Name: William (III) HATHAWAY
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Birth: 1695 Lancaster Co., VA
Death: 1772 Lancaster Co., VA
Father: Francis HATTAWAY
Mother: ___ GIBSON
FAMILY LINE:
Francis HATTAWAY & _____ GIBSON (?
– 1719)
William HATHAWAY (March 1706/7 –
16 Nov 1771) & Sarah LAWSON (abt 1698 - )
Capt. John
HATHAWAY (17 May 1733 - 19 Apr 1786) & Sarah Lawson TIMBERLAKE (21 Apr 1739
- )
Mary
Molly HATHAWAY (19 Nov 1768 - 11 Oct 1854) & Joseph HAMPTON (1765 - 15 Oct
1802)
Susanna HAMPTON (29 Jan 1796 - 13 Jun 1890) & Lewis WEEKS (15 Aug
1780 - 26 Apr 1849)
Susan WEEKS (24 Apr 1818 - 11 Jan 1872) & Jesse BARBRE III (25 Aug
1814 - 4 Apr 1870)
Malcena BARBRE (28 Mar 1855 -
12 May 1920) & William COFFEY (1848 - 1896)
Newton COFFEY
(23 Sep 1875 - 26 May 1969) & Adelia Gertrude ROBINSON (1878 - 1973)
Leo Newton
COFFEY (22 Jul 1901 - 26 Oct 1998) & Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983)
Fred
Coffey
Prior Analysis:
To date,
much of our analysis of the Hathaway family has been based on the book
“Hathaways of America” by Elizabeth Starr Versailles, 1970 edition. That book
identified the first three generations of the family as follows:
William
HATHAWAY (1636 - 1692) & Letitia LAWSON (abt 1652 - )
William (II) HATHAWAY (1666 - 1725)
William (III) HATHAWAY (1695 - 1772)
& Sarah LAWSON (abt 1698 - )
However I
have recently been reading the analysis by Bill Chapman, who acquired the old
Hathaway home “Enon Hall” in Lancaster County, Virginia. He and his family have
spent many years renovating the old house, and in the process he became interested
in the genealogy and history of the family. And his web page at “enonhall.com”
included a very carefully researched genealogy that showed serious problems
with the book “Hathaways of America”. His web page carefully explains the
problems, and his analysis is convincing. The researcher will want to visit his
web page and carefully read the analysis. The following will include only short
excerpts:
There was
indeed a William HATHAWAY (1636-1692), as shown above, who purchased land in
Lancaster County. But the assumption was that this was the land for Enon Hall, and
Chapman showed that the purchased land was in a part of Lancaster County that
got split off to form Middlesex County. This “William” MAY have been related to
our HATHAWAY line, but he was NOT the grandfather of our William HATHAWAY who
married Sarah LAWSON and who purchased the land for Enon Hall in 1782.
And the next
generation above, with William (II) HATHAWAY, had appeared suspiciously without
details. He was created to fill a “gap”.
Revised Analysis:
Chapman
believes the following to be the TRUE early genealogy:
Francis HATTAWAY & _____ GIBSON (?
– 1719)
William HATHAWAY (March 1706/7 – 16
Nov 1771) & Sarah LAWSON (abt 1698 – )
Extracts
from Chapman’s web page are in italics for the following:
“First, I need to point out another important key in
researching Hathaways. In the 17th & 18th centuries the spelling of the
name in county and parish records was totally at the mercy of the clerk doing
the writing. Spelling was less formalized in general and names often took many
forms. The period variations on Hathaway included: Hattaway, Haddaway, Hadaway,
Hatteway, and Hatherway… By the mid 18th century, these spelling issues seem to
have been settled. Our branch of the family finally settled on the Hathaway
spelling, but I feel sure that other branches of this same family are living
elsewhere as Hattaways today. Unfortunately, in many cases, the different
contemporary spellings have masked the families' common origins.”
“Do we know anything more about Francis Hattaway? Only that
he first appears in the Lancaster County tithables in 1700. Before that, I
don't know anything. There were definitely other Hathaways in the area in the
17th century including a Thomas and the more well-known Rowland Haddaway.
Rowland settled on a creek that became known as Haddaway's Creek. Today that
creek is known as Dymer Creek and is just north of us. (On the map above, it's
the creek directly above numbers 4 & 5.) We know that Rowland left Lancaster
County between 1661 and 1664 and moved to Maryland where he died in 1667. His
will mentions three children: Peter, George, and Margarett. Also, it's
interesting that there was a Francis Hathaway in nearby York County from 1652
to 1657. He was transported to the colonies by Augustine Warner, George
Washington's great grandfather. I haven't had time to explore whether there
might be a connection.”
“Getting back to William's story. We know he was born in
Lancaster County in 1706/07 and then bought Enon Hall in 1762. What about all
of the years in between? I started to uncover that story several years ago when
I happened to stumble on the following ad from the November 16, 1769 issue of
the Virginia Gazette.
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"Hobb's Hole" was what is today Tappahannock,
Virginia; located just up the Rappahannock River. (Location #3 on the Mitchell
Map above.) I had no idea whether the William Hathaway in the ad was our
William, but I had to check it out, so I turned my research attention to Essex
County. In short order I started turning up all sorts of information.”
“In 1741 William Hathaway purchased 190 acres on Piscataway
Creek in Essex County in the South Farnham Parish. Then in 1748 "William
Hathaway of the County of Essex and Parish of South Farnham" leased 150
acres on Carter's Creek back in Lancaster County, "including ye plantation
that Robert Cornelius now lives on." The property was leased for a period
of 21 years from Ezekial Gilbert. Gilbert owned quite a bit of land in the area
and also operated a very profitable ferry across the Rappahannock River.
Gilbert was married to Winifred Gibson, daughter of Robert Gibson (see above),
making her William's cousin. The leased land shared a border with Isaac Currell
(pronounced "Curl") and the Hathaways and Currells later intermarried.
Using published processioning records from the Christ Church parish from 1750.”
“So at this time, William Hathaway owned property in Essex
County while also leasing property in Lancaster County. Then on February 18,
1752 "William Hathaway of the Parish of South Farnham of the county of
Essex and Sarah his wife" sold the 190 acres in Essex County to Joseph
Mann. All of the evidence points to "Sarah" being Sarah Lawson,
daughter of Henry Lawson in Lancaster County. No longer owning property in Essex
County, we can assume that William and Sarah now lived full time in Lancaster
County on the leased Carter's Creek Plantation.”
“On September 13, 1762 (4 years before the Carter's Creek
plantation lease was due to expire) William purchased 200 acres in Lancaster
County from Andrew Donaldson. Known as "Andrews" this is the property
that is today Enon Hall. The deed mentions "plantation messuage
tenement." "Messuage" is an archaic word meaning "house
with its land and outbuildings."
“William Hathaway, Sr. died on November 11, 1771 and his
will was recorded in January 1772. His son Lawson inherited "my plantation
that I bought of Andrew Donaldson, known by the name of Andrews." Present
day Enon Hall.
(Following
extracted from page 910, 1970 edition, “Hathaways of America”, compiled by
Elizabeth Starr Versailles.
His will
(No. 20,1770-1783) is recorded Lancaster County 16, Jan. 1772, proved in court
by witnesses Isaac Currell and William Lawson. There is also a notation that
his eldest son, John, was to have "one filly, one bridle, and nothing
more". The manor plantation was willed to his wife, Sarah;
"Andrews" to son, Lawson; instructions for other sons to pay the
estate for loans of slaves or money; money to Dolly and to son William, and the
remainder to be divided equally between sons John, James, Thomas, and Lawson,
and daughters Dolly and Mary.
William m.
Sarah Lawson, perhaps 1730-32, who was dau. Henry L. and, according to some
accounts, Esther (Chinn) Lawson. Miss McComb states her mother was Mary (Taylor)
Kelly, dau. John Taylor and relict of John Kelly. Esther Chinn was dau. Raleigh
and Esther (Ball) Chinn, hence 2d cousin to George Washington.
Many
interesting relationships are shown by Miss Mc Comb, including the use of a
coat of arms by Rowland 11 Lawson, and from the Wale of Whalle family with
descent from Sir Thomas who was made a knight of the Garter in 1340. Land next
to Haddawais Creek was patented by George Wale whose daughter, Lettice Lawson,
relict, was named in his 2d inventory.
LFC: Found the
inventory of his estate, dated 1772, total value L1358 (L=pounds sterling,
S=shillings, d=pence). Seventeen slaves
are listed, with values ranging from L12 to L60. Inventory is lengthy, curious
items include 119 gallons of brandy at 3S/gal and 241 gallons of cider at
6d/gal.
The house
where William lived still exists in Lancaster County, is known as Enon Hall.
Visit www.enonhall.com for more information, including the 1762 deed wherein
William acquired the property. (116 Enon Hall Road, White Stone, VA.)
Marriage: 1730 Lancaster Co., VA
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Spouse: Sarah
LAWSON
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Birth: abt 1698 Lancaster Co., VA
Father: Henry L. LAWSON (1675-1725)
Mother: Mary SALLARD (1672-)
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William HATHAWAY (March 1706/7 – 16 Nov 1771) &
Sarah LAWSON (abt 1698 - )
Elizabeth HATHAWAY
(1732 - )
Capt. John
HATHAWAY (17 May 1733 - 19 Apr 1786) & Sarah Lawson TIMBERLAKE (21 Apr 1739
- )
James HATHAWAY
(1735 - )
Lawson HATHAWAY
(abt 1736 - )
Thomas HATHAWAY
(abt 1737 - )
William HATHAWAY
(abt 1738 - )
Dolly HATHAWAY
(abt 1739 - )
Mary HATHAWAY (abt
1740 - )
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