Marmaduke Whalbone Va and N C 1700s
Has anyone information on the name Whalbone and was it changed to Welbourne.Marmaduke
whalbone married widow Elizabeth Powell in stafford co va. in 1744.They are in Caswell
co. N C in 1777.he and she have a son Thomas and a daughter Nancy.She has many
powell children:John (1731), Peter, Martha,
Elizabeth, Charles (1740), and Margaret.She and Marmaduke (called duke) may have had a son James.There are Whalbones in Caswell co. until about 1800, then they all disappear but welbournes are there after that time.Is
this the same family names.Family legend has said they he was a sea farer.