Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 19:53:48 -0700 John E. Cain wrote: > Betty, this if from the "Wilder and Ware..." book. Is this your Dudley > Ware? > > ------<snip>-------------------------------------- > > This Nicholas was known as the "EDGEFIELD NICHOLAS" because he settled > in > the Edgefield County of the South Carolina Colony and was one of the six > cousins or brothers who brought this line to South Carolina and Georgia > Colonies before and immediately after the Revolutionary War, about whom > this book was first intended to gather and preserve in print their > scattered traditions and genealogy. > > F-1. Nicholas Ware (IV) (Son of No E-1 Nicholas (III) & wife Mary > Thompson) lived in Caroline Co., Va., but full details of his > birthplace and date of marriage > > Page 0851 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > are not known. He engaged in a blacksmithing business in that > county with a kinsman: Henry Ware, who was a son of Valentine > Ware, > Jr., a descendent of Peter Ware, Jr (No. C-1) whose line preceded > that of the first Nicholas (No. C-2) in this record . This > Nicholas > (IV) married Dolly Garrett of Caroline Co., Va. and this Henry Ware > married Martha Garrett, a sister of Dolly's. Eventually both > Nicholas (IV) and his associate (and brother-in-law) Henry followed > their father-in-law, John Garrett's family to the Edgefield > District > of the S.C. Colony, where John Garrett's will was probated in 1801 > and names his daughters, Dolly G. Ware and Martha G. Ware among > others heirs. This Nicholas (IV) was known as "Edgefie1d > Nicholas" > to distinguish him from a distant cousin, another Nicholas Ware > IV), > a descendent of the same Peter Ware, Jr. (C-1), who had settled in > the Abbeville District of S.C. and known as the "Abbeville > Nicholas". The Rev War service of this "Edgefield" Nicholas (IV) > Ware has been accepted by the National Society of the Daughters of > the American Revolution for membership of his descendent Eva Ware > (Mrs. Wm. M.) Wilder under their National Number 281,493, and is > why this genealogical effort was originated by its author. > G-1. Reuben Ware, (son of Nicholas Ware (IV) & wife Dolly Garrett) b > in > Va. abt 1746 d in Ky. 1803, m Susanna ___ (?) in Va. 1768. > Served > as Pvt. Capt. Henry Fauntleroy's Co. in 5th & 9th Va. Regt. of > Foot Comdd. by Col. Josiah Parker during the Rev . War. Moved > to > Kentucky with his sister Sarah Ware Samuel and other Ware > relatives to settle in the Shelby County section. Reuben & > Susanna > Ware had: > H-1. THOMAS WARE, son of G-1, Reuben Ware & wife Susan _____, b in > Va. 11/5/1770, moved to Ky. with his family then to Wilson > Co., > Tenn. where he d in 1831. Name of wife not yet found, but > will > in that County named his grandchildren, the son of Dudley Ware > as his legal heirs -- it may be assumed that his wife may have > been a Miss Dudley. > I-1. DUDLEY WARE, b abt 1790 d after 1830 in Wilson co., Tenn. > The > following eight children were named in will of his father > Thomas Ware: > J-1. John R. Ware. He and next two brothers named in a deed for > land there > J-2. James Ware (see above) > J-3. THOMAS WARE (II) b Wilson Co., Tenn. 8/25/1816 d there > 7/9/1875 m in Wilson Co., Tenn 11/23/1843 a dau of Thos. > Blake, (he b in Va. 11/11/1782, d in the home of this dau) > Martha Blake. She b in N.C. 12/31/1820 d 1880. > > John E Cain; 4601 Concord Drive; Garland, TX 75042 > http://www.rootsweb.com/~msamite/index.htm -----Amite County MS > http://www.rootsweb.com/~jecain/index.htm ----Cain/Ware list and My > Website. > Would this Nicholas Ware be related in any way to a Nicholas Ware who shows up in Georgia around the same time period (in Lincoln and McDuffie Counties -- near both Edgefield and Abbeville Districts)? I have a genealogy as follows: Nicholas WARE, b. circa 1756 +Mary MATTHEWS, b. circa 1760, m. circa 1778 Wilkes CO?, Georgia? Rev. Robert Alexander WARE, b. 15 Mar 1781, d. 21 Dec 1842 Georgia +Susanna DOWSING, b. 19 Nov 1791, m. 1828, d. 07 Dec 1876 Lincoln County, Georgia Priscilla Clark WARE, b. 16 Sep 1833, d. 19 Sep 1905 Lincoln County, Georgia, bur. 23 Sep 1905 Lincoln County, Georgia. Married Rev John M. HOGAN 15 Nov 1849 Lincoln County GA. Josephine P. WARE, b. circa 1836 McDuffie County, GA, d. 03 July 1905 Lincoln County, GA.