Sidney Maxwell - Catherine Elsberry 1791
It has been a long time since I posted for information on Sidney Maxwell, who was born circa 1770, and married Catherine Elsberry in Surry County, NC. in 1791.Catherine's father was the patriot, John Elsberry who was born on Bohemia Manor in Cecil County, MD.John and his family moved from MD to NC in the early 1780s.Tradition says that Sidney was hired by John and eventually married one of his daughters.In 1793, Sidney and Catherine Maxwell and her father John Elsberry left Surry Co.,NC. and headed west for what is known as Ashe County, NC. today.It is there that they raised their family.Their children were: Sarah who married Robert Bumpass,John who died very young, Larkin who married Elizabeth Eller and then Eunice Brooks, Rebecca who married Allen Perkins and died after their second child was born, Sabrey who then married her deceased sister's husband, Nancy, who married William Ashley and died after their 8th child, William Maxwell Ashley, was born, and Elizabeth who married Joseph Jenkins from Tennessee.
I am still searching for the parents or siblings of Sidney Maxwell.Any information or ideas would be greatly appreciated especially via email at [email protected]. Thanks All, Marylou Maxwell