern Road and a one acre lot with house on the east side of Chocowinity > Creek below the mills on November 16, 1829 from the estate of William > Blackledge, Esquire, from his executor, Benjamin F. Blackledge, paying $1,500 > for the combined lands, all in Beaufort County. Witnesses were J. F. Carrow > and James Patrick (probably son of Eliakim). (Beaufort Co. NC Deeds > 1823-1829) This land adjoined Thomas Vines, father of Elizabeth H. Vines, > who would marry Eliakim's son, John. In 1834, he purchaed 170 acres in > Beaufort from Joseph M. Morris (Craven Deed Book 50, p. 365) and about 400 > acres in 1839 near Chocowinity from Sylvester Single. > > Eliakim is listed in the 1830, and 1850 census of Chocowinity, Beaufort Co. > NC. He is in Craven Co., NC in 1840 on the North side of the Neuse River. > 1850 census shows Eliakim, age 65, house 1194, family 1204, next door to his > son, John. Eliakim was a farmer with real estate valued at $1,250. In the > household Mary 43, Serena 40, Jane 34, Charlotty 27, Mary 5. > > Will dated July 22, 1842, probate December, 1852 Beaufort Co., NC, named wife > Mary and left her plantation "I now live at Chocowinity" and 2 Negroes; son > John R., son James M., land he now lives in a deed of gift; dtrs. Serena W., > Susanah J. and Charlotte N., land in Craven Co., 100 acres known as Hugh > Henry place, 100 acres head of Trent Creek, 170 acres on Smith's, 1/3 on > Chapill Creek called Skye land of 1000, each a Negro; grandson Eliakin > Patrick $50. Executors: sons John R. and J. M. Patrick. Codocils > 1843-disposition of Negroes; 1845-dtr. Charlotte Nash Patrick's Negro sold; > 2/12/1851-Negroes divided between my daughters Serena Jane and Charlotte. At > probate, Joseph A. Archable, Benjamin Patrick and Henry A. Ellison attested > to the handwriting. > > According to Ben M. Patrick (1941 Patrick Genealogy), a John Patrick of > Glasgow Co., blacksmith, purchased 100 acres in Beaufort County on the east > side of Creeping Swamp on January 5, 1795, from Thomas Sutton (Beaufort Deeds > 2-3, p. 56). This same John Patrick purchased a colt and mare from Charles > Hammond in Pitt County in 1797. (Pitt Deeds N, p. 357). A John "Minoah" > Patrick sold the 100 acres at Creeping Swamp to Thomas Buck (b.1806) in 1828. > Ben Patrick believed that John Patrick of Glasgow might be the John Patrick > of 1790 Dobbs Co. The middle name appears in the 1828 deed, but it unclear if > it is Minoah, Minoh or some other spelling, and even looks like Minor in some > places. > > There was an older Eliakim Patrick in Tyrrell County, NC, who purchased two > slaves and a mare from David Hunter in 1799. (Tyrrell Co. Deeds 12, 615). No > further record of this Eliakim can be found in NC. An older Isaac Patrick was > also in Tyrrell County. (See Patrick notes) It is very likely these Patricks > of Tyrrell descend from Bryan Fitz Patrick d.c. 1709, as does Benjamin b. > 1796 of Cornelius who lived next to Eliakim in Chocowinity. This family is > the most likely that from which Eliakim descends; however, descendants of > Edward Fitz Patrick were also in early Craven County, along with those of > Joel. > > It is troubling that Eliakim purchased land in Craven in 1804, at the age of > 19. All information indicates Eliakim was born in 1785, but to have the funds > to begin purchasing land at age 19 suggests he is from a very wealthy family > or he has possibly received an estate distribution. It does appear Eliakim > had brothers Isaac and John Patrick of Craven. There's also an Eliakim > Patrick who enlisted as a Private on January 10, 1862 Beaufort Co., age 24, > Co. B, 3rd Light Artillery Regiment NC (NC Troops 1861-1865, A Roster, 1993) > who apparently does not descend from Eliakim d. 1852. > > Thomas Worsley Patrick 1801-by 1848 m. Dorcas Howard. She m. 2nd Tolbert > Selby in 1852. A letter from James Madison Patrick, s/o Eliakim Patrick, > refers to "cousin" Tolly Selby. Thomas Worsley Patrick was s/o Cornelius > Patrick 1762-aft. 1804 Beauf., m. Ann Worsley. Cornelius' son, Benjamin > Patrick, was a witness to Eliakim Patrick's will. Cornelius' son, William, > had land adjoining Eliakim. > > Judy Stell