The
Hingerty Family
of
Nansemond
&
Isle of Wight Counties,
Virginia
by Joel Watson
For several generations it has been the family tradition that
Alfred Hingerty came to Virginia "from New Hampshire." And indeed,
according to the Isle of Wight County Census of 1880 Alfred's son,
Alfred D. Hingerty, lists his father as having been born in New
Hampshire. And indeed in the Nansemond County, Virginia Marriage
Register, Alfred D. Hingerty gives his own birthplace as
"Kitrymain, New Hampshire." But there never has been a "Kitrymain,
New Hampshire." But on the line between Maine and New Hampshire is
the naval town of Kittery, Maine. Chances are, that Alfred Hingerty
was born in Kittery, New Hampshire before Maine became a State.
Nevertheless, the Hingerty family did not origniate in New
Hampshire, but Virginia .
Luckily for his descendents, Alfred Heckel Hingerty married
again as a widower, at the age of 65 in Nansemond County, Virginia
[Marriage Register, p. 30, November 18, 1872] and listed his
parents as William and Hannah Hingerty of Loudoun County, Virginia.
And indeed there in the 1820 Census of that county we find William
Hingerty. Since there is not one Hingerty listed in the 1790 Census
of Virginia, chances are that he came to Virginia between 1790 and
1820, from whence, I do not know. Hence, we begin the study of this
family with,
William Hingerty of Loudoun County, Virginia in 1820, married
Hannah, and had a son,
Alfred Heckel Hingerty, born ca. 1807 in Loudoun County,
Virginia. He died July 27, 1875. According to Ella Dott Hingerty
Carr, his first wife was Nellie [Ellen] Wright, the mother I would
presume of his children. She is probably the "Ellen" listed as the
mother on all of the children's marriage records. She was probably
called "Nellie" or it is possible that Mrs. Carr was incorrect as
to the first name. At the death of Ellen Wright, and at the age of
65 Alfred Heckel Hingerty married secondly in Nansemond County,
Virginia on November 18, 1872, a widow of Mathews County, Virginia,
Mrs. Elizabeth Arrington, age 36. The ceremony was conducted by D.
R. Duval.
In Nansemond County Will Book 3, page 25, the Inventory of the
Estate Settlement of Alfred Heckel Hingerty taken September 22,
1875, mentions him as "deceased" in 1875 and mentions his wife in
1875 as Elizabeth [Arrington]. It lists his children as:
Hannah C. Hingerty, wife of Justin Turner,
William A. Hingerty,
Charles D. Hingerty,
Mary C. Hingerty, wife of George W. Saunders,
Martha W. Hingerty, wife of C.[assie] B.[ianco] Johnson,
Frances Ellen Hingerty,
Alfred D. Hingerty,
Thomas J[efferson] Hingerty, and
George W[ashington] Hingerty.
Nansemond County Order Book 3, p. 50 and 288 (November 1877)
mentions orphans under 18 of Alfred H. Hingerty as Alfred D.,
Frances Ellen, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington. In Order
Book 4, p. 370, the same list appears but has Thomas R. Hingerty as
brother to George Washington Hingerty and son of Alfred H. Hingerty
listed in place of Thomas J. Hingerty. Hence, Thomas began to use
the name "Rice" sometime between 1875 and 1877.
Ellen, wife of Alfred Heckel Hingerty died between January 1,
1870 and December 5, 1871, for in Nansemond County Deed Book 2, p.
236, we find a deed dated 1 Jan 1870 "between A. H. Ashburn and
Sarah C. his wife and Sarah A. Holloway, widow , of the first part,
and Mrs. Ellen Hingerty, wife of Alfred Hingerty of the other part"
and then in Deed Book 3, p. 11, "I Alfred Hingerty of Chuckatuck
township....love to heirs of Ellen Hingerty."
I. Hannah C. Hingerty, daughter of Alfred Heckel Hingerty and
Ellen married Justin Turner.
II. William A. Hingerty
III. Charles D. Hingerty
IV. Mary Cornelia Hingerty. According to the Marriage
Register of Nansemond County, Virginia, she is listed as Annimica
Cornelia Hingerty, yet according to Will Book B, page 25 of the
same county, she Mary C. Hingerty wife of George W. Saunders, the
daughter of Alfred and May Hingerty and born in Portsmouth,
Virginia in 1847. On November 23, 1871 at the age of 24 and as a
widow, she George W. Saunders, age 39, a widower, son of Joseph and
Mary Saunders. They were married in Nansemond County by Isaac V.
[P.?] Luke. Since her mother is listed as "May," perhaps Alfred
Heckel Hingerty had married a "May" before he married Ellen, or
perhaps Ellen's name was May Ellen or Ellen May. This should be
studied.
V. Martha W. Hingerty, daughter of Alfred H. and Ellen
Hingerty was born in May of 1859. She married on August 30, 1877 in
Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Casabianca Johnson, b. February 16,
1859, son of Mills Maddison Johnson and Nancy Wyche Watkins of Isle
of Wight County, Virginia. [For some reason her parents are listed
on the marriage record as Albert and Nancy Hingerty, but this could
not be when she is expressly listed as daughter of Ellen by Alfred
and as wife of C. B. Johnson in 1875. Something is strange about
the dates also. My guess is that Ellen's name was Nancy Ellen
Wright Hingerty. As of the Census of 1900 (June) they had been
married 22 years, and had nine children, six of whom were living in
1900, namely,
A. George T. Johnson, born October 1884,
B. Casabianco Johnson (male), born September, 1887
C. Sallie W. Johnson, born March 1890,
D. Madison B. Johnson, born November, 1893
E. Nellie W[right?] Johnson, born September 1895.
VI. Frances Ellen Hingerty, daughter of Alfred Heckel
Hingerty and Ellen, and twin to Alfred D. Hingerty, was born in
Kitrymain, New Hampshire [since her twin brother was (but her
marriage record says Portsmouth, Virginia)] October 13, 1862
(According to family notes in the possession of Mrs. J. Ralph Hobbs
of Suffolk, Virginia in 1979). She died November 12, 1938. She
married twice. First to Nathaniel E. Williams, on February 3, 1881,
by E. W. Beale in Nansemond County. He was born December 1, 1852 in
Nansemond County, Virginia, the son of Hugh K. Williams and
Emmeline ______. Nathaniel died on March 16, 1886.
By Nathaniel Williams she had issue:
A. Henly Williams who married and had issue:
1. Henly Williams
2. Mae Williams
3. Howard Williams
B. Jesse Williams who married _____ and had:
1. Jesse Williams Jr.
2. Eleanor Williams
3. Nell Williams
Frances Ellen Hingerty Williams married secondly, John Morgan
Powell, born May 13, 1863 and died January 26, 1910. By this
marriage she had issue:
1. Fannie Mae Powell who married _____ Tadlock
2. Allie Powell who married Helen Boggs
3. Nellie Powell who married Percy Pierce and had a son,
a. Gibson Pierce of Suffolk, Virginia
4. Chesley Powell who married Balzora Boyce
VII. Alfred D. Hingerty, son of Alfred H. and Ellen
Hingerty, and twin to Frances Ellen Hingerty was born in
"Kitrymain[e], New Hampshire October 13, 1862. On December 19, 1883
at the age of 22 years and 2 months he was married in Isle of Wight
Coutny, Virginia by Z. A. Post to Sallie Lee Roberts, age 15 years,
9 months, and 3 days, daughter of Mills W. Roberts and Sarah his
wife. Alfred and Sallie had issue:
A. Callie Hingerty
B. Hurley Hingerty, born November 11, 1888, died October 28,
1966. who married on December 12, 1908, Alice Lee Smith, born
June 13, 1892 and had:
1. Sallie Lee Hingerty, born November 20, 1909, died
April 3, 1960. She married Richard Bowles and had a
daughter:
a. Betty Ann Bowles, born March 1, 1944. She
married Charlie Childress.
2. Mills H. Hingerty who married (1) Elizabeth Horton and
had a son:
a. Mills H. Hingerty Jr.
Mills H. Hingerty married (2) Edith _____ and had issue:
b. Randy Hingerty
c. Becky Hingerty
3. Clinton Hingerty who married Addie Johnson and
had issue:
a. Sandra Kay Hingerty
b. Alfred Hingerty
C. Leatha Hingerty
Alfred D. Hingerty was married secondly by the Reverend H. H.
Butler on November 29,1899, to Ada Virginia [Jenny, Jennie] Pruden
in Nansemond County, Virginia. At the time of the marriage both
were living in that county. According to the county marriage
records he was at the time a widower, aged 37, born Kitrymain,
N.H., son of Alfred Hingerty and Elizabeth [sic] his wife. Virginia
was age 23, single, born in Nansemond County, the daughter of Mills
(1808-1888) and Mary Archer Pruden of Nansemond County. [Mills
Pruden married first to Sallie or Sarah Pruden, b. 1814; secondly
to _____ Eley and thirdly to Mary A. Archer by whom he had issue
Della Pruden who married Josiah Price and Ada Virginia who married
Alfred D. Hingerty]. By Ada Virginia, Alfred had issue:
D. Mary Ellen Hingerty who married Charlie William Smith
E. Leone Hingerty who married _____ Powell
F. Trixie Hingerty
IIX. Thomas (Jefferson) Rice Hingerty, son of Alfred Heckel
Hingerty and Ellen was born in April, 1865. As of the 1880 Census,
he was living in the Windsor District with the B. C. Roberts family
as an "adopted child" (p. 310, no.1). He was married by J. F. Deans
December 29, 1886 to Margaret Sarah Johnson, born November 17, 1866
in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, died, January 5, 1950, the
daughter of Mills Maddison Johnson and Nancy Wiche Watkins They had
issue,
A. Ella Dott Hingerty, born February 13, 1888, died January
11, 1973. She married Charles Brosia Carr, born July 16,
1878 and died August 6, 1953. They are both buried in
Suffolk, Virginia. They lived in Windsor, Virginia and had
two children:
1. Bertram Elvin Carr who married Mary Withers and had a
daughter Withers Carr who married _______.
2. Charles Brosia Carr Jr., born in Windsor, Virginia,
March 4, 1926. He married Dolly Bell Watson, born in
Suffolk, Virginia on January 7, 1931, daughter of
Shelley Burch Watson and Alice Wingfield Whitley. They
were married in Elizabeth City, North Carolina on
January 8, 1949. They had three children:
a. Dolly Watson Carr, born in Suffolk, Virginia
(Lakeview Clinic), October 5, 1949. She married first
to Willie Hunter Rountree Jr. of Whaleyville,
Virginia, the son of Willie Hunter Rountree and
Katherlene Duke. They were married at Main Street
Methodist Church, Suffolk, Virginia at 4:00 P.M. on
August 23, 1969. She married secondly Timothy Martin
Eastwood on December 27, 1974 in Virginia Beach,
Virginia. Timothy Eastwood was born July 5, 1941 in
Grand Rapids, Michigan; he was the son of George
Eastwood and Lura Macy. She married thirdly, Michael
Chin, born June 25, 1956 in Flushing, New York, son of
Edmund Chin (b. Nov. 11, 1931 in New York City), and
Jaylene Young (born in Flushing, New York, July 30,
1934). Michael and Dolly presently live [1990] in
Baltimore, Maryland. Issue:
Sarah Wingfield Chin, born Ascension Day, May 9,
1991 in Baltimore, Maryland. Baptized at the
Cathedral of the Incarnation, Baltimore, Maryland
on Sunday, August 25, 1991 by her great-uncle,
The Rev. Shelley B. Joel Watson. The Dean, The
Very Rev. Vann Gardner celebrated the Eucharist
and assisted.
b. William Love Carr [named for William Love
Nunalee, his g-g-g-grandfather], born April 18, 1952
in Suffolk, Virginia (Obici Memorial Hospital which
was then just on the outskirts of Suffolk in Nansemond
County. He married Juel Frances Barnes, the daughter
of James Walter Barnes and Eva Louise Johnson. They
were married in Suffolk, Virginia. They had issue:
(1) William Love Carr Jr., born September 19,
1972 in Suffolk, Virginia and baptized at St.
Mary's Church (Roman Catholic) in Suffolk on
October 20, 1972. His godparents were his aunt,
Dolly Watson Carr Rountree and his great uncle,
Brother Joel, SSF [Shelley Burch Watson Jr.].
(2) David Brosia Carr, born in Suffolk, Virginia
at 6:30 AM on Monday, February 9, 1976.
William Love Carr married secondly on June 11, 1977 to
Brenda Gail Atkinson, the daughter of Elbert Wilson
Atkinson, Sr., and Lucy Mae Jones of Isle of Wight
County, Virginia. Brenda was born on March 15, 1957 in
Suffolk, Virginia. William and Brenda had issue:
(3) Eric Justin Carr, born in
Suffolk, Virginia on September 21, 1979.
(4) Krystal Love Carr, born January 26, 1983.
b. William Love Carr married thirdly to Wanda Yvonne
Chapman nee Davenport, born May 7, 1949 in Columbia,
Tyrrell County, North Carolina, the daughter of Lewis
Everett Davenport (born in Manteo, North Carolina) and
Matilda Maxine Spear (born in Creswell, Washington
Co., North Carolina). By her first marriage to John
Joseph Chapman, born Dennison but took the surname of
his step-father, Wanda had two sons, John Joseph
Chapman Jr., born in Pontiac, Michigan on March 17,
1974 and Jeffrey Heath Chapman, born February 20, 1976
in Edenton, North Carolina. As of 1992, they live in
Gates, North Carolina.
c. Charles Brosia Carr, III, born January 5, 1962 in
Suffolk, Virginia (Obici). He was baptized by the Rev.
Dr. Taylor Willis, Rector of Newport Parish in St.
Luke's Church, Newport Parish, Isle of Wight County,
Virginia on February 24, 1962. His godparents were
Rodham T. Delk, Esq. and his wife Evelyn Delk of
Smithfield, Virginia, and A.E.S. Stephens of
Smithfield, Lt. Governor of Virginia. Married Vickie
Lee Dean who was born October 31, 1964 in Salisbury,
Maryland, the daughter of Barbara Jean Kellam,
daughter of Cecil Kellam and Anna Marie _____, born in
Ansonia, Connecticut, June 29, 1944 and Victor Lee
Dean, son of Victor McClean Dean and Rose Anne Duck,
born in Salisbury, Maryland, September 22, 1940.
[Barbara Jean Kellem had first married Ronald Sterling
and had a daughter Maria Mae Sterling who married
Robert Manning Wise]. Charles and Vickie live in
Suffolk, Virginia.
B. Bertram Rice Hingerty, born May, 1890. Married Charlotte
Britt and had issue:
1. Margaret Anna Hingerty who married Sheril Marshall.
They had issue:
a. Kenneth Sheril Marshall of Windsor, Virginia
b. Bertram Chester Marshall of Windsor, Virginia
C. Otis J. Hingerty, born May 1894.
a. Otis Hingerty, Jr.
b. Dorothy Hingerty
c. Lula Mae Hingerty
IX. George Washington Hingerty, son of Alfred Heckel
Hingerty and Ellen.
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