Posted on: Chowan County NC. Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Chowan/11005 Surname: Carter, Lee, Ward ------------------------- I have a Henry Lee who married Elizabeth Pipkin on 11/9/1779 in Gates County, NC. Elizabeth died around 1836. Elizabeth Pipkin's father was Issac Pipkin, Jr who was a large land owner and of high standings in Gates County, NC. as was his father Issac Pipkin, Sr. Elizabeth mother's was named Charity. Issac Pipkin, Jr and Charity had 7 children: (1) John Pipkin who moved to Chowan Co., NC; (2) Issac Pipkin; (3) Elizabeth Pipkin who married Henry Lee; (4) Margaret Pipkin who married Benjamin Barnes; (5) Charity Pipkin who married Richard Barnes; (6) Mary Ann Pipkin who married Joshua Freeman; (7) and Sarah Pipkin who married Jacob Freeman. The above information taken from the pamphlet "A Walk Down Memory Lane with the Carter-Eure Clan by Mary W. Turner and Helen R. Aswell. This pamphlet contains part of Elizabeth Pipkin Lee will as she out lived her husband Henry Lee. Thought some of these people may belong to your Pipkin's. Gordon Carter Ward born in Suffolk, VA now searching Carter - Lee - Ward lines. Email gordon@ward.org