Prudance Nee (9x Great-Grandmother) b. 1637, New Kent,Virginia
m. Robert Lassiter
+ Thomas Lassiter
Thomas Lassiter
m. Jane
+ James Lassiter
James Lassiter
m. Martha Lassiter
+ Patience Lassiter
Patience Lassiter
m. John Turner
+ Milly Turner
Correspondence between two others researching this line states:
I'm here at the Salt Lake City Genealogical Library, and the following is for you:
Prudance Nee was born about 1637 in Virginia.
She married Robert Lassiter, b. abt. 1635, Nansemond, Virginia, (spelling is correct from a public record of the time that listed him as a child in England) in about 1655 in Virginia. Further information on him is available, but I wasn't sure that was what you were after.
They had one son, Thomas Lassiter, b. June/02/1670, Nansemond, Virginia; d. February/15/1745, Edgecombe, North Carolina.
There is only a notation that Prudance's father was called "Nee", which can be a full name for any American Indian of that period. Her mother is not listed but I am looking for her diligently, and because the Cherokee are a matriarchal society, I am hopeful that some record of her may be found somewhere. It is very hard to find records back this far in the Americas, but sometimes you get lucky!
Happy hunting for further information, and hopefully you'll share anything you find with me.
As a matter of interest for you:
Nansemond, VA was in the middle of the "Indian" territory of that time, and was considered "Indian" land. It is more than possible that Robert came from England, married Prudance, and was invited to remain on the land for as long as he chose. The Cherokee were considered "civilized" by the whites of the area, and he would not have had any reason to move away from his wife's home. It seems he might have died there, but his death and burial information is not listed and cannot be considered true until it has been verified. Prudance has no death or burial information listed at this time, either. I will continue looking.
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Nansemond County Land Grants.
ReplyDeleteRobert Lassister- 400 acres of land in Nansemond County, "standing in a great arrow pocoson" adjoining the land of John Ellis. Oct 8, 1672. Bk 6 pg. 416. At the very top it says Lassiter. I got this from Virginia Historical Society.
Alice Helton Smith
There are two John and Patience Turners that come from the same area of NC in the mid-1700s.
ReplyDelete1. The John and Patience Turner whose daughter Millie (Mildred) married Samuel Hussey are a mixed-race family, John being an ex-slave and Patience purchasing his freedom. Patience's maiden name is not known, but her mother's name was Rachel Smith. Ref:
"21 Mar 1840 Henry Turner ads. The State He further sheweth that his Great grand mother was a free white woman by the name of Rachael Smith who resided in North Carolina, That the said Rachael Smith died leaving a female child named Patience Turner so named & reputed in the county & vicinity of the said Rachael Smith."
--Lucille Utley, Selected Marion County Judgment Rolls 1803-1859."
2. There was another John and Patience Turner in neighboring Northampton County during this same period of time. They are not the same John and Patience. This Patience's maiden name was Lassiter. They were white, with no known African ancestry.
Eric S. Bullington (a Turner/Hussey family descendant)
PS -- I'm the one who created the composite scan of the 1840 affidavit by John Blackman Sr and James Lane Sr on the Turner family origins you posted previously. I took it from a book by Theresa Hicks but have since found a transcription of the original record: "Marion County Court Records, Court of Common Pleas 1788 to June 1861" Extracted by Lucille Utley and Transcribed by Teri Dalrymple. Three Rivers Historical Society
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