Hello K. McGee, Please indulge my use of capital letters within your message below. In a message dated 8/29/02 1:45:41 PM, kmcgee03@earthlink.net writes: << I'm very interested in this discussion since an ancestor married into this family before marrying into the one from which I descend. It was my understanding that William Park Swift was the s/o Rev. Wm Swift [THIS WAS WILLIAM SWIFT, JR. RATHER THAN REV. SWIFT, WHO WAS THE YOUNGER WILLIAM'S FATHER. HE WAS MARRIED TO DIANA HODGKINS.] and Frances Waddy who was the d/o Anthony Waddy and Sarah Parke. I am connected to this group this way: My 4th Great Grandmother Martha JONES had previously been married to Thomas WILLIAMSON before she married Thomas NANCE Martha JONES Williamson's son Nathan WILLIAMSON married Sarah SWIFT and had Elizabeth WILLIAMSON who married Samuel SMITH who was s/o Samuel SMITH (my ancestor) and Martha NANCE [d/o Martha JONES Williamson Nance] In other words the grandchildren of Martha Jones Williamson Nance married each other. I have another connection this way: My 3rd Great Grandfather Samuel SMITH (husband of Martha NANCE) had a 1/2 sister through his father, John SMITH's marriage to Martha Potter whose name was Rachel SMITH. Rachael SMITH married William RUSSELL and had a son Charles Charles RUSSELL married Margaret WILLIAMSON who was d/o (I believe) Hawley WILLIAMSON and Margaret SWIFT Hawley Williamson was the s/o Thomas WILLIAMSON and Martha JONES [SARAH SWIFT WILLIAMSON AND MARGARET SWIFT WILLIAMSON WERE DAUGHTERS OF WILLIAM SWIFT, JR. BY HIS FIRST MARRIAGE (MATE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME) IN HIS WILL, HE NAMES THREE DAUGHTERS: MARY SWIFT GEORGE; DECEASED DAUGHTER, MARGARET SWIFT WILLIAMSON; AND SARAH SWIFT WILLIAMSON; BUT DOES NOT NAME THEM WHEN HE NAMES THE CHILDREN OF HIS WIFE, FRANCES. MARY SWIFT GEORGE WAS MARRIED ACCORDING TO THE DATA FOLLOWING IN BRACKETS: [November 25, 1767. James George, Jr., to Mary Swift, daughter of Wm. Swift; sec., James Adams of Albemarle; witn. Val. Wood. Marriage contract signed by James George and Mary Swift; witnessed by James George, Sr., Sarah Swift, Margaret Swift; addressed to Col. Val. Wood, clerk of Goochland court; William Swift's letter of consent to his daughter, Mary Swift's marriage; same witnesses. A Power of Attorney was registered in Goochland County as below: “Know all men by these present that I William Swift of the county of Caswell & State of North Carolina have for a number of years past had the care & maintenance of Molly George, widow _____ of James George, Dec'd of Goochland & State of Virginia do hereby nominate, constitute & appoint Robert George, son of the said Dec'd my true & lawfull attorney for me & the said Molly George in our names & for our use to settle with the ____ & legatees of the said Dec'd as to her rights of dower & whatever the said attorney does in the name of either of us respecting the estate of the aforesaid James George, Dec'dd. I oblige myselft to ___ to & abide by, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seat this 30th day of Sept 1805. William Swift (seal) Attest Harvey Swift Thomas Williamson”] EARLIER RESEACHERS HAD FIRST ATTRIBUTED MARY SWIFT GEORGE AS BEING A DAUGHTER OF THE REV. WILLIAM SWIFT AND DIANA HODGKINS, BUT THIS IS NOT SO. THE MARRIAGE DATE FOR WILLIAM SWIFT AND FRANCES WADDY OF 30 DECEMBER 1756 WOULD HAVE MEANT THAT MARY WAS MARRYING AT THE AGE OF ABOUT ELEVEN IN 1767, WHICH I DOUBT SERIOUSLY TO BE THE CASE. LOOK BELOW THE REST OF YOUR MESSAGE FOR A COPY OF WILLIAM SWIFT'S WILL. BEST REGARDS, JOHN FOX WINSTON SALEM, NC In a publication "Genealogy of the Smith Family of Rockingham Co., North Carolina," by J. Fletcher Smith, there is this: >She had one brother who moved to Virginia; one sister who married a man by >the name of Potter and moved to Tennessee; another sister married a Mr. >Trotter, and moved to Western North Carolina; and another sister married a >Mr. Micheux and moved to Burke County, N.C. > >After her father (5), Mr. Nance, died, her mother married a Mr. >Williamson, and they had two children, a son and a daughter; this daughter >married a Mr. Prather, and the late Robert Prather of Guilford Co., N.C. >was a descendant of this marriage, and also a large family of Swifts & >Graves were descendants of this half-sister and half-brother of 'Martha >Nance'. Al Thomas and Swift Williams and John and old Calvin Graves of >Caswell Co., N.C. were her relatives. I'm trying to find and connect all of these people. The Prather I think I have found and they are as follows: Leonard Deakins PRATHER who married Frances WILLIAMSON, who was the d/o Thomas WILLIAMSON and Martha JONES. They had Robert Richardson PRATHER who married someone and had two children . . . [I haven't gone further] I would like to further fill out these connections and to locate the GRAVES and THOMASes mentioned in the quote. And to find the SMITH and JONES ancestors (plus a few others <G>) Hope you all can help. K. McGee Smith Gurley Nance Hudson Bibb Byars Allen kmcgee03@earthlink.net >> This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: S. J. Collins Sjcfamorg1@aol.com ==================================================================== Caswell Co., NC Deed Book E, page 429 - 1808 The Will of William Swift, Jr. In the name of God Amen, I William Swift of the County of Caswell and State of North Carolina being in perfect health of body and mind but calling to mind the mortality of my body and that it is appointed for all men once to die do make constitute and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner an form following that is to say and principally I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it and my body. I commit to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian like manner at the discretion of my Executors whom I shall hereafter nominate and appoint as to such worldly goods as it hath pleased God to Bless me with in this World. I give devise and bequeath the same in manner and form following that is to say my desire first and last is that all my lawful Debts be paid-- Imprimis: I give and bequeath to my son, John Swift, one Negro boy named Martin to him his Heirs or assigns forever-- Item: I give and bequeath to my son, Thomas Swift, one Negro man named Martin [?] to him his Heirs and assigns forever-- Item: I give and bequeath to my son, Anthony Swift, one Negroe man named Mintus to him his Heirs or assigns forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my son, Richard Swift, one Negroe man named Charles to him his Heirs or assigns forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my son, William Park Swift, one Negro man named Peter to his his Heirs or assigns forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my son, George Alexander Swift, two Negroe boys named Rogers and Abel also one negroe Girl named Amy and Negroe Boy named James also the house and land whereon I now live and one tract of land being on the Waters of County Line Creek Containing two hundred and fifty acres of land, number of the Deed 1062 also two feather Beds and furniture and one Desk, one looking glass and half Dozen Winsor Chears and Half Dozen flag bottom Chears, one shot Gun, one Dictionary and all the Coopers and Carpenters tools, one folding table and four Cows and Calfs to him his Heirs or assigns forever, also Talton is to serve his time with Geo A. Swift. Item: I give and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Williamson, one Shilling Sterling two Negroe men named Patrick and Isaac to her her Heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter, Mary George, one shilling sterling to her her Heirs or assigns forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my Daughter, Frances Swift, one Negroe Woman named Doll and boy named Lils and one girl named Janey and two feather Beds of feather, one Square Table, one looking Glass, flowered frame, one riding Horse and Saddle, two Cows and Chest of drawers to her her Heirs or Assigns forever-- Item: I give and bequeath to my Daughter Susanna Harris one Negroe Woman named Phillis to her her Heirs or Assigns forever-- Item: I give and bequeath to my Daughter, Margret Williamson, Decesd. one Hundred Pounds to be divided among her Children as follows to wit: Nancy Cobb is to have twenty-five pounds and Archibald Coleman is to have one Shilling Sterling and Williams Williamson is to have twenty-five pounds and Peggy Russel is to have twenty-five pounds and Park Williamson is to have twenty-five pounds. Item: I hand to my well beloved Wife, Frances Swift, during her natural life all the balance of my estate and after her decease to be equally divided among her Children as follows to wit: my sons, John Swift, Thomas Swift, Anthony Swift, Richard Swift, William Park Swift, George Alexander Swift, my Daughters, Susanna Harris and Frances Swift to their Heirs or Assigns forever. Lastly I institute and ordain my well beloved Wife Frances Swift, my Executrix and my sons Thomas Swift, George Alexander Swift my Executors of this my last Will and Testament revoking and dissannuling all and every other Will by me heretofore made declaring this and no other to be my last Will and Testament in Witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this fifth day of May one Thousand eight hundred and four. /S/ William Swift Executed in presence of State of North Carolina John Pennix Caswell County September Court 1808 George Barker