Jarrell Family of Early Virginia Notice Regarding Revision of “Siblings of Daniel Jarrell” in Part III
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The Jarrell Family of Early Virginia Notice Regarding Revision of “Siblings of Daniel Jarrell” in Part III Continuing research has found additional records that clarify and revise some of the information regarding Daniel Jarrell's brothers in early Culpeper and Madison County, VA included in Part III of this paper. In particular, an elder Alexander Jarrell (Sr.) who died c1781 is now proved as the father of Alexander Jarrell (d. 1810), Joshua Jarrell, and the William Jarrell who married his cousin Elizaan Jarrell, now proved a daughter of Richard Jarrell Sr. Also, Mary Jarrell Harvey, listed in this paper as Daniel's sister, is proved instead to be another daughter of Richard Jarrell Sr. Therefore, a revised version of this paper is in progress. No other significant changes have been discovered. The following list summarizes the early Culpeper/Madison County Jarrell siblings and their families based on original research from all records found as of October 2012. Please contact me for details. Joan Horsley - [email protected] – www.joanhorsley.org Children of James Jarrell the Elder b. c1702, of Caroline Co, VA; m. (2nd?) Sarah; d. 1762-1782, Culpeper Co, VA 1) James Jarrell “Sr.” - b. c1732, Caroline Co, VA; m. Sarah c1758; d. 1786, Culpeper Co, VA Children include: Mary Jarrell (m. John Taylor), James Jarrell (m. Frances Sims), Peter Jarrell, Dempsey Jarrell (m. Sally Stanton), Susannah Jarrell (m. Zachariah Taylor), Joel Jarrell, Elisha Jarrell (m. Nancy Bradley), Sarah Jarrell (no recorded marriage - her widowed mother Sarah Jarrell married 2nd to John Burroughs in 1795) 2) Alexander Jarrell Sr. - b. c1735, Caroline Co, VA; m. Elizabeth c1756; d. c1781, Culp. Co, VA Children include: Alexander Jarrell Jr. (m. Sarah; d. 1810, Madison Co, VA), Joshua Jarrell (m. Mary; d. 1808, Rockingham Co, NC), William Jarrell (m. Elizaan Jarrell d/o Richard Jarrell Sr.; d.1835-1840, Rockingham Co, NC), Eleanor Jarrell (m. Mathias McDaniel) 3) Richard Jarrell Sr. - b. c1738, Caroline Co, VA; m. Elizabeth c1763; d. c1789, Culpeper Co, VA Children are: Mary Jarrell (m. Elijah Harvey), Elizaan Jarrell (m. William Jarrell s/o Alexander Jarrell Sr.), Daughter-name unknown (m. Larner Watson), Alexander Jarrell, Zachariah Jarrell (m. Nancy Tippett, his only wife), Richard Jarrell Jr. (m. Elizabeth Herndon), Nancy Jarrell (did not marry), Rhoda Jarrell (m. Ezekiel Tippett), Whitfield Jarrell (also spelled Whitefield Jarrell) 4) Daniel Jarrell - b. c1740, Caroline Co, VA; m. Mary Davis c1770; d. 1804, Monroe Co, VA/WV Children are: Gibson Jarrell (m. Sarah Petry), Elijah Jarrell (m. Agnes Dick), Simeon Jarrell (m. Elizabeth Flinn Miller), John Jarrell (m. Nancy Brown); Tomsey Jarrell (m. Robert Gore), Betsy Jarrell (m. John Harvey), Lemuel Jarrell (m. Elizabeth Farley), Benjamin Jarrell (m. Mildred Ballard), Polly Jarrell (m. William Humphreys) 5) Elizabeth Jarrell - b. c1742, Caroline Co, VA; apparently never married; d. aft. 1763 6) Jeremiah Jarrell Sr. - b. c1745, Caroline Co, VA; m. Sarah Sims 1788; d. 1828, Madison Co, VA Children are: Garland Jarrell (alias Garland S. Gerald, m. Juliet Pearis), William Jarrell (m. Frances “Fanny” R. Smith), James Jarrell (m. Susan Jarrell d/o Jeremiah’s brother John), Jeremiah Jarrell Jr. (m. Lucretia Sims), John Jarrell, Abraham Jarrell (m. Tabitha Jarrell d/o Jeremiah's brother John), Joel Jarrell (m. Olivia Sims), Mary Jarrell (m1st James Taylor, m2nd William S. Walker), Jefferson Jarrell (m. Nancy Sims), Adam Jarrell (m. Adeliza Miller), Washington Jarrell (alias George W. Jarrell, m1st Rebecca J. George, m2nd Elizabeth T. Harman), Madison Jarrell 7) John Jarrell - b. 1748, Culpeper Co, VA; m. Ann "Nancy" Spoldin 1783; d. 1836, Madison Co, VA Children are: Elizabeth Jarrell (m. James Slaughter), Lucy Jarrell (m. David Shoals), Susan Jarrell (m. James Jarrell s/o Jeremiah Sr.) Clarissa Jarrell (m. Joseph Taylor), Bathsheba Jarrell (did not marry), Tabitha Jarrell (m1st Abraham Jarrell s/o Jeremiah Sr; m2nd Chesley Rodgers) ____________________________ The JARRELL FAMILY of EARLY VIRGINIA with focus on DANIEL JARRELL and his wife MARY DAVIS Their Family, Relatives, & Neighbors by Joan Horsley Based on Research as of September 2009 Copyright © 2009 Joan Horsley Contact: [email protected] This document may not be used in part or whole for commercial purposes or paid subscriber services. All personal use must reference the document and author. Cite as: Horsley, Joan. The Jarrell Family of Early Virginia with focus on Daniel Jarrell and his wife Mary Davis: Their Family, Relatives, & Neighbors. Raleigh, NC: J. Horsley, 2009. Available online at www.joanhorsley.org. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . 3 PART 1: DANIEL and MARY DAVIS JARRELL . 4 Culpeper County, Virginia . 5 Early Culpeper County Jarrell Records . 5 1748-1760 . 6 1761 . 7 1763 . 9 1770’s and the American Revolution . 10 1782 . 15 1783-1793 . 15 Monroe County, Virginia (now West Virginia) . 16 1793 - 1804 . 17 1805 - 1816 . 21 1817 - 1824 . 21 1830 - 1845 . 22 PART 2: CHILDREN of DANIEL and MARY DAVIS JARRELL . 23 Children in 1845 Deed . 23 Children by Other Evidence . 24 Spouses of Daniel & Mary Jarrell’s Children . 31 Given Names of Daniel & Mary Jarrell’s Children . 32 PART 3: DANIEL JARRELL’S POSSIBLE SIBLINGS, PARENTS & ANCESTORS . 33 Previous Claims for Daniel Jarrell’s Ancestors . 33 Jerrell to Fitzjarrell to Jarrell? . 35 Beginning from the Beginning . 36 Possible Siblings of Daniel Jarrell . 36 James Jarrell (“Sr.”) . 37 Jeremiah Jarrell . 41 Alexander Jarrell . 43 Joshua Jarrell . 44 Richard Jarrell . 45 John Jarrell . 47 Elizabeth Jarrell . 47 Mary Jarrell . 48 The Conundrum of Solomon Jarrell . 48 Summary of Possible Siblings of Daniel Jarrell . 50 Searching for the Parents of Daniel Jarrell & Siblings . 51 James and Sarah Jarrell – Culpeper County 1761 . 51 Jarrell Family – Culpeper County 1748-1760 . 53 Earlier Jarrell Families - Caroline County 1733-1750 . 53 Caroline County Court Records – Annotated Timeline . 55 (Including James Jarrell later in Spotsylvania) . 60 Daniel Jarrell Family Connections - Caroline to Monroe . 65 James Jarrell or John Jarrell of Caroline as Daniel Jarrell’s Father? . 66 David Jarrell – Caroline County 1734: Which Generation? . 67 Links to “John Jerrell the Immigrant”? . 69 PART 4: OVERVIEW of POSSIBLE JARRELL FAMILY LINE . 71 CONCLUSION . 72 General Report Notes . 72 APPENDIX: Timeline of Records for Daniel & Mary Jarrell and Children . 73 Bibliography . 96 Index . 104 3 Copyright © 2009 Joan Horsley Contact: [email protected] The JARRELL FAMILY of EARLY VIRGINIA with focus on DANIEL JARRELL and his wife MARY DAVIS Their Family, Relatives, Friends & Neighbors * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * INTRODUCTION The pioneering Jarrell family has evoked the interest of both local historians and family genealogists for many decades. Daniel and Mary Jarrell and their family were among the first settlers of Monroe County, Virginia when it was formed in 1799. Today Monroe County is in southeastern West Virginia, which separated from Virginia and gained its own statehood in 1863. As new Virginia counties were formed in the early 1800’s in response to increasing settler populations, most of the grown Jarrell children migrated westward. They, too, became some of the earliest settlers in their respective counties, particularly the area that became Boone County, Virginia (now WV) in 1847. Much has been written on this Virginia frontier Jarrell family, initially by county historians such as David A. Turner and Sigfus Olafson, and by Jarrell descendant Anna Mae Jarrell. In more recent years, many of Daniel and Mary Jarrell’s descendants have generously contributed family information and research to online genealogy websites and message boards. Wiley Jarrell, long-time administrator of the web-based RootsWeb Jarrell Mailing List, has dedicated years of effort compiling and sharing Jarrell family genealogies, including much about the Daniel Jarrell family. As rich and invaluable as this combined body of information is, its virtual abundance and repetition can give us a false sense that we already know all there is to know about this Jarrell family and lull us into forgetting that genealogy is an ever-unfolding story. My interest and involvement with Jarrell family genealogy began about eight years ago. In the process of doing original primary record research on my Davis family of Culpeper County, Virginia, I began to find records showing close connections between them and nearby Jarrell families. Then several years ago I discovered an 1817 Madison County, VA, Davis will and probate records which, combined with earlier records, prove that Daniel Jarrell’s wife Mary was the sister of my direct ancestor Benjamin Davis (II). That discovery spurred me to more purposeful Jarrell research, since learning more about either family broadened my understanding of both as well as gave direction for further record searches. I learned early on that despite the wealth of current Daniel Jarrell family information, most was published and/or disseminated with no documentation and no original sources cited. Without knowing the source of the information presented, we have no way to verify or assess the validity of the claims. Specific original sources enable us to separate what is proved or strongly indicated by original primary records from what is assumption, conjecture, or family legend. Thus, the aim of this research report is two-fold: First, I have tried to identify and separate which previously published information on this Jarrell family is proved or indicated by primary records (that is, those made at the time of the event), and which is claimed or conjectured but not yet directly proved or indirectly supported by the records themselves. I hope by including source citations in this narrative, along with record transcriptions in the Timeline of Records that follows, other researchers will be better able to locate, verify, correct and build upon this work and upon the accumulated research to date. Some of these primary records I have found give evidence that corrects or helps explain problems in earlier works.