Posted on: Chowan County NC. Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/NC/Chowan/800 Surname: Hoskins, Whedbee, Durant ------------------------- Sarah Hoskins, one of the signers of the resolutions of the Edenton Tea Party in Chowan County, NC, is a direct ancestor of mine (one of my great-great-great-great-great-grant-grandmothers). Sarah Whedbee, born on January 23, 1717/8, was married to William Hoskins (date of marriage unknown but it occurred before 1749, when she is referred to as Sarah Hoskins in her father's will). William Hoskins' will was executed on October 7, 1766. It mentions seven children: three daughters (Sarah Sutton, Mary Hoskins, and Ann Hoskins), and four sons (Thomas, Richard, William, and John). The four youngest children (not clear which of the seven they were) were "under age" at this time. Thomas, Richard, and William were the executors of the will. I am descended through Mary Hoskins, who married Edmund Blount on February 26, 1765. Are you descended through her or one of the other children? Sarah Hoskins, as a widow, became the third wife of Joseph Blount (bond dated May 18, 1771). She apparently retained the Hoskins name when she signed the Tea Party resoutions in 1774). I do not know her death date or the birth dates of her children. Sarah Whedbee was the daughter of Richard Whedbee (born February 2, 1687; will dated June 16, 1749 and probated August 1749) and Sarah Durant (died April 4, 1728), who were married on February 4, 1709. Her siblings were John (born April 23, 1715), George (born January 19, 1720/1), Ann (February 18, 1723/4), Joseph (March 12, 1725/6), and Hezekiah (born April 1, 1728). The above information is found in the privately published book (c. 1996): 'Family Records as compiled by: Emily Waff Bailey and Mary Elizabeth Waff Staples.' Their research, conducted mostly prior to 1960, was based, for the above data, on 'Hathaway's Historical and Geneological Register' and and the wills cited. If you desire, I can supply additional information on the ancestors of Richard Whedbee and Sarah Durant. In the meantime, it is worthwhile noting that the latter was a granddaughter of George Durant, one of the leaders of Culpeper's Rebellion, and Ann Marwood (North Carolina's first female attorney). Considerable information on George and Ann can be found at the following Web sites: Culpeper's Rebellion http://gen.culpepper.com/historical/rebellion/default.htm George Durant - Albemarle Patriot and Politician http://www.cais.net/barclift/familypages/durant.html Ann Marwood Durant - First Female Attorney in North Carolina http://www.cais.net/barclift/familypages/marwood.html Durant Family of Perquimmons County, N.C. (The Descendants of George Durant) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/5277/durant.html The Durant Lineage http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/7241/durant.html The George and Ann Marwood Durant Family Association http://tyner.simplenet.com/durant/durant.htm Best regards, Craig B. Waff