Family Records of the Southall, Macaulay, Jerdone, Bright and Macon Families

Family Records of the Southall, Macaulay, Jerdone, Bright and Macon FamiliesAuthor(s): Robert AndersonSource: The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jul., 1903), pp. 29-35Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and CultureStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1914740 .

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FAMILY RECORDS. 29

FAMILY RECORDS OF THE SOUTHALL, MACAULAY, JERDONE, 'BRIGHT AND MACON FAMILIES.

From Robert Anderson's Family Record Book. SOUTHALL FAMILY.

James Barret Southall 1 and Frances, his wife, had the following children, viz.:

1 John Southall, who was born on the 3d of April, 1763. 2 James Southall, born 26 September, 1764, and died in

Williamsburg, in the year 3 William Southall, born 12 April, 1767. 4 Frances Southall, born 7 March, 1770. She was married

in the city of Williamsburg, to John Daingerfield, of Essex county, in Virginia, and had several children.

5 Elizabeth Southall, born 2 December, 1771. She married, in Williamsburg, Peter Randolph, of Chatsworth, in Henrico county, and survived him, and having one son, William Ran- dolph, who now lives at Chatsworth. After the death of her husband she married Col. Richard Adams, of the city of Rich- mond, who survived her, leaving not one of several children by this marriage at her death.

6 Ann Southall, born 7 December, 1773. She was married, in Williamsburg, to Thomas Mutter, of North Carolina, by whom she had several children, sons and daughters. She survived her husband, and died at Indian Fields, their seat, on York River, in York county.

7 George Southall, born 2 April, 1775. He never married, and he now (1832) lives on his farm in Cumberland county.

Peyton Southall, born, 8 December, 1776. He married Helen Maxwell Macaulay, daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth Macau- lay, of Yorktown, Va., by whom he had several children, as Will be seen by reference to page - of this Book. He died in Yorktown, on the 18th of October, 1812. On the 18th of August, 1814, his widow married Robert Anderson, of Williamsburg, where they (1832) now reside.

(The foregoing list of names and births was copied from the family record, now in possession of Miles Macon, of Hanover county, who married Frances, the daughter (eldest) !of Thomas and Ann Mutter.)

Peyton Southall, of York county and city of Williamsburg,



30 WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE QUARTERLY.

and Helena Maxwell Macaulay, of said county, and town of York, Va., were married on Wednesday, the 17th day of Febru- ary, 1802.

1 James Alexander Southall, their first issue, was born on the 29th day of October, 1802, being Saturday, and died on Satur- day following the 5th of November.

2 Peyton Alexander Southall, their second issue, was born in the town of York, on the 16th day of July, 1804, being Sunday; died in Richmond, on November, 1854.

3 Frances Elizabeth Southall, their third issue, was born in Yorktown, on the 15th day of April, 1806, and died on Thursday, the 11th day of August, 1808.

4 George Washington Southall, their fourth issue, was born on the 27th day of April, 1807, in the town of York, and died the -day of June following.

5 Helen Matilda Southall, their fifth issue, was born in York- town, on Thursday morning, the 8th day of September, 1808.

6 George Washington Southall (2), their sixth issue, was born on the night of the 1st day of January, 1810, between the hours of nine and ten o'clock. Died in Baltimore, November, 1851. [distinguished lawyer.]

7 Elianna Maria Jerdone Southall, their seventh issue, was born in Yorktown, on the 6th * day of April, 1811, between the hours of nine and ten o'clock.

N. B.-There was a miscarriage between the second and third issues, in the year 1805.

(The foregoing was copied from a manuscript in the handwriting of Peyton Southall himself, by Robert Anderson, who married his widow. P. Southall died in Yorktown, on the 18th day of October, 1812, and was buried at Mulberry Island Church, in Warwick county, where the remains of his parents were de- posited.

Peyton Alexander Southall was married to Miss Clara Hack- staff Crocker, oldest daughter of Capt. Daniel Walcott Crocker, native of Connecticut, at the residence of Nathaniel Ferris War- ing (whose lady was first cousin of Clara H. C.), Esq., of Brook- lyn, New York, by the Rev. E. M. Johnson, on Monday evening, the 2d of September, 1833. Clara H. C. was born on the 18th of January, 1814.

* gOth May, 1811.



FAMILY RECORD. 31

Elianna Maria Jerdone Southall was married to Samuel Fran- cis Bright, Esq.,* of Williamsburg, at the residence of her uncle, Dr. Patrick Macaulay, of the city of Baltimore, Md., by the Rev. Dr. Wyatt, on Wednesday morning, the 19th of November, 1834. She died in Williamsburg on the - day of , 1839. t

MACAULAY FAMILY.2

Alexander Macaulay and Elizabeth Jerdone were married on the 5th day of December, 1782, and had the following children, viz.:

1 Helen Maxwell Macaulay, who was born in Louisa county, Va., on the 25th of June, 1784, and married Peyton Southall on the 17th of February, 1802, whom she survived, and on the 18th of August, 1814, she married the writer hereof, Robert Anderson.

2 Alexander Macaulay, born in Yorktown on the 20th of Feb., 1787. He died in South America in 1812-'3.

3 Sarah Macaulay, born in Yorktown, ~on the 14th of May, 1789, and died there on the 30th of September.

4 John Macaulay, born in Yorktown, on the 11th of October, 1791, and died there on the 20th of January, 1795.

5 Francis Macaulay, born in Yorkton, on the 3d of March, 1793, and died there on the 30th of September, 1811, at 9 A. M.

6 Patrick Macaulay, born in Yorktown, on the 27th of April, 1795.

Alexander Macaulay was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on the- of November, 1754, and died in Yorktown, on Tuesday, the 17th of July, 1798, 8 A. M.

Elizabeth Jerdone, his wife, was born in Louisa county, Va., 7th of April, 1759, and died in Yorktown, on the 3d of February, 1830. She was a daughter of Francis and Sarah Jerdone, for- merly Macon, of the county of Louisa, Va.

The births of the children named above, from 1 to 6, and their

* Samuel F. Bright was born on Back River, Elizabeth City county, on 5th January, 1803. His father was named Samuel; his mother was, Jane Sinclair Jennings.

t There seems to be some doubt about the date of Elianna's birth. A paper in the handwriting of her father, P. S., states it to be on the 6th of April, and her mother is under the impression that it was on the 20th May, 1811.




deaths, were extracted from a small family Bible of Elizabeth Macaulay, and in her own handwriting.

JERDONE FAMILY.3

Francis Jerdone, born on the 30th of January, 1720, and Sarah Macon, born on the 21st of February, 1731, were married on the 10th of February, 1753, and had the following children, viz.:

Mary Jerdone, born 17th of January, 1754. Francis Jerdone, born 9th of February, 1756. Died 29th of

April, 1841, Thursday. Sarah Jerdone, born 12th of September, 1757. Elizabeth Jerdone, born 7th of April, 1759. (She married

Alexander Macaulay 5th of December, 1782, and was mother to Helen M. Anderson, wife of Robert Anderson. She died 3d of February, 1830).

Isabel Jerdone, born 30th of September, 1761. Anne Jerdone, born 3d of April, 1763. John Jerdone, born 17th of September, 1764. Martha Jerdone, born 10th of June, 1767, and died 12th of

Septeniber, 1767. William Jerdone, born 26th of March, 1769, and'died 24 of

December, 1772. The foregoing copied from a sampler (in February, 1837),

worked by Elizabeth Jerdone, when she was young.

BRIGHT FAMILY.

Samuel Francis Bright and Susan H. Bright were married in the county of Gloucester by Rev. Mr. Cairnes, on the 15th of November, 1827, and had the following children:

A son, born in Elizabeth City county, on the 7th of August, 1828, and who died on the 11th of the same month.

Susan Hannah, born in York county, on the 8th of March, 1830.

Susan H., the wife of S. F. B., died on the 20th of March, 1830, and buried at Porto Bello, in York county.

Samuel F. Bright and Elianna Maria Jerdone Southall, his second wife, wvere married at the residence of her uncle, Dr. Patrick Macaulay, in Baltimore, Md., by the Rev. Dr. Wyatt, on Wednesday morning, the 19th of November, 1834, and had the following children:



FA-MILY RECORDS. 33

Francis Peyton, born in Williamsburg, on Friday, the 25th day of November, 1836, twenty-five minutes to one o'clock A. M.,

and died 28th of September, 1839. Robert Anderson, born in Williamsburg, on Saturday, the

23d of March, 1839, at 12: 30 o'clock P. m. Elianna M. J., wife of S. F. B., died in Williamsburg, at one

o'clock A. M., on Sunday, the 21st of July, 1839, and was buried at Porto Bello, in York county, and Francis Peyton, her son, died on Saturday, the 28th of September, 1839, in Williamsburg.

Samuel Francis Bright, son of Samuel and Jane Sinclair Jen- nings, was born on 'Back River, in Elizabeth City county, on the 5th of January, 1803.

MACON FAMILY.3

William Macon, a son of Gideon Macon, and Martha, his wife, was born on the 11th of November, 1694.

Mary Hartwell, a daughter of William Hartwell and Ann, his wife, was born 18th of June, 1703, and the said William Macon and Mary' Hartwell were married on the 24th of September, 1719. Their children were:

Ann, born 21 October, 1720; died 9 November, 1736. Martha, born 12 August, 1722; died 25 April, 1763. Mary, born 9 March, 1723; died 29 January, 1733. William, born 4 January, 1725. HIenry, born 1 September, 1727; died 11 September, 1785. Elizabeth, born 15 February, 1729. Sarah, born 21 February, 1731. Mary, born 17 April, 1735. Judy, born 12 August, 1737; died 1 February, 1768. Hartwell, born 30 June, 1741. Anna, born 31 July, 1747. - Mary Macon, mother of above, died 19 November, 1770. William Macon, father of the above, died 1 November, 1773. William Macon, who was born, as above, 4 January, 1725, mar-

Tied Lucy Scott, on the 2d of November, 1753. She was born 29th of May, 1737, and was a daughter of John Scott and Eliza- beth, his wife. Their children were:

William Hartwell, born 2 March, 1759. Thomas, born 11 September, 1761; died 4 July, 1762. Thomas, born 11 June, 1765.




Elizabeth, born 21 May, 1768; died 5 January, 1802. William Hartwell Macon, who was born, as above, the 2d of

March, 1759, married Hannah Selden, 22 December, 1783. She was born 7 February, 1762, and died 18 September, 1813, aged fifty-one years, seven months, eleven days, being the second wife. His first wife was Sarah Ambler, to whom he was married 25th of March, 1779. The children, by Sarah, the first wife, were:

Mary Cary, born 29 December, 1779. Sarah, born 30 June, 1782; died 23 October, 1782; called

Sarah Ambler. The children of William Hartwell Macon and Hannah, his

second wife, were: Lucy Scott, born 2 November, 1784. William, born 5 December, 1786. Miles Selden, born 27 October, 1788; died 5 May, 1790. Rebekah, born 26 August, 1790; died 1 May, 1809. Miles, born 13 August, 1791. Cary Selden, born 23 May, 1795. Thomas, born 18 March, 1797. Joseph, born 22 December, 1798; died 15 September, 1807;

called Joseph. Ann Elizabeth, born 15 January, 1801. Sarah, the first wife of William H. Macon, died 23 October,

1782. Lucy Macon, mother of William H. Macon, died 1 December,

1802. William Macon, father of William H. Macon, died 24 Novem-

ber, 1813. William H. Macon himself died the 24th of August, 1843, inl

his eighty-fifth year. William H. Macon was married to Sarah Dabney, widow of

Benjamin Dabney (who was Sarah Smith before her marriage with Benjamin Dabney) 4 August, 1814. She was born on the 27th of February, 1775. The issue were:

Mary Smith was born 18 July, 1815. John Augustine, born 22 June, 1817; died 3d of October, 1817,

aged three months, eleven days. Elizabeth Macon, daughter of William and Lucy Macon, who

was born 21 May, 1768, married William Waller on the 30th of November, 1786. Their children were:



WIATT FAMILY. 35

William Macon Waller, born 13 November, 1789. Lucy, born 10 December, 1791. Dolly Ann, born July -, 1794; died 5 August, 1797. William Waller, died 6 January, 1799, and his widow, Eliza-

beth, was married to George Nicholson on 31st of March, 1800. Mary Cary Macon, daughter of William H. Macon and Sarah,

his first wife, was married to William Marshall 10 December, 1803. She died 5 January, 1812, aged thirty-two years, seven days.

Lucy Scott Macon, daughter of William H. Macon, was married to William Temple, 28 August, 1804.

(1) James Barret Southall was keeper of the Raleigh Tavern, in Williamsburg, in 1770.

(2) For Macaulay Family, see also QUARTERLY, VII., 42. A journal of Alexander Macaulay was published in Quarterly XI., p. 180-191.

(3) Alexander Macaulay, Jr., enlisted in the army of Colombia, be- came colonel, but was captured and shot in the city of Pasto, in 1813. (QUARTERLY, VII., p. 42.)

4. For Jerdone Family, see also QUARTERLY, V., 70; VI. 37; VII. 42. 5. For Macon Family, see also QUARTERLY, VI., p. 33.



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