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Personal data Nathaniel W. BIVENS Sr 

• He was born in the year 1726 in Anson, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten.Source 6
• Alternative: He was born in the year 1726 in Pennsylvania, USA.
• Resident:
• in the year 1790: Anson, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten.Source 2
• in the year 1800: Fayetteville, Anson, North Carolina.Source 5
• in the year 1810: Anson, North Carolina, United States.Source 4
• He died on May 9, 1816 in Anson, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten, he was 90 years old.Sources 3, 6

  Meadow Branch, Anson Co, NC

• A child of William Nathaniel BIVENS and Ann BRASHEAR

Household of Nathaniel W. BIVENS Sr

He is married to Margaret Peggy TYLER.

They got married in the year 1759 at New York, United States, he was 33 years old.Source 6

Child(ren):

1. William BIVENS  1758-1818
2. John BIVENS  1760-1818 
3. Sarah B BIVENS  1763-1836
4. Elijah S BIVENS  1770-> 1860 
5. Abel BIVENS  1772-1818
6. Christian BIVENS  1774-1820
7. Stephen S BIVENS  1775-1859
8. Lydia BIVENS  1776-1855
9. Moses BIVENS  1778-1818
10. Unity BIVENS  1780-1832
11. Nathaniel BIVENS  1787-1845

Notes about Nathaniel W. BIVENS Sr

[gkbivens.ged] Nathaniel Bivens and wife Peggy Tyler migrated to NC. Family legend states that they came from the Franklin Co Pa area or at least were there for a time on their way to NC. Given names in this family include Elijah/Eligah, Abel, Israel, Moses, Nathaniel, John, Sarah, Mary, Eli, Abraham, Unity, and other biblical names. Following the Revolutionary War there appeared in the Meadow Branch section of Anson county,NC, three prominent characters: Nathaniel Bivens, the ancestor of the Bivens' of that section of Union County, which was at the time, still Anson County; Thomas Griffin, who served in the Revolutionary War in Virginia, and whose wife, Mary Muill of Virginia moved into the same section about the time another very prominent man who was a Baptist minister, i.e., Rev. Joseph Williams, Jr. Rev. Williams himself served in the Revolutionary War in the 1st North Carolina Regiment. Rev. Williams was the ancestor of all the Williams' in this section of Union County (then Anson). The Bivens', Griffin's, and the Williams' all lived in the same neighborhood and intermarried until a great majority of those folks in the eastern part of Union County are related. Bivens is Welsh English in origin with the name originally Benans. The Bivens' of this family line originated in London, UK. Info from Kitty Hoffman: There is a reference for Nathaniel BIVENS, Sr in the book, "The McLarty Family of Kintyre, Scotland and Mecklenburg Co., NC and Their Descendants", complied by Adelaide McLarty, date unknown. The book reported that about 1740 the Scots began moving in the Waxhaws from PA, MD, and VA.. There were 6-7 families there in 1751 followed by settlers chiefly from Augusta Co., VA. By 1850 there were 8000 white settlers there. Nathaniel BIVENS Jr. served on the first jury of the newly organized UNION CO.,NC in 1843. Notes on the BIVENS family said Nathaniel BIVENS, Sr. was of German descent (probably from the area of Germany where the protestants took refuge). He left PA and settled on Richardson Creek in Anson Co. with his wife Peggy TAYLOR and their 10 children. 8 were thought to have gone to GA. His will was dated 9 May 1816 and probated in the April Court 1818. Children: Abel, Wm, Sarah, John, Unity, Moses, Elijah, Lydia, Stephen, and Nathaniel, Jr. Lydia married. Wm. Billy Williams. Nathaniel Jr. married. Margaret James and had: John, Henry, Culpepper, Robert, Joseph A., Jefferson, Edna, Rebecca, Sally, Nancy, Drucilla, James, Hosea, and Eliza who married. Eber A Jerome s of Katie McLarty d/o Alexander Mclarty. According to my information Nathaniel Bivens Sr. who came to NC from Pennsylvania about 1773 and married Margaret (Peggy) Tyler who came from London , England and married Nathaniel Sr. while she was in her teens. They had 10 children, Nathaniel Jr., Abel, William,Sarah,John, Unity, Moses,English, Lyda, and Stephen. Nathaniel Bivens Jr. was born 11/18/1787 and married Margaret James born 10/04/1795. Nathaniel Jr. died 1845 and Margaret James Bivens died 1859. They along with Nathaniel Sr. and Peggy Tyler Bivens are buried in a cemetery on the Bivens farm across Richardson s creek from the home Nathaniel Bivens Jr. served as postmaster at Richardson s Creek from 1/08/1838 until 12/24/1845. The Bivens seemed like a very prolific bunch. Most all of Nathaniel Sr. offspring left the Mecklenburg-Anson area except Nathaniel Jr. Side Notes: Ann Brashear, born January 04, 1691/92 in Prince George, MD. She married (1) William Bivens February 10, 1725/26 were the mother and father of Nathaniel Bivens. She married (2) Richard Jones November 26, 1734 in Prince George, MD. Bevan, Biven, Bivens, etc. are all derived from the early "ab Ieuan" i.e. "son of Ieuan". Ieuan is pronounced something like "Y-eye-an" and was itself derived from "Johannes", borrowed in the Roman period (i.e. before about 400 AD). Ieuan tended to become the forename Evan and in time became the surname Evans or Bevan (from ap Evan, or son of Evan). Morgan & Morgan in "Welsh Surnames" (U. of Wales Press, 1985) offer a nice example of the transition stage in your own spelling. "David ap David ap Iven" was recorded in 1533. It is interesting to note that a spelling like Bivens or Bevans will tend to indicate a family of Welsh origin whose surname only became finally fixed after settlement in England or, more typically, in America. Bevan (and the variations) were originally "ap Evan" and already had the meaning of "son of Evan". The final "s" in the Bevans / Bivens spellings would therefore have been illogical within Wales. My records have that Nathaniel Bivens, Sr.'s will was probated in Anson Co, NC in the April Court 1818. His wife was Margaret (Peggy) Taylor. Sons, John and Nathaniel were executors. Witnesses were John Bennett, Sr., John Bennett, Jr., and Wm. Bennett. Children listed: Abel, Wm., Sarah, John, Unity, Moses, Elijah, Lydia, Stephen, and Nathaniel. Lydia married. Wm. Williams and Nathaniel, Jr. married. Margaret James.

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