Looking for any information on the parentage of Daniel DEANS (sometimes spelled DEANES) and further information concerning his children. Daniel DEANES was born abt. 1735 in Virginia?, and died April 1789 in Wayne County, North Carolina. He married Elizabeth UNKNOWN. She was born abt. 1737, and died 1792. He was a Methodist minister and was possibly in the Revolutionary War. Daniel DEANES made his will March 24, 1789 and it was recorded in Wayne County, North Carolina, April Court 1789. Children of Daniel DEANES and Elizabeth UNKNOWN are: 1. Dempsey DEANES, b. Abt. 1760. 2. James DEANES, b. Abt. 1762, Edgecombe County, North Carolina; d. 1819, Wayne County, North Carolina; married Martha WATKINS. James moved to Wilkinson County, Georgia where he was enumerated in the census as James DEAN. 3. Elizabeth DEANES, b. Abt. 1765. 4. Daniel DEANS, b. Abt. 1767, Wayne County, North Carolina; d. September 1, 1849, Guilford County, North Carolina; married Elizabeth UNKNOWN. Daniel was a Methodist minister. 5. Bartley DEANES, SR., b. Abt. 1775; d. 1862, Wilson County, North Carolina; married Nancy NICHOLS. 6. George DEANES, b. Abt. 1775, Edgecombe County, North Carolina; d. 1824, Wayne County, North Carolina; married Charlotte SMITH. 7. John DEANES, b. Abt. 1777; married Jane STRICKLAND. 8. Sarah DEANES, b. Abt. 1779. 9. Tarlisha DEANES, b. Abt. 1781. 10. Lydia DEANES, b. Abt. 1784; d. 1851; married Barnaby "Barney" PEARSON. G. Hunter Ferrell hferrell@couriernet.infi.net List Manager for: LAMM-L, DEANS-L, NCWILSON-L Hunter's Genealogy: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hferrell/ferrell/index.htm Wilson County, NC Genealogy: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hferrell/wilson/home.htm