Andersons of Colonial N. Carolina

I think I have posted this before and recently pulled it up again in my notes. I dug down to some fine print at the end of my rant and began to mull it all over again. My commenter friend Justin Petrone is interested in this guy also… he may have found some new morsels…

I have the pertinent part of the article posted below if you are not interested in the Atkins/McDaniel background …

as usual, click the blue filename below to open in a new page (works better for me)

I just randomly threw all this together above kind of as an afterthought… it was collected sources that I did not properly document (my bad)…

(d) Thomas Busby an Indian (born 1674)
He was identified in 1684 as being 10 years old. In 1690, he was
identified as being a tithable for the first time, which was precisely
on time, since he then was 16 years old.
(e) Thomas Busby (died in North Carolina ca. 1738)
He and his wife (presumably Catherine (Bryan?)) had at least
one daughter, who married John Page, Jr., prior to 1728.
Another presumed daughter, Hester, married Theophilus
Williams.
Numerous land transactions in Bertie County court included the
name of Thomas Busby in the period, ca. 1720-1738.
Thomas Busby witnessed the drawing of George Clements’ will in
1729.
Other records mentioning Thomas Busby and other Busby’s in
North Carolina include:
1715 John Busby died in Bertie County, N. C., in 1715. Inventory of his
estate is recorded in North Carolina State Wills 1712-1722, Book 2, pp. 208-09.
1712 to 1722: Richard Falk, Chowan precinct, made a will which was
witnessed by Thomas Busbe. (Later on, in South Carolina, Falk and Busby
families lived in the same section. Benjamin Clement Busby married Eve Falk.)
(Abstract of Wills, Grimes, 1690-1760, p. 117)
SOME OF THE BUZBEES AND THEIR BEST FRIENDS 230 VOLUME 1: BEYOND THE OLD WORLD 1725: Thomas Busby bought 174 acres on the east side of Cashi Swamp,
from Henry Roades, of Bertie Precinct.
(Abstract of Bertie County Deeds, Vol. 2, p. 53)
“Busby’s line” was used to describe a land grant to John Dew by the Lords
Proprietors. Another adjacent property owner was John Bond. 1 February 1725
Thomas Busby’s land was adjacent to 640 acres sold by Richard Milton to
Francis Parker (for 15 pounds). Other neighbor was John Blount. 3 January
1725. Thomas Busby, Nedham Bryan and John Protis witnessed the sale of 320
acres on Horse Pasture Creek and Dogwood Neck by John Page and his wife
Hanner to Samuel Garland. 9 November 1725.
Thomas Busbie and George Smith witnessed the sale of 640 acres on NS
Roduis, a branch of Casia, adjacent to Martin Gardner, John Edwards and Theo.
Williams. 25 October 1725. Thomas Busby’s land was used to describe the sale
of land by Henry Roads and wife Elizabeth to James Blount. 6 August 1725. In
the same sitting of the court, Roads sold 170 acres to Thomas Busby (for 10
pounds) on the east side Cashie Swamp. Owen O’Daniel and James Murry
witnessed. And still in the same court, Henry Roads sold 150 acres on the same
swamp to Peter Parker, using Henry Roads’ and Thomas Busby’s land for
descriptive purposes.
(Ibid., pp. 32, 33, 35)
1726: Thomas Busby’s land was used to describe land sold by William
Ricks and wife Esther to Thomas Kirby, Sr., 2 May 1726.
1728: Busbes line was mentioned in the sale of land by Henry Roads and
wife of Chowan Precinct to John Page. February court, 1728. Thomas Busby’s
land on the branch of Casiey River was mentioned as a boundary in the sale of
640 acres by Jacob Oldham of Nansemond County to Richard Meadling. 14 May
1728. Also in 1728: Thomas Busby gave 170 acres to John Page, Jr., for “…..love
good will and affection I have and do bare toward my loving son in law John
Page, Jun…..” The land was ES Cashie Swamp. Witnesses: John Duffield, John
Page, Sr. 6 August 1728.
(Ibid., p. 43, p. 86, p. 68, p. 77)
1729: The will of George Clement, proven in May Court, 1730, was witnessed by
Thomas Busby, George French, William Smith. The sons of George Clements were
Benjamin and George. (Later on, a (presumed) grandson of
Thomas Busby, John Jacob Busby, in South Carolina, was to name his son Benjamin
Clement Busby; and another in that generation was to be named Clem.
Busby). (Abstract of Wills, 1690-1760, p. 74)
1734: The land of Thomas Busby and John Blunt were used to described the
sale of 640 acres on the north side of Morattock River by Francis Parker (“of
fishing creek in Edgecombe precinct”) to Henry Everard. 12 February 1735).
The Everards apparently didn’t keep the land long. They sold it to Joseph
Thomas for 92 pounds, 10 shillings, 12 May 1735.
(Bertie County Deeds, Abstracts, vol. 3, p. 153)
The will of Thomas Mann made Thomas Busbey and George Williams, Sr.,
the executors of the Mann estate in Bertie County. George Williams, Jr., was
listed in the will as a grandson.
(Abstract of Wills, 1690-1760, Grimes, p. 236)
1736: Thomas Busby’s land was used to describe the sale of 200 acres at
Jumping Run and Flagg Run by Owen McDaniel to Edward Toole. 1 August
1736.
1738: Thomas Busby’s land was used to describe the sale of 220 acres on
NS Norrattock River by Littleton Spivey to Ealee Thomas. 13 November 1738.
(Bertie County Deeds, Vol. 3, Abstract, p. 169, p. 198)
1738: The will of Catherine Busbey, proven in court in Bertie Precinct in
February 1738, left “my plantation being on the North side of Roenoke River, to
Theophilus Williams, husband of my daughter, Hester.” (An abstract of this will
by Grimes is confusing: To Theophilus Williams (“my plantation liing on the
North side of Roneoake River”). Hester Williams (daughter of Theophilus), Jesse
Page (1 cow and calf). Executor: Theophilus Williams. Witnesses: Needham
Bryan, H. Bate, Susan Bryan.) January 22, 1738-9. Catherine may have been the
daughter of Needham Bryan, and probably the wife of Thomas Busbey. Thomas
SOME OF THE BUZBEES AND THEIR BEST FRIENDS 231 VOLUME 1: BEYOND THE OLD WORLD Busby’s sons (if any) are not known, but a researcher in the Prince family
speculates that one of Thomas’ grandsons was Needham Busby (born 1752 in
Johnston County, N. C.)
(Abstract of Wills, 1690-1760, Grimes, p. 57)
Wake County, N. C., records disclose the presence of Thomas, Sr., Thomas,
Jr., Henry, Isham, James, Jessee, and William Busby during the period 1771-1784.
1765 Thomas Busby (born ca. 1720) made his mark on marriage licenses
issued 29 May 1765 between Winnowfred Busby (b. ca. 1745?) and Robert
Thomas; and 14 May 1782 between Thomas Busbey, Jr. (b. ca. 1740?, d. 1815),
and Winney Prince. In the earlier wedding, the others who signed on the bond
were Jeremiah Hendrick and Robert Rowan. In the bond with Thomas, Jr., the
other signer was Nicholas Atkins.
1815 The date of death of Thomas, Sr., is not indicated. However, the will
of Thomas, Jr., was filed 29 September 1815 in Wake County. The wife, Winifred,
was listed, as were the sons: Johnson Busbee, Jonathan Busbee, Wilson Busbee,
Kinchen Busbee and James Busbee. A daughter was Cedy Smith. Grandson:
Edwin Smith. Johnson Busbee was executor. The widow, Winifred, died a year
later. Her will, however, also mentioned her son, John Prince, from her earlier
marriage. (John Prince would have been about 32 years old at the time, if he had
been an infant at the time his (presumably) widowed mother married Thomas
Busby, Jr., on 14 May 1782. Thomas Busby, Jr., however, did not mention the boy
in his will.)
(Johnson Busbee, Esq., died 2 June 1859 in Wake County, N. C., about 13
years after his wife, Christiana, died.)
(Also included among the North Carolina data of the mid 1700s in North
Carolina is a Warrant for 665 acres of land to Nathaniel Busby, Planter, in
Johnson County, on 13 January 1761. Parish of St. Patrick on a branch of Swift
Creek, called White Oak.
(Some of this data was compiled by Mrs. Mary Cloninger Boggs,
Charleston, S. C.)

A goldmine of information is noted below concerning many of the folks I study around what I call the Tuscarora Town… I think this author prefers to call it Indian Woods. Our interests are the same and I really enjoy the website.

Catherine Bryan Ellis, nee King ?

I am working with Traci the Librarian, Jennifer from California and David Gammon to try to sort out a John Bryan(t) / wife Alice of the early 1700s era. This is where the stars line up with the above Catharine Bryan Ellis in particular and Martin Gardner… they all are related in some manner still unraveled.

I’m just sticking up a wet finger to see which way the winds are blowing… comments are welcome.

map for reference…

This link is to some info collected around 1999 by Cathy Farris. It relates to the area I mention above around the “Tuscarora Town” or Indian Woods. It is a study of the early settlers…

http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie/deeds/flagrun.txt