(Daughter) Addams and Andrew Donelson

Sibling(s): Elizabeth | Robert 'R' | (Donelson) | Samuel | Jane

Last Revised Thursday, March 18, 2010

Dollinson or Donelson?

Mary Margaret _____ Patterson Addams wrote her will in 1744 (Orange / Augusta Co Va) and named a grand daughter in the will, Margaret "Dollinson". There is little doubt as to whether this was the same person as Margaret Donelson, later mentioned in Augusta Co VA in 1755, after her father (Andrew Donelson) died. Here is the extract:

ABSTRACTS OF WILLS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT.
WILL BOOK No. 2.
Page 84.--19th March, 1755. Daniel Love's bond as guardian (chosen) to Margaret Donelson, orphan of Andrew Donelson, with sureties Ephraim Love, David Ralstone.

Given the fact that Daniel Love was chosen as guardian, that adds a lot of credence to the probability these two Margarets were the same person (Dollinson and Donelson). Daniel Love was the uncle to Margaret Donelson, as both were named in the 1744 will of Margaret Addams.

I would like to thank Todd Young for pointing out the above court extract to me in November, 2003.

Another source of information regarding this Andrew Donelson family is Marjorie Sutherland. Here is an extract from an online post in 1999:

Additional Children of Andrew Donelson

Posted By: Marjorie Sutherland
Subject: Re: ANDREW DONELSON/DONALDSON
Post Date: April 09, 1999 at 09:27:17
Message URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/donelson/messages/43.html

Andrew was son of Capt. John Donelson I b.1690 Eng. d.Nov 1736 and m.1716 MD, Catherine Davis b. & d. Somerset Co., MD. Andrew, bro. to Col. John Donelson, co-founder of Nashville,TN, was b.MD d.ca 1755 PA. Unk.wife. Issue: 3 children; Margaret, Robert, & Humphrey. Andrew's other siblings were: Mary b.1730 & William b.1737. Col. John was b.7 Apr 1726 MD, d. ca Apr 1785 KY; he's my gggggrandfather.

The Andrew Donelson I have is the father of Robert b.1743 PA d.1790 Augusta Co.,VA.

Marjorie Sutherland

Capt. John Donelson and his wife Catherine Davis lived and died in Somerset Co MD. They had Andrew in 1722, John in 1726, Mary in 1730, and William in 1737... all born in Somerset Co MD. Marjorie points out that Andrew married someone (we know her to have been the daughter of Margaret Addams) and had children born in the early to mid 1740s in PA. We know that Daniel Love came from PA in the 1740s, and he, too, married a daughter of Margaret Addams, to wit: Jane Addams. It is feasible to me that Daniel Love and Andrew Donelson were most likely living in the same part of PA and that perhaps the Pattersons and Addams left Sussex Co DE and travelled through PA on their way to the valley of VA. We also learn from Marjorie's post that Andrew Donelson had three children, to wit: Margaret Donelson, Robert Donelson (b 1743), and Humphrey Donelson.

I believe that these three siblings are listed in order of age above... Margaret, Robert and Humphrey. I also believe they were all born by 1744. It seems that their mother had died by the time Margaret Addams wrote her will in 1744, so my guess is that Margaret Donelson may have been born ca 1741/42, then Robert in 1743, and Humphrey ca 1744. It seems to me that their parents, Andrew Donelson and _____ Addams were born around 1722, roughly. Given that Ms Addams was born 1720-22, that is why I believe her to be the daughter of John Addams and Margaret _____ Patterson Addams, rather than a daughter of Margaret by her first husband, William Patterson. The children from that marriage seem to have been born b/w 1709 and 1711, give or take a couple years. John and Margaret Addams' children (Samuel and Jane) both seem to have been born in the 1720s, thus the reason for including this daughter also, who married Andrew Donelson ca 1740/41 I'm guessing.

Humphrey Donelson Information

http://database.nesdomains.com/htm/d0068/g0000022.html#I66267
Humphrey DONELSON
DEATH: UNKNOWN
WILL: 5 Aug 1781, Caswell Co., North Carolina

Family 1 : MARY
Robert DONELSON
Humphrey DONELSON
Mary DONELSON
Jennett DONELSON
Martha DONELSON
Margaret DONELSON
Rebecca DONELSON
Andrew DONELSON
William DONELSON
Ebenezer DONELSON

http://www.shadedart.com/McCarver/McCarver%20Web%20backup%20Nov%202007/names/DonaldsonHumphrey.htm
HUMPHREY DONALDSON

Note:
Appears in 1777 Caswell Co. NC Census Index Richmond District.

North Carolina Wills Abstracts - D pg 47 (Will Book A page 144)
1781 September. DONALDSON, HUMPHREY; Mary (wife), Janet, Margaret, Rebecca, Willam, Andrew, Robert, Ebenezer and Humphrey (children); Mary Richards (daughter).

Married Mary Riley.
Humphrey apparently dies on or about September 1781 in Caswell County, North Carolina.

Children of Humphrey and Mary Riley Donaldson:

Mary Donaldson 1765 m. James Richardson
Margaret Donaldson 1767 Orange Co., NC m. Samuel Anderson McSpadden
Humphrey Donaldson II
Andrew Donaldson 1770 Orange Co., NC m. Mary Motheral 7/18/1791 Caswell Co., NC wit: James Richardson
Ebenezer I. Donaldson 1772 Orange Co., NC
Janet Donaldson 1779 Orange Co., NC
Rebecca Donaldson 8/19/1780 Caswell Co., NC
William Donaldson m. Margaret Motheral 9/5/1793 Caswell Co., NC wit: James Richardson

ID: I322
Name: Mary Donaldson
Sex: F
Birth: ABT. 1765
Death: BEF. 1844

Father: Humphrey Donaldson
Mother: Mary Riley

Marriage 1 James Richmond b: 7 Nov 1752 in Scotland
Children
Mary (Polly) Richmond
Andrew Richmond
Alexander P. Richmond b: 1786 in NC
Thomas Richmond b: 1787
Daniel Richmond b: 1790 in NC
Nancy Janet Richmond b: 15 Dec 1790 in NC
Elizabeth Richmond b: 1799 in Tenn

Name: Humphrey Donaldson II
Sex: M
Birth: 1778 in Caswell Co., NC

Father: Humphrey Donaldson
Mother: Mary Riley
Bride: Margret Motheral
Groom: William Donaldson
Bond Date: 05 Sep 1793
County: Caswell
Record #: 01 077
Bondsman: James Richmond
Witness: Ald Murphey Clerk of Court
Bond #: 000015008

Note: Will of Humphrey Donelson, 5 AUG 1781, Caswell County, North Carolina mentions William Donelson.

Parents of the William Donelson: Humphrey and Mary Donelson

Thomas Carver married Margaret Donelson 4 December, 1809 in Wilson County, Tennessee. (She being William's Widow, (reportedly))

Bride: Mary Motheral
Groom: Andrew Donelson
Bond Date: 18 Jul 1791
County: Caswell
Record #: 01 077
Bondsman: James Richmond
Witness: Ald Murphey D D
Bond #: 000015011

Bride: Sarah Carr
Groom: Joseph Motheral
Bond Date: 22 Mar 1787
County: Orange
Record #: 02 290
Bondsman: Samuel Allen
Bond #: 000099445

Bride: Sarah McMinamy
Groom: Samuel Motheral
Bond Date: 26 Dec 1782
County: Caswell
Record #: 01 211
Bondsman: Joseph Motheral
Witness: Ald. Murphey, (
Bond #: 000017110

my tract of land near to Gallatin being one hundred and twenty seven acres, and all my money and bonds and notes and all my other property be equally divided amongst my six children
John Motheral,
Samuel Motheral,
Joseph Motheral,
Mary Donelson,
Margaret Carver,
James Grier,

my two sons
John Motheral and
Joseph Motheral

Signed sealed and delivered this sixth day of August one thousand eight hundred & ten.
Anne (x) Grier seal
Sarah Motheral
Jane Motheral
Thomas Donnell

2nd
It is my will that the following described notes one of eighty-eight dollars on Robert & Humphrey Donelson bearing date April (page 136) fifteenth eighteen hundred and six, another of James Thomas & David Burton for sixty-one dollars, twenty five cents, dated September the fifteenth Eighteen hundred and nine, one on John Marshall for thirty-five dollars, bearing the date August the third Eighteen hundred and ten.

While the brothers, etc, of RACHEL DONELSON JACKSON, also owned land in Wilson
County, they are not the DONELSONs who settled in Wilson. The WIlson
DONELSONS came from Caswell County, NC.
HUMPHREY DONELSON made his will August 5, 1781 and recorded at the September
Court, 1781, Caswell County. He named:
(1) wife, MARY
(2) sons, WILLIAM
(3) son, ANDREW
(4) son, ROBERT
(5) son, EBENEZER
(6) son, HUMPHREY
(7) daughter, MARY RICHMOND, wife of JAMES RICHMOND
(8) daughter, JENNETT
(9) daughter, MARTHA
(10) daughter, MARGARET
(11) daughter, REBECCA
(12) executors, wife, & WILLIAM RICHMOND

witnessing the will were THOMAS WILEY, LAUGHLIN McALYEA
[Kendall and Donaldson, CASWELL COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA WILL BOOKS, 1777-1814, p. 7]

WILLIAM DONELSON married MARGARET MOTHERAL, September 5, 1793, with JAMES RICHMOND, bondsman

ANDREW DONELSON married MARY MOTHERAL, July 18, 1791, with JAMES RICHMOND, bondsman

ROBERT DONELSON married ELIZABETH RICHMOND, January 16, 1799, with JOSHUA RICHMOND, bondsman

[Kendall and Donaldson, CASWELL COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA MARRIAGE BONDS, 1778-1868, pp. 37-38

EBENEZER DONELSON was bondsman for DAVID BURTON and ANN DAVIS, October 8, 1807, WCT.

HUMPHREY DONELSON married SALLY KELLY, WCT, Febraury 17, 1808, with OBEDIAH WOOLWINE, bondsman

MARGARET DONELSON [i.e, MOTHERAL, and widow of WILLIAM DONELSON] married THOMAS CARVER, December 4, 1809, WCT, with HUMPHREY DONELSON, bondsman
[Whitley, MARRIAGES of WILSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, 1802-1850, pp. 3 et passim.]

The DONELSONS, RICHMONDS, MOTHERALS, and GREERS - and perhaps THOMAS CARVER...all migrated to Wilson County in the very first years of the life of Wilson County as a separate county, as the above marriage bonds will show.