Marriage~Eddins Brothers and Wilson Sisters

My 4th Great Grandparents, William Eddins and his wife Nancy [last name unknown] lived in Chesterfield County in the late 1790’s and early 1800’s. They had 9 children; 3 sons and 6 daughters.

Their two oldest sons, Williams and Richard married sisters, Hannah and Elizabeth Wilson, daughters of James Wilson and his Lydia wife [last name unknown]. The Wilson lived in neighboring Darlington County, South Carolina. 

Both Williams and Richard Eddins, the two first borne sons were married in 1808, Williams Eddins marring Elizabeth Ingram and Richard married Elizabeth Wilson. Sadly, Elizabeth (Ingram) Eddins died about 1828 in Pike County, Alabama. Williams then married Hannah Wilson that same year in Madison County, Alabama.  

Williams marriage to Hannah Wilson was short lived. After the birth of two children, Hannah (Wilson) Eddins died. 

Williams Eddins then enter into a “Marriage Contract: with the widow Hannah Deaman and they were married on 19 October 1833 in Madison County, Alabama. 

As stated above, Elizabeth and Hannah Wilson were the daughters of James and Lydia Wilson. Sometime in early to mid-1830, James Wilson died in Pike County, Alabama. Both Williams and Richard Eddins were named as kinsmen in the James Wilson Probate file. 

Translation:

The State of Alabama}

Pike county} To the Sheriff of said county Greetings:

You are hereby commanded [to] Summons Lydia Wilson widow of the late James Wilson  Richard Eddins and Williams Eddins next of Kindred to the said James Wilson deceased to appear at the Montcello on the third Monday in August instant then and there to object to the application made by Rueben Wilson to  the Honorable the Orphans Court of said County for letters of Administration on the Estate of the said James Wilson deceased if the think fit, or otherwise the said application will and granted. Witness George B. Augustus Clerk of said Court at office this 4th day of August A.D. 1830.  

                                                 G. B. Augustus Clerk

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Richard Eddins’ probate file shows that he died before 19 May 1845. The 1850 Census shows that Williams Eddins was alive and well in 1860. W. EDDINS, Male, age 75, born in SC is listed in the 1860 Butler County, Alabama census. He died sometime after 1860; date unknown. 

Related Posting:

https://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2024/05/marriage-contractwilliams-eddins-and.html

 Williams and Richard Eddins are my 3rd Great Grand Uncles. 

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1. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRRV-92JH

52 Cousins~ The Holden & Margaret (Cook) Barrett Family

Margaret Cook is my 1st Cousin 6 times removed. She was born abt 1797, a daughter of Daniel Cook, Sr. and Ruth Moultrie. She was the 5th of 12 siblings; she had 7 brothers and 4 sisters.  

Her father Daniel Cook, Sr. served in the war of 1812 and died sometime near 1814. Shortly after his death, her Mother Ruth (Moultrie) Cook moved the family across country to the Cumberland gap area settling in Trigg County, Kentucky. On 9 Oct 1816, Ruth’s son Joseph Moultrie Cook married Martha "Patsy" Lindsay in Trigg County.

About 1816, Margaret Cook and Holden Barrett were also married. Holden Barrett was an Anson County boy born in 1796. He was a son of Thomas Barrett and his wife Jane [LNU]. No information has been found on when or where they were married; but, Margaret (Cook) Barrett gave birth to twin daughters on 12 July 1817 in Anson County, North Carolina.

By 1829, Holden and Margaret Barrett had moved to Kentucky to join her Mother Ruth and brother Joseph Moultrie Cook and other siblings.

Family folklore has Holden Barrett passing away in 1832/33, approximately 3 years after his moved to Trigg county. 

 

Holden Barrett and Margaret Cook had the following children:

i. Ruthie  Barrett, born 12 Jul 1817, Anson County, North Carolina; married John Joseph Doles, 6 Sep 1833, Trigg County, Kentucky; died 1863.

ii. Jane Cook Barrett, born 12 Jul 1817, Anson County, North Carolina; married James Monroe Kimbrough Sr., 1835; died 20 Oct 1902.

iii. Selena  Barrett, born 9 Jun 1819, Anson County, North Carolina; married Mr. Gray; married Xenophon Franklin Berry; died 2 Apr 1879.

iv. Matilda Barrett, born 5 May 1822, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; married Benjamin Franklin Bendall, 1839; died 14 Dec 1905, Franklin County, Alabama.

v. Thomas Barrett, born abt 1826, Trigg County, Kentucky; married Martha Gadd; died 1884, Colbert County, Alabama.

vi. Mary Barrett was born (date unknown; died young).

Margaret Cook is my 1st Cousin 6 times removed.

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1. 1820 U S Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Huntley, Anson, North Carolina, Page: 18; Line 14, Household of Holden BARRETT; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 November 2019); citing  National Archives Microfilm M33, Roll 80.

2. Anson County, North Carolina, Deed Book "S': pages 223-224, James Baker to Daniel Cook; 9 November 1816, Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.

3. 1820 U S Census, Anson County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Huntley, Anson, North Carolina, Page: 18; Line 14, Household of Holden BARRETT.

4. Anson County, North Carolina, Deed Book "U': page 523.

5. Anson County, North Carolina, Deed Book "U': page 495.

6. Trigg County, Kentucky, "Taxable Property in the County of Trigg (1820-1849), 1829, Holden BARRETT; Image 321 of 1214, Line 9, Kentucky Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.

7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  2 December 2019); Memorial page for Margaret Cook Barrett; (1797–July 1867); Find a Grave memorial:#125945076, Citing Bendall Family Cemetery; Jonesboro, Franklin County, Alabama, USA.