Durham Family of Orange County NC

Marriage bonds are recorded in Orange Co. NC for Lindsey Durham and Salley Hatch, 01 Nov 1834, and for Lindsey Durham and Sylvia Shaw, 2 Aug 1836. So far as I know, this is the same Lindsey Durham in both marriages, but I would like proof.

Lindsay and Silvay Durham appear Alamance Co. NC in 1850 with four children.

It seems reasonable to suppose that Lindsey is a descendant of Matthew Durham (ca. 1730-1795) and Susannah Lindsey, but I would like more solid proof of the intervening generations.


First Generation

Children of Lindsey Durham and Sylvia Shaw
William Durham (ca. 1839-?)
John Durham (ca. 1841-?)
Robert A. Durham (ca. 1843-1919?) m. Eliza or Elizabeth Maner (?) in 1867
Margaret Durham (ca. 1846-?)

I think Robert is the Robert A. Durham who died in Chatham County in February, 1919, age 75, and the Robert A. Durham living in Chatham Co. in 1910, a widower, with daughter Mary V. age 29.

His wife's maiden name is variously given as Manes, Maner, or Maynard.


Second Generation

Children of Robert Durham and Elizabeth Maner
William S. Durham (ca. 1869-?)
Amanda J. Durham (ca. 1871-bef. 1910) m. David Benton Moore (1871-1832)
Letitia Elizabeth Durham (ca. 1878-?)
Mary V. Durham (1882-?)


Sources

This page was constructed largely from census and marriage records. I would welcome correspondence with descendants of these families.


This page was created on May 24, 2008.

 

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Elizabeth Harris, ncgen@mindspring.com