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     Nancy (?) was born in 1750.¹ She married Edward Cahal in 1770 at Virginia, USA.^1,2

     GAV-5.

     Elizabeth Cahal was born between 1776 and 1780; Date is based on the assumption that Elizabeth was 16-20 years of age when she married in 1796.² She married William Thornton on 4 September 1796 at Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, USA,
; Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800

Marriage Record #2: Ancestry.com - Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940

     Abigail "Abbe" Cahall was born between 1766 and 1770 at Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, USA; Date is based on the assumption that Abbe was 16-20 years of age when she married in 1786.² She married William Murphy on 7 March 1786 at Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, USA,
; Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940

Marriage Record #2: Ancestry.com - Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800
     Abigail "Abbe" Cahall appeared in the census of 1830 at Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, USA; NB: Abigail's husband, William was not enumerated in this census (either dead or traveling?).
p. 364, line 26.
Name:     26 Abigail Murphy [75393] Ref #3099
Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Pittsylvania, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     1 (1821-25)
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     2 (1801-10)
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1 (aft 1825)
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     1 (1816-20)
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1 (1801-10)
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     2 (1791-1800)
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59:     1 (1771-80) Abigail c1766/70
Slaves - Males - Under 10:     4
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23:     4
Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54:     1
Slaves - Females - Under 10:     2
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:     2
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35:     1
Free White Persons - Under 20:     3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     5
Total Free White Persons:     9
Total Slaves:     14
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     23.⁴

     Bethania Cahal was born between 1778 and 1786; Bob Pratt Family Tree says b. 1778; A DNA Chase Family Tree says b. 1780. If Bethania was between 16 and 20 when she married in 1802, then her year of birth would have been ca 1782-1786.^3,4 She married Henry Perkins on 29 July 1802 at Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, USA,
; Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850

Marriage Record #2: Ancestry.com - Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
     Bethania Cahal and Henry Perkins appeared in the census of 7 August 1820; p. 50, line 15
Name:     15 Henry Perkins
Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     Maury, Tennessee
Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     2 [aft 1810]
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     2 [1805-10]
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1 [1776-94] Henry
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     2 [aft 1810]
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     1 [1805-10]
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1776-94] Bethania ca 1778
Slaves - Males - Under 14:     1
Slaves - Females - Under 14:     3
Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:     4
Free White Persons - Under 16:     7
Free White Persons - Over 25:     2
Total Free White Persons:     9
Total Slaves:     5
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     14.⁷

     Sarah Nichols was born in 1725 at Caroline Co., Virginia, USA.¹ She married Christopher Robertson Sr., son of John Robertson and Tabitha Jones, on 28 March 1771 at Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, USA.^4,1

Sarah Nichols died in 1791 at Meadville, Halifax Co., Virginia, USA.¹
     In John Nichols's will dated 8 October 1773 at Halifax Co., Virginia, USA, Sarah Nichols was named as an heir;      "In the name of God Amen, the 8th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy three - I John Nichols of the County of Halifax being very sick and weak in body but in perfect mind & memory thanks be to God. Therefore, calling to mind the mortality of my Boddy and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all -
     "I give recommend my soul to God that gave it and for my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a Christian and decent manner at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting that at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it is pleased God to bless me with in this life - I give devise and dispose in manner and form following.
     "I empress it is my will and I do order that in the first place all my debts to be paid and satisfied.
     "Item: I leave to my well beloving wife Mary Nichols during her widowhood only, seven negroes namely, Peter, Lewis, Frank, Patt, Milley, Hannah and Jenny, also my Manor plantation together with 580 [acres] of land contiguous thereto according to a survey lately made by Robert Wooding together with my household furniture, utensils, &c. Also, my still together with my riding horse, Boo, together with all stocks & moveables of all kinds.
     "Item: I have given to my sons, William, John & Jesse Nichols & also to my daughters Sary Robertson, Betty Owen and Peggy Legrand, themselves their heirs and assigns all the land negroes cattle hoggs beds pewter & every other thing that I before lent them to their only proper use & behoof of them & their heirs as their parts of my estate.
     "Item: To my well beloved son Ambrose Nichols & to his heirs and assigns all that tract or parcel of land joining his brother Jesse, Hardwick, and Peter Hudson situate on the branches of Clover Creek containing four hundred and sixth eight acres more or less according to a survey made by Robert Wooding, it being part of Order of Counsel, also 50 pounds Current Money to be raised out of my estate by my Executors by selling anything that can be best spared also anything that has been delivered him.
     "Item: I give and bequest to my well beloved daughter Nanny Nichols and her heirs and assigns all the tract of or parcel of land situate on the branches of Difficult and Black Walnut Creeks and on both sides of Stewarts Ferry Road joining the lines of Agnes Robertson, Thomas Hope and the outlines of my Order and John Jones, containing four hundred acres more or less according to a survey made by Robert Wooding being part of my order aforesaid. I also give to my Daughter aforesaid two negroes namely, Milley and Hannah, 1 horse or mare, 2 cows and calves & 1 heifer together with 1 feather bed & furniture.
     "Item: I also give and bequeath to my well beloved son Bird Nichols and to his heirs and assigns, all that tract or parcel of land on both sides of Black Walnut Creek containing four hundred and fifty acres more or less with a plantation thereon according to a survey made by Col. Wooding it being part of my order of Counsel, joining the lines of my Manor plantation, likewise Agnes Robertson her land I have conveyed to her by the consent of her mother &c. I also do give to my aforesaid son Bird Nichols two negroes namely Peter & Patt, also 2 cows & calves & 1 heifer without a calf, 1 bed & furniture. It is my will that my son David Nichols shall within 12 months after my decease & the decease or wodowhood of my wife, pay Bird Nichols fifteen pounds. as his part of a little negro named Jenny. It is also my will that in case I shall depart this life before I sell the present crop that my Executors shall deliver to Bird and David Nichols one Hdd of Tobo. about 1200 pounds to be divided equal, to purchase each a suit of Cloths.
     "Item: I give and bequeath to well-beloved son David Nichols and to his heirs and assigns all that tract or parcel of land contiguous to my Mantion House, situate in fork of Black Walnut Creek containing five hundred and eighty acres more or less, according to a survey made by Co. Robert Wooding it being part of my Order of Counsel aforesaid. Also, three negroes Namely, Lewis, Frank and Jenny, also two cows & calves & 1 heifer without a calf, also 1 bed & furniture.
     "Item: I give and bequeath to my two sons Bird & David Nichols & my daughter Nanny to each of them two ewes.
     "Item: I do likewise give to my two sons Bird and David aforesaid my still, cart and gun to be used between them and each to have as like property in them, also the two Guns the largest to Bird.
     "Item: I give likewise to my Daughter Nanny and my two sons Bird and David Nichols to each two dishes and basin and six plates and six knives and forks also it is my will and desire that all the above legacies to be delivered to Nanny, Bird, and David Nichols at the decease or intermarrying of my wife aforesaid.
     "Item: I give to my well beloved son John Nichols all my wearing cloths of every kind and it my will that the remainder of my stock household furniture and every other thing that can be shared of the plantation shall be sold after the dec. or intermarrying of my aforesaid wife at six months credit by my Executors and if any of my children should die without lawful heirs their portions be equally divided among the survivors.
     "Item: I hereby appoint and constitute Mat Sims and my loving sons William and John Nichols to be Executors of that my past Will and Testament.
     "In Witness where of I have set my hand affixed my seals this day and date as above
     "In presence of Matthew Sims, Edward Parker, Ralph Owen

     "At a court continued and held for Halifax County the 22nd day of April 1774 This last Will and Testament of John Nichols deceased was presented in Court by William Nichols one of the Executors herein named who made oath hereto according to law. An the same being proved by the oaths of two of the Witnesses hereto was ordered to be recorded and on the motion of this Executor certificate was granted him for obtaining a probate hereof in due form giving security whereupon he with James Cobbs and Abraham Legrand his security entered into and acknowledged their Bond with condition according to law. And Matthew Sims one other of the executors herein named refused take upon himself the burden and execution thereof and liberty is reserved to the other Executor to join in probate.

Ancestry.com - Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1983
Source Citation

     Mary Owen was born in 1704 at Caroline Co., Virginia, USA; Marriage record says b. 1704.^1,2 She married John Nichols on 16 November 1716
; Ancestry.com - U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Mary Owen died on 9 January 1796 at Halifax, Halifax Co., Virginia, USA.¹
     In John Nichols's will dated 8 October 1773 at Halifax Co., Virginia, USA, Mary Owen was named as an heir;      "In the name of God Amen, the 8th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy three - I John Nichols of the County of Halifax being very sick and weak in body but in perfect mind & memory thanks be to God. Therefore, calling to mind the mortality of my Boddy and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all -
     "I give recommend my soul to God that gave it and for my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a Christian and decent manner at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting that at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it is pleased God to bless me with in this life - I give devise and dispose in manner and form following.
     "I empress it is my will and I do order that in the first place all my debts to be paid and satisfied.
     "Item: I leave to my well beloving wife Mary Nichols during her widowhood only, seven negroes namely, Peter, Lewis, Frank, Patt, Milley, Hannah and Jenny, also my Manor plantation together with 580 [acres] of land contiguous thereto according to a survey lately made by Robert Wooding together with my household furniture, utensils, &c. Also, my still together with my riding horse, Boo, together with all stocks & moveables of all kinds.
     "Item: I have given to my sons, William, John & Jesse Nichols & also to my daughters Sary Robertson, Betty Owen and Peggy Legrand, themselves their heirs and assigns all the land negroes cattle hoggs beds pewter & every other thing that I before lent them to their only proper use & behoof of them & their heirs as their parts of my estate.
     "Item: To my well beloved son Ambrose Nichols & to his heirs and assigns all that tract or parcel of land joining his brother Jesse, Hardwick, and Peter Hudson situate on the branches of Clover Creek containing four hundred and sixth eight acres more or less according to a survey made by Robert Wooding, it being part of Order of Counsel, also 50 pounds Current Money to be raised out of my estate by my Executors by selling anything that can be best spared also anything that has been delivered him.
     "Item: I give and bequest to my well beloved daughter Nanny Nichols and her heirs and assigns all the tract of or parcel of land situate on the branches of Difficult and Black Walnut Creeks and on both sides of Stewarts Ferry Road joining the lines of Agnes Robertson, Thomas Hope and the outlines of my Order and John Jones, containing four hundred acres more or less according to a survey made by Robert Wooding being part of my order aforesaid. I also give to my Daughter aforesaid two negroes namely, Milley and Hannah, 1 horse or mare, 2 cows and calves & 1 heifer together with 1 feather bed & furniture.
     "Item: I also give and bequeath to my well beloved son Bird Nichols and to his heirs and assigns, all that tract or parcel of land on both sides of Black Walnut Creek containing four hundred and fifty acres more or less with a plantation thereon according to a survey made by Col. Wooding it being part of my order of Counsel, joining the lines of my Manor plantation, likewise Agnes Robertson her land I have conveyed to her by the consent of her mother &c. I also do give to my aforesaid son Bird Nichols two negroes namely Peter & Patt, also 2 cows & calves & 1 heifer without a calf, 1 bed & furniture. It is my will that my son David Nichols shall within 12 months after my decease & the decease or wodowhood of my wife, pay Bird Nichols fifteen pounds. as his part of a little negro named Jenny. It is also my will that in case I shall depart this life before I sell the present crop that my Executors shall deliver to Bird and David Nichols one Hdd of Tobo. about 1200 pounds to be divided equal, to purchase each a suit of Cloths.
     "Item: I give and bequeath to well-beloved son David Nichols and to his heirs and assigns all that tract or parcel of land contiguous to my Mantion House, situate in fork of Black Walnut Creek containing five hundred and eighty acres more or less, according to a survey made by Co. Robert Wooding it being part of my Order of Counsel aforesaid. Also, three negroes Namely, Lewis, Frank and Jenny, also two cows & calves & 1 heifer without a calf, also 1 bed & furniture.
     "Item: I give and bequeath to my two sons Bird & David Nichols & my daughter Nanny to each of them two ewes.
     "Item: I do likewise give to my two sons Bird and David aforesaid my still, cart and gun to be used between them and each to have as like property in them, also the two Guns the largest to Bird.
     "Item: I give likewise to my Daughter Nanny and my two sons Bird and David Nichols to each two dishes and basin and six plates and six knives and forks also it is my will and desire that all the above legacies to be delivered to Nanny, Bird, and David Nichols at the decease or intermarrying of my wife aforesaid.
     "Item: I give to my well beloved son John Nichols all my wearing cloths of every kind and it my will that the remainder of my stock household furniture and every other thing that can be shared of the plantation shall be sold after the dec. or intermarrying of my aforesaid wife at six months credit by my Executors and if any of my children should die without lawful heirs their portions be equally divided among the survivors.
     "Item: I hereby appoint and constitute Mat Sims and my loving sons William and John Nichols to be Executors of that my past Will and Testament.
     "In Witness where of I have set my hand affixed my seals this day and date as above
     "In presence of Matthew Sims, Edward Parker, Ralph Owen

     "At a court continued and held for Halifax County the 22nd day of April 1774 This last Will and Testament of John Nichols deceased was presented in Court by William Nichols one of the Executors herein named who made oath hereto according to law. An the same being proved by the oaths of two of the Witnesses hereto was ordered to be recorded and on the motion of this Executor certificate was granted him for obtaining a probate hereof in due form giving security whereupon he with James Cobbs and Abraham Legrand his security entered into and acknowledged their Bond with condition according to law. And Matthew Sims one other of the executors herein named refused take upon himself the burden and execution thereof and liberty is reserved to the other Executor to join in probate.

Ancestry.com - Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1983
Source Citation

     John Nichols was born in 1698 at Halifax Co., Virginia, USA.^1,2 He married Mary Owen on 16 November 1716
; Ancestry.com - U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
John Nichols died on 22 April 1774 at Halifax, Halifax Co., Virginia, USA.¹
     John Nichols left a will on 8 October 1773 at Halifax Co., Virginia, USA;      "In the name of God Amen, the 8th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy three - I John Nichols of the County of Halifax being very sick and weak in body but in perfect mind & memory thanks be to God. Therefore, calling to mind the mortality of my Boddy and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all -
     "I give recommend my soul to God that gave it and for my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a Christian and decent manner at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting that at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it is pleased God to bless me with in this life - I give devise and dispose in manner and form following.
     "I empress it is my will and I do order that in the first place all my debts to be paid and satisfied.
     "Item: I leave to my well beloving wife Mary Nichols during her widowhood only, seven negroes namely, Peter, Lewis, Frank, Patt, Milley, Hannah and Jenny, also my Manor plantation together with 580 [acres] of land contiguous thereto according to a survey lately made by Robert Wooding together with my household furniture, utensils, &c. Also, my still together with my riding horse, Boo, together with all stocks & moveables of all kinds.
     "Item: I have given to my sons, William, John & Jesse Nichols & also to my daughters Sary Robertson, Betty Owen and Peggy Legrand, themselves their heirs and assigns all the land negroes cattle hoggs beds pewter & every other thing that I before lent them to their only proper use & behoof of them & their heirs as their parts of my estate.
     "Item: To my well beloved son Ambrose Nichols & to his heirs and assigns all that tract or parcel of land joining his brother Jesse, Hardwick, and Peter Hudson situate on the branches of Clover Creek containing four hundred and sixth eight acres more or less according to a survey made by Robert Wooding, it being part of Order of Counsel, also 50 pounds Current Money to be raised out of my estate by my Executors by selling anything that can be best spared also anything that has been delivered him.
     "Item: I give and bequest to my well beloved daughter Nanny Nichols and her heirs and assigns all the tract of or parcel of land situate on the branches of Difficult and Black Walnut Creeks and on both sides of Stewarts Ferry Road joining the lines of Agnes Robertson, Thomas Hope and the outlines of my Order and John Jones, containing four hundred acres more or less according to a survey made by Robert Wooding being part of my order aforesaid. I also give to my Daughter aforesaid two negroes namely, Milley and Hannah, 1 horse or mare, 2 cows and calves & 1 heifer together with 1 feather bed & furniture.
     "Item: I also give and bequeath to my well beloved son Bird Nichols and to his heirs and assigns, all that tract or parcel of land on both sides of Black Walnut Creek containing four hundred and fifty acres more or less with a plantation thereon according to a survey made by Col. Wooding it being part of my order of Counsel, joining the lines of my Manor plantation, likewise Agnes Robertson her land I have conveyed to her by the consent of her mother &c. I also do give to my aforesaid son Bird Nichols two negroes namely Peter & Patt, also 2 cows & calves & 1 heifer without a calf, 1 bed & furniture. It is my will that my son David Nichols shall within 12 months after my decease & the decease or wodowhood of my wife, pay Bird Nichols fifteen pounds. as his part of a little negro named Jenny. It is also my will that in case I shall depart this life before I sell the present crop that my Executors shall deliver to Bird and David Nichols one Hdd of Tobo. about 1200 pounds to be divided equal, to purchase each a suit of Cloths.
     "Item: I give and bequeath to well-beloved son David Nichols and to his heirs and assigns all that tract or parcel of land contiguous to my Mantion House, situate in fork of Black Walnut Creek containing five hundred and eighty acres more or less, according to a survey made by Co. Robert Wooding it being part of my Order of Counsel aforesaid. Also, three negroes Namely, Lewis, Frank and Jenny, also two cows & calves & 1 heifer without a calf, also 1 bed & furniture.
     "Item: I give and bequeath to my two sons Bird & David Nichols & my daughter Nanny to each of them two ewes.
     "Item: I do likewise give to my two sons Bird and David aforesaid my still, cart and gun to be used between them and each to have as like property in them, also the two Guns the largest to Bird.
     "Item: I give likewise to my Daughter Nanny and my two sons Bird and David Nichols to each two dishes and basin and six plates and six knives and forks also it is my will and desire that all the above legacies to be delivered to Nanny, Bird, and David Nichols at the decease or intermarrying of my wife aforesaid.
     "Item: I give to my well beloved son John Nichols all my wearing cloths of every kind and it my will that the remainder of my stock household furniture and every other thing that can be shared of the plantation shall be sold after the dec. or intermarrying of my aforesaid wife at six months credit by my Executors and if any of my children should die without lawful heirs their portions be equally divided among the survivors.
     "Item: I hereby appoint and constitute Mat Sims and my loving sons William and John Nichols to be Executors of that my past Will and Testament.
     "In Witness where of I have set my hand affixed my seals this day and date as above
     "In presence of Matthew Sims, Edward Parker, Ralph Owen

     "At a court continued and held for Halifax County the 22nd day of April 1774 This last Will and Testament of John Nichols deceased was presented in Court by William Nichols one of the Executors herein named who made oath hereto according to law. An the same being proved by the oaths of two of the Witnesses hereto was ordered to be recorded and on the motion of this Executor certificate was granted him for obtaining a probate hereof in due form giving security whereupon he with James Cobbs and Abraham Legrand his security entered into and acknowledged their Bond with condition according to law. And Matthew Sims one other of the executors herein named refused take upon himself the burden and execution thereof and liberty is reserved to the other Executor to join in probate.

Ancestry.com - Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1983
Source Citation

     Christopher Robertson Sr. was born on 24 July 1723 at Henrico Co., Virginia, USA.¹ He married Sarah Nichols, daughter of John Nichols and Mary Owen, on 28 March 1771 at Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, USA.^1,4

Christopher Robertson Sr. died on 12 August 1791 at Halifax, Halifax Co., Virginia, USA, at age 68.¹

     Tabitha Jones married John Robertson, son of John Robertson and Mavell Alsop East, at Henrico Co., Virginia, USA.^2,1
Tabitha Jones was born in 1698 at Henrico Co., Virginia, USA.¹
Tabitha Jones died in 1768 at Cumberland, Cumberland Co., Virginia, USA.¹

     John Robertson married Tabitha Jones at Henrico Co., Virginia, USA.^1,4
John Robertson was born in 1688 at Henrico Co., Virginia, USA.¹
John Robertson died on 5 December 1768 at Cumberland, Cumberland Co., Virginia, USA.¹

     Mavell Alsop East was born in 1676 at Henrico Co., Virginia, USA.¹ She married John Robertson in 1689 at Henrico Co., Virginia, USA.^4,1

Mavell Alsop East died in 1725 at Henrico Co., Virginia, USA.¹

     Dorothy Thomas was born in 1640 at Henrico Co., Virginia, USA.¹ She married Thomas East, son of Thomas East, on 8 August 1686 at Henrico Co., Virginia, USA.^2,1

Dorothy Thomas died in 1702 at Henrico Co., Virginia, USA.¹

     Thomas East was born in 1640 at Henrico Co., Virginia, USA.¹ He married Dorothy Thomas on 8 August 1686 at Henrico Co., Virginia, USA.^1,3

Thomas East died on 2 January 1727 at Henrico Co., Virginia, USA.¹

     Thomas East was born in 1614 at Charles City, Charles Co., Virginia, USA.¹
Thomas East died in January 1659 at Charles City, Charles Co., Virginia, USA.¹

     William East died at Virginia, USA.¹ He was born in 1594 at England.¹

     John Robertson was born in 1670 at Henrico Co., Virginia, USA.¹ He married Mavell Alsop East, daughter of Thomas East and Dorothy Thomas, in 1689 at Henrico Co., Virginia, USA.^1,2

John Robertson died on 5 December 1720 at Henrico Co., Virginia, USA.¹

     Eleanor Pitcairn was born at Dreghorn, Ayrshire, Scotland.⁴ She married Rev. William III Robertson, son of William II Robertson of Gladney and Margaret Mitchell, on 20 October 1720 at St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland,
;      Copy of marriage record seen on Ancestry, posted by dunmac96: "The Revd Mr William Robertson Minister of the Gospel 20th Ocber at Borthwick & Eleanor Pitcairn daur to the Deceas'd Mr. David Pitcairn of Dreghorn."
     Marriage of "Rev. William: of Ediburgh: m. - Pitcairn of Dreghorn" in "ancient Robertson Families (Clan Donnachaidh, etc.)" on Ancestry. Per Pitcairn [1905:473]: "two sons and six daughters."^5,1,6,7,8,9
Eleanor Pitcairn died on 22 November 1745 at Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland.¹⁰
Eleanor Pitcairn was buried after 22 November 1745 at Burial location unknown ; from Find A Grave:
     Birth:      unknown, East Ayrshire, Scotland
     Death:      Nov. 22, 1745, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
     Family links: Spouse: William Robertson (1686 - 1745)
     Children: Jean Robertson Henry (1684 - 1735)*
     Burial: Unknown
          Created by: Gary & Nancy Glenn Clamp...
     Record added: May 01, 2011
     Find A Grave Memorial# 69186386.²

     Rev. William III Robertson was born on 30 June 1686 at West Wemys, Fife, Scotland;      Birth record posted on Ancestry on 11 Nov 2011 by dunmac96 says b 9 May 1678.^7,8 He married Eleanor Pitcairn, daughter of David Pitcairn of Dreghorn and Mary Ann Anderson, on 20 October 1720 at St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland,
;      Copy of marriage record seen on Ancestry, posted by dunmac96: "The Revd Mr William Robertson Minister of the Gospel 20th Ocber at Borthwick & Eleanor Pitcairn daur to the Deceas'd Mr. David Pitcairn of Dreghorn."
     Marriage of "Rev. William: of Ediburgh: m. - Pitcairn of Dreghorn" in "ancient Robertson Families (Clan Donnachaidh, etc.)" on Ancestry. Per Pitcairn [1905:473]: "two sons and six daughters."^{9,10,11,2,12,13}
Rev. William III Robertson died on 16 November 1745 at Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland, at age 59;      Death record posted on Ancestry on 11 Nov 2011 by dunmac96 says b 9 May 1678.^14,7,15
Rev. William III Robertson was buried after 16 November 1745 at Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland; from Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     30 Jun 1686, West Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
     DEATH     16 Nov 1745 (aged 59), City of Edinburgh, Scotland
     Family Members
     Spouse
          Eleanor Pitcairn Robertson unknown–1745
     Children
          William Robertson 1721–1793
     Burial: Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
     Created by: Gary & Nancy Glenn Clamp...
     Record added: May 01, 2011
     Find A Grave Memorial# 69186174.¹⁶
     Reference: Genealogics cites: The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies of the United States; Baltimore, 2004, Roberts, Gary Boyd. Page 101.¹⁷

; My three major sources on William III Robertson have been:
     1. Stephen [1921-22:16:1311]
     2. Pitcairn [1905:473]
     3. van de Pas' Genelogics (who cites Roberts [2008:101]
     4. The Find A Grave memorial for Rev William Robertson (1624-1708)
     It is now pretty clear to me that the Find A Grave memorial contains some major errors and may have mixed up two different individuals.
     Stephen [1920-21:16:1311] is clear that the Rev. William IV Robertson, D. D., was the son of Rev. William Robertson and Eleanor Pitcairn, but his given date of birth would not accomodate the birth/death dates given for William III on the Find A Grave memorial. Further, Stephen [1920-21:16:1311] says that William III died 16 Nov. 1745 and married Eleanor on 20 Oct. 1720.
     Pitcairn [1905:473] offers no dates for William III or for his marriage to Eleanor.
     I can't resolve the contradictions at this stage. GA Vaut.^{18,19,3,20,21,22}

Reference: Ancestry.com - Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
     Name:     William Robertson
     Gender:     Male
     Child:     William Robertson
     Source Citation: Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 16; Page: 1311
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
     Original data: Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. Volumes 1–22. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921–1922. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922, Oxford University Press, London, England.¹⁴ He was a mentioned with William IV Robertson D. D.; per Brown [1997:98]: "William Robertson (1721-1793) was son of the Reverend William Robertson (1868-1745), who was the second son of William Robertson of Gladney (b. 1656), who was the second son of William Robertson of Muirton, who was elder son of David robertson of Muirton, who was eldest son of Gilbert Robertson of Muirton and Janet Reid of Aikenhead, sister to Robert Reid, Bishop of Orkney (b. 1558). Gilbert Robertson was son of John, a younger son of Alexander, fifth Baron of Strowan (or Struan); Gilbert's mother was Margaret, daughter of Sr James Crichton of Frendraught, only son and heir of William, third Lord Crichton an dhis wife, Margaret Steward, daughter of James II. James II's mother, Jane, was granddaughter of John of Gaunt, son of Edward II of England: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, The Baronage of Scotland; Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Gentry of that Kingdom (Edinburgh, 1798), pp. 405-10, 413-414. Thomas Seccombe's notice of Robertson in the Dictinary of National Biography cited the Struan, but not the Stewart descent, and referred readers to Douglas's Baronage."²³

     William II Robertson of Gladney married Margaret Mitchell in 1595 at Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.^2,3

William II Robertson of Gladney died in 1629 at Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.¹ He was born in 1656 at Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.⁴
     Reference: van de Pas cites: The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies of the United States; Baltimore, 2004, Roberts, Gary Boyd. Page 101.³ He was a mentioned with William IV Robertson D. D.; per Brown [1997:98]: "William Robertson (1721-1793) was son of the Reverend William Robertson (1868-1745), who was the second son of William Robertson of Gladney (b. 1656), who was the second son of William Robertson of Muirton, who was elder son of David robertson of Muirton, who was eldest son of Gilbert Robertson of Muirton and Janet Reid of Aikenhead, sister to Robert Reid, Bishop of Orkney (b. 1558). Gilbert Robertson was son of John, a younger son of Alexander, fifth Baron of Strowan (or Struan); Gilbert's mother was Margaret, daughter of Sr James Crichton of Frendraught, only son and heir of William, third Lord Crichton an dhis wife, Margaret Steward, daughter of James II. James II's mother, Jane, was granddaughter of John of Gaunt, son of Edward II of England: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, The Baronage of Scotland; Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Gentry of that Kingdom (Edinburgh, 1798), pp. 405-10, 413-414. Thomas Seccombe's notice of Robertson in the Dictinary of National Biography cited the Struan, but not the Stewart descent, and referred readers to Douglas's Baronage."⁴

     Margaret Mitchell was born in 1575 at Ross & Cromarty, Ayrshire, Scotland.² She married William II Robertson of Gladney, son of William I Robertson of Muirton and Isabel Petrie, in 1595 at Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.^1,3

Margaret Mitchell died in 1624 at Ayrshire, Scotland.^4,2
     Margaret Mitchell was also known as Anna Marie Mitchell.⁵

     Isabel Petrie was born in 1530 at Scotland.¹ She married William I Robertson of Muirton, son of David Robertson of Muirton and NN Innes, in 1565 at Scotland.^2,1,3,4

Isabel Petrie died in 1593.¹

     William I Robertson of Muirton was born in 1530 at Elgin, Moray, Scotland.¹ He married Isabel Petrie in 1565 at Scotland.^1,5,2,3

William I Robertson of Muirton died in 1599 at Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland.¹
     Reference: van de Pas cites: The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies of the United States; Baltimore, 2004, Roberts, Gary Boyd. Page 101.³ He was a mentioned with William IV Robertson D. D.; per Brown [1997:98]: "William Robertson (1721-1793) was son of the Reverend William Robertson (1868-1745), who was the second son of William Robertson of Gladney (b. 1656), who was the second son of William Robertson of Muirton, who was elder son of David robertson of Muirton, who was eldest son of Gilbert Robertson of Muirton and Janet Reid of Aikenhead, sister to Robert Reid, Bishop of Orkney (b. 1558). Gilbert Robertson was son of John, a younger son of Alexander, fifth Baron of Strowan (or Struan); Gilbert's mother was Margaret, daughter of Sr James Crichton of Frendraught, only son and heir of William, third Lord Crichton an dhis wife, Margaret Steward, daughter of James II. James II's mother, Jane, was granddaughter of John of Gaunt, son of Edward II of England: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, The Baronage of Scotland; Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Gentry of that Kingdom (Edinburgh, 1798), pp. 405-10, 413-414. Thomas Seccombe's notice of Robertson in the Dictinary of National Biography cited the Struan, but not the Stewart descent, and referred readers to Douglas's Baronage."⁶

     William Raynar married Elizabeth Black on 24 September 1658 at Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA,
; her 2nd husband.¹
William Raynar died on 26 October 1672 at Marblehead, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Martha Scott married Isaac Freeman.¹

     Isaac Freeman married Martha Scott.¹

     James Canfield Jr. married Anne Bower.²
James Canfield Jr. was born on 16 July 1752 at Bedford, Westchester Co., New York, USA.¹
James Canfield Jr. died on 15 August 1830 at Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., New York, USA, at age 78; From Ancestry.com - Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
Name: James Canfield
Cemetery: Ref Ch Cem Location: Rhinebeck NY 54Source Citation: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 1; Serial: 11831; Volume: 4.
Source Information: Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Original data: Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Vol. 1-4. Dallas, TX, USA: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987.^1,3
     James Canfield Jr. appeared in the census of 1790 at Fishkill, Dutchess Co., New York, USA;
pp. 88-89, Line 877
     Name: James Canfield
     Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Fishkill, Dutchess, New York
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 1
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
     Free White Persons - Females: 6
     Number of Household Members: 8.⁴

James Canfield Jr. appeared in the census of 1800 at Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., New York, USA;
p. 162, Line 6429
     Name: James Canfield
     Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Rhinbeck, Dutchess, New York
     Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 1
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
     Number of Household Members Under 16: 4
     Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
     Number of Household Members: 7.⁵

James Canfield Jr. appeared in the census of 1810 at Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., New York, USA;
p. 288, Line 28
     Name:     James Canfield
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     2
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     6.⁶

James Canfield Jr. appeared in the census of 1820 at Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., New York, USA;
p. 128, Line 22
     Name:     James Canfield
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures:     1
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     2
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     2.⁷

     Stephen B. Canfield was born in September 1754 at Bedford, Westchester Co., New York, USA.¹
Stephen B. Canfield died on 12 October 1841 at East Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 87.¹

     Deborah Canfield was born in July 1756 at Bedford, Westchester Co., New York, USA.¹
Deborah Canfield died in 1805.¹