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William Poston

Male 1809 - 1851  (41 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Poston was born on 14 Aug 1809 (son of John Poston and Rebecca Baldridge); died on 22 Jul 1851.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Poston was born on 23 Mar 1761 (son of Jonathan Poston and Mary Lynn); died on 22 Aug 1819 in Buncombe County, NC.

    Other Events:

    • Military Service: Military Service

    John married Rebecca Baldridge on 25 Apr 1782 in Lincoln County, NC. Rebecca (daughter of John Baldridge and Rebecca Clark) was born on 10 Mar 1767; died on 22 Jul 1851 in Buncombe County, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Rebecca Baldridge was born on 10 Mar 1767 (daughter of John Baldridge and Rebecca Clark); died on 22 Jul 1851 in Buncombe County, NC.

    Notes:

    Near Asheville, N.C. where I-40, I-26 and I240 form a triangle there was an old Indian Trail. Along this trail was a tavern known as Becky's Tavern . It is almost certainally this Rebecca.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Bond issued in lincoln County
    John was from Rowan County, NC and was 21 years old when married Rebecca was from Lincoln County, NC and was 15 years old when married in Iredell County, NC.

    Children:
    1. Margaret "Peggy" Poston was born on 19 Feb 1782; and died.
    2. Rebecca Poston was born on 31 May 1783; and died.
    3. Elizabeth Poston was born on 30 Jan 1786; died in 1821.
    4. Sarah "Sally" Poston was born on 15 Jan 1788; and died.
    5. Robert Poston was born on 20 Dec 1789; and died.
    6. Mary "Polly" Poston was born on 30 Aug 1790; and died.
    7. John A. B. Poston was born on 7 Nov 1794; and died.
    8. Jane "Jenny" Poston was born on 17 Oct 1795; died in 1873.
    9. Nancy Poston was born on 9 Apr 1797; and died.
    10. Lucinda "Cindy" Poston was born on 6 Mar 1801; and died.
    11. 1. William Poston was born on 14 Aug 1809; died on 22 Jul 1851.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jonathan Poston was born about 1742 in Maryland (son of Thomas Poston and Mable Unknown); and died.

    Notes:

    Land Records
    5:389 2 Dec 1762 101 acres Abbots Creek Rowan Co. from Freerick Michal & wife Christen for 12 pounds. (This is now Davidson Co)
    7:63 13 Feb 1769 101 acres Abbots Creek Rowan Co. Jonathan Poston & wife Mary to Felix Clotfelter for 39 pounds 10 pense. (Same land as above)

    Minutes in the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Rowan Co.
    1773-1795 14 Jul 1763 Jonathan Poston on petit jury.
    13 Oct 1763 Lease and release from Frederick Michael & wife Chrisrina to Jonathan Poston for 101 acres
    13 April 1763 prvd by William Lynn**
    16 Feb 1769 Lease and release from Jonathan Poston & wife to Felix Clotfelker for 101 acres
    13-14 Feb 1769. (Deeds of lease and release were common in Colonial times to circumvent tax on the transfer of real property.)

    Will probated April 1779 in Mecklenburg Co.
    James Lynn of Agusta Co., Va. dated 17 Feb 1779 leaves wife Sarah; sons James, John, Adlai, William Miller; Daus Eleanor, Sarah, Prudence, Elizabeth, Jane Pritchard, MARY POSTON, Catherine Gillespie, Margaret Wallace.

    Tax Receipts:
    1761 Authur Oneal's district.
    1763 Authur Oneal's district . Rowan County (now Davidson County area). This was signed by William Massery who was sheriff od Rowan County. (Madge Mauney Harris has found the origional tax receipt.)

    Marriage Bond:
    1790 John Poston Sr and John Poston Jr signed marriage bond for John Poston Jr and Rebecca Baldridge in Lincoln Co.

    Jonathan poston was a chain carrier for surveyer John Frohock in Rowan County noted in a Granville Grant to Henry Sluder dated 28 Aug 1762 on Farmers Creek, a fork of Abbotts Creek.

    From Rowan Co. court Records, 16 Nov. 1769: John Poston to help layout road from Salisbury Road to John Batey's ford on the Catawba River. Todays Beattie's Ford Road goes to this ford. Seems that Jonathan's surveying experience was called on to help with this road.

    Jonathan married Mary Lynn before 1759. Mary (daughter of William Lynn and Sarah) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Lynn (daughter of William Lynn and Sarah); and died.
    Children:
    1. Ann Poston was born on 2 Mar 1759; and died.
    2. 2. John Poston was born on 23 Mar 1761; died on 22 Aug 1819 in Buncombe County, NC.
    3. Poston was born in Jun 1763; and died.
    4. Samuel Poston was born on 8 Oct 1765; died in 1819 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.
    5. Rachael Poston was born about 1767; and died.
    6. Daniel Poston was born in 1769; died in Apr 1807 in Lincoln County, NC.

  3. 6.  John Baldridge was born in 1715 in Colerine, Ulster, Ireland (son of William Baldridge and Janette Holmes); died on 16 Jul 1776.

    Other Events:

    • Cemetery: Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church

    Notes:

    John Baldridge died in Martic Township, Lancaster P.A. Buried: at Chestnut Level: Presbyterian Church. Married at St. Ann's Cathedral in Ulster Ireland. John did not emigrate with his parents and siblings in 1730. He stayed behind, possibly to settle his Father's estate, and married Rebekah. Another source says he stayed in Ireland with his grandfather, Sir James Holmes, at Sir James' insistance, and that he came to America only after Sir James' death. Whatever the case, John and Rebekah finally joined John's family in America in 1737, arriving in Philadelphia aboard "The Village Belle". The couple already had their first 2 children at this time, and their 3rd child was born the same year they emigrated. They colonized land in Martic Township in southern Lancaster County just a few miles northwest of John's parents. At some point, Rebekah's name was changed to the more common spelling of 'Rebecca'. Most documents pertaining to her list the new spelling. In about 1765, John, along with some of his sons and his younger brother, Alexander, traveled to North Carolina and bought acreage in Old Mecklenburg County (northwest of the present-day City of Charlotte). An abstract, dated 13 May 1765, attesting to the purchase by John Baldrige of land along Indian Camp Creek and the Catawba River, can be found in Tryon-Lincoln County Deeds, Volume 1, Pages 670-671. Three other deeds involving similar purchases or rentals of land in that area by John Baldrige appear on pages 155-159 of Volume 4, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Deed Abstracts. John returned to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, only to die there in late July 1766 before he could relocate his family to North Carolina. John Baldrige's Last Will and Testament, dated 15 July 1766 and filed for probate on 31 July 1766, was recorded in Will Book "B", Volume 1, Page 448, Official Records of Lancaster County. It is generally considered that John Baldrige was buried in the cemetery of Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church, although there is no known tombstone there bearing his name.

    John married Rebecca Clark in 1733 in Colerine, Ulster, Ireland. Rebecca (daughter of William Clark and Margaret) was born about 1720; died on 1 Jul 1823 in Belwood, Cleveland County, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Rebecca Clark was born about 1720 (daughter of William Clark and Margaret); died on 1 Jul 1823 in Belwood, Cleveland County, NC.

    Other Events:

    • Cemetery: Knobb Creek Cemetery

    Notes:

    After John Baldridge died Rebecca married Aaron Boggs and moved to Rutherford Counth.

    Children:
    1. William Baldridge was born in 1734; died in 1828.
    2. Malcome Baldridge was born about 1736; died before 1781.
    3. Robert Baldridge was born in 1737 in Ireland; died before 1822.
    4. Francis Baldridge was born about 1742; and died.
    5. Daniel Baldridge was born about 1744; died about 1826.
    6. Margaret Baldridge was born about 1751; and died.
    7. John Baldridge was born about 1752; died about 1834 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.
    8. Alexander Baldridge was born about 1756; died about 1837.
    9. Thomas Baldridge was born about 1759; and died.
    10. Ann Baldridge was born about 1760; and died.
    11. Joseph Baldridge was born in 1762; and died.
    12. 3. Rebecca Baldridge was born on 10 Mar 1767; died on 22 Jul 1851 in Buncombe County, NC.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas Poston was born in 1716 in Charles County, Maryland (son of John Poston and Susannah Mary Baldridge); died on 19 Mar 1777 in Loudoun, VA.

    Notes:

    From Katherine Mock:
    Thomas Posten of Charles Co., MD sold his inheritance of "Poverty", 82 1/3 acres more or less, to Edward Davis of Charles Co., on Aug 13 1746 for 5000 pound of tobacco. Thomas' wife Mabel was named as waving all dower rights.
    On Aug 15 1750, Thomas sold all of his household goods, animals, ect. to Phillip Keys for 6327 ponds of Tobacco. No wife was named in this.

    1744 Made his mark on the inventory of his father's estate.
    1759 Rowan County Tax list
    1760 John Dickey's Store account
    1761 Tax list, Capt Kerr's Company, Rowan County.
    1761 John Dickey's Store account

    Thomas married Mable Unknown. Mable and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mable Unknown and died.

    Notes:

    She was named in a deed in 1746 and 1750 in VA

    Children:
    1. 4. Jonathan Poston was born about 1742 in Maryland; and died.

  3. 10.  William Lynn died in 1779 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    Will probated April 1779 in Mecklenburg Co. James Lynn of Agusta Co., Va. dated 17 Feb 1779 leaves wife Sarah; sons James, John, Adlai, William Miller; Daus Eleanor, Sarah, Prudence, Elizabeth, Jane Pritchard, MARY POSTON, Catherine Gillespie, Margaret Wallace.

    William married Sarah. Sarah and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Sarah and died.
    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Lynn and died.
    2. James Lynn and died.
    3. John Lynn and died.
    4. Adlai Lynn and died.
    5. William Lynn and died.
    6. Miller Lynn and died.
    7. Eleanor Lynn and died.
    8. Sarah Lynn and died.
    9. Prudence Lynn and died.
    10. Elizabeth Lynn and died.
    11. Jane Lynn and died.
    12. Catherine Lynn and died.
    13. Margaret Lynn and died.

  5. 12.  William Baldridge was born on 16 Jul 1689 in Tyrone, Ulster Prov., Ireland (son of Richard Baldridge and Sarah, son of Richard Baldridge and Sarah); died on 25 Nov 1772 in Little Britain Twp, Lancaster Co., PA.

    Other Events:

    • Cemetery: Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church
    • Occupation: Farmer and Weaver

    Notes:

    William Baldridge married Janette Holmes in Chapel of St. Andrews Cathedral in County Tyrone Ireland, and very likely made their living in or around the City of Coleraine as "yeomen", a class of small, independent, freeholding farmers. Janette was Christened July 2 1694 in Belfast Antrim Ireland. The entire family, except for eldest son John, emigrated to America on board "The Queen Margaret" in 1730. They landed in Philadelphia, and settled in Lancaster P.A. William and Janette (Holmes) Baldridge lived the remainder of their lives as farmers/weavers on land they colonized just north of the present-day Mason-Dixon Line, between Octoraro Creek and the eastern bank of the Susquehanna River. It is believed they were members of the Muddy Run Society, a Little Britain Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Lancaster County, where they are very likely buried, although there are no known tombstones there bearing their names. William Baldrige died in Little Britain Township, and his Last Will and Testament dated 9 January 1767 was probated on 14 January 1773 and recorded in Will Book "C", Volume 1. Page 124, Official Records of Lancaster County. Janette died there between 1767 and 1773, purportedly on 28 July 1768.

    William married Janette Holmes on 16 Jun 1714 in County Londonberry, Ireland. Janette (daughter of James Holmes, Sir and Margaret Jane Jennings) was born on 24 Jun 1694 in County Down, Ireland; died on 28 Jun 1768 in Little Britain Twp, Lancaster Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Janette Holmes was born on 24 Jun 1694 in County Down, Ireland (daughter of James Holmes, Sir and Margaret Jane Jennings); died on 28 Jun 1768 in Little Britain Twp, Lancaster Co., PA.
    Children:
    1. 6. John Baldridge was born in 1715 in Colerine, Ulster, Ireland; died on 16 Jul 1776.
    2. Alexander Baldridge was born on 5 Oct 1717 in Ireland; died on 12 Mar 1805.
    3. Margaret Baldridge was born in 1719 in Colerine, Ulster, Ireland; died on 8 Feb 1765.
    4. Janette Baldridge was born in 1721 in Colerine, Ulster, Ireland; and died.
    5. Elizabeth Baldridge was born in 1723 in Colerine, Ulster, Ireland; and died.
    6. Michael Baldridge was born on 19 May 1726 in Colerine, Ulster, Ireland; died on 12 May 1812.

  7. 14.  William Clark and died.

    William married Margaret. Margaret and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Margaret and died.
    Children:
    1. 7. Rebecca Clark was born about 1720; died on 1 Jul 1823 in Belwood, Cleveland County, NC.


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