7. THOMAS4 AVENT (WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) died 1781 in Nash County North Carolina. He married
REBECCA STEVENS, daughter of JERIMIAH STEVENS.
Children of THOMAS AVENT and REBECCA STEVENS are:
21. i. ALLEN BURTON5 AVEN, b. 1779, Nash County North Carolina.
22. ii. AMOS AVEN, b. 1775, Nash County North Carolina; d. 1885.
23. iii. ABNER AVENT, b. 1760, North Carolina.
8. JOHN4 AVENT (WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born 1748, and died December 10, 1821. He married MARY MARGARET. She died
March 04, 1801.
Children of JOHN AVENT and MARY MARGARET are:
24. i. REV WILLIAM5 AVENT, b. August 08, 1775, Chatham County North Carolina; d. December 15, 1841, Chatham County North
Caarolina.
ii. SALLIE AVENT, m. ? COX.
25. iii. PATSY AVENT, b. 1770, Aventon Nash County North Carolina; d. March 02, 1851, Georgia.
iv. ELIZABETH AVENT, m. ? ALBRITAIN.
v. NANCY AVENT, m. ? RAINES.
vi. REBECCA AVENT, m. ? THOMAS.
vii. POLLY AVENT, m. ? PARTRIDGE.
9. JOSEPH4 AVENT (WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) He married JULIE ANN. She died 1828 in Chatam County North Carolina.
Children of JOSEPH AVENT and JULIE ANN are:
i. JAMES5 AVENT.
ii. WILLIAM AVENT, b. 1801.
iii. SALLY AVENT.
10. SARAH4 AVENT (WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born 1744 in Sussex County Viginia, and died 1793 in Chatham County North
Carolina. She married WILLIAM RAGLAND Abt. 1769, son of STEVEN RAGLAND and MARY.
Children of SARAH AVENT and WILLIAM RAGLAND are:
i. ANN5 RAGLAND, b. 1754, Northampton County North Carolina; d. September 1832; m. ? GRIFFIS.
ii. JOHN RAGLAND.
iii. THOMAS RAGLAND.
iv. FREDRICK RAGLAND.
v. ELIZABETH RAGLAND.
vi. ROBERT RAGLAND.
vii. MARY RAGLAND.
viii. DINAH RAGLAND.
ix. BRIDGET RAGLAND.
x. CELIA RAGLAND, m. ? KENNON.
xi. WILLIAM RAGLAND, m. SARAH WILLIAMS.
xii. SARAH RAGLAND, m. ? MINTER.
11. WILLIAM4 AVENT (WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born April 15, 1748 in Sussex County Virginia, and died November 11, 1811
in Nash County North Carolina. He married SALLY WARD. She was born 1763 in Isle of Wight County Virginia, and died Abt. 1844 in
Halifax County Virginia.
Children of WILLIAM AVENT and SALLY WARD are:
26. i. JAMES5 AVENT, b. November 07, 1785, Aventon Nash County North Carolina; d. October 1832, Nash County North Carolina.
ii. ELIZABETH AVENT, b. April 13, 1798; m. DICK HAZELWOOD.
iii. FANNY AVENT, b. December 26, 1804; m. NATHAN D. SANDFORD.
iv. FRANCIS AVENT, b. December 04, 1806; m. JANE BRANDON.
v. NANCY AVENT, b. July 02, 1800; m. WILLIAM WRIGHT.
vi. WILLIAM AVENT, b. October 04, 1802.
vii. THOMAS AVENT, b. April 25, 1790; m. SOPHRONIA GARDNER.
viii. MARY AVENT.
ix. BENJAMIN W. AVENT, b. January 22, 1796, Nash County North Carolina; m. MARY ELEY, December 19, 1816.
x. REBECCA AVENT, b. December 22, 1782, Aventon Nash County North Carolina; m. (1) NATHAN POWELL; b. September 10, 1768,
Edgecombe North Carolina; d. Abt. 1818; m. (2) ? BENNETT.
xi. PRISCILLA AVENT, b. July 08, 1793; m. EDWARD KIMBALL.
12. REBECCA4 AVENT (WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born 1753 in North Hampton Noth Carolina, and died 1814 in Chatam County
North Carolina. She married SETH COTTON Abt. 1769, son of RICHARD COTTON and ELIZABETH WEAVER.
Children of REBECCA AVENT and SETH COTTON are:
27. i. AVENT5 COTTON, b. 1793; d. 1866.
ii. JOHN COTTON, m. MILLY.
28. iii. GABRIEL COTTON, d. Abt. 1828.
iv. WILLIAM COTTON.
v. POLLY COTTON.
vi. ELIZABETH MARY COTTON, m. ? CARPENTER.
vii. SALLY COTTON, m. CALVIN GOODWIN, November 13, 1839.
29. viii. REBEKAH COTTON, b. 1796.
30. ix. RICHARD C. COTTON.
15. ELIZABETH4 AVENT (PETER3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born September 12, 1752, and died Abt. 1811. She married REV ANDREW BAKER 1769, son of ANDREW BAKER and MARY BOLLING. He was born Abt. 1749 in Montgomery County
Viginia, and died September 24, 1815 in Lee County Virginia.
Children of ELIZABETH AVENT and ANDREW BAKER are:
i. HENRY5 BAKER, b. August 14, 1774.
ii. ANDREW BAKER, b. February 18, 1777.
33. iii. JOSEPH BAKER, b. April 08, 1779.
iv. JAMES BAKER, b. January 27, 1782.
v. JOHN BAKER, b. August 15, 1784.
vi. NANCY BAKER, b. January 10, 1787.
34. vii. ELIJAH BAKER, b. May 08, 1789.
35. viii. MARTHA PATSY BAKER, b. October 27, 1791, Wilkes County North Carolina; d. November 21, 1869, Hancock County
Tennessee.
16. JOSEPH4 AVENT (PETER3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) died in Cumberland County North Carolina.
Child of JOSEPH AVENT is:
i. RANSOME DAVIS5 AVENT, m. MARTHA SMITH.
17. THOMAS4 AVENT (JOHN3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born January 12, 1742/43 in Albemarle Parish, Surry/Sussex County Virginia, and
died November 05, 1795 in Brunswick County Virginia. He married REBECCA.
Children of THOMAS AVENT and REBECCA are:
i. MARY POLLY5 AVENT, b. March 21, 1774, Albemarle Parish, Surry/Sussex County Virginia; m. JOHN C. COOPER, February 15,
1795, Sussex County Virginia.
ii. JOHN AVENT, b. March 19, 1768, Albemarle Parish Sussex County Virgina; m. SUSANNA.
iii. WILLAM AVENT, b. April 05, 1772, Albemarle Parish, Surry/Sussex County Virginia.
iv. THOMAS AVENT.
v. ANGELILA AVENT, b. June 09, 1766; m. JOHN JAMES.
vi. REBECCA AVENT, m. BENJAMIN HARRIS, January 20, 1801, Southampton County Virginia.
vii. RURANIA AVENT, m. JOHN B. COLE, February 25, 1801, Southampton County Virginia.
36. viii. ELIZABETH AVENT, b. December 30, 1769, Albemarle Parish, Surry/Sussex County Virginia.
18. ELIZABETH4 AVENT (JOHN3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born April 13, 1739 in Albemarle Parish Sussex County Virginia. She married
RICHARD MASSEY. He was born 1745 in Greensville County St Andrews Parish Virginia, and died November 08, 1813 in Greensville
County St Andrews Parish Virginia.
Children of ELIZABETH AVENT and RICHARD MASSEY are:
i. WILLIAM5 MASSEY, b. 1785.
ii. REBECCA MASSEY, m. ? MOODY.
37. iii. AVENT MASSEY.
19. MARY POLLY4 AVENT (THOMAS3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) She married JOEL TAPLEY, son of HOSEA TAPLEY
and SARAH MOORE.
Children of MARY AVENT and JOEL TAPLEY are:
i. JUDITH5 TAPLEY.
ii. ELIZABETH TAPLEY.
iii. WILLIAM TAPLEY.
iv. MARY TAPLEY.
38. v. NEWHAMPTON TAPLEY, b. Abt. 1740; d. 1807, Georgia.
20. WINNAFORD4 AVENT (THOMAS3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born Abt. 1745 in Bertie County North Carolina or Virginia, and died Aft.
1810 in Wayne County North Carolina. She married FREDRICK JORDAN. He was born Abt. 1733 in
Northampton County North Carolina, and died Abt. 1794 in Wayne County North Carolina.
Children of WINNAFORD AVENT and FREDRICK JORDAN are:
39. i. ELIZABETH5 JORDAN, b. Abt. 1770, Johnson County North Carolina; d. March 24, 1860, Newton County Texas.
ii. DICEY JORDAN, b. Abt. 1770, Dobbs County North Carolina; d. 1822.
iii. AVEN JORDAN, b. Abt. 1764, Dobbs County North Carolina; d. Aft. 1820, Georgia.
iv. PRIOR JORDAN, b. Abt. 1766, Dobbs County North Carolina.
v. PENELOPE JORDAN, b. Abt. 1768, Dobbs County North Carolina; m. HENRY SMITH.
vi. FREDRICK JORDAN, b. Abt. 1772, Dobbs County North Carolina.
vii. MATHEW JORDAN, b. Abt. 1776, Dobbs County North Carolina; d. Abt. 1850, Georgia.
Generation No. 4
21. ALLEN BURTON5 AVEN (THOMAS4 AVENT, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born 1779 in Nash County
North Carolina. He married BARSHEBA TRUELOVE 1792 in Virginia, daughter of TIMOTHY TRUELOVE and LUCY. She was born Abt.
1780.
Children of ALLEN AVEN and BARSHEBA TRUELOVE are:
40. i. TIMOTHY ALLEN6 AVEN, b. July 04, 1809, Denton's Valley Washington County Virginia; d. May 06, 1862,
Washington County Virginia.
41. ii. REBECCA AVEN, b. 1803; d. October 31, 1859, Washington County Virginia.
iii. ELIZABETH AVEN, b. 1815, Washington County Virginia; m. JOSEPH AUSTIN, January 02, 1834, Washington County
Virginia.
42. iv. SIDNEY JANE AVEN, b. November 23, 1820, Washinton County Virginia; d. 1873.
22. AMOS5 AVEN (THOMAS4 AVENT, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born 1775 in Nash County North Carolina, and died 1885. He
married MATILDA ROGERS. She was born 1780, and died 1856.
Children of AMOS AVEN and MATILDA ROGERS are:
i. JOHN W.6 AVEN.
ii. ELIJAH M. AVEN, b. 1825, Carroll County Tennessee; d. January 01, 1893, DeSoto Mississippi; m. NANCY; b. 1829, Carroll County
Tennessee.
iii. MARY AVEN.
iv. THOMAS A. AVEN, b. April 09, 1809, North Carolina; d. January 20, 1881, Big Creek, Yalobusha, Calhoun City Mississippi; m.
(1) ARMINTA THOMAS; m. (2) T. ELVIRA GOYEN; m. (3) REBECCA ANN CHAMBLESS, 1829, Carroll County Tennessee; b. 1810, Granville North
Carolina; d. 1839, Henderson Tennessee.
43. v. JAMES STAFFORD AVEN, b. October 25, 1809, North Carolina; d. February 03, 1882, Webster Georgia.
44. vi. WILLIAM C. FERN AVEN, b. 1811, North Carolina.
45. vii. CHESLEY NELSON AVEN, b. 1812; d. 1868, Coffeeville, Calhoun County Mississippi.
viii. ELIZA AVEN, b. 1813, North Carolina; m. JOHN R. TAYLOR; b. 1809, North Carolina.
ix. B. T. AVEN, b. 1815, Tennessee.
x. FERNEY C. AVEN, b. 1820, Tennessee; m. ELIZABETH E..
xi. GREENE ROGERS AVEN, b. 1823, Carroll County Tennessee; d. December 01, 1889, Grenada Mississippi; m. SARAH FRANCES
LYON, 1850; b. 1827, Carroll County Tennessee.
23. ABNER5 AVENT (THOMAS4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born 1760 in North Carolina. He married (1) ? WARD, daughter of
JOE WARD. He married (2) MARY BRADY, daughter of BAZDEL BRADY. She was born in Nash County North Carolina.
Children of ABNER AVENT and ? WARD are:
46. i. BENJAMIN6 AVANT, b. June 11, 1800, Tennesee.
47. ii. POLLY AVANT.
Children of ABNER AVENT and MARY BRADY are:
iii. PEGGY6 AVANT, b. 1806, North Carolina.
iv. REBECCA AVANT, b. 1806, North Carolina; m. MOSES FITE.
48. v. THOMAS AVANT, b. 1809, North Carolina; d. 1870, Montgomery County Ar.
vi. NANCY AVANT.
vii. ELIZABETH AVANT.
viii. PATSEY AVANT, m. ANDERSON.
24. REV WILLIAM5 AVENT (JOHN4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born August 08, 1775 in Chatham County North Carolina, and
died December 15, 1841 in Chatham County North Caarolina. He married (1) SILVA DRAKE November 07, 1799, daughter of WILLIAM
DRAKE and SALLIE MOORE. She was born October 27, 1782, and died February 03, 1805. He married (2) MARTHA HILL HICKS
September 29, 1807, daughter of GEORGE HICKS and TEMPERANCE. She was born August 23, 1785, and died May 02, 1809. He
married (3) ESTER WATTS CLEGG January 22, 1812, daughter of THOMAS CLEGG and BRIDGETT POLK. She
was born February 23, 1791 in Chatham County North Carolina, and died January 02, 1858 in Chatham County North Carolina.
Child of WILLIAM AVENT and SILVA DRAKE is:
i. SALLIE M.6 AVENT, b. March 18, 1801; d. August 02, 1833; m. HENDERSON WILSON, February 14, 1824.
Child of WILLIAM AVENT and MARTHA HICKS is:
ii. THOMAS6 AVENT, b. February 23, 1809; d. September 02, 1814.
Children of WILLIAM AVENT and ESTER CLEGG are:
49. iii. LOUISA JANE6 AVENT, b. September 25, 1819, Chatham County North Carolina; d. May 02, 1901.
iv. MARTHA AVENT, b. November 27, 1812, Chatham County North Carolina; m. THOMAS GAY.
50. v. JOHN F. AVENT, b. March 22, 1814, Chatham County North Carolina; d. 1893.
51. vi. MARY GLOVER AVENT, b. September 02, 1815, Chatham County North Carolina; d. September 02, 1893.
vii. WILLIAM AVENT, b. November 28, 1817, Chatham County North Carolina.
52. viii. HARRIET PRIMROSE AVENT, b. December 05, 1821, Chatham County North Carolina; d. August 18, 1888, Waverly
Missouri.
ix. REV. ISSAC WATTS AVENT, b. September 19, 1822, Chatham County North Carolina; d. January 18, 1900, Chatham County
North Carolina; m. (1) TEMPERANCE ROLLINS; m. (2) CHLOE H. PEGRAM.
x. PERMELIA AVENT, b. March 25, 1825, Chatham County North Carolina; d. November 26, 1826, Chatham County North
Carolina.
xi. BRIDGET ANN AVENT, b. February 20, 1827, Chatham County North Carolina; d. December 31, 1827, Chatham County North
Carolina.
53. xii. HENRY EVANS AVENT, b. August 27, 1829, Chatham County North Carolina; d. July 18, 1907, Chatham County North
Carolina.
xiii. JOSEPH CARSON AVENT, b. November 22, 1830, Chatham County North Carolina; d. April 1904; m. MARY ELIZABETH
DOUGLAS, March 10, 1853.
xiv. ANN ELIZABETH AVENT, b. April 08, 1832; d. 1855; m. REV JOHN WESLEY COTTON; b. 1829; d. 1881.
25. PATSY5 AVENT (JOHN4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born 1770 in Aventon Nash County North Carolina, and died March 02,
1851 in Georgia. She married MOSES COX 1786 in North Carolina. He was born May 06, 1756 in North Carolina, and died December
19, 1845 in Washington County Georgia.
Children of PATSY AVENT and MOSES COX are:
i. GATSY6 COX.
ii. JAMES AARON COX.
iii. JOHN WILLIAM COX.
iv. HENRY COX.
v. REBECCA COX, m. ISIAH BARTLETT AVENT.
vi. MALINDA COX.
vii. ROBERT COX.
26. JAMES5 AVENT (WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born November 07, 1785 in Aventon Nash County North Carolina,
and died October 1832 in Nash County North Carolina. He married MARTHA GARDNER.
Child of JAMES AVENT and MARTHA GARDNER is:
54. i. THOMAS WARD6 AVENT, b. 1815.
36. ELIZABETH5 AVENT (THOMAS4, JOHN3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) was born December 30, 1769 in Albemarle Parish, Surry/Sussex County
Virginia. She married PRESLEY GARNER March 30, 1786 in Greensville County Virginia. He was born November 26, 1757, and died
July 10, 1837.
Children of ELIZABETH AVENT and PRESLEY GARNER are:
59. i. ELIZABETH AVENT6 GARNER, b. Richland County South Carolina.
7. THOMAS4 AVENT (WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, AVENT1) died 1781 in Nash County North Carolina. He married
REBECCA STEVENS, daughter of JERIMIAH STEVENS. 