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The Family Garden
Notes
John WOOTEN SR
John Wooten Sr, applied for 700 acres of land in Beaufort County, NC 11 June 1760, from the Right Honorable John Earl Granville, This was granted 6 August anno domini, 1761, and is in the present Pitt County, near the Edgecombe County line on Williams Creek, now called Kitten Creek. His older brother, William Wooten, had land within two miles of this grant, just over in Edgecombe County. In a deed dated 12 November 1768, between John Wooten, Sr., and Richard Jordan, we learn that John Wooten's wife was named Mary. By 1775 John Wooten and his wife had six sons and two daughters. The six sons were Shadrach, John Jr., William ,Richard, Council, and Josiah. Shadrach, John, Jr., and William were in Dobbs County before 1790, the date of our first United States Census. There are numerous deeds in the Pitt County records dealing with this Wooten family. John Wooten, Sr., died circa 1799. He was a hatter and a planter.
*Source: Ima Eula Mewborn, Lenoir Co, NC Heritage
John WOOTEN SR
John Wooten Sr, applied for 700 acres of land in Beaufort County, NC 11 June 1760, from the Right Honorable John Earl Granville, This was granted 6 August anno domini, 1761, and is in the present Pitt County, near the Edgecombe County line on Williams Creek, now called Kitten Creek. His older brother, William Wooten, had land within two miles of this grant, just over in Edgecombe County. In a deed dated 12 November 1768, between John Wooten, Sr., and Richard Jordan, we learn that John Wooten's wife was named Mary. By 1775 John Wooten and his wife had six sons and two daughters. The six sons were Shadrach, John Jr., William ,Richard, Council, and Josiah. Shadrach, John, Jr., and William were in Dobbs County before 1790, the date of our first United States Census. There are numerous deeds in the Pitt County records dealing with this Wooten family. John Wooten, Sr., died circa 1799. He was a hatter and a planter.
*Source: Ima Eula Mewborn, Lenoir Co, NC Heritage
Richard WOOTEN II
Although he was named in his father's will, Richard II may have been the younger of the two sons, since his brother Thomas later turned out to have much more land. There are no records of either of them for about 12 years after the death of their father, suggesting that they were living under the care of their mother or some other older person.
In 1698, Richard II turns up as witness to a deed. Five years later, he co-signs a deed with his wife Lucy Council. Lucy was the daughterof Hodges Council and Lucy Hardy. On Hodges death in 1699, he left tohis daughter Lucy Council or the heirs of her body, 200 acres of land,so it appears that Lucy and Richard were married after her father's death, and certainly before 1703 when she signed her name as Lucy Wootton. Richard II and Lucy had two known sons, Richard III and William. We know that William was born no earlier than 1710, since a 1730 deed describes him as still a minor. Upon the death of Richard II and Lucy around 1735, both Richard III and William received considerable tracts of land. That of William came from the Council side of the family through the deed of 1730. By tracing William'sc areer from this point, we shall come upon evidence that he had a younger brother who was the man we later know as John Wooten SR of Pitt, Hatter.
*Source: "The Wootens of Edgecombe" (Edgecombe County, NC), A.R. Tyndall
Richard Wotton (II) (the name is spelled Wooten), son of Richard Wotton (I) and his wife, Joyce, make his home in Isle of Wight County,VA. His wife is Lucy Council, daughter of Hodges Council and his wife, Lucy Hardy. Richard Wooten (II) and three known children: Richard III,William, and John.
(About Giles Driver) His nephew, John Council, and newphew-in-law,Richard Wooten (husband of Lucy Council) appraised Giles' estate.(Wills & Deed Book 2, p.146) (Isle of Wright Great Bk, p.133-4)
Richard Wooten, Jr., was born in Isle of Wight County in 1660 and died in 1730, he married Lucy Council in 1699. She was born in 1670, the daughter of Lucy Hardy and Hodges Council. It is through this line that descendants are eligible for Magna Charta membership, through three of the Barons, 1215. *Sources: Internet
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Richard Wotton (II) (the name is spelled Wooten), son of Richard Wotton (I) and his wife, Joyce, made his home in Isle of Wight County, VA. His wife is Lucy Council, daughter of Hodges Council and his wife, Lucy Hardy. Hodges Council and his family attended Old St. Lukes church and he was a member of the vestry there. Richard Wooten (II) and three known children: Richard III, William, and John. Richard Wooten III lived and died in Isle of Wight County, VA. William made his home in Edgecombe County, NC near the Pitt County Line. John made his home in Pitt County, NC near the Edgecombe County line. John and his brother, William, were just a few miles apart. John Wooten had a land grant from the Earl of Granville, dated Aug. 6, 1761.
John Wooten, son of Richard Wooten (II) and his wife, Lucy Council, was married twice. His first wife was a daughter of Shadrach Williams. His second wife was named Mary. I am not sure of her maiden name. John Wooten had a large family, at least six sons and two daughters. The sons are: Shadrach, John Jr., William, Richard, Josiah, Council, and perhaps Levi. the two daughters names are unknown. A search of the Pitt County records reveals a lot about this old family. John Wooten Sr., and John Wooten, Jr. listed their occupations as hatters. John Wooten Sr. was a minor in 1730 and he died in 1779 in Pitt County.) *Source: Thomas Wooten Family - 1343 by, Ima Eula Mewborn, Chronicles of Pitt County, NC
Lucy COUNCIL
22 Mar 1730 Hardy Council, Gent. to Richard Wooten and wife, LucyWooten and their son William Wooten as consideration of a lawsuit over trepass(Lucy Wooten is a sister of Hardy Council)...500 acres onBeaver Dam Swamp. Wit:Barnaby Kearney, Christopher Reynolds, HardyCouncil, John Pitt Rec 22 Mar 1730
*Sources: (1) Isle of Wight Co.,Va Deeds1720-1736 and 1741-1749 by Hopkins pg 30, and (2) Isle of Wight Deed Book 41729-1736 pg.98)
Richard WOOTEN III
Richard Wooten III lived and died in Isle of Wight County, VA.
William WOOTEN
William sold out his Isle of Wight lands in 1743/4, and received a 300acre land grant in Northhampton County, NC in 1743. William thenmoved to Johnston County NC around 1750 and on to Edgecombe County in1756, where he bought land practically on the border of what was tobecome Pitt County. Years later, in 1779, William got word fromVirginia that his older brother Richard III had died, and thatRichard's only son Hardy Wootten had also died without heirs.Consequently, the Isle of Wight Court had found William to be the heirin-law of Richard II and his son Hardy. William by now was wellestablished in NC with fine lands and four sons. He journeyed back toVirginia in late December 1779 and quickly sold the land he hadinherited. In the resulting deed of 30 December 1779, William has thehistory of how this land came to him, concluding: "the said Plantationand Land descended to the aforesaid William Wotton as "eldest" Brotherand heir at law to the aforesaid Richard Wotton, the younger..." Note that William is not described as "the" brother of Richard III,nor is he described as the "only" brother, nor as the "surviving"brother, or in any other way to suggest that Richard II had only twosons. The language used clearly implies that there was at least oneadditional brother, possibly even more. Deeds of 1743-44 prove that atthat time, William's wife was Ann. One of these deeds suggests thatshe may have been daughter of a James Bryant. This is supported by thefact that three of William's four sons named their sons Bryant.Further evidence suggests that this wife Ann died after bearing atleast three of William's four sons. However, after 1770 , William again refers to a living wife Ann, notably in his will of 1792.However, whether William had one or two wives Ann remains to bedetermined. William's only proven children were Amos, Joel, Joshua, and James, thelatter frequently confused with three other James Woottens living inNC at the same time. Amos, Joel, and Joshua are all identified byWilliam as his sons in deeds. James is so identified in William'swill. Amos and his descendants generally remained in Edgecombe County.Joel moved to Georgia (Burke/Telfair counties), whence his descendantshave scattered all over the US. Joshua moved to the parts of NewHanover County which became Onslow and Pender. James and his son Henrystayed on the Edgecombe/Pitt area.
*Source: "The Wootens of Edgecombe" (Edgecombe County, NC), A.R. Tyndall
The aforementioned land sale: This Indenture... 30 December 1779... between William Wotton... ofEdgecombe Co., NC... and John Barnes..Southampton Co., VA...Witnesseth that the said William William Wotton for and inconsideration of just and full sum of Nine hundred and fifty poundscurrent money of Virginia... the said William Wotton... doth herebygrant... unto the said John Barnes... all my rights and Title to thatPlantation... and parcel of Land... in the Parish of Newport andCounty of Isle of Wight in Virginia on the Beaver Dam Swamp, beingpart of a patent granted to Matthew Strickland, Robert Lawrence, andHodges Council, the entire property whereof became vented in the saidCouncil, who devised the same by his last Will and Testament inWriting, Recorded in the County Court of Isle of Wight, the Sixth Dayof August 1699, to his Daughter, Lucy Council, and to the heirs of herBody, who afterwords married to one Richard Wotton, and the saidRichard Wotton and Lucy, his wife both dying, the said Lands descendedto their Son and heir Richard Wotton, from it descended to HardyWotton his Son and heir who departed this life intestate withoutissue, whereby the said Plantation and Land descended to the aforesaidWilliam Wotton as eldest Brother and heir at Law to the aforesaidRich. Wotton, the younger, and being all the lands whereof the saidWilliam Wotton stands seized in the said County of Isle of Wight,containing by estimation two hundred acres... Beginning at thebeginning tree and running the old line to Fleming's line, thenturning and running with Fleming's line that parts this two hundredacres at Flemings, and then turning to the Beaver Dam Swamp, then withthe Swamp to the Beginning... Signed by X William Wotton. Wits. by M Micajah Griffin, by hand Giles Whitney, by hand WilliamBarrett.
At a Court held for Isle of Wight County... 3 Aug 1780... ThisIndenture of bargain and Sale was partly proved by the oathes ofMeajah Griffin & Giles Whitney, two of the Witness's thereto&Confirmed and at a Court held for the said County... 5 Jan 1790...Micajah Griffin came into Court and made Oath that he saw William Barrett sign his name as a Witness hereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste Francis Young, Attorney at Law.(Southampton Co, VA DB V, p456) Census:
WOOTTEN, William - 1790 Edgecombe Co, Halifax Dist pg 56c - 1 freewhite males 16 year upwards and head of families, 1 free withefemalies and head of families
John WOOTEN JR
John Wooten Jr., son of John Wooten Sr., and his wife, Mary, made his home in Dobbs County, NC. When this county was divided, he owned landin Lenoir, Greene, and Wayne Counties. His home was in the presentLenoir county near la-Grange. He married Sarah Hewes, a Quaker. Inthe old cemetery where they are buried, the graves are bricked up andmarked with marble slabs and reveals the following: "This monument iserected to the memory of John Wooten who died on the 26th ofSeptember, 1835, in the 72 year of his age by the gratitude of hisyoungest son. He was benevolent, as a member of society, kind andprovident as a husband and father, is a Christian, humble andconfiding in the mercies of his Redeemer. Mrs Sarah, wife of JohnWooten, died August 1, 1836 in the 71 year of her age. She lived inreciprocal affection with her husband for 51 years and reared 9children. Her youngest son from a sentiment of filial duty dedicatedthis stone to her memory. The nine children are: John Hewes, PeterBond, Thomas, Shadrach, William, Mary, Nancy, Charity, and Council."
John Wooten Jr., was a hatter by trade. He made hats out of wool andraccoon fur, and he would take them to the courts of Wayne, Lenoir,and Green counties to sell them. Sometimes he would sell the hat offhis head and put a red bandanna handkerchief on in its place.
John Wooten Jr., served in the House of Commons for Lenoir County in1807, 1808, and 1809. He was a member of St. John's Lodge (Masons) atNew Bern, NC. He was a member of the Sandy Bottom Primitive BaptistChurch (Croom Meeting House), Lenoir County.
From the church records we find the following: April 15,. 1809;(Third Sunday) Brother John Wooten, for drinking too much spirituousliquors, came
forward and acknowledged his transgression and was restored tofellowship. February 15, 182: (Quarterly Meeting) The Welfare of theChurch inquired into and found all in peace, except Brother JohnWooten who was excommunicated for joining the Masonic Lodge which heacknowledged he had done. His wife, Sarah Hewes Wooten, was disownedby the Contentnea Monthly Meeting (Quaker) because she married out ofunity (a Baptist) in 1785. She was reinstated upon the recommendationof her Contentnea Friends in 1795.
John Wooten Jr. served in the American Revolutionary War with CaptainJohn Hodges Company of Pitt Volunteers, commanded by Colonel BenjaminSeawell of the NC Regiment of Militia. John Wooten Jr. was a Mason,and a member of St. John's Lodge at New Bern. He served Lenoir Countyin the House of Commons at Raleigh.
Thomas Wooten (1795-1844), so of John Wooten Jr and his wife, SarahHewes, m. Nancy Best (1792-1871), daughter of Benjamin Best II andMary Hardy. Nancy Best' grandparents were Benjamin Best I and MargaretWilliams; and Lemuel Hardy II and Mary Sutton. Thomas Wooten inheritedhis father's Greene county land and his mill on Hullett Creek. Hebought surrounding land to increase his holdings. Here he provided forhis large family: Louisa, John Hewes, Josiah, Sarah, Thomas Jr.,Benjamin, Elizabeth, Robert, Clement, Winifred, Mary, and Nancy Jane.He gave the land where the old Mewborn Church stands in Greene County.A memorial marker in the church yard lists the following: ParrottMewborn II, Pastor; Charter Members: Mary Aldridge Mewborn, PatienceBarfield Sugg, Richard Smith, James B Pridgen, Howell Aldridge,Holland Pridgen, Nancy Wood, Willouby Sugg: the donors of the land:Thomas Wooten, Nancy Best Wooten (church site), Rasberry Parks(parking area). Nancy Best Wooten was an early member of this church,also her daughter Winifred, and her son-in-law, Joshua Mewborn.(Sources: National Archives, VA State Library Archives, Cemetery andChurch Records, Wooten I Records.)
Sarah HEWES
Mrs Sarah is described by a grandson , Council Simmons Wooten, "My grandmother had on a white cap, which was the fashion in that day for old ladies. Her face is round, fat and plump, indicating good health and there is a kind, benevolent, motherly, expression to her countenance. I would like to have been a little boy when she was living for I know I would have been petted"
William WOOTEN
21 February 1793 or 1799 - Lenoir County - We, Wm. WOOTEN and STEPHEN WHITE in consideration of 200 spanish mill dollars sold to JOHN IVEY,one Negro girl, GRACE, about 17 years old.
WIT SHAD WOOTEN, JOHN (X) STANDLEY
Josiah WOOTEN
1810 Census Pitt Co, NC
Josiah Wooten
1 male under age 10
2 males age 10-16
1 male age 26-45 (Josiah would have been abt 40 in 1810)
1 female age 26-45
15 slaves
Council WOOTEN
1810 Census for Pitt Co, NC
Counsel Wooten
3 males under 10
1 male age 15-26
1 male age 26-45 (Council would have been abt 32 in 1810)
1 female age 16-26
4 slaves
1844 Tax property list for Bear Creek District, NC:
WOOTEN Council 1 w, 40 b, 25561/2 a, $76691/2
Mary BURNEY
This might be the will of Mary Burney's father.
BURNEY, Simon, Sr.
Pitt Co., Jan. 29, 1829, probate May Court 1829. Dau. Sarah Wilson (negros.: girl Centhy, girl Sarah, woman Eady & EadyŠs youngestchild); dau. Elizabeth Kilpatrick (negroes: girl Cherry, girl Betsy, woman Chainy & ChainyŠs youngest child); Dau. Louisa Smith (negros: girl Phillis, girl _____ [?], woman Ertha & ErthaŠs youngest child); dau. Rachel Burney (negroes: boy Tiny, girl Jermima, boy Jackson, girl Grissy); granddau. Eliza Wooten (negro girl Rhoda); grandson Counsel Wooten (negro boy William); son John H. Burney (land and remainder of negroes); son Bryan Burney (50 cents and a bed); son Lewis Burney(bed);
son Simon Burney (50 cents and a bed). Lands mentioned on Clay Root,and Swift Creek. Execs.: friends William Pugh and John H. Burney.
Wits.:
William Burney, Henry Smith, Samuel Smith. Signed Simon Burney, Sr.
{Seal}. --
Source: Harding Family Papers, ECU Manu Coll. #152.1.
Richard WOOTEN I
It is clear from Thomas' 1670 will that Richard had no children as yet, and also likely that he was quite young, probably still a minor. But within two or three years, Richard had married Joyce (or possibly Jayne), maiden name unknown. Richard acquired another sizeable piece of land in 1681 from Nicholas Cobb. In this deed, the name reverts tothe original WATTON. In 1686, Richard I made his will and died beforeMarch of 1687, when his will was probated. He divided his lands apparently evenly between his two sons Richard and Thomas, mentioning but not naming a third child, probably a girl. He made his wife executrix of the will, but tantalizingly gave no hint as to her name. Only in the probate papers was her first name given as Joyce (or possibly Jayne). The two sons Richard II and Thomas II were obviously minors, since Richard I felt it necessary to appoint a friend as overseer of the will.
*Source: "The Wootens of Edgecombe" (Edgecombe County, NC), A.R. Tyndall
Richard's WILL:
In the name of God Amen this 28th day of Sept 1686 I Richard Wootten of the Isle of Wight County being sick in body butt of good and perfect memory thanks be to God do make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament in Maner and Forme following: first I give and Comit my Soule to God, my Savior and Redeemer, and my body to be buried in such decent maner as my executors shall think fitt and as to my worldly Estate I give as followeth all my just debts being first paid, It I give and bequeath unto my son Richard all this plantation I now live on to him and his heirs for ever, only my sonne Thomas to live on the sd plantation untill Francis Floid Lease be Expired. I give unto my Sonne Thomas all that plantation which ffrancis ffloid now doth live on, for ever. The rest of my estate I give and bequeath between my loveing wife and three children my loveing wife to enjoy the whole dureing her widdowhood but after her marriage the said estate to be Equally divided between her and three children, further I do hereby make my loveinge Wife whole and Sole Executrix. I do hereby Constitute and ordaine Henry Baker overseer to this my last Will in Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the day andyeare above written.
Signed (by mark R/X) Richard Wootten.
Witnesses: Tho Wood (by hand), George Grou (by mark G)
Proved in open Court held for the Isle of Wight County March the 9th1686 by the oaths of Thomas and George Gro?. to be the last Will and Testament of Richard Wootten and ordered to be Recorded. Test JohnPitt Cl Cur
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Appraisal and Inventory of Estate, 4 May 1687
(Note, in the original document the value is placed on the right, I have placed them on the left below due to spacing issues)
The appraisement of the Effects of Richard Watten decd (pds of
tobacco)
0900 2 steers about ten years of age at
0800 2 steers about 4 yeares of age at
1200 3 Cowes with Calves at
0600 3 heyfers abut 3 yeares of adge at
0300 1 younge Steere and one younge heyfer of two yeares
of age
0320 4 yeareling Calves at
0850 1 horse abought 5 yeares of adge & bridell and Sadell
1000 1 feather bed and boulster and rugge and blankett and
? at
1250 1 feather bed boulster and furniture at
0200 1 Small ould bed and 2 pillowes and a ould Rugge at
0350 1 table and forme & 3 olud table and Coutch at
0060 2 warmeinge pans at
0400 2 chestes with locks & keys 2 chestes without locks
0500 50 ? of pewter at 10 pds ? to
0090 1 tankard and 2 candlestickes and 2 Chamber Pott at
0060 1 ould flagon without a lide & 2 ould Salt Sellers & 2
ould porringers (?) pewter bottle and eight spoons
0180 15 plates at
0320 107 pounds of Iron potts at
0150 1 paire of pott rests (?) & 1 paire of tongues & 1
gridiron
0050 1 bill (?) and Iron (?) at
0100 1 Spitt & 1 pistle ? & 2 ould Smothing Irons at
0100 1 Sett of H?dges at
0030 1 ould saw & 2 ould draweringe knifes & 1 broad axe
0300 1 ould brass Kittle 1 small kitle 1 ould ladle & 1 brass ?
& 2 brass Candlesticks
0360 4 Silver Spoones and 1 Silver Cuppe at 30
0040 4 Sifters ? at
0070 1 paire of Skilliards
0060 3 ould pailes at
0140 1 P____nt?
0040 4 ould Sooles ? at
0040 1 Grind Stone at
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11960
one gray horse about six years of adge & the younger horse about two yeares of age a parcell (?) of hoggs about a year ould. --not appraised--.
This above mentioned Estate of Mr. Richard Watten Inventoried and appriased by us.
Geo Bechinor
Richard Piland
Sworen: Hen: Baker Recd May 4th 2d (?)
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To all Christian people to whom these presents shall come, I Francis Lord Howard Baron of Effingham his Majties Lieut and Governor generall of Virginia send greeting in our Lord God Everlasting. Whereas Richard Watten late of this Collony decd did by his last Will and Testament ordain and appoint that Joyce his relict should be executrix of his Said Will and Testament: which said Joyce did at a Court held in for the Isle of Wight County March the ninth 1686/7 make humble suite to that Court: that a probate of the sd Will might be granted unto her for which Cause full power and lawfull authority is hereby given under my hand and Seale of the Collony this 21th of October 1687.
*Source: Wooten and Related Families Association, Special Study I, The Woottons of Isle of Wight County Virginia, by Richard C. Wooton - Isle of Wight Wills & Deed, Volume II, p. 60)
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Land Document for Richard (1681)
Know all men by these presents that I Nocholas Cobb __?__ liveing in the Upper Prsh of the Isle of Wight County, in Virginia planter for avalluable consideration, found in hand pd att and before the sealingof delivery hereof. For wth I do acknowledge my self to be fully sattisffied, by Richard Watton of the same County planter, doo for me& my heirs make over bargain sell alienate & confirm to the sd RichardWatton, his heirs exts adms & assigns for ever a certain parcell ofLand bounded as followeth beginning att a small pine standing by theCartpath side toward James Mannings, to a Redd Oak __?__?___ which isa corner tree standing by Cartpath side thereof Cross __?__ by a lyneof Trees to a Red Oak standing upon a Branch side which funneth downbetween James Mannings & Peter Greaves and from the sd Red Oak up theBranch to a Red Oak standing near the head of the Branch from therealong a line of marked trees to the southwest lyne in the pocoson &soe along the South West Line to the first station. This parcell of Land being part of a patten, of three hundred acres of Land, with all proffitts rights priviledges & Comodities whatsoever, thereunto belonging, to have and to hold the premises (?) to him the said Richd Watton...(etc.)... in Confirmation hereof I sett my hand & seal this20 of Octob 1681. signed Nicholas Cobb (by hand), wit. John Bond (byhand) & one other. Recorded 9 Nov 1681. (IOW WDB 1, pp.474-5)
Joyce (WOOTEN)
Her last name may have been Albrigton.
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