Children of James Ware I and Their Families
Researched
and written by © Judith C. Ware July
2009
A2 Children of:
Col.
Nicholas Ware and Martha
“Peggie” Hodges
B. August 12, 1739
1762
B.
circa 1738
D. March
26, 1787
D. 1787
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1. James Ware
+
B. 1763 B.
D. 1765
D.
2. Nancy Ware
+
B. 1767
B.
D. 1856
D.
3. William Ware
+
B. November 1, 1768 B.
D. January 12, 1856
D.
4. Frances Ware
+
B. 1768
B.
D. 1782
D.
5. Thomas Ware
+
B.1770
B.
D. February 28, 1853
D.
6. Elizabeth
(Betsy Ware
+ (1)
Benjamin Pendleton Gaines
B. circa 1776 January
17, 1806
B.
D. after 1860
D.
(2) John Henry Madison
7. Nathaniel Ware
+
B. August 16, 1780 B.
D. 1856
D.
8. Edmund Ware
+
B.1780
B.
D. March 13, 1833
D.
Nicholas
Ware was born in Gloucester County, Virginia on
August 12, 1739. Both his parents were 25 years old at the time. At the age of twenty-three, he married Martha
“Peggie” Hodges and all their children were born in Virginia. The couple moved away from Virginia sometime
“after October 1783 and settled in an area that came to be called Ware Shoals, South
Carolina.” (ref. 379) Actually,
the name of the area came from “the name of the owner of the nearby gristmill,
Nicholas Ware, and was combined with the river’s shoals to create the name of Ware’s
Shoals, later shortened to Ware Shoals.” (ref. 819) “Nicholas was called ‘Nicholas of
Abbeville’ in order to
identify him from his cousin Nicholas Ware V who lived in nearby Edgefield, South
Carolina. According to DAR records, he
continued to serve in a military capacity in his new home of South Carolina, and both
Nicholas and Peggie were “charter members of the Turkey Creek Baptist Church in the
Abbeville area. (ref.
872B)
This church was “organized on
January 29, 1785, with some of its’ families transferring over from Broad Run Baptist
Church.” (ref.
896) On March 26, 1787, Nicholas pre-deceased his father
and died at the age of 48. He is buried in the Turkey Creek Cemetery. (ref.875)
According to the Church History of Margaret J.
Watson, the “church minutes note the will of Nicholas Ware, recorded at Abbeville,
names the following children: Frances, William, Thomas, James, Betsey, etc.”
(1) James Ware was born in 1763 and died in 1765.
(2) Nancy Ware
was born in 1767 and died in 1856.
(3) William Ware was born on November 1, 1768 and died on January 12, 1856. Since some records indicate
that the next child (Frances) was also born in the same year, it is possible this could
indicate a set of fraternal twins. (ref.#818) Both children grew to
adulthood.
(4) Frances Ware was also born
in 1768 and she died in 1782.
(5) Thomas Ware was born in
1770. He died on February 28, 1853 at Turkey Creek, Abbeville, South Carolina at the age
of 83.
(6) Elizabeth Ware was known as
Betsy. She
was born around 1776 and was married twice. On
January 17, 1806, she married Benjamin Pendleton Gaines
in Abbeville District, South Carolina. After
he passed away, she married John Henry Madison. (ref
835)
(7) Nathaniel Ware was born on August 16, 1780 and
died in 1856.
(8) Edmund Ware was born in 1780 and died on March
13, 1833.
REFERENCES:
5. Wares of Virginia by Frances C. Griffin
6. VIRGINIA GENEALOGIES: A Genealogy
of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia by Rev. Horace Edwin
Hayden, M. A. Printed in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1891 – copyrighted 1885.
379. Ware Family History: Descendants from Ancient, Medieval, and
Modern Kings and Queens, and Presidents of the United States
By Wanda Ware DeGidio Edition: illustrated Published by Xlibris Corp,
2003 ISBN 1401099300, 9781401099305
621. Original Webb Family Bible from the Julia S. Ardery Genealogical Collection,
Box 19, Reel #3634, Webb Bible, Margaret I. King Library, University of Kentucky at
Lexington. Provided by Debbie McArdle.
629. DAR Patriot Index,
2003, NSDAR gives military info for John Ware, James Ware II, James Ware I, Nicholas Ware,
and William Ware. Gives ranks/dates/wives/ and
service
651. Old original lineage pages owned by Jane &
Scott Dudgeon - dating back to James Ware and Agnes – gives a good listing of all
their children (particularly James, John, & Nicholas)
Transcribed & triple referenced by Judy C. Ware April 2009
692. Military info on James Ware I, James Ware II,
& James Ware III given by Vicki Cheesman
from Ware Family History American Genealogical Research Institute, Washington DC,
Heritage Press, 1978
818. Cheesman/Ware/Dreisbach/Jorgenson Family
Tree – Genealogical charts & research done by Vicki Cheesman.
819. Irvin Pitts Park/Ware Shoals Marker – South
Carolina Sciway.net maps of Abbeville PLUS 2
maps
835 Chart showing birth
of Elizabeth (Betsy) Ware born to Nicholas Ware & Peggie Hodges
871. Genealogies of
Kentucky Families From the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Vol. II Mentions entire family of James Ware I and their children.
Compiled by Philip Fall Taylor and his sister Mrs. Jouett Taylor Cannon.
872A. & B. Various
pieces of info gathered on Nicholas Ware – son of James Ware and Agnes Todd in VA
& KY.
a.) Comprehensive
Summary of Genealogical Research of Descendants of John Ware by Shirley Stephens
Martin & Jack T. Martin copyright 1998
b.) The Northeast
Mississippi Historical & Genealogical Society quarterly copyright 1996
875.
Data
from My Mother’s People by Dale Grissom – Info on Nicholas Ware, Edward
Ware & Elizabeth Garrett, James Ware & wife Agnes Todd.
896. Faith Missionary Baptist Church
History – Turkey Creek Baptist Church in Abbeville County, South Carolina – 1785
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