Didama Townsend

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[Broderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #5642, Date of Import: 30 May 1997] Alive 17 June 1846; but have no death date or place.

Didama married Jesse Webb, Sr. Abt 1790, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Jesse was born Abt 1760, North Carolina; died Apr 1835, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. Jesse Webb, Jr.
2. Townsend Webb was born Abt 1790; died 2 Apr 1826, Phillips Co., Arkansas.
3. Didama Webb was born 6 Jun 1792; died Between 1817 and 1886.
4. John Webb was born Abt 1793; died Between 1794 and 1883.
5. James Webb was born 27 Jul 1806, Logan Co., Kentucky; died 2 Jun 1909, Fair Oaks, San Joaquin Co., California; was buried , Linden Cemetery, California.
6. Ira Webb was born Abt 1808; died Abt 1835.
7. Celia Webb was born Abt 1812; died Between 1841 and 1906.
8. Nancy Webb was born Abt 1815; died Between 1841 and 1909.
9. Sally Margeret Webb was born Abt 1818, Warren County, Tennessee; died Between 1833 and 1912.
10. Elizabeth Webb was born Abt 1820; died Between 1848 and 1914.
11. Lucinda Webb was born Abt 1822; died Between 1850 and 1916.

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[Broderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #6028, Date of Import: 31 May 1997]

Thomas married Anphilda Watson Abt 1759, Chatham, Hanover, Virginia. Anphilda (daughter of John Watson and Mary Chenoweth) was born 1730, Hanover, Virginia; died 1818, Logan, Kentucky; was buried , Old Cem Rd River, Logan, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

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[Broderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #6028, Date of Import: 31 May 1997] Anaphilda Townsend's will available from Logan County, Kentucky Will book B page 24. Will is proof that Light Townsend was her son. Buried in Red River Cemetery, Metting House, Logan Cty, KY BIRTH: Riely Townsend book. DEATH: Riely Townsend book. NOTE: Anaphilda Townsend's will available from Logan County, Kentucky Will book B page 24. Will is proof that Light Townsend was her son.

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Will of John Watson of Pittsylvania County, Virginia Written 22 October 1794 Proved 19 April 1802 In the name of God Amen: I, John Watson of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, being of perfect health, body, and mind and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make, constitute and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all, I recommend my soul unto the hands of God who gave it to me and as for my body, I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the direction of my executors, hereafter named, and as for my worldly goods wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life, I give and bequeath, devise and dispose of in the manner and form as following: Item: It is my Will and I do order in the first place all my just debts be paid and burial charges paid and settled. Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved son, William and his heirs forever my dwelling plantation and all the land thereto belonging and as for my moveable estate, I also give and bequeath the whole I possess to my son William whom I constitute and ordain to be my only sole executor of this my last Will and Testament. Item: I give and bequeath to my son Thomas and to my son John and to my daughter Grisell Farthing to my daughter Ceziah Hughes and to my daughter Anphilda Tounsend and to their heirs forever one shilling sterling to each of them their full share of all my whole estate to be paid out of my estate by my executor as witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this day and year. October 22, 1794 /s/ John Watson Witnesses: John Hammond, Josiah Ferguson and Elisha Burton Teste Will Tunstall (source: Barbara Farthing Bonham)

John married Mary Chenoweth 24 May 1733, Baltimore, Maryland. Mary (daughter of John Chenoweth and Mary Calvert) was born 1708, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

John and Mary Chenoweth migrated from Cornwall England to USA somtime between the birth of Hannah in 1713 and Arthur in 1716. The Mary Padden records question whether Mary Calvert is the daugther of Charles Clavert, but this has been confirmed by the LDS Records which show her mother to be Mary Banks, one of Charles' four wives. The LDS records also show the birth of the first children in Cornwall and indicate one additional birth, unnamed. Might this have been a child who died young? RRS

John married Mary Calvert 1705, England. Mary was born Abt 1680, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The connection of the Chenoweths with the Calvert family, and hence with the Royalty of Europe, is dependent on two possible connections. Were either Mary or Ruth, as family tradition suggests, members of the Calvert Family and the House of Baltimore? Firstly, some notes from "The Chenoweth Family In America." By Shirley D. Harris, Printed by Gerald Printing Service, Scottsville, KY. 1994. "Family tradition has it that...John Chenoweth and Mary Calvert, daughter of Charles Calvert, Third Lord Blatimore, were married about 1705; that Mary was the daughter of the third wife of Charles Calvert, the widow Mary Banks (Thorpe), who Charles married December 16, 1701." "But acceptance of the statements in the paragraph above can be found in many writings about the Chenoweth family history written in the late 1800's and early 1900's, but outside of documentation of the marriage of Charles Cakvert to a Mary Banks (Thorpe), entries supporting the union of John and mary Calvert found in two diaries belonging to the the families of John's sons Arthur and Thomas, and an entry in a Bible which came from the family of John's eldest son John, no other, more substantial proof for any of it has ever been found." The Harris article examines the fact that in order to be married in about 1705, Mary would have been born about 1685, or about 16 years before Charles married Mary Banks. (Editor's (RRS) note: Might this discrepancy be resolved by suggesting that like a number of other Calverts, Mary Calvert was born to Charles and Mary illigitimately and/or while Mary was still married to her first husband?) The article points out that the Calverts were Catholic and the Chenoweths were Protestant, and asks suggest that if Mary was a Calvert "the union would not have been approved by the Catholic Church, and so not recorded." The article notes that John and Mary Chenoweth settled on a large estate locted near the town of Joppa on the Gunpowder River, close to this river's outlet into Chesapeake Bay. The article notes that the move to Maryland took place about the time of the death of Charles Calvert, and that "John's source for this large estate was most likely an inheritance from Charles Calvert to his daughter," and "so the gift, or inheritnace of the estate in Maryland would seem a most credible reason for relocation to the New World." The Latter Day Saints records show Mary Calvert as the daughter of Charles Calvert and Mary Banks.