Ancestors of Roy Melvin Bearden-WhitealreadyItem .. All the Remainder Part of my Estate both Real & Personall, I Lend to my Daughter REBECAGAINS during her widowhood / because of the trouble She has had with me & her Mother, & for Diversgood causes & Valuable considerations / and after her Marriage or at the end or term of her Widowhood orLife I give & dispose of it in the following manner & formItem .. I give & bequeath to my GRANDSON AMOS WESTON / son of my abovesaid DaughterREBECCA GAINS / all my Land & Planatation whereon I now Live / to him his heirs 7 assigns forever /but in Case he the said AMOS WESTON Dies without Issue Lawfully begotten, then & in that case theabovesaid Land & Plantation to Descend to his Sister SARAH GAINES, And if SARAH GAINES dieswithout heirs of her body Lawfully begotten, then & in that case the said Land and Plantation to Desendto my GRANDSON KING WHITE, son of my son JOHN WHITE his heirs & assigns foreverItem .. I give & bequeath to my abovesaid GRANDSON AMOS WESTON my Negro man RingImmediately after My Daughter REBECA GAINS married or Dies, to him his heirs & assigns foreverItem .. I give & bequeath to my GRAND DAUGHTER SARAH GAINS my Negro Woman MollImmediately after my daughter REBECCA GAINES Marries or dies, to her her heirs & assigns foreverItem .. I give & bequeath to my abovesd GRANDDAUGHTER SARAH GAINS all the Remaindr part ofmy Estate of what kind or Nature Soever after my Daughter REBECCA GAINS Marries or Dies, Or atthe end of her Life or Widowhood, to her her heirs & assigns for everItem .. & Lastly I constitute ordain & Appoint My Daughter REBECCA GAINS Executrix & my FriendJESSEE HARDY Executor of this my Last Will Testament & trustees for my Children & Legaties, Utterly& Disannulling & Revoking all other former will or Wills ratifying & confirming this & no Other to be myLast will & Testament. In Witness whereof I do hereunto Set my hand and Seal this 13th day of May inthe year of our Lord 1776MORDECA WHITE his markSigned Sealed declared & pronounced by the said MORDICA WHITE to be his Last Will & testament inthe Presence of us,WM HARDY son of LAMB, SARAH X HARDY her mark, ELISABETH HARDYNovember Court 1779, Bertie County: Proved in due form of Law in open Court by the Oath ofELISABETH HARDY one of the Subscribing Witnesses and Ordered to be Recorded.Mordecai married.The child from this marriage was:128 i. Mordecai White (born in 1744 - died in 1824)272. William Kidwell, son of James Thomas Kidwell and Anna Mary Thomas, was born from about 1717 to1730 in Maryland and died in 1749 in Fairfax County, Virginia about age 32.General Notes: m. (wife unknown); was a known juryman in Fairfax Co., VA in 1749 & a member ofTruro Parish Church; it is assumed that since some Kidwells moved to NC that hewas the same William Kidwell reported as being in the Revolutionary War fromMechlenburg Co. NC; he is known to have had at least one son, William 2nd;otherwise we have somewhat arbitrarily assumed several other members in hisfamily.It is conjectured from the known evidence that he came south with onlypart of his family and his (unknown) wife remained in VA with part of thechildren.(James Kidwell's will, op. cit.; MD Census records 1790 p. 95; H.Kidwell, op. cit., 2,8, & 11; Mary T. Arthur's ltr. dtd. 29 Mar 1987; FairfaxCo. VA Tax Rolls of 1810; Culpepper Co. Va Tax rolls of 1810; Mechlenburg Co.NC Tax Rolls of 1790).William Kidwell census 1800 Charles Co.,MD. 78 00100-10100-00" 1790 Prince Georgs Co., MD. 95 01 01 04 00 00" 1810 Fairfax Co., VA. 206 10010-20010-01" 1810 Culpeper Co., VA. 100 20110-10100-02" " " " " 100 11200-20200-0041
Ancestors of Roy Melvin Bearden-White" 1790 Prince Georgs Co., MD. 95 01 02 03 00 00" 1790 Mecklenburg Co., NC. 163 01 02 05 00 00" 1810 Bourbon Co., KY. 93 40010-20010-00" 1810 Madison Co., KY. 242 10100-10110-00William married Unknown (Unknown).Children from this marriage were:i. Leonard Kidwell was born from 1745 to 1750 in Prince George's County, Maryland and diedon 7 Mar 1821 in Prince George's County, Maryland at age 75.ii. William Jr. Kidwell was born in 1755 in Maryland.iii. Alexander Kidwell was born in 1758 in Maryland and died in Mar 1815 in Fairfax County,Virginia at age 57.iv. Hezekiah Kidwell was born from 1758 to 1760 in Prince George's County, Maryland and diedin 1812 in Washington Co. Kentucky at age 54.136 v. John Kidwell (born in 1762 in Prince George's County, Maryland - died in 1846 in SandyRidge, Hampshire Co. West Virginia)vi. Margaret Kidwell was born in 1763 in Prince George's County, Maryland.273. Unknown (Unknown).Unknown married William Kidwell. William was born from about 1717 to 1730 in Maryland and died in 1749 inFairfax County, Virginia about age 32.276. John Hiett Jr., 66 son of John Hiett Sr. and Mary Smith, was born between 1693 and 1696 in Gloucester,England 66 and died before 4 Dec 1764 in Frederick County, Virginia. 66General Notes: Notes for John Hiett Jr: Frederick County Will writ Oct 1764 prob 4 Dec 1764 ;WVA Advocate 15 Dec 1988, p 14married #1 name unknown-possibly in Pennsylvania 1735, Nov 12 300 a patent Opequon Crk near town ofMiddleway now Jefferson County, West VirginiaResident Rowan Co NC before Indian Wars 1755; Retired Virginia Sept 1764; Resident brief MonacacyPrince Georges County, Maryland; Pioneer to Sandy Ridge Capon Drain, Hampshire; 1 Sep 1764 purchasedland of Thos & Eliz. Green.Quaker - meeting 1728 Chester Co., Pennsylvania; to Frederick, Virginia by 1737; died in Hampshire,Virginia 1764 (Present day Jefferson, West Virginia)More About John Hiett Jr: Died 2: Bet. 26 Oct - 04 Dec 1764, Frederick Co, VA (now Jefferson Co, WV).Fact 02: 12 Nov 1735, SP1: Unknown, pos. in PA.Fact 04: Pioneer to Sandy Ridge Capon Drain, Hampshire.Residence 1: Res brief Monacacy Pr Geo Co, Maryland.; Residence 2: 1755, Res Rowan Co NC bef IndianWars.Residence 3: 01 Sep 1764, Purchased land of Thos & Eliz. Green.Retirement: 1764, Retired-VA.Will 1: 04 Dec 1764, Will probated; Will 2: Oct 1764, Will written-Frederick Co, VA. 66John married Margaret Stephens 66 in Jan 1720. 66 Margaret was born between 1695 and 1730 in HampshireCounty, West Virginia 66 and died about 1810 66 about age 115.Children from this marriage were:138 i. Evan Hiett (born on 24 Oct 1748 in Frederick County, Virginia - died on 22 Jan 1815 inHampshire County, West Virginia)ii. Martha Hiett was born in 1735.277. Margaret Stephens, 66 daughter of Evan Stephens and Unknown, was born between 1695 and 1730 inHampshire County, West Virginia 66 and died about 1810 66 about age 115.42