Descendants of
WILLIAM GUDGER
(MacGREGOR/McGOODYEAR)
Migration pattern:
SCOTLAND -> Georgetown
MD -> Unicoi Co., TN, -> Buncombe Co., NC ->
Rest of U.S.A.
The 1st
GENERATION
NOTES:
·
Washington
County, NC was in the far western reaches of the future state, and today is in
the area of Unicoi Co., TN. At the time
the Gudgers lived there it was in NC. From
there they moved to Buncombe Co., NC and from their to other parts of the
growing country.
·
Also, Zemeh
(Generation 1) is proposed by Sylvia Jackson in her book (Gash Genealogy
– A History & Genealogy of the Immigrant Martin Alley GASH & His
Descendants © 1998) as a POSSIBLE father for the three
Gudgers in Generation #2. I am placing
him as the patriarch of the clan, but even so, am still titling this page as
the “Descendants of William Gudger” as there is no concrete proof of Zemeh’s
status as their father. Also William’s
two (assumed) brothers, Benjamin and James appear in the records as
contemporaries, but there are no descendents listed in any of my sources. Therefore Zemeh is placed in his assumed 1st
generation role, and William’s two brothers in their assumed places in his
lineage. If any of you can dispute this or prove
this I would LOVE to hear from you.
·
NAMES highlighted in RED are
my direct ancestors.
·
The (12-3456)
listing after names in my direct lineage list the generation number 1st
(12) followed by the individual number 2nd (3456), both of which
come from my Ahnentafael.
ZEMEH GUDGER (9-364)
(NOT verified)
b:
Scotland?
d:
residence:
c1790-1792, Burke Co., NC
after 1792, Buncombe Co., NC
m: unknown
(9-365)
children: POSSIBLE
2 i. William GUDGER
(8-182)
b: 1752 Scotland
d: 1833, NC
m: Martha (Patsy) YOUNG (8-183) c1774
3 ii. Benjamin GUDGER
b: before 1770, Scotland?
d: after 1810 (NC?)
m:
4 iii. James GUDGER
b: before 1770, Scotland?
d:
m:
The 2nd GENERATION
2 – WILLIAM GUDGER (8-182)
(Zemeh? 1 McGOODYEAR/GUDGER)
b: Mar 1,
1752, Scotland
d: Jul 12,
1833, Beverly Hills, Buncombe Co., NC
buried: Jul 13, 1833, Cemetery Hill, Beverly Hills, NC
occupation: carpenter, farmer
residence:
·
1752-1770
Scotland?
·
1770-c1774
Georgetown, MD
·
c1774-fall
1782 Old Fort, Washington Co., NC
·
Fall 1782 ?-Oct 1783 “Cherokee Territory (East TN)
·
1783-1790 Greasy Cove (near present Erwin, Unicoi
Co., TN (Then called Washington Co.,
NC)
·
1790-1792 Burke Co., NC
·
1792-1833 North side of the Swannanoa River near
present day Asheville, (after 1794) Buncombe Co., NC
(formed
in 1792)
religion: Piney
Grove Presbyterian Church, Swannanoa NC
military:
Revolutionary War Veteran. Surry
Co. Militia, Surry Co., NC (1776-8).
Served under Col. Joseph Williams.
m: Martha (Patsy) YOUNG (8-183) c1774
b:
Sep 5, 1750, Georgetown MD (Today's Washington, DC)
d:
after 1836 Beverly Hills,
Buncombe Co., NC
buried:
Cemetery Hill, Beverly Hills, NC
residence: After marriage, same as William
religion: Piney Grove Presbyterian Church,
Swannanoa NC
children:
5 i. Stacey Elizabeth GUDGER (7-91)
b: 1775 Pittsylvania Co., VA
d: 1839, Marion Co. MO
m: John LONGMIRE (7-92), 1795, NC
6 ii. Nancy GUDGER
b: 1776 or 7 Washington Co., NC
d: 1851 or 3, Buncombe Co.,
NC
m: John GASH, 1795/6, NC
7 iii. Mary A. GUDGER
b: 1779, Washington Co., NC
d: 1828, Marion Co., MO
m: Martin Alley GASH Jr.,
c1795, NC
8 iv. James Madison GUDGER
b: 1782, Old Fort, Washington
Co., NC
d: 1861, Haywood Co., NC
m: Anne Dillard LOVE,
1805, Buncombe Co., NC
9 v. Sarah (Sally) GUDGER
b: 1783, Washington Co., NC
d: 1862, Buncombe Co., NC
m: Joseph WHITSON, before
1833, NC
10 vi. Elizabeth GUDGER
b: 1785, Washington Co., NC
d: 1874, Fayette Co., AL
m: Thomas WHITSON, 1804,
NC
11 vii. William GUDGER Jr.
b: c1780? 1790?
d: c1860 Gilmer Co., GA
m: Nancy HENRY, before
1820
12 viii. Joseph Young GUDGER
b: 1791 or 2, Buncombe Co., NC
d: 1869, NC
m: Rachel McREE, 1817
NOTES:
1.
Family
tradition says William and his brothers fled Scotland in 1770. William changed his name from MacGregor to
McGoodyear. Due to the heavy accent,
the Goodyear sounded like Gudger, and that is how it came to be. SEE Story of the family name (Link inoperative at this
time).
2. William is said to have been 1 of 3
brothers...William, Benjamin, & James.
(SEE Generation 1 above, and people #3 and 4 below)
3 –
BENJAMIN GUDGER
(Zemeh? 1 McGOODYEAR/GUDGER)
b: bet 1755 & 1770, Scotland?
d: after 1810 , NC?
residence:
?? - 1770 Scotland (?)
1777 Pittsylvania Co., VA (took oath of
allegiance)
1770-1790 same as William?
1790 Burke Co., NC
1800-1810
Buncombe Co., NC “near William” (also
in 1800 census)
m: unknown before 1774
b: before 1755 (over 45 in 1800 census)
d: possibly before 1810, NC
children: 4 ?
1800 census shows
1-male, 1-female under 10, 1-female 16-26, 2-males 26-45 (dad and son?),
1-female 45-up.
(I assume Ben was just
under 45, and oldest son about 26. Wife
45 or so???)
4 – JAMES
GUDGER
(Zemeh? 1 McGOODYEAR/GUDGER)
b: before 1770 Scotland?
residence:
before 1797 same as William.
1797 Washington Co., TN (Witness of sale of
William’s land)
m: unknown
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