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The Early Descendants of Wm. Overton & Elizabeth Waters Of The Early Descendants of Wm. Overton & Elizabeth Waters oi Virginia, and Allied Families PUBLISHED 1938 BY W. P. ANDERSON. THE DESCENDANTS OF WM. OVERTON & ELIZABETH WATERS OF VIRGINIA AND ALLIED FAMILIES I undertook the collection of data on the Overtons of Virginia to try and get in touch with someone who had records that would definitely show the parentage of Mary Overton, who is supposed to have married Robert Anderson, Jr. who died in Hanover Co.,Va. in 1716. In I936 I published "Anderson Family Records" (AFR), a book of 174 pages, giving the descendants of the above Robert, and some early data on the Crawford, Dabney, Longworth, Marshall, Overton, Rogers, Wiggins, Worthington and other families connected with the Andersons. It would be well to look this over to properly under­ stand these notes and I will be glad to lend a copy of this book to those interested or a copy can be purchased for $5.00. Family Bible Records go back to Robert Anderson b. Jan. 1, 1712 (see AFR66, 82, 96), and tradition gives him as the son of Robert Anderson, Jr.,and Mary Overton, a daughter of William Overton and Elizabeth Waters (see AFR5, 141, 165 R-22), and Gov. Charles Anderson, a grandson of Robert Anderson b. 1712, left records showing he was quite confident his great grandmother was Mary Overton and recollected a visit to his father of his cousin John Overton of Virginia (AFR166 R-76). Barbara Overton b. I69O left a record of the children of Wm. Over­ ton. The original record is apparently lost, but at least a copy made by Judge W. J. Leake from a copy made by W. S. Pryor and an abstract in the Winston Manuscript Genealogy are preserved. (AFRI40). These give Mary Waters as the wife of Wm. Overton, but her mother's will (AFR139) names her Elizabeth. One gives Barbara's husband as John Winston, the other as James Winston. The oldest child of Wm. Overton and Elizabeth Waters is given as Elizabeth b. June 28, 1673. It is my belief that it was she who married Robert Anderson, Jr. Possibly her name was mis- copied or that both she and her mother were christened Elizabeth but called Mary. I will greatly appreciate hearing from anyone having a family record, either, original or from other sources, which may throw light on this subject, or give definite information as to who Elizabeth Overton b. June 28, 1673 married, and also any information of the early Andersons of Hanover County, not covered herein or in "Anderson Family Records". As I am not a professional genealogist, I can only work on gene­ alogy in my spare time, but I have much information on the Overton family, obtained from research and correspondence with hundreds of Overton descendants, and others interested in genealogy. During 1938 I am having Ardlee Service Inc. of N. Y. photo-offset some of the in­ formation I have on the early generations of the Anderson, Barret, Boone, Cosby, Crawford, Dabney, Fontaine, Harris, Hart, Jacobs, John­ son, Lewis, Maupin, Meriwether, Minor, Moore, Overton, Pettus, Terrell, Thomson, Tompkins, Winston, Yancey and other Virginia families, so that it can be sent to more correspondents for additions and corrections. I am only carrying down families, other than Overton descendants, and those of (Colu4; & (Colu6u) Bartelot Anderson, (g) Garland Anderson, (j) John Anderson, Robert Anderson and Cecilia Massie, (DX) Elizabeth Dabney & (DW) George Dabney II, whom I believe to be related to my Anderson family, through those branches which appear to have inter­ married with descendants of these families. I am deeply grateful to the numerous correspondents who have so graciously assisted me in collecting family data, and where they have furnished a list of children, their symbol and name, or initials appear in brackets after "Issue". This bracket may also contain an abbrevia­ tion of a book, indicating the source of my information. An abbrevia­ tion after an individual's name indicates where further information regarding him can be obtained, and an abbreviation after a statement in brackets, or a foot note, indicates my source of information. In some cases this is omitted due to the fact that in the early stages of my work, I had not thought of always showing where the information came from, but after reading many books on genealogy, having informa­ tion on our family and seeing their discrepancies and errors, I came to the conclusion to give all possible references as I went along, and used abbreviations for these references. This will enable the reader to Judge the reliability of the data covered. "Anderson Family Records" gives a list of these abbreviations, to which the following changes and additions have been made: - A Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy. AA American Archives by Peter Force. ACG Mrs. Annie C. Gordon of Richmond, Va.,a desc. of 03.4_zzl. AFR Anderson Family Records by W. P. Anderson, 1936. Al Albemarle Co.,Va. by Edgar Woods. AM Andrew Meade by P. H. Baskervill. BF The Blllingsley Family in America by'Harry Alexander Davis, 193°. BoF Boone Family by Hazel A. Spraker, 1922. Bu The Buckners of Va. 1907. C Calendar of Virginia State Papers. Ca The Cabell s & Their Kin by Alexander Brown. -.CC Caroline Co. by Marshall Wingfleld. CCV Campbell Co.,Va. by R. H. Early. CEA Chart on Barret Family compiled by Edward A. Claypool of Chicago, I9OI, a copy of which is in the N.E.H.G. Society. CF Carr Family Records by E. I. Carr, 1894. CFV The Coles Family of Va. by Wm. B. Coles. CG Crawford Genealogy by Mrs. L. F. Stephens. Clay The Clay Family, Filson Club Pub. #14. CO Miss Cecil Overton of Washington, D. C. a desc. of 05w24- CoG Cosby Genealogy, compiled by Frank Carvill Cosby, revised and amended by Frank Clark Cosby and John S. Carpenter, manuscript loaned me by Col. Spencer Cosby, •r C7 Colonial Families of the Southern States. Hardy. D Dictionary of American Biography. Da Dabneys of Virginia by Wm. H. Dabney. -DAR Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books. DR Douglas Register. DRL Robert Lewis Dabney by Thos. C. Johnson. DSV Gen. Duke Shepherd-Van Metre Family by Samuel Gordon Smyth. DTJ The DuVal Family of Virginia by Bessie Berry Gabowskii. E Encyclopedia Americana. EJC Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Va. 4 Vol. Pub. by Virginia State Library, 1930. -EPV Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers. - FP Nat. Soc. Daughters of Founders & Patriots Lineage Book. FV Families of Virginia by Geo. W. Chappelear 1. Leake; 2. Chappelear; 3. Barret. FWM Mrs. Eugene N. (Frankie W.) Maupin of Clarence, Mo. G5 Gentry Family in America I676-I909 by Richard Gentry. GD Giant Days or The Life and Times of Wm. H. Crawford. GF Goodwin Families in America. Gil Gov. Gilmer's Sketches. GIF Glassell Family of Virginia by H. E. Hayden. GV Gordons in Virginia by Armistead G. Gordon, I9I8. GVC Virginia Cousins by G. Brown Goode. HCR Hanover Co.,Va. Records in Virginia State Library. HG Harris Genealogy by Gideon D. Harris. H&G History & Genealogy of the Families of Miller, Wood, Harris, Wallace, etc. by W. H. Miller. HH Prof. Harris Hancock who published a pamphlet on The Harris Family. If a number is given after this reference it refers to the page in his pamphlet, otherwise to him. HLR (V62536) Hopewell L. Rogers of Chicago. ^ HRCA Historical Register of Officers of the Cont. Army. 1775-1783• -2- HRUEA Historical Register & Dictionary of the O. S. Army by Francis B. Heitman. HS Hening's Statutes, the continuation thereof is given as Vols. 14, 15 & 16. HU Huguenot Emigration to Virginia; New Series, Vol. V, Va Hist. Soc. I886 by R. A. Brock. JBM Manuscript "Gotten up by John B. Minor from his Minor, Carr, Overton and Winston Collections", dated Oct. 19O0.Eastham P. 0., Albemarle Co.,Va.,and loaned me by (05w8l51) Mrs. Samuel P. Orr, of Nashville, Tenn. When JBM* Is used, it indicates an inser­ tion in different writing. JC Journals of the Council of the State of Va. Vol I-I93I-V0I.2-I932. JLH Mrs. Jane Lewis Anderson Hart of Beaver Dam, Va a desc. of 05uyy. JMK Jeanette Moore King. Data on Moore Family. Her father Chas. H. King gave her "My Little Red Book" compiled upon the authority of his father and brother, James M. King. Jo Capt. Roger Jones by L. H. Jones. JSA Mrs. Julia S. Ardery of Paris, Ky. a desc. of 05xvr, Colu4wtz and Oöaal. K Register of Kentucky State Historical Society. KF Kemper Family. Desc. of John Kemper of Va. Geo. K. Hazlitt & Co. Chicago. KK Kentucky Kinfolks of The Louisville, Ky. Herald Post. KR Kentucky Court & Other Records. Compiled by JSA. La History of Louisa Co.,Va. by Malcolm H. Harris. LC Larus Crawfurdiana, I883, copyrighted by Robert Leighton Crawford. A copy given by Miss A. L. Root of Arlington, Mass.,to the N. E. H. G. Soc,has enscribed "Rev. I.Pierce Root, Compliments, Mrs. F.A.Crawford Vanderbilt, New York 1883," has four letters from Mrs. Vanderbilt to Mr. Root, one dated Oct. 5, l880, and one dated Mch. 2d, with notation "Ans. Apr.3/85 Mrs. V's last letter to me." These show Mr. Root assisted Mrs. Vanderbilt in her genealogical research. LF Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America by Wm. Terrell Lewis,1893. LSC Stuart Carlile Leake. Vol. 1, p. 680 for Winston Callis lineage. McD The Glengarry McDonalds of Va.,by Mrs. Flora McDonald Williams. McDE The McDowells, Erwins, Irwins & Connections by John H.
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