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Gloria,
Good to hear from you. I'm a little confused though by your post. While
I know Elisha was the son of William Jr. and grandson of William Sr. of
Surry Co. NC, I've never seen any references to shoemakers in the family.
Now, even if William Jr. was indeed a shoemaker, I doubt seriously that
William Sr. was. While I can't prove it directly (only by inference),
William Jr.'s wife appears to have been Maria Magdalena Helsabeck
(Christian Schauss' widow at the time he married her) and a member of the
Moravian community -- maybe he picked up the trade there. If not, since I
have so far been unable to connect William Sr. to anyone I do not have any
evidence to indicate that shoemaking was in the family. It is interesting
that the names within the family match those from Mark and Gary's extended
family but so far I see no connections (except now shoemaking).
Con
> [Original Message]
> From: Gloria Townsend <gct(a)depauw.edu>
> To: <CHILDRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Date: 3/24/2005 3:16:06 PM
> Subject: [Childress-L] Childresses as shoemakers
>
> Conduff, Mark and Gary,
>
> Thanks so much for the information below. The shoemaker reference may
> indicate that I've found a lost branch of my Childress family. I have
> the following written info from my father, Austin Childress:
>
> "Elisha Childress was born in Stokes Co., NC in 1791. His ancestors
> originated in England and lived about 17 miles west of London. Elisha
> came to Owen Co, Indiana, in 1835. He was a shoemaker, as was his
> father."
>
> My mother has the metal "shoe form" that the 1791 Elisha used. Perhaps
> inherited from his father??
>
> Conduff, my "baby book" had info that differs from the following that I
> found (after I last wrote to you) in Owen County records. Recall, that
> you and I discussed Sara Bowen as Elisha's wife, b/c that's what my baby
> book showed, and you felt that Susanna was Elisha's wife instead. You
> are correct.
>
> Here are what the Owen Co records show, regarding Sara and Susanna:
>
> Elisha Childress married Susanna
>
> Some/all of their children are:
>
> 1) Louvisa Childress (married William Arney) and bore Hiram Arney
>
> 2) Elisha Childress, Jr.
>
> 3) Andrew Childress (my great-great-grandfather)
>
> Hiram Arney married Sara Bowen (who was the child of John Bowen and
> Nancy CHILDRESS)
>
> I wrote to the listserv a couple years ago, but only Conduff replied.
>
> Gloria Childress Townsend
>
> >>> "Conduff Childress" <cchldrss(a)mindspring.com> 03/24/05 12:36 PM >>>
> Mark and Gary,
> I think it would be very useful if you could post more details
> re James
> Edmondson that you cite in the following two sections
>
> > The paternal grandparents of John Childress ("md. Lindsay") were
> Joseph
> > Childress, Sr. (hereinafter "Joseph Childress on Rockhouse Creek,
> > Albemarle Co., Va.") and wife Sarah (nee - - -, hereinafter Sarah
> > Childress "md. (1) Joseph Childress, (2) James Edmondson"). Upon the
> > untimely death of husband Joseph Childress, Sr. ("Rockhouse Creek") in
> > Albemarle Co., Va. in 1763 [age c.43], his widow Sarah remarried to
> > James Edmondson of Pedlar River, Amherst Co., Virginia and removed to
> > his plantation in the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains. It is Sarah's son
> > John Childress, Sr. ("md. Powell") who is named in the 1792 will of
> her
> > 2nd husband James Edmondson as executor and "son-in-law" [i.e.,
> > "stepson"], not Sarah's grandson John Childress, Jr. ("md. Lindsay").
> >
> > - - - - -
> >
> > The paternal great-grandparent of John Childress ("md. Lindsay") was
> > John Childress, Sr. (hereinafter "John Childress, Sr. the Patriarch"),
> a
> > shoemaker, born circa 1700 [perhaps western Scotland or Wales] and
> dying
> > after 1775, likely at the home of grandson John Childress "md.
> Powell,"
> > on the James Edmondson plantation, upper Pedlar River, Blue Ridge
> Mts.,
> > Amherst Co., Virginia.
>
> In particular, what will are you referring to (is it the one in Wilkes
> Co
> NC?) and what do you mean by
> "son-in-law" [i.e., "stepson"]?
> Futher, if this is the will you are referring to, how do you explain
> away
> the Hayes(or Hays) claims regarding a James Edmondson that they say is
> the
> one of this Wilkes Co will?
>
> There are also problems with the John Childresses in Wilkes Co that need
> to
> be resolved. There appear to have been at least two there including one
> who definitely had ties to Surry Co.
>
> Con
>
>
>
>
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Conduff, Mark and Gary,
Thanks so much for the information below. The shoemaker reference may
indicate that I've found a lost branch of my Childress family. I have
the following written info from my father, Austin Childress:
"Elisha Childress was born in Stokes Co., NC in 1791. His ancestors
originated in England and lived about 17 miles west of London. Elisha
came to Owen Co, Indiana, in 1835. He was a shoemaker, as was his
father."
My mother has the metal "shoe form" that the 1791 Elisha used. Perhaps
inherited from his father??
Conduff, my "baby book" had info that differs from the following that I
found (after I last wrote to you) in Owen County records. Recall, that
you and I discussed Sara Bowen as Elisha's wife, b/c that's what my baby
book showed, and you felt that Susanna was Elisha's wife instead. You
are correct.
Here are what the Owen Co records show, regarding Sara and Susanna:
Elisha Childress married Susanna
Some/all of their children are:
1) Louvisa Childress (married William Arney) and bore Hiram Arney
2) Elisha Childress, Jr.
3) Andrew Childress (my great-great-grandfather)
Hiram Arney married Sara Bowen (who was the child of John Bowen and
Nancy CHILDRESS)
I wrote to the listserv a couple years ago, but only Conduff replied.
Gloria Childress Townsend
>>> "Conduff Childress" <cchldrss(a)mindspring.com> 03/24/05 12:36 PM >>>
Mark and Gary,
I think it would be very useful if you could post more details
re James
Edmondson that you cite in the following two sections
> The paternal grandparents of John Childress ("md. Lindsay") were
Joseph
> Childress, Sr. (hereinafter "Joseph Childress on Rockhouse Creek,
> Albemarle Co., Va.") and wife Sarah (nee - - -, hereinafter Sarah
> Childress "md. (1) Joseph Childress, (2) James Edmondson"). Upon the
> untimely death of husband Joseph Childress, Sr. ("Rockhouse Creek") in
> Albemarle Co., Va. in 1763 [age c.43], his widow Sarah remarried to
> James Edmondson of Pedlar River, Amherst Co., Virginia and removed to
> his plantation in the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains. It is Sarah's son
> John Childress, Sr. ("md. Powell") who is named in the 1792 will of
her
> 2nd husband James Edmondson as executor and "son-in-law" [i.e.,
> "stepson"], not Sarah's grandson John Childress, Jr. ("md. Lindsay").
>
> - - - - -
>
> The paternal great-grandparent of John Childress ("md. Lindsay") was
> John Childress, Sr. (hereinafter "John Childress, Sr. the Patriarch"),
a
> shoemaker, born circa 1700 [perhaps western Scotland or Wales] and
dying
> after 1775, likely at the home of grandson John Childress "md.
Powell,"
> on the James Edmondson plantation, upper Pedlar River, Blue Ridge
Mts.,
> Amherst Co., Virginia.
In particular, what will are you referring to (is it the one in Wilkes
Co
NC?) and what do you mean by
"son-in-law" [i.e., "stepson"]?
Futher, if this is the will you are referring to, how do you explain
away
the Hayes(or Hays) claims regarding a James Edmondson that they say is
the
one of this Wilkes Co will?
There are also problems with the John Childresses in Wilkes Co that need
to
be resolved. There appear to have been at least two there including one
who definitely had ties to Surry Co.
Con
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Mark and Gary,
I think it would be very useful if you could post more details re James
Edmondson that you cite in the following two sections
> The paternal grandparents of John Childress ("md. Lindsay") were Joseph
> Childress, Sr. (hereinafter "Joseph Childress on Rockhouse Creek,
> Albemarle Co., Va.") and wife Sarah (nee - - -, hereinafter Sarah
> Childress "md. (1) Joseph Childress, (2) James Edmondson"). Upon the
> untimely death of husband Joseph Childress, Sr. ("Rockhouse Creek") in
> Albemarle Co., Va. in 1763 [age c.43], his widow Sarah remarried to
> James Edmondson of Pedlar River, Amherst Co., Virginia and removed to
> his plantation in the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains. It is Sarah's son
> John Childress, Sr. ("md. Powell") who is named in the 1792 will of her
> 2nd husband James Edmondson as executor and "son-in-law" [i.e.,
> "stepson"], not Sarah's grandson John Childress, Jr. ("md. Lindsay").
>
> - - - - -
>
> The paternal great-grandparent of John Childress ("md. Lindsay") was
> John Childress, Sr. (hereinafter "John Childress, Sr. the Patriarch"), a
> shoemaker, born circa 1700 [perhaps western Scotland or Wales] and dying
> after 1775, likely at the home of grandson John Childress "md. Powell,"
> on the James Edmondson plantation, upper Pedlar River, Blue Ridge Mts.,
> Amherst Co., Virginia.
In particular, what will are you referring to (is it the one in Wilkes Co
NC?) and what do you mean by
"son-in-law" [i.e., "stepson"]?
Futher, if this is the will you are referring to, how do you explain away
the Hayes(or Hays) claims regarding a James Edmondson that they say is the
one of this Wilkes Co will?
There are also problems with the John Childresses in Wilkes Co that need to
be resolved. There appear to have been at least two there including one
who definitely had ties to Surry Co.
Con
Hello Dee from MS
I don't have any information on those that you list in your pedigree.
I will forward your e-mail to the main Childress-L(a)rootsweb.com mail
list for all Childress-Childers researchers to see.
All my best to you
Gary Childress
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From: REGIDEE(a)att.net [mailto:REGIDEE@att.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 4:11 AM
To: London2005(a)charter.net
Subject: childers info
I am also a Childers relative and have been having trouble finding info
because of the records being lost,burned or whatever in South Carolina.
I have been transfered to Mississippi and can no longer get to the
library in South Carolina to do my research as I used to.
I need to find someone who is related to my line as follows:
John A(?) Childress son of Richard Alexander Childress and Martha Woods
(md to Rodah ?)
John H (?) Childress son of John A (?) Childress and Rodah (Md to
Ardelia Nancy/Delia Satterfield)
John Holland/Hollin son of John H(?) Childers and Delia (md to Sarah
Rebecca Manley/Manly)
Then came my great grandfather Pinkney Franklin Childers son of John and
Sarah
1st md to Bessie Irene Ragsdale my great grandmother
2nd md to Edna Baker
I have some other info but not sure if correct and need to be able to
collect info for records.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks for your time and help
Dee from MS
Greetings to the list,
The Listowners intend to post throughout this year (time permitting) a
series of essays and transcripts pertaining to John Childress
(1759-1849, "md. Elizabeth Lindsay") of Knox Co., Tennessee. He was
born in colonial Albemarle County, Virginia and became the patriarch of
the principal Childress clan of 19th Century Knox County, Tennessee.
Because this series will reflect original research and analyses,
incorporating the latest "Childress-Childers DNA" test results where
relevant, it will necessarily differ from previous genealogical
conclusions found on the internet and elsewhere. Endnotes and
discussions are reserved to a draft manuscript. Identifiers (e.g., John
Childress "md. Powell" or John Childress "on Mullenax Creek") have been
adopted for purposes of clarification across the series; transcripts
will retain original spelling, punctuation and grammar; the surname
"Childress" will be broadly used except where a particular individual's
spelling of his surname can be reasonably deduced or found in his "own
hand."
- - - - - - - - - -
JOHN CHILDRESS (1759-1849), md. ELIZABETH LINDSAY
Mark Childress & Gary Childress. Rights reserved (c) 2005.
Series 1 No 1.
John Childress, Jr. (hereinafter John Childress "md. Elizabeth Lindsay")
was born 2 Dec 1759, in colonial Albemarle Co., Virginia. [Pension
Application of John Childress (dated 19 Jan 1833), Pension # S-2424,
Microform M804, R535, National Archives and Records Administration,
Washington, D.C. 20408] He was likely born on his grandfather's 200
acre tobacco plantation along the north bank of the James River at
Rockhouse Creek (6/10ths of a mile east of present-day Howardsville,
Virginia). [discussed infra]
John Childress's ("md. Lindsay") great-grandfather, grandfather,
granduncle, father, Sarah (nee Childress) Polk's great-grandfather, and
their respective families arrived together in Virginia in early 1745
(but no later than 24 Mar 1745 when land patents for two of them were
surveyed). The only ship of record to have made a winter Atlantic
crossing arriving in Virginia during that timeframe was the "Jenny,"
which weighed anchor at Glennock, Scotland in November 1744. Assuming a
standard 6-week Atlantic crossing plus several days in Wales for
additional cargo, the "Jenny's" arrival in Virginia would have occurred
between 1 Jan 1745 and 21 Jan 1745 (or, c.10 Jan 1745 +/- a week). The
typical Glasgow tobacco ships of that period were 3-masted barks, c.98
feet long, with square hull, wide stern, no figureheads, staysails
between the masts and a spritsail beneath the bowsprit.
DNA test results of lineal male descendants of the known Childress
families making that 1745 crossing have thus far revealed them to belong
exclusively to DNA Haplogroup subgroup "R1b" (aka "Celtic"). By
contrast, the DNA results of lineal male descendants representing the
Childress/Childers families of pre-1745 Virginia have thus far revealed
them to belong to DNA Haplogroup [letter] "I" (aka "Viking"). In other
words, the Childresses who arrived in 1745 were genetically unrelated to
the Childress/Childers of pre-1745 Virginia; sharing no common male
ancestor.
The 19th Century descendants of John Childress ("md. Lindsay"), who was
raised in a household with three of the participants in that 1745
crossing (viz., John Childress "Patriarch," John Childress "md. Powell,"
and Sarah "Childress-Edmondson," identified infra), were adamant that
the Childress families on that 1745 voyage were "Scottish, not Irish,
not Scots-Irish." Consequently, the authors have hereinafter assigned
them the moniker of "Scottish" Childresses. Among their descendants,
the 1745 voyage was recalled on the tombstone of one of the emigrants'
grandsons (viz., Joel Childress {"md. Elizabeth Whitsett"}, father of
Sarah Childress Polk) [attested by two eyewitnesses who left 3 separate
corroborating accounts describing the gravemarker's inscription(s)], and
in collateral lineages inter alia by a 19th Century obituary, land
surveys and patents undertaken upon arrival, and two surviving oral
histories.
- - - - -
The parents of John Childress ("md. Lindsay") were John Childress, Sr.
(hereinafter John Childress "md. Marjory Powell") and wife Marjory (nee
Powell) of Amherst Co., Virginia. John Childress ("md. Powell") was a
shoemaker, and latterly a "patroller" (constable) and tavern keeper in
the "Scuffletown" district, Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee. He would
have been born overseas circa 1740, resided in mid-to-late 18th Century
Albemarle and Amherst counties, Virginia (1745-c.1786), and died in Knox
Co., Tennessee after 1804 (when he signed a deed disposing of Amherst
property inherited from his father-in-law).
Marjory (nee Powell) Childress was a 1st cousin by marriage to her
husband John Childress, Sr. ("md. Powell"). Marjory's father (militia
Captain Thomas Powell, Sr.) was an uncle to Edmund Powell of Amherst
Co., Virginia. Edmund Powell's wife was Lucy Jopling whose sister Ann
Jopling was married to Benjamin Childress, Sr. ("md. Ann Jopling"), the
younger brother of Marjory's husband John Childress ("md. Powell").
Both the Powells and Joplings were of Welsh descent. Notably, the
"Scottish Childresses" sailed to Virginia in 1745 from a Welsh port.
John Childress's ("md. Powell") other brother was Joseph Childress ("md.
Mary Goolsby") of Amherst Co., Virginia and latterly of Kanawha Co.,
West Virginia. Mary (nee Goolsby) Childress was the daughter of James
Goolsby of Amherst Co., Virginia (son of Stephen Goolsby, an adjacent
neighbor of Joseph & Mary Childress in Amherst Co., Virginia). Mary
(nee Goolsby) Childress was misidentified in the 20th Century as Mary
Faris, daughter of Robert Faris of Henrico Co., Virginia.
Marjory (nee Powell) Childress's father (Thomas Powell, Sr.) was an
adjacent neighbor of Solomon Carter ("md. Mary - - -") of Amherst Co.,
Virginia. Solomon Carter's grand-daughter Kissiah Carter married on or
about 4 Jan 1812 (marriage bond), in Amherst Co., Virginia to Marjory
Childress's widowed 32 year old grandson Robert Childress (hereinafter
"Robert Childress md. Polly Lucas & Kessiah Carter"), the eldest son of
John Childress ("md. Lindsay").
Kissiah (nee Carter) Childress's lineage was this, viz,
[7] Kissiah (nee Carter) Childress (2nd wife of Robert Childress, the
eldest son of John Childress "md. Lindsay"); daughter of -
[6] Peter Carter ("md. Elizabeth Sandidge"); son of -
[5] Solomon Carter ("md. Mary - - -"); son of -
[4] Peter Carter ("md. Judith Norris"); son of -
[3] Capt. Thomas Carter, Jr. ("md. Arabella Williamson"); son of -
[2] Capt. Thomas Carter, Sr. ("md. Katherine Dale"); son of -
[1] Maj. Thomas Carter "Ye Ancient Planter."
Kissiah (nee Carter) Childress's 3rd great grandfather, Capt. Thomas
Carter, Sr. (hereinafter "Thomas Carter md. Katherine Dale"), was an
uncle of Robert "King" Carter, Virginia's wealthiest citizen and tobacco
planter. Robert "King" Carter's descendants include three signers of
the Declaration of Independence (Carter Braxton, Thomas Nelson, Jr. and
Benjamin Harrison), two U.S. Presidents (William Henry Harrison and
Benjamin Harrison), Gen. Robert E. Lee, a Supreme Court Justice, and
eight governors of Virginia.
Kissiah (nee Carter) Childress's 3rd great-grandmother Katherine (nee
Dale) Carter (who descended on the distaff side from the Skipwiths of
East Riding, York, England and the Dymokes of Preswould, Leicestershire,
England) was a direct descendant of Charlemagne (A.D. 742-814, Frankish
Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire), Henry III Plantagenet (A.D.
1207-1272, King of England) and Alfred "the Great" (A.D. 848-901, King
of the West Saxons, Wessex, England) among others. Joseph Lyon Miller,
"The Descendants of Captain Thomas Carter" (Harrisonburg, Va.: C.J.
Carrier Company, 1997), 22 ff., 26 ff.
In addition, Robert Childress ("md. Lucas & Carter") and wife Kissiah's
grandson John Wesley Childress ("md. Sarah McAdoo Whaley") was a 1st
cousin to Eleanor Wilson, daughter of 28th U.S. President Woodrow
Wilson. Eleanor Wilson married to William Gibbs McAdoo, Jr. (U.S.
Treasury Secretary during World War 1, U.S. Senator from California
1933-1938, Federal Reserve Board Chairman, and unsuccessful candidate
for U.S. President in 1918 and 1924). The groom's father, William Gibbs
McAdoo, Sr., was the maternal uncle of Sarah McAdoo (nee Whaley)
Childress (wife of John Wesley Childress "md. Whaley").
- - - - -
The paternal grandparents of John Childress ("md. Lindsay") were Joseph
Childress, Sr. (hereinafter "Joseph Childress on Rockhouse Creek,
Albemarle Co., Va.") and wife Sarah (nee - - -, hereinafter Sarah
Childress "md. (1) Joseph Childress, (2) James Edmondson"). Upon the
untimely death of husband Joseph Childress, Sr. ("Rockhouse Creek") in
Albemarle Co., Va. in 1763 [age c.43], his widow Sarah remarried to
James Edmondson of Pedlar River, Amherst Co., Virginia and removed to
his plantation in the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains. It is Sarah's son
John Childress, Sr. ("md. Powell") who is named in the 1792 will of her
2nd husband James Edmondson as executor and "son-in-law" [i.e.,
"stepson"], not Sarah's grandson John Childress, Jr. ("md. Lindsay").
- - - - -
The paternal great-grandparent of John Childress ("md. Lindsay") was
John Childress, Sr. (hereinafter "John Childress, Sr. the Patriarch"), a
shoemaker, born circa 1700 [perhaps western Scotland or Wales] and dying
after 1775, likely at the home of grandson John Childress "md. Powell,"
on the James Edmondson plantation, upper Pedlar River, Blue Ridge Mts.,
Amherst Co., Virginia. The name of the wife of John Childress, Sr.
("Patriarch") has not proved recoverable; it's not known whether she
was on the 1745 voyage. John Childress, Sr. ("Patriarch") would have
been the great-grandson of George Childress, Sr. ("Edinburgh Burgess"),
"sadiler" (sic) [saddle-maker], a Burgess of Edinburgh, Scotland in the
mid-17th Century" and an officer in the Hammerman's Guild of Edinburgh
(the preeminent guild of goldsmiths, silversmiths, and metal-wrights).
- - - - -
According to the 19th Century oral histories of the Knox Co., Tennessee
Childresses, the paternal great-great-grandparents of John Childress
("md. Lindsay") were not on the 1745 voyage to Virginia.
John Childress's ("md. Lindsay") lineage was this, viz:
[4] John Childress ("md. Elizabeth Lindsay"), farmer and Revolutionary
War militiaman; son of -
[3] John Childress ("md. Marjory Powell"), shoemaker and "emigrant"
(age c.5 on the "1745 crossing"); son of -
[2] Joseph Childress ("md. Sarah - - - "; = m2. James Edmondson),
"emigrant" and Virginia planter (age c.25 on the "1745 crossing"); son
of -
[1] John Childress ("the Patriarch"), "emigrant" (age c.45 on the "1745
crossing").
- - - - -
The siblings of John Childress ("md. Lindsay") were younger brother
William Childress (hereinafter "the Silent," for the paucity of records
appertaining), a [prb] shoemaker in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tenn., latterly
of Anderson Co., then Campbell Co., Tenn. and sister Mary Easton, of the
"Scuffletown" district of Knoxville, Knox Co., Tenn. That these were
his only siblings is consistent with the 1783 and 1785 censuses of
Amherst Co., Virginia and 19th Century oral histories within the family.
- - - - -
It has been oft speculated that Mitchell Childress, a Revolutionary War
militiaman who was born 23 Oct 1750, in Henrico Co., Virginia
(hereinafter "Mitchell Childress md. (1) Hannah Webb, (2) Rachel
Hendrix"), was a brother to John Childress, Jr. ("md. Lindsay"). This
conclusion appears to have partly arisen from the observation that both
men were born 9 years apart, lived in Amherst County, Virginia in their
youth, lived in Wilkes County, North Carolina after the American
Revolutionary War, and then migrated to Knox Co., Tennessee where they
lived out their lives 3 miles apart amid expanding families.
But recent DNA testing of descendants of both John Childress ("md.
Lindsay") and Mitchell Childress ("md. Webb & Hendrix") has conclusively
proved that these two men were not brothers. [See "Childress-Childers
DNA Project 2004," cf. # 8288 (Joseph Howard Childress) with # 13294
(James Ronald Childress)]. Their respective families were genetically
unrelated, sharing no common male ancestor. Results from the
"Childress-Childers DNA Project" reveal that John Childress ("md.
Lindsay") was genetically a "Celtic" Childress whereas Mitchell
Childress ("md. Webb & Hendrix") was genetically a "Viking" Childress.
Mitchell Childress's ("md. Webb & Hendrix") lineage is provisionally
this, viz,
[7] Mitchell Childress ("md. Webb & Hendrix") (b. 23 Oct 1750 @ Henrico
Co., Va., d. 1844 @ Knox Co., Tenn.), farmer and Revolutionary War
militiaman; son of -
[6] Abraham Childress ("md. Frances - - - ") (b.c. 1730 @ Henrico Co.,
Va., d.c. - - -) of Mullenax Creek, Albemarle Co., Va., latterly of
Harris Creek, Amherst Co., Va.; son of -
[5] Frederick Childress ("md. Ann - - - ") (b.c. 1710, d. 1784) of
Henrico Co., Va.; son of -
[4] Abraham Childress ("md. - - -") (b.c. 1690, d.c. 1763) of Miery Br.,
Henrico Co., Va., latterly of Ufnam Creek, Henrico Co., Va.; son of -
[3] Abraham Childress ("md. - - - Pew," dau. of Henry Pew) (b.c. 1672,
d. - - -) of Four Mile Cr., Henrico Co., Va.; son of -
[2] Abraham Childress ("md. Anne - - -") (b. 1655, d. Sep 1698) of Four
Mile Cr., Henrico Co., Va.; son of -
[1] Abraham Childress ("the emigrant") (b.c. 1630, d.c. 1680) of Curles,
at lower side of Morgan's Landing, Henrico Co., Virginia.
* * * to be continued * * *