My 4th Great Grandparents, William Eddins and his wife Nancy [last name unknown] lived in Chesterfield County in the late 1790’s and early 1800’s. They had 9 children; 3 sons and 6 daughters.
Their two oldest sons, Williams and Richard married sisters, Hannah and Elizabeth Wilson, daughters of James Wilson and his Lydia wife [last name unknown]. The Wilsons lived in neighboring Darlington County, South Carolina.
Both Williams and Richard Eddins, the two first borne sons were married in 1808, Williams Eddins marring Elizabeth Ingram and Richard married Elizabeth Wilson. Sadly, Elizabeth (Ingram) Eddins died about 1828 in Pike County, Alabama. Williams then married Hannah Wilson that same year in Madison County, Alabama.
Williams marriage to Hannah Wilson was short lived. After the birth of two children, Hannah (Wilson) Eddins died.
Williams Eddins then entered into a “Marriage Contract: with the widow Hannah Deaman and they were married on 19 October 1833 in Madison County, Alabama.
As stated above, Elizabeth and Hannah Wilson were the daughters of James and Lydia Wilson. Sometime in early to mid-1830, James Wilson died in Pike County, Alabama. Both Williams and Richard Eddins were named as kinsmen in the James Wilson Probate file.
Translation:
The State of Alabama}
Pike county} To the Sheriff of said county Greetings:
You are hereby commanded [to] Summons Lydia Wilson widow of the late James Wilson Richard Eddins and Williams Eddins next of Kindred to the said James Wilson deceased to appear at the Montcello on the third Monday in August instant then and there to object to the application made by Rueben Wilson to the Honorable the Orphans Court of said County for letters of Administration on the Estate of the said James Wilson deceased if the think fit, or otherwise the said application will and granted. Witness George B. Augustus Clerk of said Court at office this 4th day of August A.D. 1830.
G. B. Augustus Clerk
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Richard Eddins’ probate file shows that he died before 19 May 1845. The 1850 Census shows that Williams Eddins was alive and well in 1860. W. EDDINS, Male, age 75, born in SC is listed in the 1860 Butler County, Alabama census. He died sometime after 1860; date unknown.
Related Posting:
https://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2024/05/marriage-contractwilliams-eddins-and.html
Williams and Richard Eddins are my 3rd Great Grand Uncles.
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