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Moorman - Descendants of Zachariah of Isle of Wight
Compiled by Patricia Davidson-Peters © 2006
 
Because of the very tangled lines of this family, I previously hesitated in posting the information on the Moorman family that I have researched. My Clark, Ballard, Adams, and Anthony lines run in and out of this family througout several generations. Following the Quaker records has been the best source of tying families together, however I still caution to use this as a guideline. I have included mostly information that pertains to my lines, but may have other information available from the many sources I viewed on microfilm. (pdp 2006)
 
The family originated in England, its name appearing there as early as the fourteenth century. The usual spelling is Moorman, but sometimes Morman, Moreman, or Mooreman; the meaning of the word is obvious, "man of the moor."

Between 1619 and 1622, twenty five hundred settlers went to Virginia. Among them was Thomas Moorman, who in 1619, went to the new colonies within the employ of the Virginia Company of London on board the ship Bona Nova, under the service of Captain Mathewe.
In 1620, Zachariah Moorman1, the son of Thomas, was born on the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England while his father, Thomas was in Virginia. Upon his return, Thomas signified in a petition dated July 7th, that he had satisfied his service with the Company, and was thereby granted lands in Virginia.

In 1639, Zachariah Moorman, at the age of nineteen, joined the English army and advanced to the rank of captain in which capacity he served under Oliver Cromwell through the Irish campaign. He remained for a while in Belfast where he met Mary Candler who was born about 1624 in England, and was the daughter of Lt. William Candler - an English Army Officer in Ireland. They married in 1646 and by time he had left the army, his family had disassociated themselves with the Chruch of England and had become members of the newly formed Society of Friends under the leadership of George Fox.

In 1669, Zachariah Moorman, along with his children, Charles, Thomas and Sally Ann, sailed from Southampton on the Glasgow and landed in Barbados in West Indies. Accompanied on this voyage, was the Michael Clark family, including his son, Micajah Clark who had married Zachariah's daughter Sally Ann Moorman.

In 1670, Zachariah Moorman, emigrated from the Isle of Wight to Nansemond County, Virginia, where Quakers, like himself, found refuge. Thomas Moorman's name first appeared in Virginia records where in Nansemond County Virginia. The St. Peter's Parish Register gives the baptism of their two children: (1) Mary; baptized August, 1686; (2) Andrew; baptized November 1689.

Between 1678 and 1688, Thomas Moorman was living in what had become New Kent county, probably at Green Springs, approximately thirty miles above Jamestown where there was a Quaker settlement. There another child, Charles, was born to them.

Some records state Charles was born in 1690, and other records speculate that this family was of Scots origin rather than English., and that the surname Moorman found in an encyclopedia of Scot surnames refers to the occupation of a sheriff of the moor. Some of the secondary references - in particular "Colonel William Candler of Georgia, His Ancestry and Progeny by D. A. Candler, uses words and dialect of the lowland Scots.

So although the exact ancestral home of the Moormans remains in some dispute, the lineage following Charles Moorman who was born in Virginia, is fairly well documented although it is highly recommended that you use this information as a guidline to assist you in your search. -pdp (2005)
 
Charles Moorman was born about 1690 and was the grandson of Zachariah and son of Thomas. He became the most influential of the Quakers in Louisa County, Virginia where a considerable number of Quakers had purchased land.

Charles married Elizabeth Reynolds. There is some dispute as to whether she was the daughter of Christopher Reynolds and Elizabeth, or the daughter of Thomas “Renalls”, the recorded baptism dated 15 of March 1690-1691. The Louisa County court records simply identify Charles’ wife as Elizabeth. She died in 1763.

 
CHILDREN OF
CHARLES MOORMAN & ELIZABETH (REYNOLDS)
 
  1. Thomas Moorman - born 04 Sep 1705; married Rachel (Clark), daughter of Christopher; died 10 Nov 1767.
  2. Anne Moorman - born in 1708 in Hanover Co., Virginia.
  3. Achilles Moorman - born 26 Oct 1713; married Elizabeth (Adams), daughter of Robert; died in Nov 1785.
  4. Judith Moorman - born in 1714; married John Douglas.
  5. Charles Moorman - born in 1715; married Mary (Adams), daughter of Robert; died in 1778.
  6. Mary Moorman - born 1716 in Green Springs, Virginia. (Anthony Roots & Branches list Mary as having married William Ballard whose 2nd wife was Rachel (Clark) Moorman, widow of Thomas. She lists their children as Thomas, Frances, Byrum, Delphia, Moorman, and David. Other researchers insist that William Ballard's first was Mary Byrum or Byrom, therefore I have not included this information.
 
 
GENERATION II
 
Thomas Moorman was born on 04 Sep 1705 in Louisa Co., Virginia. He married Rachel Clark, the daughter of Captain Christopher Clark and Penelope (Johnson) on 12 Jan 1729 in , Louisa Co., Virginia. Rachel was born in 1714 in Louisa County and died 10 Jun 1792 in Bedford Co., Virginia. Thomas died 10 Nov 1767 in Bedford Co., VA.

See also Clark - The Colonial Virginians
 
CHILDREN OF
THOMAS MOORMAN & RACHEL (CLARK)
  1. Mary Moorman - born 19 Feb 1730 in Hanvoer Co., VA. She married (1) Benjamin Johnson, son of John Johnson and Lucretia (Massie); married (2) John Miller who lived in Lynchburg and kept a tavern. Mary died 09 Jun 1814.
  2. Zachariah Moorman - born 02 Apr 1732; married Elizabeth (Terrell) and married 2nd Elizabeth Johnson. Zachariah died on 15 Jan 1789.
  3. Micajah Moorman - born 28 Aug 1735; married Susannah (Chiles), daughter of Manoah; died in 1806.
  4. Elizabeth Moorman - born 02 Apr 1738; died in 1740.
  5. Thomas Moorman - born 06 Aug 1740; probably married Elizabeth Adams about 1760.
  6. Mildred Moorman - born 23 Jan 1743; married James Johnson; died in 1763.
  7. Achilles Moorman - born in 1744 and listed in his father's will.
  8. Pleasant Moorman - born 19 May 1745 in Hanover Co., Virginia.
  9. Rachel Moorman - born in 1747; married Stephen Goggins; died in 1832.
  10. Aggothy Moorman - married William Johnson and is listed in her father's will dated 1765.
  11. Charles Moorman - listed in his father's will as inheriting along with his brother Pleasant, four hundred acres of land on Permunkey River in Louisa County. He first married Rebecca Leftwich and second Nancy Hancock.
 
Achilles Moorman was born on 26 Oct 1713 in , Campbell Co., Virginia. He married Elizabeth Adams daughter of Robert Adams and Mourning (Lewis) in 1730 in , Louisa Co., Virginia. Elizabeth was born 29 Oct 1713 in Goochland County, Virginia and died 17 Oct 1793 in Campbell County, Virginia. Achilles died in November of 1785.

Achilles is said to have furnished supplies during the Revolution 08 Sep 1781, according to Bedford County Commissioner's Report.
 
CHILDREN OF
ACHILLES MOORMAN & ELIZABETH (ADAMS)
  1. Charles Moorman - born in 1737 in , Louisa Co., VA; died in 1798. a private in the Revolutionary War and later a Major, he married Mary Venable daughter of Abraham Venable and Martha Davis. Mary was born on 22 May 1739 in Louisa County, VA. She died on 10 Mar 1807 in Breckenridge, Kentucky.
  2. Silas Moorman - born in 1740 in Louisa Co., VA; died in 1777. He married Sally Moon who died in 1777 in Campbell Co., VA.
  3. Andrew Moorman - born 02 Dec 1744 in Campbell Co., VA and was a Revolutionary Patriot who furnished supplies. . He married his first cousin, Judith Clark, daughter of Micajah Clark and Judith (Adams) about 1770/1771 in Virginia. Judith was born on 13 Feb 1749 in Albemarle Co., VA and died in 1794. Andrew died 10 Mar 1791.
  4. William Moorman - born in Louisa Co., VA. He married (1) Jane Haden; (2) Judith Venable; (3) Elizabeth (Haden) Miller.
  5. James Moorman - born in 1748 in Campbell Co., VA.
  6. Jesse Moorman - born in Louisa Co., VA. He married Elizabeth Buckner-Stith on 14 Jan 1785.
  7. Mary Moorman - born in 1750 in Campbell Co., VA; married Matthew or Andrew Allegre.
  8. Judith Moorman - born in 1752 in Campbell Co., VA; married William M. Haden..
  9. Robert Jesse Moorman - born 15 Dec 1753 in Campbell Co., VA; died in Jul 1843.
  10. Mary Moorman - born in 1763 in Campbell Co., VA.
 
 
Judith Moorman was born in 1714 in , Hanover County, Virginia. In 1731 she married John Douglas, he having been born in 1714. Judith died in Orange Co., Virginia.
 
CHILDREN OF
JUDITH (MOORMAN) & JOHN DOUGLAS
  1. Charles Douglas - born 10 Jul 1732 in Virginia.
  2. Elizabeth Douglas - born 01 Mar 1734 in Virginia.
  3. Thomas Douglas - born 13 Nov 1740 in Virginia.
  4. Patty Douglas - born 23 Aug 1744 in Virginia.
  5. John Douglas - born 19 Oct 1748 in Virginia.
  6. Achilles Douglas - born 03 May 1752 in Virginia.
 
Charles Moorman was born in 1715 in Hanover Co., Virginia. In 1736 he married Mary Adams, the daughter of Robert Adams and Mourning (Lewis) in Campbell Co., VA. Mary was born in 1722 in Goochland Co., Virginia and died shortly after the birth of her last son Thomas. Charles died in Louisa County, Virginia in 1778.

Records of Campbell County, Virginia document the freeing of his slaves. By deeds of manumission, on May 28, 1788, Charles provided for the freedom of this thirty-three slaves- those of age immediately and those under age on becoming of age. These deeds were confirmed in his will dated September 2, 1778 in which his executors were particularly instructed to make application to the General Assembly for an act legalizing the "freedom hereby intended.

Records of the War Department in Richmond, Virginia indicate that Charles was a cpatain in Washington's army and died in Beford County, fifteen miles from Lynchburg, from a wound received at the Ballte of Guilford Court House which was fought on 15 Mar 1781. (This information provided in Anthony Roots & Branches, but not personally verifiied- pdp).

Note: Some researchers list him having married Mary Venable after the death of his wife. However, according to records I've researched, I believe that Charles Moorman to have been the son of Achilles and his wife Mary (Adams).

 
CHILDREN OF
CHARLES MOORMAN & MARY (ADAMS)
  1. Elizabeth Moorman - born 09 Feb 1737; married Christopher Johson, son of Benjamin nd Agnes (Clark); died in 1809.
  2. Lucy Moorman - born 20 Feb 1741 in Campbell Co., VA. She married Benjamin Johnson son of Benjamin and Agnes (Clark) in 1756. Benjamin was born 24 Aug 1736 in Louisa Co., VA and died in 1756.
  3. Agnes Moorman - born 26 Feb 1743 in Campbell County, VA. She married John Venable, the son of Abraham and Martha (Davis). John was born in 1740 in Louisa County. He removed to Georgia in 1791 and died in Jackson, Georgia in 1811.
  4. Charles Moorman - born 28 Jun 1746 in Campbell Co., VA. He was disowned in 1766 by the Quakers for marrying Judith Moon, daughter of William. He died in 1803.
  5. Judith Moorman - born 26 Jun 1748; married Christopher Anthony, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Clark); died 09 Jan 1774.
  6. Mary Moorman - born 05 Feb 1751 in Campbell Co., VA. She was disowned in 1771 by the Quakers for marrying James Taylor before a hireling priest.
  7. Robert Moorman - born 16 Nov 1753 in Campbell Co., VA; married Sarah Moon, daughter of William.
  8. Thomas Moorman - born 25 Nov 1756 in Campbell Co., VA; disowned by Quakers in 1778 probably for his marriage to Lucy Nash.
 
 
GENERATION III
 
Mary Moorman was born 19 Dec 1730 and married (1) Benjamin Johnson, son of John and Lucretia (Massie). His will dated 22 Nov 1768 in Bedford Co., Virginia mentioned his wife Mary, sons Thomas, James William and Christopher; and daughters Elizabeth and Rachel.

Here children by Benjamin were: Thomas who married Anna Varnum and was disowned by the Quakers for following fashions of the world; John; Andrew who was disowned by Quakers for joining vain customes of the world; William who died at one day; William who freed his negroes in 1782 and was disowned by Quakers for horse racing and frequenting places of diversion; James who married Abigal Barton and also freed his negroes in 1782; Rachel who married her step-father's son John Miller; Elizabeth who married Samuel Fisher; Mildred who appears to have died before her father's will was written; and christopher who freed his negroes in 1782, settled in Campbell County in 1769 and married Elizabeth Hancock.

In 1772 Mary married John Miller, Sr. who lived at Lynchburg and kept a tavern. Her children by John were: Susan Miller who first married Dr. Zeubulon Balwin and later Anselm Lynch; Sally Miller who married Thomas Wiatt; and son Pleasant Miller who married Mary Louise Blount, the daughter of the governor of Texas.

Note: It should also be noted that Mary's son Thomas Johnson who married Anna Varnum was born 14 Nov 1749 and served as an Ensign and Captain in the Revolution from Campbell County Virginia. He was disowned by the South River Monthly Meeting for following vain fashions of the world by was reinstated in 1796 by the Westfield Monthly Meeting in North Carolina. He was granted a certificate from Mt. Pleasant Monthly Meeting in Grayson County on 26 Feb 1814 and received by the Monthly Meeting in Clinton, Ohio on 19 Aug 1815. Most of the children moved to Ohio and one son, John married Lydia Ballard and was granted certificate of transfer from Mt. Pleasant on 27 Nov 1813 to Center Monthly Meeting in Ohio.
 
Zachariah Moorman was born on 02 Apr 1732 in Hanvoer Co., Virginia and christened on 03 Apr 1732 in Camp Creek, Louisa County, Virginia. He married (1) Elizabeth Terrell in March of 1754, she having been born in Caroline Co., VA. She died on 14 Jul 1773. Zachariah married (2) Elizabeth Johnson and died on 15 Jan 1789 in Ohio.
 
CHILDREN OF
ZACHARIAH MOORMAN & ELIZABETH (TERRELL)
  1. Ann Moorman - born 18 Oct 1756 in Virginia. She married Zedekiah Candler or William Candler, son of William Candler and Elizabeth (Anthony) on 18 Apr 1772. One of thier sons Zachariah, married Rachel Thornhill. Ann died in Tennessee.
  2. Mary "Molly" Moorman 0- born 10 May 1758; maried at Sourth River Monthly Meeting on 16 Aug 1778, Charles Johnson.
  3. Milly Moorman - born 02 Oct 1760; married James Johnson on 01 Sep 1779.
  4. Henry Moorman - born 11 Dec 1762; married Elizabeth Christian.
  5. Rachel Moorman - born 26 Jan 1765; died 10 May 1845.
  6. Agatha Agnes Moorman - born 13 May 1767; married 17 Apr 1785 Joseph Johnson who was born in 1768 and was the son of John and Lydia (Watkins).
  7. Thomas Moorman - born 22 Oct 1769; married Elizabeth Clark on 09 Jan 1807. Elizabeth was the daughter of James and granddaughter of Micajah.
  8. Samuel Moorman - born 08 Jan 1772; married 02 mar 1795, Judith Clark, daughter of John and Mary (Moore); died 01 Jul 1835.
  9. Zachariah Moorman - born 30 May 1779; married Martha Judith Clark Moorman; married (2) Catherine Ellis.
  10. Lucy Moorman - born 02 Apr 1782; married Benjamin Baughan and moved to Ohio.
 
Micajah Moorman was born on 28 Aug 1735 in Hanover Co., Virginia. He married Susannah Chiles on 19 May 1754 at Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting in Virginia. Susannah was born in 1738 in Caroline County and was the daughter of Manoah. They had several children, five of whom married into the Johnson family. It is stated that before Micajah's death in 1806 in Lynchburg, Campbell Co., Virginia he freed his slaves.
 
CHILDREN OF
MICAJAH MOORMAN & SUSANNAH (CHILES)
  1. Thomas Clark Moorman - born in 1755 in Campbell Co., VA; died 1845 in Ohio.
  2. Elizabeth Moorman - born in 1760 in Campbell Co., Virginia.
  3. Rachel Moorman - born in 1763 in Campbell Co., Virginia.
  4. Millie Moorman - born 15 Mar 1765; married Christopher Johnson, son of James and Mildren (Moorman); died 18 Jan 1852 in Highland Co., Ohio.
  5. Susannah Moorman - born in 1771 in Campbell Co., Virginia.
  6. Rhoda Moorman - born in 1771 in Campbell Co., Virginia.
 
Mildred Moorman was born on 23 Jan 1743 in Hanover Co., Virginia. She married James Johnson on 12 Nov 1758 in Hanover Co., VA. James was born in 1742 in Hanover county and died on 10 Aug 1824 in Highland Co., Ohio. Millie died in 1763.
 
CHILDREN OF
MILDRED (MOORMAN) & JAMES JOHNSON
  1. Christopher Johnson - born in 1761; married Millie (Moorman), daughter of Micajah and Susannah (Chiles).
 
Rachel Moorman was born in 1747 in Virginia. She married Stephen Goggins on 27 Dec 1773 in Bedford Co., Virginia and died in 1832. Through her daughter's marriage, she became the great-grandmother of "Mark Twain."
 
CHILDREN OF
RACHEL (MOORMAN) & STEPHEN GOGGIN
  1. Pamelia Goggin - born 31 Oct 1775; died 21 Aug 1845.
 
Elizabeth Moorman was born on 09 Feb 1737 in Campbell Co., Virginia. She married Christopher Johnson, son of Benjamin Johnson and Agnes (Clark) on 21 Oct 1753 in Campbell Co., Virginia. Christopher was born on 22 Nov 1731 in Virginia. Elizabeth died in 1809.
 
CHILDREN OF
ELIZABETH (MOORMAN) & CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON
  1. Charles Johnson - born 27 Sep 1753 in Virginia.
  2. Mary Johnson - born 27 May 1757; died in 1835.
  3. Benjamin Johnson - born 21 Feb 1759 in Virginia.
  4. Christopher Johnson - born 04 Jan 1763 in Virginia.
  5. Timothy Johnson - born 20 Mar 1772 in Virginia.
  6. David Johnson - born 03 Jul 1774 in Virginia. He married Hannah B. Anthony, daughter of Christopher Anthony and Mary (Jordan) on 13 Dec 1798 at Goose Creek Monthly Meeting in Bedford Co., Virginia. Hannah was born on 27 Oct 1781 in Virginia and died 12 Aug 1830 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
 
Judith Moorman was born on 26 Jun 1748 in Campbell Co., Virginia and died on 09 Jan 1774 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She married Christopher Anthony, son of Joseph Anthony and Elizabeth (Clark) in 1762. Christopher was born 24 Mar 1744 in Goochland Co., VA and died 28 Oct 1815 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
 
CHILDREN OF
JUDITH (MOORMAN) & CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY
  1. Mary "Polly" Anthony - born 02 Sep 1766.
  2. Joseph Anthony - born 02 Sep 1767.
  3. Elizabeth Anthony - born 10 Sep 1769; died on 26 Aug 1826.
  4. Charles Anthony - born 21 Oct 1773 in Campbell Co., Virginia; married Elizabeth Harris.
 
 
GENERATION IV
 
Rachel Moorman was born on 26 Jan 1765 in Bedford Co., Virginia. She married Benjamin Butterworth on 30 Aug 1786 in Campbell, VA. Benjamin was possibly the son of Son of Isaac & Averilla (Gilbert) and was born in 11 Feb 1766 in Lynchburg, Cambell Co., Virginia. He died in 21 Jan 1833 and Rachel on 10 May 1845 in Ohio.

The family had removed from Campbell County, Virginia to Ohio in 1806. Benjamin had been a Quaker lawyer of Cincinatti, and was a member of Congress 1879-1883, and 1885-1891, and commissioner of patents, 1896-1898.

 
CHILDREN OF
RACHEL (MOORMAN) & BENJAMIN BUTTERWORTH
  1. Polly Butterworth - born 1787; married Zachariah M. Johnson in 1810; died 1863.
  2. Elizabeth "Betty" Butterworth - born 1788; married in Campbell Co., VA on 13 Feb 1806 James Ballard, son of Barclay and Judith (Johnson); married (2) Joseph Johnson on 08 Feb 1812, son of James and Penelope (Anthony) who was daughter of Joseph Anthony, Sr.
  3. Milly Butterworth - married John Dyer and died in 1830.
  4. Nancy Butterworth - born 21 May 1791; died on 05 Jul 1844.
  5. Moorman Butterworth - born 05 Mar 1793; married Fanny Smith (1801-1889); died in 1841.
  6. Benjamin Butterwroth - born 24 oct 1794; married Judith Welsh in 1818; died in 1849.
  7. Isaac Butterworth - born 07 May 1796; died 02 Dec 1801.
  8. Samuel Butterworth - born 30 Jun 1798; married Hannah Lindley Taylor in 1822; died 1872.
  9. Rachel M. Butterworth - born 10 Jul 1800; married John Saunders Clark in 1831; died in 1872.
  10. William Butterworth - born 27 Sep 1802; married Elizabethn Linton who was the daughter of Nathan and was born 1807 and died 1884. William died in 1874.
  11. Henry Thomas Butterworth - born 04 Jun 1809; married Nancy Irvin Wales and died in 1893.
 
Millie Moorman, daughter of Micajah, was born on 15 Mar 1765 in , Campbell Co., Virginia. She married Christopher Johnson, son of James Johnson and Mildred (Moorman) on 18 Oct 1783 in Campbell Co., Virginia. Christopher was born in 1761 in Hanover Co., VA and died in Highland Co., Ohio. Millie died on 18 Jan 1852 in Highland Co., Ohio.
 
CHILDREN OF
MILLIE (MOORMAN) & CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON
  1. Elizabeth Johnson - born 18 May 1795 in Campbell Co., Virginia.
 
Christopher Johnson was born in 1761 in Hanover Co., Virginia and died in Highland Co., Ohio. He married Millie Moorman, the daughter of Micajah Moorman and Susannah (Chiles) on 18 Oct 1783 in Campbell Co., VA. Millie was born on 15 Mar 1765 in Campbell Co., VA and died on 18 Jan 1852 in Highland Co., Ohio.
 
Pamelia Goggin was born on 31 Oct 1775 in Bedford Co., Virginia and died on 21 Aug 1845 in Adair Co., Kentucky. She married Samuel B. Clemens on 29 Oct 1797 in Bedford Co., VA. Samuel was born in 1770 in Bedford Co., VA and died in West Virginia in 1805.
 
CHILDREN OF
PAMELIA (GOGGIN) & SAMUEL B. CLEMENS
  1. John Marshall Clemens - born 11 Aug 1798; died on 14 Mar 1847.
 
Mary Johnson was born on 27 May 1757 in , Bedford Co., Virginia. She married John Timberlake in 1782. John was born in 1761 in Campbell Co., Virginia and died in 1827 in Samantha, Ohio. Mary died there in 1835.
 
CHILDREN OF
MARY (JOHNSON) & JOHN TIMBERLAKE
  1. Judith Timberlake - born 06 Nov 1802 in Campbell Co., VA. She died on 08 Mar 1862 in Liberty, Iowa. She married Thomas Clark Anthony, son of Joseph Anthony and Rhoda (Moorman) on 24 Oct 1832. Thomas was born 01 Jun 1796 in Bedford Co., Virginia.
 
Mary "Polly" Anthony was born on 02 Sep 1766 in , Virginia. She married David Terrell III on 25 Sep 1788 at the South River Monthly Meeting in Bedford Co., Virginia. David was born 11 Mar 1763 in Virginia.
 
CHILDREN OF
"POLLY" (ANTHONY) & DAVID TERRELL III
  1. Pleasant Terrell - born in 1791 in Virginia.
  2. Christopher Terrell - born in 1793 in Virginia.
  3. David Terrell - born in 1795 in Virginia.
  4. Judith Terrell - born in 1798 in Virginia.
  5. Sarah Terrell
  6. Joseph Terrell
  7. Mary Terrell
  8. Elizabeth Terrell
 
Joseph Anthony was born on 02 Sep 1767 in Campbell Co., Virginia and died in Cincinnati, Ohio. He married Rhoda Moorman on 15 May 1791 at Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting in Caroline Co., VA. Rhoda was born in 1768 in Virgina. They were the parents of
 
CHILDREN OF
JOSEPH ANTHONY & RHODA (MOORMAN)
  1. Samuel Parson Anthony - born 02 Dec 1792.
  2. Thomas Clark Anthony - born 01 Jun 1796 in Bedford Co., VA. He married Judith Timberlake, daughter of John Timberlake and Mary (Johnson) on 24 Oct 1832. Judith was born 06 Nov 1802 in Campbell Co., VA and died 08 Mar 1862 in Liberty, IA.
  3. Charles Anthony - born 31 Mar 1798.
  4. Judith Anthony - born 28 Aug 1800; birth recorded at Henrico Monthly Meeting in Virginia.
  5. Rhoda Anthony
  6. Clarke Anthony
  7. Jane Wood Anthony
  8. Rachel Anthony
  9. Sarah Anthony
  10. Penelope Anthony
  11. Christopher Anthony
  12. Joseph Anthony
  13. Elizabeth Anthony
 
Elizabeth Anthony was born on 10 Sep 1769 in Campbell County, VA and died on 26 Aug 1826 in Grayson County, VA. She married William Ballard, son of Byrom Ballard and Eleanor (Candler) on 24 Apr 1788 at South River Monthly Meeting in Campbell Co., Virginia. William was born on 20 Jul 1767 in Albemarle Co., Virginia and died in Grayson County, Virginia.

See also Ballard - Quakers of the South River Monthly Meeting
 
CHILDREN OF
ELIZABETH (ANTHONY) & WILLIAM BALLARD
  1. Christopher Anthony Ballard - born on 22 Feb 1789; died on 24 Oct 1862.
  2. Eleanor Ballard - born 05 Jun 1790 in , Grayson Co., VA. She married Arthur Parker on 29 Dec 1808 in Grayson Co., VA. Arthur was born on 17 Jul 1785 in Grayson Co., VA.
  3. Mary "Polly" Ballard - born 23 Jan 1792 in Bedford Co., VA. She married Samuel Lundy, son of Amos Lundy on 06 Oct 1813 in Grayson Co., VA. Samuel was born in 1785 in Guilford Co., North Carolina.
  4. Asa Ballard - born 19 Aug 1793 in Grayson Co., VA. He was counted in a census in 1850 in Dist. 18, Marion, Iowa.
  5. William Ballard - born on 26 Dec 1794.
  6. Hannah Ballard - born on 10 Nov 1796.
  7. Sarah Ballard - born 14 Aug 1798 in Grayson Co., VA.
  8. Barkley Moorman Ballard - born 08 Jun 1802; died on 23 Sep 1878.
  9. Samuel Jordan Ballard - born 11 Apr 1805 in Grayson Co., Virginia.
 
Nancy Butterworth was born on 21 May 1791, her birth recorded at the South River Monthly Meeting in Campbell Co.,VA. She married William Ballard, son of Barclay Ballard and Judith (Johnson) on 14 Dec 1805. William was born 15 Jan 1780 in Bedford, VA and died in August of 1816, his death recorded at the South River Monthly Meeting. Nancy died on 05 Jul 1844 in Clermont Co., Ohio.
 
CHILDREN OF
NANCY (BUTTERWORTH) & WILLIAM BALLARD
  1. Grandison B. Ballard - born 27 Apr 1808 in Bedford, VA. He marrie married Susan Cottle who died in 1843. Grandison died in 1865.
  2. Samuel Moorman Ballard - born 27 Jan 1810 in Campbell, VA; married Sarah Johnson.
  3. William Frederick Ballard - born 19 Jan 1812 in Campbell, VA; married Hannah Taylor on 24 Oct 1838.
  4. Elizabeth Ann Ballard - born 03 Aug 1814 in Campbell, VA; married William Henry Harris in 1835.
 
John Marshall Clemens was born on 11 Aug 1798 in Campbell Co., VA. He married Jane Lampton on 06 May 1823 in Columbia, Kentucky. Jane was born 18 Jun 1803 in Columbia, Adair Co., Kentucky and died on 27 Oct 1890 in Keokuk, Lee Co., Iowa. John died on 24 Mar 1847 in Hannibal, Marion Co., Missouir. They were the parents of John, Pamela, Pleasant, Margaret, Benjamin and Samuel Langhorne Clemens who was born on 30 Nov 1835 in Florida, Monroe Co., Missouri.

At the age of four Samuel 's family moved to Hannibal, Missouri. At the age of 11, his father died and having completed only the fifth grade, he quit school and began working for a local newspaper as a printer's apprentice. At the age of 18 he went east and worked for other newspapers in New York and Philadelphia, but in 1857 returned to Hannibal and worked as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi.

After going west to Nevada, failing to strike it rich in silver and working for a newspaper there in Virginia City where he first used the psuedo "Mark Twain", he went to San Francisco. His first big break came with the publication of his short story, "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" in papers across the country. In all he would publish over thirty books. Among some of his most famous novels were The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Life on the Mississippi (1883). The Prince and the Pauper (1881), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).

On April 21st 1910 Samuel Clemens, so well known as Mark Twain, died at Stormfield at the age of seventy-four.
 
 

View FHL Film #s for these sources
 
  • Charles Carroll Moorman and His American Ancestors compiled by Brother Ambrose ©1975
  • James Clark of Orange and Culpeper Counties of Virginia 1737-1789;p.201
  • Compendium of American Genealogy Vol. IV, p.218
  • William & Mary Quarterly - The Moorman Family of Virginia by Paullin, Charles O. p.801-804
  • Virginia Historical Families by Boddie; Vol IV; p.22
  • Anthony Roots & Branches, by Jacobs, Nancy V.
  • A Journey in Virginia - A History of 300 Years by Ryan, Polly
  • Albemarle County in Virginia by Woods, Rev. Edgar © 1901
  • Our Kin by Ackerly;p.284;
  • Edward Pleasant Valentine Papers; Vol II;p.752;Vol IV;p.2269-72
  • Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy by William Wade Hinshaw Vol 1-6
  • Genealogy of Mark Twain by Lucius Marion Lampton, M.D.
  • Mark Twain's Kinfolks by P.O. Selby
  • Mark Twain Museum, http://www.marktwainmuseum.org
 
 


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