Re: Byrds of Perquimans & Chowan Cntys., NC
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Re: Byrds of Perquimans & Chowan Cntys., NC
Deborah Byrd 8/22/02
Deborah,How kind of you to respond. I can't find my 7g grandmother, Catherine...I don't know who her family was. For decades family researchers have 'assumed' she was related to John Hardy Jr. because he named her "Katherine, widow of John Stansell" in his 1719 Chowan Co., NC. will. John's widow was Rebecca. From what I gather this Rebecca was 1.the daughter of Nathaniel and Deborah Sutton, 2.the wife of Jacob Peterson, 3.the wife of John Bryd, 4.the wife of John Hardy Jr. I have discounted the assumption that Katherine was a Hardy. Now I'm wondering if she was related to the Sutton family. She would have been in Nathaniel and Deborah's generation. I'm quessing she was probably born 1665-75, she died in 1719. Did the Suttons have a Katherine in their family born in this time period? Do you know who Nathaniel and Deborah's parents were? I'm hoping their parents named all their children in wills. Maybe Catherine was a sister of Nathaniel or Deborah. If this was so, Katherine would have been Rebecca's AUNT. I know, I'm getting carried away! Well, I've confused you enough! Thank you very much, Debbie([email protected])