Family of William Herndon of
The Poe and Herndon families were closely
associated in
The Herndon Family of
Virginia. Volume One. The First Three Generations,
by John Goodwin Herndon. Privately Printed 1947.
William Herndon
(c1649-c1722). Married Catherine Digges,
youngest daughter of Edward Digges, governor of Virginia in 1655.
Edward Herndon
(1678-1758) m 1st Mary Waller, 2nd -- Leftwich.
James Herndon (c1683
- p 1744) m. Mary George.
born in New Kent
County, VA. He married Mary George (probably oldest daughter of Robert George
(1666-1734) and his wife Sarah Elliott (d. 1734) who were married 6 July 1687 in Middlesex County, VA --- see
below, Ruth Herndon Shields). In 1692 King and
William
Herndon (c. 1706-1773) married Sarah Poe
(daughter of Simon Poe SR, son of Samuel Poe) and lived in
Mary Herndon (c.
1731 - --- ) m . Elisha Dismukes;
said to have settled in Chatham or Orange Co. NC
Joseph Herndon
(c1733/1763) unmarried. His brother James was given administration of Joseph's
estate by the Caroline court 14 August 1763. Reverberations of this estate
settlement were felt in the Court of Chatham County, NC (see book in section on
John Herndon)
Daughter
(c1735 - ---) m. John Booker, of
James Herndon
(c1737-1811) m Isabella Thompson
George Herndon
(c1740 - 1816 in
John Herndon
(c1742-1827) m 1st Sarah Wingfield; 2nd Catherine Nelson
Daughter
(c 1744 - -- ) m. Brig. Gen'l
Ambrose Ramsey, of
Stephen
Herndon (c1746 - --) m. Sophia Poe (see Ruth
Herndon Shields below: Sophia Poe, widow of Simon Poe, Jr, son of Simon Poe Sr
son of Samuel Poe)
Edward Herndon
(c.1709-p 1743 m. Ann Collins
Joseph Herndon
(c.1716 - c 1757) m. Mary Boswell
John Herndon
(c 1718 - 1769) m. Jane ----
William
Herndon (c1685-1759) m 1st -- --; 2nd Mrs. Sarah
(----) Leftwich. On 14 July 1738 William Herndon was "appointed constable
of the precinct where William Harrison was then serving." Children by first wife, name unknown:
Philip Herndon
(c1715-p 1760) of Caroline County filed certificate in Essex County in 1759
transferring to his brother James certain slaves which had come to him from the
estate of their father William, and Benjamin Atkins, of Lunenburg, did the same
with regard to the slaves which his father-in-law, William Herndon, had left to
him.
Daughter
m. Benjamin Atkins, who in 1760 was of Lunenburg County when he sold "to
his brother-in-law James Herndon of Essex County negroes formerly belonging to
his father William Herndon, being the remainder of his father-in-law's estate
due him."
James Herndon
(c 1720-1767 m Hannah ---
Edward Herndon
(c1722 - 1806) m --------
The Descendants of William and Sarah
(Poe) Herndon of Caroline County, Virginia and Chatham County, North Carolina by Ruth Herndon Shields. Privately Printed 1956
page V. Book is a continuation of The
Herndon Family of Virginia, by Dr. John Goodwin Herndon of
James Herndon (c 1678-1758) married 1st Mary
George and had several children, among them was William Herndon, the subject of
this book.
Continued research has shown that Mary George
was the daughter of Sara (unknown) and Thomas Elliott, of the Elliott family of
Chipping Ogur, of
Sarah Elliott m. 2nd, 6 July 1687 Gen. Robert
George (b. 1666), whose Will was proved 21 Jan 1733 in
Stephen Herndon
(c1746 - --) m. Sophia Poe, widow of Simon Poe who died in 1777 (actually it was 1773). Two items in the Minutes
of the Chatham County Court of Nov 1777 follow:
"Ordered that Jeduthan
Harper, Mial Scurlock, and Isaac Brooks be appointed
to lay off and assign to Sophia Herndon, late the widow of Simon Poe, deceased,
the dower of the lands of which the said Poe died possessed, according to
law."
"Deed from Stephen Herndon and Sophia
Herndon, administratrix of Simon Poe, to Richard Kennon proved and
registered."
The Minutes of the Feb 1778 term of Court have
this item:
"David Poe, orphan of Simon Poe, dec'd came into court and made choice of James Massey as
his guardian, who entered into bond with George Herndon and William Howard in
pounds 1000."
Stephen Herndon was granted 59 acres in Chatham
County 31 March 1780. Two years later he was mentioned as one of the hands
directed to work on the road under Richard Straughan
(his stepfather).
The Descendants of William
And Sarah (Poe) Herndon of Caroline County,
Book is a continuation of The
Herndon Family of Virginia by Dr. John Goodwin Herndon of
Correction to #80, page 4-5
Stephen Herndon was not the son of William
Herndon A reference to him, found after the publication of The Herndon
Family of
*
Actually, he died in 1773, the same year as Captain Stephen Poe. Shields Note
this record: