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Josiah HARRELL (4) Jr. [Parents] was born about 1750 in Bertie County, North Carolina. He died in Sep 1783 in gates County, near Sunbury, North Carolina. Josiah married Judith FRYER on 26 Sep 1788 in Gates County, near Sunbury, North Carolina.
Josiah Jr. inherited the parcel of land and plantation on which his parents were living in 1773. After his mother?s death, Josiah Jr. inherited the plantation according to his father?s 1773 will. This was not the 160 acres his father had inherited in 1756 so must have been the approximately 70 acres his father received from his brother, David, in 1751.
On May 27, 1780, Josiah Jr. sold about 75 acres to his cousin, Israel Hardy Harrell, for $1000. This was probably not the land and plantation left to him by his father in the latter?s 1773 will?it was more than likely the land Josiah Sr. got from his brother, David, in 1751. There is also a deed for the sale of 160 acres to Israel Hardy Harrell, Josiah?s cousin. This was for the sale of land inherited by their cousin, Esias Jr.?his share of their grandfather, John Jr./Sr.?s, property.[Bertie County deed, 1782, Book M, page 564; 1780, Book M, page 528] How Josiah Jr. ended up making the sale and giving title to their cousin, Israel Hardy Harrell, is beyond me. Josiah may have been exercising an extended family responsibility on this occasion, because there is no record indicating he ever owned one of the 160 acre shares from his grandfather, John Jr./Senior.
After Josiah sold his inherited land in Bertie County, it is difficult to track him with much certainty. As I have indicated in the previous chapter, a family history written by Hollowell traces her family line from Josiah Harrell of Gates County?the participant in the American Revolutionary War. Josiah of Gates County married Julia Fryer there in 1788, raised his family there, and his will was probated in Gates County in February 1825. Hollowell claims Josiah of Gates was the son of Josiah Sr. of Bertie County.[This work is loose-leaf, and privately circulated?it was compiled by Lucy Elliott Hollowell of Woodland, North Carolina, under the title ?The Harrell Family of Gates County? dated March 1968] She may well be correct, but I have not been able to find evidence to support the connection. The problem is, of course, there was more than one Josiah Harrell in the Bertie/Gates area during the time. The following list illustrates Josiah Harrell?s presence in both Bertie and Gates Counties during the mid and late 1700s.
The will for Josiah Harrell Jr. was written August 20, 1783, and probated at the November Term of 1783. He named his daughters Fanny and Anna Harrell. The executors were Bailus House, and Noah Thompson. The witnesses were George House, Noah Harrell and Noah Hinton.[Bertie County will, Book C, page 67. Also in Hathaway, ?Abstract of Bertie County Wills,? North Carolina Register, vol. 2, no. 3, page 336.
] Two of the witnesses suggest a connection to the descendants of John Jr./Senior. Noah Harrell was a son of David (deceased 1767), and thus a first cousin to Josiah Junior. Noah?s other first cousin, also named Josiah, the son of Uncle Jesse, was still alive in 1786, so he was not the subject of the 1783 will. Noah Hinton was a witness or executor on most of this family?s wills.
Hollowell may have been correct in concluding that Josiah of Gates (her Josiah II) was the son of Josiah of Bertie (her Josiah I), but I find it a bit harder to make the connection. Josiah, son of Josiah of Bertie, may have left Bertie County, but after the death of Josiah of Bertie in 1773, there were still tracks from a Josiah Harrell in Bertie County. For instance, Josiah Harrell married Mary Ann Gardner in Bertie County on December 13, 1777; Josiah Harrell married Sarah Harrell in Bertie County on September 21, 1778; and in the Bertie County 1790 census a Josiah Harrell was a head of household, but he was alone (there was no Josiah in Hertford County in 1790, but there was a Josiah Harrell born in Hertford County in 1798).[Lucy Elliott Hollowell, The Harrell Family of Gates County]
The family described in 1787 seems a bit too mature for Josiah and Judith who married in Gates County on September 26, 1788. It is possible Judith was not Josiah?s first wife. It is also possible the Josiah and his family living in Gates County in 1787 was not the same Josiah who married Judith in 1788.
In the 1790 U. S. census for Gates County was probably the same household described in 1787, but one of the young males counted in 1787 was gone.
1, white male over 16
1, white male under 16
3, white females
1, slave
In the 1800 census, Josiah and Judith?s family appeared as follows:
1, white male under 10
1, white male 16-26
1, white male over 45
3, white females under 10
1, white female 10-16
1, white female 16-26
1, white female 26-45
no slaves
Josiah Jr. inherited the parcel of land and plantation on which his parents were living in 1773. After his mother?s death, Josiah Jr. inherited the plantation according to his father?s 1773 will. This was not the 160 acres his father had inherited in 1756 so must have been the approximately 70 acres his father received from his brother, David, in 1751.
On May 27, 1780, Josiah Jr. sold about 75 acres to his cousin, Israel Hardy Harrell, for $1000. This was probably not the land and plantation left to him by his father in the latter?s 1773 will?it was more than likely the land Josiah Sr. got from his brother, David, in 1751. There is also a deed for the sale of 160 acres to Israel Hardy Harrell, Josiah?s cousin. This was for the sale of land inherited by their cousin, Esias Jr.?his share of their grandfather, John Jr./Sr.?s, property.[Bertie County deed, 1782, Book M, page 564; 1780, Book M, page 528] How Josiah Jr. ended up making the sale and giving title to their cousin, Israel Hardy Harrell, is beyond me. Josiah may have been exercising an extended family responsibility on this occasion, because there is no record indicating he ever owned one of the 160 acre shares from his grandfather, John Jr./Senior.
After Josiah sold his inherited land in Bertie County, it is difficult to track him with much certainty. As I have indicated in the previous chapter, a family history written by Hollowell traces her family line from Josiah Harrell of Gates County?the participant in the American Revolutionary War. Josiah of Gates County married Julia Fryer there in 1788, raised his family there, and his will was probated in Gates County in February 1825. Hollowell claims Josiah of Gates was the son of Josiah Sr. of Bertie County.[This work is loose-leaf, and privately circulated?it was compiled by Lucy Elliott Hollowell of Woodland, North Carolina, under the title ?The Harrell Family of Gates County? dated March 1968] She may well be correct, but I have not been able to find evidence to support the connection. The problem is, of course, there was more than one Josiah Harrell in the Bertie/Gates area during the time. The following list illustrates Josiah Harrell?s presence in both Bertie and Gates Counties during the mid and late 1700s.
The will for Josiah Harrell Jr. was written August 20, 1783, and probated at the November Term of 1783. He named his daughters Fanny and Anna Harrell. The executors were Bailus House, and Noah Thompson. The witnesses were George House, Noah Harrell and Noah Hinton.[Bertie County will, Book C, page 67. Also in Hathaway, ?Abstract of Bertie County Wills,? North Carolina Register, vol. 2, no. 3, page 336.
] Two of the witnesses suggest a connection to the descendants of John Jr./Senior. Noah Harrell was a son of David (deceased 1767), and thus a first cousin to Josiah Junior. Noah?s other first cousin, also named Josiah, the son of Uncle Jesse, was still alive in 1786, so he was not the subject of the 1783 will. Noah Hinton was a witness or executor on most of this family?s wills.
Hollowell may have been correct in concluding that Josiah of Gates (her Josiah II) was the son of Josiah of Bertie (her Josiah I), but I find it a bit harder to make the connection. Josiah, son of Josiah of Bertie, may have left Bertie County, but after the death of Josiah of Bertie in 1773, there were still tracks from a Josiah Harrell in Bertie County. For instance, Josiah Harrell married Mary Ann Gardner in Bertie County on December 13, 1777; Josiah Harrell married Sarah Harrell in Bertie County on September 21, 1778; and in the Bertie County 1790 census a Josiah Harrell was a head of household, but he was alone (there was no Josiah in Hertford County in 1790, but there was a Josiah Harrell born in Hertford County in 1798).[Lucy Elliott Hollowell, The Harrell Family of Gates County]
The family described in 1787 seems a bit too mature for Josiah and Judith who married in Gates County on September 26, 1788. It is possible Judith was not Josiah?s first wife. It is also possible the Josiah and his family living in Gates County in 1787 was not the same Josiah who married Judith in 1788.
In the 1790 U. S. census for Gates County was probably the same household described in 1787, but one of the young males counted in 1787 was gone.
1, white male over 16
1, white male under 16
3, white females
1, slave
In the 1800 census, Josiah and Judith?s family appeared as follows:
1, white male under 10
1, white male 16-26
1, white male over 45
3, white females under 10
1, white female 10-16
1, white female 16-26
1, white female 26-45
no slaves
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