Hi, Thanks for your response! My William Alston was son of Joseph John and Elizabeth (Chancey) Alston of Halifax Co., NC. J. J. named him in his will as well as Wm's sons, thus J. J.'s grandsons. So we are talking about the very same and only early Joseph John (son of old Col. John of Chowan, first born, I believe, as named first in father's will, as I recall) but two different wives, mine Elizabeth "Betsy", yours Euphan. No, William Alston was not born in Chatham Co. as Chatham was not erected until 1771 and Wm died in 1781, testate, in Chatham. He could not have been b. in Chatham, even if Chatham were erected much earlier, which it wasn't, as J. J., although he owned quite a bit of land there, never lived in Chatham. My Wm, as per his will, had three living sons, John Joseph, William Chancey and Orendatus Davis, one of whom was already living on his own land in 1781, as well as two young daughters, Ann and Mary Ann, who were left to the "care of Ann Hunt (Macon) Alston wife of my desceased brother John Alston", in will. Full brother to your Willis, and 1/2 brother to my Wm, Joseph John Alston, Jr., was nicknamed "Chatham Jack" Alston. He owned ca 40,000 acres stretching from near Pittsboro all the way to Siler City. He built beautiful homes for his daughters when they married, still standing and occupied though no longer by Alstons. Last Alston in Chatham, given name of Lacy, died in the 50's. J. J., Jr. had very fine cemetery which the Chatham Historical Society is working toward bring it back into it's original glory. My William had lived in and owned land in Halifax (deeds there) until toward the end of the Rev. War when he moved to Chatham. He named above 1/2 brother Joseph John, Jr. as an executor of his will, as well as his nephew Willis (Congress Willis), son of his brother Capt. John. William Alston's wf., Ann Yeargain, already desceased, had d. between her father's late 1785 death and her husband's 1781 death (as well as her son Samuel Yeargain Alston) had received her father's (Samuel Yeargain) plantation on Little Stone House Creek on south side of the Roanoke, slaves and all, to the care of Ann Hunt (Macon) Alston with income from it to feed, clothe and educate his two little daughters, Ann and Mary Ann. Yeargain's "home plantation", where the first Methodist chapel in America was located on opposite side of the river (north side) went to his baby daughter Sarah Yancey Yeargain. Another 1/2 brother to your Col. Willis but full brother to my Lt. Col. William was Col. Philip Alston of The House in the Horseshoe (now state park) where skirmish bet. Alston and notorious Tory Col. Davis Fanning is reenacted every Aug. This land was in Chatham but now in Moore Co. which was erected from Chatham. An interesting family. Bebe In a message dated 1/28/00 3:10:25 PM, CarBurCo@aol.com writes: << Bebe, First, I will use a date or other identification to try to keep the JOSEPH JOHNS, WILLISES AND WILLIAMS apart which, as you know...is not easy. I could have your ancestor all wrong. I thought YOUR ALSTON was WILLIAM ALSTON b in Chatham County son of COL. JOSEPH JOHN ALSTON (b 1722) and his second wife, ELIZABETH CHANCY. MINE is: COL WILLIS ALSTON (1750-1819 Halifax Co, NC) was the son of another JOSEPH JOHN ALSTON (b 1702) AND HIS SECOND WIFE EUPHAN WILSON (daughter of WILLIS WILSON of the House of Burgesses and his wife Mary) According to my notes: MY COL WILLIS ALSTON was the HALF BROTHER of CAPT JOHN ALSTON. Do correct me if I am wrong on this. ====================================================== JOSEPH JOHN ALSTON (B ca 1702) m (1st)ELIZABETH CHANCY children (THE PERTINENT ONES) CAPT. JOHN ALSTON b ca 1718 Rev War, State Senate m.ANN HUNT MACON WILLIAM ALSTON b in Chatham Co (I thought THIS one was yours) ================================================== SECOND WIFE JOSEPH JOHN ALSTON (above) m 2nd EUPHAN WILSON (daughter of WILLIS WILSON of the House of Burgesses and his wife Mary) their son was my ancestor, COL. WILLIS ALSTON (1750-1819) M ELIZABETH WRIGHT ================================================== BUT it seems that CAPT JOHN ALSTON (half brother of my Willis)& wife ANN HUNT MACON had two sons whose names add confursion: WILLIS ALSTON (Congress) d. 1837 who married twice: PATTIE MOORE and SALLY MADELINE POTTS and COL JOSEPH JOHN ALSTON who married ESTHER WRIGHT, sister of ELIZABETH WRIGHT who married his uncle, my ancestor, COL WILLIS ALSTON. BEBE: please straighten me out. Is your ancestor WILLIAM or WILLIS and which one??? NO wonder we all get confused...there should be a law against naming children after one's half-brother...right???<G> Also marrying the sister of your half uncle's wife.... Trying to sort out the ALSTONS, Carole bebe wrote: Help, please! I keep getting confused about the Willis Alstons. Your Col. Willis was son of Joseph John Alston, (and which wf.?), of Halifax Co? Right? The Willis Alston educated at Harvard, Princeton or some other ivy league school, known as "Congress Willis" Alston, was the son of Capt. John Alston (son of Josp. John and Elizabeth Chancey) and his wf. Anne Hunt Macon? Right? "My" Lt. Col. Wm Alston, under Col. Jethro Sumner, son of Joseph John and Elizabeth Chancey, b. and lived most of his life in Halifax Co. He m. Anne Yeargain (NOT Anne's baby 1/2 sister Sarah Yancey Yeargain), dau. of Samuel Yeargain and his first wf., Anne Booth. Wm and Anne moved to Chatham Co., NC where he had been early Clerk of Ct. four times per year, traveling from Halifax to do so. Wm and Anne both died in Chatham, he testate, naming nephew Willis Alston as exuecutor. I THINK this was Congress Willis. This Willis was a grandson of Joesph John or would not have been a "nephew" of my Wm Alston. Anne Booth and Samuel Yeargain m. in Chesterfield Co., Va. in 1752, had baby Anne. Mother Anne died and Samuel moved to Northampton Co., NC, (Over 1,000 acres/deeds there) the wedge above the Roanoke River which became part of new Warren Co. in late 1770's. Samuel then m. Mary Gray, wid. of Christopher Clinch of Brunswick Co. Va. and therefore had stepdau., Elizabeth Clinch who m. Sugar Jones (proven by Samuel's 1785/6 will, Warren Co. Mary d. and Samuel m. Sarah Yancey, dau. of Jaconias and Hannah (Kimbrough) Alston of Halifax Co. NC. Their child, Sarah Yancey Yeargain m. Thomas Alston, no issue. Thanks for reading all this! Bebe Fox Winston-Salem, NC >> </XMP> ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Return-Path: <NCHALIFA-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-za01.mx.aol.com (rly-za01.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.97]) by air-za02.mail.aol.com (v67_b1.21) with ESMTP; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 15:10:25 -0500 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by rly-za01.mx.aol.com (v67_b1.21) with ESMTP; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 15:10:06 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA03323; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 12:01:57 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 12:01:57 -0800 (PST) From: CarBurCo@aol.com Message-ID: <4.de4183.25c34f9a@aol.com> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 15:01:30 EST Old-To: Bebenjohn@aol.com Old-CC: nchalifa-l@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 45 Subject: [NCHALIFA] Two Willis Alstons one WILLIAM... 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