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Zachariah WHEAT

Born: c. 1750, Ireland

Died:

Buried:

Father:

Mother:

Married:
1771,
Kentucky

Elizabeth KENNEDY "Betsy"

Born:
Died:

Buried:

Father:

Mother:

Children:
 

1. Benjamin WHEAT (b. ? in VA, d. ?, m. Mary GOURLY (Jolly?))
Children:

  1. John WHEAT (b. c. 1815, AL, m. Elizabeth JOHNSON)

  2. James WHEAT (b. 1818, AL; m. Rhoda BOREN)

  3. William WHEAT (b. Jan 18, 1819 in Morgan, Co, AL; m. Adeline TURNER)

Notes:

  • Benjamin came to Texas in 1836 or 1837 and settled in the area that is now Delta Co. They settled in Kentucky.

 

2. John WHEAT (b. ? in VA, d. ?)
 

Notes:

 

3. Dr. Josiah WHEAT (b. Sep 8, 1779 in VA; d. Jun 4, 1850; m. Martha FLETCHER)
Children:

  1. John WHEAT (b. Aug 5, 1813,AL; m1. Mary Jane PARSONS ; m2. Mary Elizabeth SHIVERS; m3. Mary Joanna PRESCOTT)

  2. Brice M. WHEAT (b. c. 1815, AL; m. Frances NOWLIN)

  3. Elouisa C. WHEAT (b. Nov 1815, AL; m. William R. GOODE)

  4. Rebecca S. WHEAT (b. Jul 19, 1818, Madison Co, AL)

  5. Lewis L. WHEAT (b. Jun 2, 1820, Madison Co, AL)

  6. James WHEAT (b. Apr 3, 1822, AL)

  7. Mary WHEAT (b. Jan 29, 1824, AL)

  8. Edmund P. WHEAT (b. Apr 14, 1826, Madison Co, AL)

  9. Amanda M. WHEAT (b. c. 1828, AL; m. Andrew RICHARDSON)

  10. Martha A. WHEAT (b. c. 1830, AL; m Andrew GEORGE)

  11. Josiah WHEAT Jr. (b. c. 1833, AL)

Notes:

  • Moved to Tyler Co. TX area (then still Mexican territory) in 1835 along with brother.
 

4. Samuel WHEAT (b. Nov 22, 1787, VA; m. Cynthia STEPHENSON of the Indian Nation (Oklahoma))
 

Notes:

  • Samuel came to Texas in 1847.

  • Jeanette ([email protected]) is my source here, she is a descendant.

 

5. William WHEAT (b. ?, VA, d. ?; m. Esther STEPHENSON)
 

Notes:

  • In the 1830 Alabama census, they were shown to have five sons and a daughter. Moved to Texas' Red River area (then still Mexican territory) in 1833 along with brother, Josiah.

 

6. Zachariah WHEAT (b. Apr 26, 1806; d. 1854)
 

Notes:

  • They moved to Texas in 1833.

 
Notes:

  • Zachiriah lived in Virginia.

  • Page Sources:

    1. All information from James Gordon "Tip" Durham.

Names Added to Name Index: YES
 



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