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Nicholas Gentry, II

Male 1697 - 1779  (81 years)


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  • Name Nicholas Gentry 
    Suffix II 
    Birth 30 May 1697  Pamunkey Neck, St Peters Parish, New Kent Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1777-1779  Abermarle Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I0789  forneyclark
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

    Father NICHOLAS GENTRY, I,   b. 22 Aug 1655, Thaxted, Essex Co., England (?) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ABT. 1736, Hanover Co., VA (?) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Family ID F0436  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane Benajah,   b. 1708, New Kent Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1779, Abermarle Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage New Kent Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1088  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
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      Source:
      Donna Forney Clark:
      This individual, though not doubly related, appears in more than one place in our family tree. To avoid a confusing merge, it is necessary to make each appearance of this individual separate.
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      Source:
      SEE GARY AND JANET FOSTER'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
      http://haggard.surnames.com/
      http://haggard.surnames.com/historical_files/H2.htm
      Haggard World Wide Web Sites by Gary & Janet Foster:
      [Gary Foster is the Administrator; Clinton Haggard's 2500 page document was broken down by Clinton's daughter, Susan E. Haggard Hayashi]:
      Gary and Janet Foster:
      HAGGARD/HOGGARD FAMILIES, H1
      by Clinton R. Haggard
      Gary Foster's Haggard Home Page Historical Files:
      NICHOLAS GENTRY was born on 30 May 1697 in NEW KENT, VA. He died in ALBEMARLE, VA. He has reference number G4. Will dated 20 February 1777, probated April 1779, Albemarle County, VA. Parents: NICHOLAS I GENTRY .
      He was married to MARY BROOKS about 1719 in ST. PETER PARISH, NEW KENT, VA. Children were: MOSES GENTRY , DAVID GENTRY, NICHOLAS GENTRY, MARY III GENTRY.
      He was married to JANE BENAJAH about 1729 in NEW KENT, VA. Children were: ROBERT GENTRY, ELIZABETH III GENTRY, BENAJAH BROWN III GENTRY, NATHAN GENTRY, GENTRY, GENTRY, MARTIN III GENTRY.

      Clinton Haggard's references:
      "History of the Haggard Family in England and America: 1433-1899" written by David Dawson Haggard in 1899 and published by Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, NY, a copy of which is in the National Archives in Washington, DC.
      James Hoggard/Haggard, H11, son of Anthony Hoggard, identified in 1723 Over-wharton Parish, Stafford County, VA, as a tobacco planter with three sons. Nearest neighbors, also tobacco planters, were James French and William Rice. The book by David Dawson Haggard identifies him as a schoolteacher with four sons. Records in the same area include two others believed to be brothers of those named. Mr. Leland Gentry identifies James Haggard's wife as Elizabeth Gentry, baptised 29 August 1687, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, VA, daughter of Nicholas Gentry I."

      "The Gentry Family in America: 1676-1909" written by Richard Gentry, a copy of which is in the Rhode Island Historical Society Library. Reprints have been advertised."

      "Genealogy and History of the Haggard Family: 1433 to 1899 to 1938 to 1954" copyright 1938 by Jennie (Haggard) Ray, printed in the United States of America by Regional Press, Inc. This is a revision of David Dawson Haggard's book with additions to the line of John Haggard, son of Nathaniel Haggard."

      "The Clabaughs" by Betty Harrell, 621 Harrington Ave. Los Altos Co. copyright 1982. "This is an excellent biography of the life and times of
      Rev. Henry Haggard, son of Nathaniel Haggard." [2006 update: Betty is now Betty Harrell Gerlack at 10535 Deodara Drive, Cupertino CA 95014]

      "Rice Haggard, the American Frontier Evangelist Who Revived the Name Christian" by Colby D. Hall, published in 1957 by the T.C.U. Press, Ft. Worth, TX. This is an excellent booklet on the life of Rice Haggard, son of Edmund Haggard, one of the four sons of James Haggard identified in David Dawson Haggard's book."
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      Source:
      http://www.gentryjournal.org/archives/jgg0109.htm
      JOURNAL OF GENTRY GENEALOGY:
      Volume 1 Issue 9; September, 2001; Home Page and Index
      SONS OF NICHOLAS GENTRY, IMMIGRANT
      Part 2. Nicholas-II Gentry
      by Willard Gentry
      "Abstract
      All available information about Nicholas-II Gentry, the youngest of the sons of Nicholas Gentry, Immigrant is reviewed. Virtually all known contemporary references for Nicholas-II are summarized. A brief description of each of the children of Nicholas-II is also given along with representative references concerning them."
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