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Ellender Elvira L. McLemore

Female 1834 - 1894  (60 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Ellender Elvira L. McLemore was born on 22 Jul 1834 in Lauderdale County, Alabama (daughter of Robert J. McLemore and Ruth Thornberry); died on 7 Aug 1894.

    Notes:

    Also shown as Ellender on the 1850 census?

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1880 Household
    Household:
    Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
    Ruth MC LEMORE Self Female W 66 AL Keeping House --- ---
    Elviry KYLE Dau W Female W 46 AL VA AL
    Nancy KYLE Dau S Female W 31 AL VA AL
    Laura DOWNING Other S Female W 19 TN TN AL
    Emily KYLE GDau S Female W 8 TN AL TN
    Alfred GARRARD Other S Male W 24 MS Works On Farm AL NC
    Source Information:
    Census Place District 1, Hardin, Tennessee
    Family History Library Film 1255260 NA Film Number T9-1260
    Page Number 12D

    Ellender married Mortimere "Morton" B. Kyle on 14 Feb 1861. Mortimere was born about 1831 in Tennessee; died before 1880 in Hardin County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Josephine Kyle was born on 17 May 1862 in Hardin County, Tennessee; died on 23 Mar 1934 in Hardin County, Tennessee; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Hardin County, Tennessee.
    2. Margaret Kyle was born about 1868 in Hardin County, Tennessee; and died.
    3. Emily Kyle was born about 1872 in Hardin County, Tennessee; and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert J. McLemore was born on 29 Sep 1796 in Ohio (son of Burwell McLemore, Jr. and Mary Glover); died on 27 Nov 1873 in Hardin County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    (Research):
    Census Information
    1850 Census
    Alabama, Lauderdale County, Division 2 East of Military Road
    Enumerated 12 and 13 November 1850 by Hiram Kennedy
    HH #506 was that of Briggs and Mary McLemore and HH #521 was that of Burwell Jr and Nancy McLemore
    512-512
    Robert McLamour 55 M Farmer $1,000 Ohio
    Ruthia McLamour 33 F Ala
    Mary McLamour 18 F Ala
    Ellender McLamour 16 F Ala
    Joseph McLamour 14 M Ala
    Benjamin McLamour 13 M Ala
    Milly McLamour 11 F Ala
    Sousiannah McLamour 9 F Ala
    Lafayette McLamour 7 M Ala
    Nancy McLamour 2 F Ala

    1860 Census
    Tennessee, Hardin County, ED 1, Post Office Clifton
    Enumerated 23 Jun 1860
    Page 12
    77-80
    Robert McLimore 63 M Farmer $1500 $800 Virginia
    Ruth McLemore 42 F Ala
    Elvira McLemore 25 F Ala
    Benj McLemore 22 M Farmer Ala
    Milly 20 F ALa
    Susan 17 F Ala
    Napolean L 15 M Ala
    Nancy 10 F Ala

    1870 Census
    Tennessee, Hardin, District 1
    Stamped 341 (and next page)
    HH 61-61 Samuel and Susan BERRY
    62-62
    McLemore, Robt j 73 M W Farmer Va
    McLemore, Rutha 52 F W Keeping House Ala
    McLemore, Nancy 21 F W Unemployed Ala
    Downing, Robert 14 M W Farm Hand Tenn
    Downning, Laura 8 F W At Home Tenn

    Robert married Ruth Thornberry on 15 Feb 1832 in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Ruth was born on 31 Aug 1817 in Alabama; died on 22 Nov 1902 in Hardin County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Ruth Thornberry was born on 31 Aug 1817 in Alabama; died on 22 Nov 1902 in Hardin County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    The 1900 census shows she was the mother of 10 children, only one of whom survived her.

    (Research):
    Census Information:

    1880 Household
    Household:
    Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occ
    upation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
    Ruth MC LEMORE Self Female W 66 AL Keeping House --- ---
    Elviry KYLE Dau W Female W 46 AL VA AL
    Nancy KYLE Dau S Female W 31 AL VA AL
    Laura DOWNING Other S Female W 19 TN TN AL
    Emily KYLE GDau S Female W 8 TN AL TN
    Alfred GARRARD Other S Male W 24 MS Works On Farm AL NC
    Source Information:
    Census Place District 1, Hardin, Tennessee
    Family History Library Film 1255260 NA Film Number T9-1260
    Page Number 12D

    1900 Census
    Tennessee, Hardin County, Civil District 1, ED 26
    111-114
    Hardin, Gipson Gess Hd W M Aug 1852 47 Wd Tenn Tenn Tenn Farmer
    Hardin, Charlie Son W M Jan 1883 17 S Tenn Tenn Tenn Farm Laborer
    Hardin, William G Son W M Oct 1886 13 S Tenn Tenn Tenn
    Hardin, Sallie G Dtr W F Jan 1889 11 S Tenn Tenn Tenn
    Hardin, Martin S Son W M Sept 1871 8 S Tenn Tenn Tenn
    McLemore, Ruth Mother in law W F Aug 1817 82 Wed 10/1 Ala Tenn Tenn
    Hardin, Malinda A Neice W F Jan 1878 22 S Tenn Tenn Tenn

    Notes:

    Married:
    Marriage Information:

    McLemore Spouse:Ruthy Thornberry Marriage Date:15 Feb 1832 County:Lauderdale State:Alabama Performed By Title:Justice of the Peace Performed by Name:George Simmons Source information:Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research ?b? ?/b?


    McLEMORE BIBLE RECORD
    Submitted by Mrs. Ermadine T. RILEY, Waynesboro, TN.
    Previously published in The Wayne County Historian, Volume 3, Number 1 - March 1990, pages 19 & 20.
    This Bible is in the possession of Mr. and Mrs. Martin HARDIN, Clifton, TN. The title page is as follows:
    Kimber and Sharpless Stereotyped Edition/ THE HOLY BIBLE/ Containing The/ OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS/ TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES/ AND WITH/ THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPATED AND REVISED/ WITH/ CANNE'S MARGINAL NOTES AND REFERENCES/ TO WHICH ARE ADDED/ AN INDEX/ AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE/ OF ALL THE NAMES IN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS WITH THE SIGNIFIVATIONS;/ TABLES OF SCRIPTURE WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND COINS, &C, / STERETYPED BY E. WHITE, NEW YORK/ PHILADELPHIA;/ PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY KIMBER AND SHARPLESS/ [page torn] THEIR BOOK-STORE, NO. [blotch]SOUTH 4TH STREET/ [no date]
    First Page: Family Record: left column - DEATHS
    Napolon Lafayette McLEMORE Was Born the 14 day of Sept 1844 and departed this Life September the 15 1860
    Melia Ann T McLEMORE departed this Life March th 6 1861
    Mary Mnn [blotch covering rest of name] DOWNING Departed this Life Aprile the 14 1861
    Benjamin J McLEMORE departed this Life Aprile the 15 1861
    Joseph McLEMORE departed this life the 12th of September 1861[?]
    First Page: right column: DEATHS
    Samuel BERRY & Susan [?] McLEMORE were married 17th Feb 1868
    Liza Ann BERRY was born the 3th day of December 1868[?]
    Wiley R. BERRY was born the 8 day of March 1870
    R. J. McLEMORE departed this life Nov. 27th 1873
    G. G. HARDIN died June 1[?] 1919
    Second Page: Family Record: left column - BIRTHS
    R. J. McLEMORE was born September the 29th 1796
    Howel McLEMORE was borned June the 18th 1802
    Mildred McLEMORE was borned the 5 day of January 1793
    John THORNBERRY was borned the 8th December 1813
    Johnathan THORNBERRY was borned December 4th 1814
    Second Page: right column - BIRTHS
    Ruth THORNBERRY was borned August 31st 1817
    Charles THORNBERRY was borned the 22se February 1819
    Wiley THORNBERRY was borned 17th June 1821
    Margaret T. THORNBERRY was borned the 23th December 1822
    Nancy E. THORNBERRY was borned the 22th August 1824
    Third Page: Family Record: left column - BIRTHS
    R. J.[?] McLEMORE was borned the 2se day of March 1829
    Cargil M. McLEMORE was borned the 3th January 1832
    McDanel McLEMORE was bored the 10th January 1834
    Mary Ann McLEMORE was bornd[sic] the 15 of November 1832
    Nancy McLEMORE was born the 2 January 1847
    Third Page: right column - BIRTH
    Martha THORNBERRY was borned the 1823 7 day of March 1823
    John W. HYNES was borned the 19 day of January 1844
    Joseph F KYLE was born the 17th day of May 1862
    Ninie [?] McLEMORE was borned the second day of January 1848
    of January 1842[?]
    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hookersbend/bible_record_mclemore.htm

    Children:
    1. Mary Ann McLemore was born on 15 Nov 1832 in Lauderdale County, Alabama; died on 14 Apr 1861 in Hardin County, Tennessee.
    2. 1. Ellender Elvira L. McLemore was born on 22 Jul 1834 in Lauderdale County, Alabama; died on 7 Aug 1894.
    3. Joseph McLemore was born about 1836 in Lauderdale County, Alabama; died on 12 Sep 1861 in Hardin County, Tennessee.
    4. Benjamin J. McLemore was born about 1837 in Lauderdale County, Alabama; died on 15 Apr 1861 in Hardin County, Tennessee.
    5. Amelia "Milly" Ann T. McLemore was born about 1839 in Lauderdale County, Alabama; died on 6 Mar 1861 in Hardin County, Tennessee.
    6. Susannah M. McLemore was born about 1841 in Lauderdale County, Alabama; and died.
    7. Napolean Lafayette McLemore was born on 14 Sep 1844 in Lauderdale County, Alabama; died on 15 Sep 1860 in Hardin County, Tennessee.
    8. Nancy McLemore was born on 2 Jan 1847 in Lauderdale County, Alabama; died on 4 Feb 1899 in Hardin County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Burwell McLemore, Jr. was born about 1770 in Virginia (son of Burwell McLemore, Sr. and Amy Gilliam); died after 22 Jan 1851 in Rogersville, Lauderdale County, Alabama.

    Notes:

    Burwell's third son (at least his third to move away) was his namesake Burwell McLemore Jr. Born not later than about 1770, he married Mary GLOVER, daughter of Jones Glover Sr. pursuant to a marriage bond made out November 6, 1794 (Sussex Marriage Register, p. 75). Mary was the mother of his older children, but at least five of more of his fifteen children were by his second wife, Nancy. He may have lived in Ohio for a while, as his eldest son Robert J. is said to have been born there in 1795. He then moved to North Carolina where his second son Howell was born in 1801. He apparently moved to Tennessee shortly thereafter, as his third son Briggs M. McLemore was born there about 1803. At this point the sources are confusingly in conflict. It is generally held that Burwell moved to Lauderdale County, Alabama, where his fourth son Maclin H. McLemore was born in about 1804. However, U.S. Census records apparently put him still in Giles County, Tennessee, as late as 1820; perhaps he returned there for some reason. At any rate, then came two girls, Barbary in 1805, and Mary J. in 1808. The order of the births for the next several children is uncertain; a possible listing of them: ??? McLemore House (ca. 1810), Martin A.P McLemore (ca. 1812), Sarah McLemore Lambert (ca. 1815), and Margaret McLemore Marks (ca. 1818). Perhaps one or two, perhaps more, of these four were children of his second wife.

    Burwell died within a year of this Census (1850-1851), as a suit was brought in Lauderdale County court, July term, 1851, for sale of his lands, in which his heirs were named as parties. The married names of some of Burwell's daughters were obtained from these papers. In addition, the spouses of several children are also generally known, Robert married Ruthea THORNBERRY in 1832 and Howell married her sister Mildred in 1828, Briggs married Mary SPIGAL or STEGAL in 1833, MACLIN married Nancy HALBERT in 1843; Mary J. married Gabriel DAVIS in 1827, Sarah married James LAMBERT, Margaret married Henry MARKS, and Barbary married a man named POTEET. (James L. McLemore, III. pp 76-77).

    In "The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama," the Alabama State Plat Book, page 43, is cited, showing that Burwell had purchased 160 acres on May 23, 1828. His land was West of Elk River T3S R7W NW Sec 11. Burwell and his family were among the oldest settlers to come to Lauderdale County, and he lived (in Lauderdale) until his death. On Feb. 21, 1840, he purchased 210 acres from Martin Harkins. This land was also in range 7, T3 sec 15 which is close to Elk River at Rogersville. The book further states that Burwell left a will in Lauderdale Co dated July 1, 1844 naming six living children by his second marriage as well as six living children by his first marriage. He is believed to be buried in the Womack cemetery in Rogersville. This cemetery is believed to to be on some of the land he owned.

    (Research):
    Census Information:

    1850 Census
    Alabama, Lauderdale County, Division 2 East of Military Road
    Enumerated 12 and 13 of November 1850 by Hiram Kennedy

    HH #506 was that of Briggs and Mary McLemore

    HH #512 was that of Robert and Ruthia McLemore

    HH #520 Gabriel and Mary (McLemore) Davis

    HH# 521-521
    Burrell McLamour 80 M Farmer $2000 VA
    Nancy McLamour 58 F Va
    John McLamour 28 M Laborer Ala
    David McLamour 21 M Laborer Ala
    James McLamour 25 M Laborer Ala
    Martha McLamour 29 F Ala
    Ann McLamour 18 F Ala

    HH #522-522 Henry and Margaret (McLemore) Marks

    Burwell married Mary Glover on 6 Nov 1794 in Sussex County, Virginia. Mary was born before 1770; died before 1814 in Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Glover was born before 1770; died before 1814 in Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Daughter of Jones GLOVER, Sr. (The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 346). Eldon and Ann McLemore of Derby, Kansas, instead show that his first wife was a GRAVES.

    Notes:

    Married:
    They were married pursuant to a marriage bond made out November 6, 1794 (Sussex Marriage Register, p. 75). In the "Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama" (p. 346), he and Mary also also shown as being the parents of an Amy, who married a HOUSE. Eldon and Ann McLemore of Derby, Kansas, also show them as the parents of several more children, namely Martin, Martha, James, Ann, Sarah m. a LAMBERT, Margaret m. a MARKS, Jane, and David.

    Children:
    1. 2. Robert J. McLemore was born on 29 Sep 1796 in Ohio; died on 27 Nov 1873 in Hardin County, Tennessee.
    2. Howell McLemore was born on 18 Jun 1802 in North Carolina; and died.
    3. Briggs M. McLemore was born about 1803 in Tennessee; died about 1873.
    4. Maclin B. "Bass" McLemore was born about 1805 in Tennessee; died between 1864 and 1870 in Alabama.
    5. Barberry McLemore was born about 1805 in Tennessee; and died.
    6. Mary McLemore was born about 1808 in Tennessee; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Burwell McLemore, Sr. was born before 1721 in Virginia (son of John Macklemore and Faith ???); died about 1798 in Sussex County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Patented 190 acres of land near his father on Poplar Creek by patent dated May 20, 1742 (Patent Book 20, p.---). As he was required to be twenty-one at the time of the patent, the latest possible date for his birth would accordingly be May, 1721. Upon this land he initially settled and lived for over thirty years. It was where he took his bride and began to raise is family. (James L. McLemore, III, p. 69).

    Burwell and Amy Maclemore had a large family: eleven children in all have been identified, but only two had their births recorded in the Albermarle Parish Register. The first was Sally, born June 2, 1754, and baptized August 25, 1754. Sponsors or godparents included her aunt and uncle, Robert and Lydia Magee, as well as Gilliam. A second daughter "Molly" (Mary) was shown in the Register as being born July 24, and baptized September 14, 1760. There was a sufficient interval in between these two for the birth of at least one other child (probably Howell), and the others followed along thereafter; John, Lucy, Lydia, Ann or Anna, Burwell Jr., Gilliam, Charles and James, probably in something close to that order, with their births running right up nearly to the outbreak of the American Revolution, when Burwell (Sr.) would have been 55, and Amy in her early to mid 40's. (James L. McLemore, III, pp. 70-71).

    By the time his family had grown this large, it became obvious that his original 190 acres patented plantation was too small (or worn out) to support such a family. Therefore, he arranged in 1775 to exchange this plantation with John Tyler (father of President John Tyler) for a larger tract. Both deeds were dated January 17, 1775, and recorded February 16, 1775. Burwell conveyed Tyler his 190 acre plantation (inaccurately described as obtained by patent dated August 20, 1740-Sussex Deed Book E, p. 295), in return for a tract of some 275 acres originally patented to Tyler and called "The Pine Log" plantation, adjoining another Tyler plantation called "Poplar" and also bounded by Daniel Harwood and the Pine Log Branch (Deed Book E, p. 274). (James L. McLemore, III, pp. 70-71).

    Burwell survived all his brothers (including Joel, who was considerably younger), and he apparently survived at least one child and his wife Amy as well. Neither his first born daughter Sally nor his wife is mentioned in his will, which was dated September 21, 1793, and admitted to probate October 4, 1798 (Sussex Will Book F, p. 123). It reads as follows:

    In the Name of God Amen. This Twenty-first day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-three, I Burwell Maclemore of the County of Sussex in the Parish of Albemarle being weak and low in body tho perfect mind & memory (thanks be to God for the same) but calling to mind the mortality of the body and knowing it is appointed for man once to die do make and ordaing this my last will and Testament in manner and form following (Viz) First: I give my soul to almighty God who gave it me in hope of joyous resurrection and as to my wordly Estate wherewith it hath been pleased God to bless me with I bestow in manner and form following, to wit:

    Impremis: my will and desire is that my land be laid off in three parts. I have and devise to my son, Gilliam Maclemore the lower part of my Land with the Building and extend up as far as the Spring branch and thence along the said branch to the head and thence a straight line form thence to a corner tree, a pine that stands in the upper prong of the Pine Log Branch to him and his Heirs forever.

    Item: I give and devise to my son Charles Maclemore the Land adjoining Gilliam Maclemore above the Spring branch to the Horse Meadow to the School House path and thence a straight line from that to the head line to him and his Heirs forever.

    Item: I give to my son James Maclemore all the rest of my Land adjoining Charles Maclemore between the Horse Meadow and the long Meadow branch, also my Negro boy the name of Henry also my young plantation colt to him and his heirs forever.

    Item: I give and bequeath to my Son John Maclemore the sum of Five Pounds to him and his Heirs forever.

    Item: I give and bequeath to my Daughter Lucy Bullock the sum of Five Pounds to her and her Heirs forever.

    Item: I give my daughter Ann Maclemore the sum of Five Shillings to her and her Heirs forever.

    Item: I give to my Daughter Lydia Lewis the like sum of Five Shillings to her and her Heirs forever.

    Item: I give to my Daughter Molly Land the sum of Five Pounds to her and her Heirs forever.

    Item: I give to my son Burwell Maclemore the sum of Five Shillings to him and his Heirs forever.

    Item: My will and desire is that all the rest of my Estate that is not before given to my above mentioned Children may be sold and the money arising from the Amount of Sales after paying my Just Debts and the Legacies as above mentioned may be equally Divided between Howell Maclemore and James Maclemore to them and their Heirs forever.

    Lastly: My Desire is that Gilliam Maclemore and Charles Maclemore be Executors to this my last Will and testament. Testifying this and not other to be my last will and testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal this day and year written. Signed and seal and delivered to be my last Will and testament in the presence of Macklin Bass (his Mark); L. Mason; Thomas Pate Jr, (his mark), Herbert Pate (his mark)

    Burwell B. Maclemore (his mark)

    As noted above, Burwell's will, in addition to omitting any mention of his wife, Amy, also omitted his eldest daughter Sally whose birth was registered in the Albemarle Parish Register. It is accordingly presumed that neither Amy or Sally survived to the date of the execution of the will (1793), and Sally probably died in her youth, unmarried. Burwell's other four daughters share a history similar in many respects to those of his brother John. Two are named in the will by their married names, but there is no mention in the marriage records of either. They are Lucy Bullock and Lydia Lewis. Another daughter, Ann, Anna or Anny apparently did not marry; her own will, which she signed as Anny McLemore, was dated August 18, 1818, was admitted to probate January 15, 1835, in Southhampton County (Will Book 11, p. 352), referred to her brother Gilliam McLemore, but bequeathed her property to her granddaughter Susanna Carter, daughter of HER daughter Susanna Woodward! Ann survived her brother Gilliam, and was later paid by his estate then dollars for briefly keeping his children after his death. Finally Mary, or Molly as she was called in the birth records of the Parish Register and also as she was called by her father in his will, was likewise referred to by her married name, Land; she was married (as Mary McLemore) to Littleberry Land pursuant to marriage bond issued October 4, 1791 (Southhampton Marriage Register, p. 75). (James L. McLemore, III, pp. 70-73)

    Burwell had six sons to carry on the McLemore name into the 19th century in Southside Virginia. However, this was the age when farm lands in the old tobacco-growing regions of Virginia became too worn out to support growing families, while migration was taking whole families westward and southward into newly opened areas for settlement. The lure of new land, the call of McLemore cousins already emigrating southward and westward, was calling on several of the sons of Burwell Maclemore even before, and especially after, his death. Their migrations before the turn of the 19th century thus put these McLemores at the forefront of this pattern of migration, just as they had been in the Carolinas ever since the days of James and Abraham Macklemore, the original immigrant brothers. (James L. McLemore, III. pp. 73-75).

    First US Census of 1790 shows Burwell McLemore as a HOH with eight whites and two slaves.(Sussex County, Virginia). Howell was not one of them (of 11 children, Sally had died, John had moved to Carolina, and Howell and one of the older daughters had married and moved out, leaving Amy and seven children). (James L. McLemore, III, p. 75).

    Burwell's third son (at least his third to move away) was his namesake Burwell McLemore, Jr. (James L. McLemore, III, p. 76).

    Meanwhile, back in Virigina, Burwell Sr.'s other three sons were remaining at home. Gilliam McLemore received the lower third of his father's "Pine Log Plantation, with buildings. He is known to have married three times.......Charles McLemore received the second third of his father Burwell's plantation. Charles married Lucy ROWE....The last (and probably youngest) son of Burwell and Amy Maclemore was James. Born just before the outbreak of the American Revolution, he was devised the final third of his father's "Pine Log" plantation. He married Rebecca HARWOOD, ...(James L. McLemore, III, pp. 77-79).

    (Medical):Two direct descendants of Burwell participated in the Morrison yDNA study.

    The main purpose of this study was to prove that the immigrant founders of this family in America, James Macklemore and Abraham Macklemore, were brothers. If brothers, then the y-DNA of the direct male descendants of both men would match. However, instead of confirming this, it appears that we have AT LEAST two distinct yDNA groups, with three additional potential lines. The first cluster of matching yDNA has ten members, who are part of the R1b1a2 haplogroup. The R1b DNA haplogroup, is the most common in Western Europe. Two of the ten participants can trace their lines back to the immigrant Abraham Macklemore, the husband of Mary Young. Another member can trace himself back to Moses McLemore b. ca. 1738 who is thought to be a son of Wright McLemore, grandson of William Macklemore, and great-grandson of the immigrant James Macklemore. If both these members are correct in their paper trails, AND if Amos can be proven to be a great-grandson of James Macklemore, then the assumption that James and Abraham have a common paternal ancestor is correct as descendants of both men share the same yDNA. The other six members of this first cluster all have the McLemore surname, and all can trace their lineages back to McLemore men who predate the Civil War, but have not conclusively linked themselves back to either James or Abraham.

    The second cluster in the study have three members to date. They are all in the E1b1 Haplogroup, which is rare in Western Europe. All of them match each other, but do not match any other McLemores yet tested. All three of these members can trace their ancestry to John Macklemore of Virginia, the husband of Faith. Two of them descend from his son Burwell, and the third from his son Joel. But, as discussed above, IF we have also proven that the immigrants Abraham and James Macklemore are brothers, then it follows that John Macklemore could not be the biological son of the immigrant James, as the yDNA of these two clusters is very different.

    Our current thinking is that John was likely a son of Fortune's and a stepson of James Macklemore, who raised him as his own. Alternatively, it may still be proven that James and Abraham were not brothers. They may share the same surname, but not the same paternal ancestry. More proven descendants of James and Fortune Macklemore will need to be tested to confirm or refute either theory.

    See Morrison/McLemore DNA study results for Group AJ.

    http://www.geneticousins.com/morrison/

    Burwell married Amy Gilliam before 1753. Amy was born about 1730 in Surry County, Virginia; died before 1793 in Sussex County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Amy Gilliam was born about 1730 in Surry County, Virginia; died before 1793 in Sussex County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    In his book, James L. McLemore, III writes that Burwell's "wife's given name was Amy, and though it has not yet been established, her maiden name was almost certainly GILLIAM. She could have been a younger daughter of John GILLIAM Jr. (who had an Amy among his younger children), but it is more likely that her father was Charles GILLIAM, the son of Hinchea and Fortune (Flood) GILLIAM, who were all neighbors of the McLemores. Charles and Mary (CLANTON) GILLIAM are listed in the "Albemarle Parish Register" as being the parents of five children: Fortune (b. 1742), Lydia (b. 1744), Phoebe and John, twins, (b. 1751) and Jordan (b. 1757). These were their youngest five children; it is known that they had at least two other children: Charles Jr. (the oldest) and Edmund, to both of whom Charles Sr. gave land. His gift to Edmund in 1757 indicates a probable birth date for him of 1736 or before, with Charles Jr. certainly older than that. Amy (GILLIAM) McLemore, if indeed an older child of Charles GILLIAM Sr., would probably have been born sometime in the (early) 1730's.........There is no proof that he (Charles GILLIAM) had a daughter named Amy. However, Charles GILLIAM was security on the bond of Burwell's mother Faith when she qualified on the estate of her husband John MACKLEMORE in early 1767, and then himself died later that same year. In addition, Amy is a name used within both the GILLIAM and CLANTON families, Burwell and his wife Amy had a close association with both of these families, and they named two of their younger sons Charles and Gilliam, all of which tends to support this thesis (James L. McLemore, III, pp. 69, 70).

    Notes:

    Married:
    Burwell Maclemore and his wife, Amy, had a large family: eleven children in all have been identified, but only two had their births recorded in the Albermarle Parish Register. The first was Sally, born June 2, 1754, and baptized August 25, 1754. Sponsors or godparents included her aunt and uncle, Robert and Lydia Magee, as well as a Gilliam. A second daughter "Molly" (Mary) was shown in the Register as being born July 24, and baptized September 14, 1760. There was a sufficient interval in between these two for the birth of at least one other child (probably Howell), and the others followed along thereafter: John, Lucy, Lydia, Ann or Anna, Burwell Jr., Gilliam, Charles and James, probably in something close to that order, with their births running right up nearly to the outbreak of the American Revolution, when Burwell would have been 55, and Amy in her early to mid 40's. Neither his first born daughter Sally nor his wife is mentioned in his will, which was dated September 21, 1793, and admitted to probate October 4, 1798. (B. F. McLemore His Ancestors and Descendants, James L. McLemore III (c. 1991) pp. 81-82).

    Copied from Rev. William P. McLemore's website, "McLemore Notables"

    http://www.oocities.org/wmclemore.geo/mclem1.htm

    Children:
    1. Sally McLemore was born on 2 Jun 1754 in Albemarle Parish, Sussex County, Virginia; and died.
    2. Charles McLemore was born between 1756 and 1769 in Albemarle Parish, Sussex County, Virginia; died in Oct 1818 in Sussex County, Virginia.
    3. Mary "Molly" McLemore was born on 24 Jul 1760 in Albemarle Parish, Sussex County, Virginia; died after 1830 in Halifax County, North Carolina.
    4. John McLemore was born after 1760 in Virginia; and died.
    5. Howell McLemore was born about 1762 in Virginia; died on 16 Feb 1807 in Southhampton County, Virginia.
    6. Lucy McLemore was born before 1764 in Virginia; died before 1800 in Isle Of Wight County, Virginia.
    7. Anna McLemore was born after 1764 in Virginia; died before 15 Jan 1835 in Southhampton County, Virginia.
    8. Lydia McLemore was born about 1768 in Virginia; died before 1820 in Lincoln County, North Carolina.
    9. 4. Burwell McLemore, Jr. was born about 1770 in Virginia; died after 22 Jan 1851 in Rogersville, Lauderdale County, Alabama.
    10. Gilliam McLemore was born about 1772 in Virginia; died before 7 Feb 1814 in Sussex County, Virginia.
    11. James McLemore was born about 1778 in Virginia; died after 1825 in Surry County, Virginia.