Moses Webb (d. 1779) was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's independence.
Zachariah Webb Jr. was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's independence.
Zachariah Webb Sr. (d. 1783) was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's independence.… Read More
Arabella Clark Weddell was born into a prominent North Carolina family, but died as a young child in 1857.
Maria Toole Weddell (née Clark) was born in North Carolina on January 21, 1813. She married Matthew Weddell on October 20, 1832. The couple resided in Tarboro (Edgecombe County), at which place Maria died on June 16, 1859.
Matthew Weddell was born in Scotland on August 23, 1813. He immigrated to America and met his wife, Maria Toole Clark, of a prominent North Carolina family, in New York. They married about 1840. He exchanged many letters with his niece, Margaret… Read More
James Henderson Weddington was born in Sugar Creek (Mecklenburg County), North Carolina, on November 17, 1845. Weddington was a Confederate veteran and businessman who served as mayor of Charlotte (1895-1897) and as a member of the state prison… Read More
Ralph Weekes was a British colonial administrator who served as Commander in Chief of Barbados from 1753 to 1756.
Thomas Weekes (died 1762) was a resident of colonial Perquimans County where he served as sheriff, justice of the court, and representative in the Assembly (1738-1739, 1746, & 1755-1760). In 1755, he joined other merchants, traders, and… Read More
Harry Wills Weeks was born on December 8, 1893, in Pinehill, North Carolina. During World War I, Weeks served with Battery E of the 47th Artillery of the Coastal Artillery Corps from April 1917 to February 1919. He died in Charlotte on March 24,… Read More
John Joseph Weeks was born on August 9, 1897, in Pineville, North Carolina. During World War I, Weeks served with the 5th Company Coastal Artillery Corps of the North Carolina National Guard and later with Battery B of the 2nd Trench Mortar… Read More
Leslie Devlin Weeks was born on October 29, 1892, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Weeks was a clerk for the Southern Public Utilities Company in Charlotte, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He… Read More
Mary Portia Weeks (née Devlin) was born on August 6, 1868, in South Carolina. Mary was the wife of Rufus B. Weeks, a grocery store clerk. The couple and their children resided in Charlotte, North Carolina. She died in Charlotte on January 25,… Read More
Rufus Baxter Weeks was born on March 13, 1870, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Weeks was a grocery store clerk in Charlotte, North Carolina. He died there on January 22, 1954.
Henry R. Weightman was resident of Washington, D.C. who worked as a clerk in the U.S. Pension Office from at least 1848 to 1854. Any further information about this individual has not been located.
Sarah Weil (née Einstein) was born in Maryland on May 18, 1866. Weil was an influential Jewish activist, social reformer, and community organizer in Goldsboro (Wayne County), North Carolina. In 1921, she organized and convened the first meeting… Read More
John Weir was a resident of Chowan County. In 1777 he refused to take the oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina, electing to leave the state instead. In July 1777, his name along with the names of six other loyalists appeared in a … Read More
Esther Welborn was a resident of Sandy Creek in Orange County, North Carolina by 1754. Her husband, Thomas Welborn, was a prominent Regulator. In August 1771 several powerful Orange and Guilford County… Read More
William Richard Welborn was born on February 7, 1897, in Summit (Wilkes County), North Carolina. During World War I, Welborn served in the 156th Depot Brigade until honorably discharged on November 26, 1918. He died in Fresno, California, on… Read More
David Welch (d. 1788) was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's independence.
Edward Welch (d. 1827) was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promising to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's independence.
James Welch settled in colonial North Carolina by 1704. That year he and several other colonists near present-day Bath submitted a petition against the Mattamuskeet. Any further information about this individual has not been located.
Edward Wells was a resident of North Carolina who was part of the rebel group that ousted Thomas Miller from his customs position as part of Culpepper's Rebellion in 1677. Wells later served as a member of the Albemarle County Court in 1684. Any… Read More
Horace N. Wells was born in North Carolina on January 14, 1850. Wells was a physician and realtor in Murphy (Cherokee County). He died in Murphy on March 10, 1931.
John Wells Jr. was born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland on July 10, 1791. Originally a clerk in the 2nd Auditor's Office of the U.S. Treasury, he became a justice of the peace for the District of Columbia in 1830. He continued to serve in that… Read More
Marion Boyd in Chowan County sometime in the early 1750s. The daughter of a local planter and justice of the peace, Marion married Dr. George Wells in 1767 after her father granted special permission, as Marion was still a minor at the time. The… Read More
Robert Vivian Wells was born on April 2, 1881, in Magnolia, North Carolina. Wells was clerk of the Superior Court of Duplin County from 1918 to 1970. He died in Kenansville, North Carolina on September 4, 1970.
Willoughby Wells (d. 1835) was a resident of Edgecombe County. In September 1777 he was listed as a prisoner being held at the Edenton District Court of Oyer and Terminer, possibly in relation to having been involved in the Gourd Patch Conspiracy… Read More
Jane Wellwood was a resident of Chowan County North Carolina in 1774 when she and her relative Elizabeth Wellwood Patterson signed a non-importation agreement that later became known as the Edenton Tea Party Resolves. No further records pointing… Read More
Benning Wentworth (1696 - 1770) was a successful merchant-turned-politician who served as Royal Governor of New Hampshire from 1741 to 1766.
John Alexander Wesson was born on March 25, 1875, in Cleveland County, North Carolina. He was a farmer and deputy sheriff of Cleveland County before moving to Prince Edward County, Virginia, where he died on April 23, 1943.
George West was an American Indian man who was a servant to Henry Norman in Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina. It is unclear whether West was indentured to Norman or enslaved, but whatever the nature of his servitude, West ran away sometime in… Read More
Hezekiah West was born in Frederick County, Maryland on November 7, 1763. At the time of the American Revolution he resided in Camden District, South Carolina and he enlisted as a ranger in the South Carolina Militia. He served an additional two… Read More
James West (1703-1772) was a British politician who served as joint secretary to the Treasury 1746 to 1756 and 1757 to 1762.
John West was a resident in colonial North Carolina. Around 1763, he joined others in signing a letter of petition to royal governor Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother, who had been accused of horse stealing.
Robert West was a militia officer in colonial Bertie County. He is at times confused with his father, Robert West (1677-1743), who was a politician and militia officer in Chowan County.
Robert West was born in Chowan Precinct, North Carolina in 1677. In 1713 West became a land appraiser for Chowan and later served in the North Carolina Colonial Assembly from 1715 to 1728 and on the North Carolina Council from 1724 to 1730. In… Read More
Thomas West was born in North Carolina in about 1685. He served as the treasurer of Chowan Precinct in 1718 and again from 1720 to 1721. He died in Chowan Precinct in about 1722.
William West was a resident of Bertie County. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promising to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's independence. Later in 1780 he… Read More
William West arrived in Virginia in 1656 and settled in Isle of Wight County. Although West's father was supposedly murdered by American Indians, West still maintained a relationship with local American Indian groups and in 1667 he paid colonists… Read More
William Arthur West was born in Madison County, North Carolina, on August 1, 1881. West was a businessman in Marshall (Madison County) who served as an agent for the Southern Railway, clerk of the superior court, and clerk for the U.S. Marshall's… Read More
Joseph Westmore was a resident of Chowan County. In 1778 he produced a certificate from Craven County indicating that he had signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promising to report any treasonous conspiracies… Read More
William McNeely Westmoreland was born in Statesville (Iredell County), North Carolina, on December 23, 1876. Westmoreland was an influential businessman in Statesville where he owned and operated a grocery business. He served in both the Spanish… Read More
William Weston (1721-1796) was a resident of Bertie County. In 1778 he signed an oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's independence.