
Nodding, William
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Name Nodding, William Birth 1720 Jonesboro, Washington, North Carolina, United States
Gender Male Find A Grave Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Union Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States
166887060 LifeSketch - The maiden name of Mary, the wife of William Nodding, is unknown. She was NOT the Mary who was the daughter of Thomas Brewster. Although the surname of Thomas Brewster's daughter Mary is missing from the will of Thomas Brewster, from the deed abstract below, we know that that Mary married Thomas Finch and not William Nodding. Deed Abstracts of Loudoun Co., Virginia, 1795-1796, Ruth & Sam Sparacio, eds., The Antient Press, 1993, p. 110: pp. 351-352 [in original deed book] Agreement of heirs of Thomas Bruister. (On margin: LEWIS et Ux. to FINCH &c. Assignment) AN AGREEMENT entered into & concluded on Between DANIEL LEWIS & ANN LEWIS, THOMAS FINCH & FRANKLIN PERRY. This Agreement Witnesseth that Whereas Thos. Bruister, deceased, did give by his Last Will to his three Daughters a tract of land to be equally divided between them, vizt. MARY BRUISTER who after intermarried to THOMAS FINCH, ANNEY BRUISTER who after intermarried to DANIEL LEWIS & PRISCILLA BRUISTER, who after intermarried to JOHN NODDING & the said PRISCILLA & JOHN NODDING conveyed their part to FRANKLIN PERRY and as no Division hath yet been recorded and each party is desirous to have the land divided and bounds fixed that each may hereafter know their bounds, mutually agree that IGNATIOUS WHEELER, WM. STANHOPE & WILLIAM GUNNELL JUNR., do make an equal division of the land according to Qunatity & Quality to which we said DANIEL LEWIS, and ANN LEWIS, THOS. FINCH & FRANKLIN PERRY do bind ourselves & each of our heirs to each other in the penalty of Two thousand pounds each, provided we do not abide by and stand to the Division of the aforesaid IGNATIOUS WHEELER, WILLIAM STANHOPE & WILLIAM GUNNELL JUNR. In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands & seals this fifth day February 1796. Sealed & Acknowledged in the presence of IGNATIOUS WHEELER, WM. STANHOPE, JOHN L. PERRY, PEGGY PERRY, JOHN OWENS, JS. HOUGH. DANL. LEWIS, ANN LEWIS, THOMAS FINCH, FRANKLIN PERRY. Robert Fillerup, March 2019.
Residence United States
_AMTID 122722689625:1030:207924248 _COLOR 9 _COLOR1 2 _FSFTID LRJR-P9R _UID EFDB7DC65CED46D6B0D5F1778A9E30AF66C7 Death May 1812 Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee, United States
Burial Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Union Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States
Person ID I975 Charles Banks and Jon Ray Family Tree Last Modified 2 Apr 2022
Family Brewster, Mary, b. 1720, England
d. 4 Oct 1804, Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee, United States
(Age 84 years) Marriage 7 Aug 1741 Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
Children 1. Nodding, John, b. 1742, Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
d. 28 Dec 1782, Washington, Tennessee, United States
(Age 40 years)2. Nodding, Sarah, b. 1750, Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
d. 8 May 1809, Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee, United States
(Age 59 years)3. Nodding, Eleanor Ellen, b. 1750, Virginia, United States
d. 1836, Rose Hill, McNairy, Tennessee, United States
(Age 86 years)4. Nodding, Mary, b. 25 Jan 1753, Washington, Tennessee, United States
d. 10 Aug 1810, Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee, United States
(Age 57 years)5. Nodding, William, b. 1754, Kingston, Somerset, New Jersey, United States
d. 1791, Washington, Tennessee, United States
(Age 37 years)6. Nodding, Elizabeth, b. 28 Feb 1761, Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
d. 6 Nov 1826, Cooper, Missouri, United States
(Age 65 years)7. Nodding, Alice, b. 1762, Washington, Tennessee, United States
d. 15 Sep 1792, Washington, Tennessee, United States
(Age 30 years)8. Nodding, William, b. 1764 d. 1869, Bellows Falls, Windham, Vermont, United States
(Age 105 years)Family ID F320 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 10 Mar 2026
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Reference Charles Banks. "Nodding, William". The families of Charles Banks and Jon Ray. https://familytree.banksray.com/getperson.php?personID=I975&tree=banksray (accessed April 19, 2026).
