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John Christmas, Sr.

Male Abt 1720 - Bef 1783  (~ 63 years)


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  • Name John Christmas  [1
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth Abt 1720  Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death Bef Aug 1783  Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • He owned a plantation located in the Orange County, North Carolina, on the banks of Cane Creek, Moccasin Branch, and Richland Branch.

      In 1763 he was a Captian in the Granville County Colonial Militia. He had five sons and a son-in-law that were captains in the American Revolution.

      WARREN CO, NC DEED Christmas, John Sr to John Jr -1771

      Transcript below contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Ginger L. Christmas (gxmas@gte.net) original not viewed or verified

      Warren County North Carolina Deed Book 3 p-245 This Indenture made this day of may in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-one Between John CHRISTMAS {#32}, Sr of the one part and John CHRISTMAS {#58}, Jr of the other part. Witnesseth that the said John CHRISTMAS, Sr for and in consideration of the sum of ten pounds current money of Virginia to me in hand paid before the ensealing and delivery hereof the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and acquit the said CHRISTMAS Jr of every part thereof I have bargained, sold, alleined and made over a certain tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Bute County on the south side of the Little Creek and bounded as follows, to wit. Beginning at the mouth of the Planpatch branch and running up the creek to William GREEN's {#509} line and up that to the spring branch and up the branch to the head, form thence along a line of marked trees to the road, thence down the road to Thomas CHRISTMAS's {#30} corner red oak sapling, thence down his line to the head of the Planpatch Branch thence down the said branch to the beginning. Containing two hundred and fifty acres, more or less, being part of the tract whereon John CHRISTMAS Sr now lives on with the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof with the appurtenances unto the said CHRISTMAS Jr his heirs and assigns forever and the said John CHRISTMAS S for himself his heirs, executors and administrators doth covenant, promise and agree to and with the said CHRISTMAS S his heirs executors or assigns that the aforesaid premises are free and clear of all manner of encumbrances and that the said CHRISTMAS Sr committed done or suffered shall and lawful may and even hereafter have , hold, use, occupy, possess and enjoy the same. In witness I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. John CHRISTMAS [seal] Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of: Thomas CHRISTMAS {#30}, Such KEY and Richard CHRISTMAS {#54} Bute County May Court 1771 John CHRISTMAS acknowledged this deed to John CHRISTMAS Jr and on motion the same is ordered to be registered. Test Benjamin McCULLOCK C.C. The foregoing deed from John CHRISTMAS S to John CHRISTMAS Jr having been acknowledged in Bute Inferior Court of Pleas and Quarterly Session and ordered to be registered the same is truly registered this 26th day of July 1771. By William JOHNSON P.R.

      http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tresa&id=I31010

      The Will below was copied from LoRetta F. Hughes tree on WorldConnect.
      Original not viewed or verified



      Orange County, North Carolina:Clerk of Superior
      Court: Record of Wills: Volume: A: 1752-1788:
      No. 162 - Christmas, John

      Orange County North Carolina Will Book A p-261-268:
      John CHRISTMAS {#32}
      Dated: 11 August 1783
      Recorded Orange County NC
      Probated in November Court 1783.
      In the name of God Amen. I John CHRISTMAS of the
      County of Orange in the state of North Carolina planter
      being sick and weak in body but in perfect mind and
      memory thanks be to God for the same and calling
      to mind the uncertainty of this transitory life and
      being willing to settle my worldly affairs in order to
      make this my last will and testament in manner and
      form following:

      FIRST I commend my soul to God who gave it hoping
      through the death and merits of Jesus Christ my Savior
      to be made partaker of the fading joys of immorality
      and as for that temporal estate it hath been pleased
      God to bestow on me I give and bequeath in the manner
      and form following that is to say whereas my sons
      Thomas and John and my daughters Mary Elizabeth
      and Henrietta are all married and have moved from me,
      such estates as I judge equal proportions of my
      substance and I do hereby give and bequeath each of
      them my sons Thomas, my son John, my daughters
      Mary Elizabeth and Henrietta the sum of five shillings
      Virginia money. Besides that I do hereby confirm to
      them and their heirs and assigns an indisputable right
      to that I have heretofore given them revoking all manner
      of claim to any part or parcel same from any person
      or persons whatever.

      ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my loving wife
      Mary CHRISTMAS during her natural life the plantation
      whereon I now live with all the land on the south side
      Cane Creek and below the branch known by the name
      Moccasin and also my three negroes Harry, Sue and Aggie,
      a feather bed and furniture, a horse, bridle and saddle
      and to enable her the better to raise her children I lend
      her my eight Negroes Charles, Jacob, wife, Iona, Fatt,
      Terry, young Charles and Davy together with my other
      estate of horses, cattle, sheep and household furniture
      except such as I shall hereafter dispose of and it is my
      will and desire that my loving wife Mary do keep and
      enjoy during her widowhood all such estate lent her,
      but should she marry again then my will is that all the
      estate be divide among my three sons Robert , James
      and Charles and it is also my will that at my wife's decease
      that all the estate in her hand be also divided amongst
      said three youngest sons by my two
      sons Thomas CHRISTMAS and Richard.

      ITEM: I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Pictles
      my negro girl Ginny and my negro boy Philamon,
      a feather bed and furniture, a mare, bridle and saddle
      with two cows and calves, with two bison, two dishes
      and six plates and should she die without lawful
      issue that the estate left her be divided amongst my
      three sons Richard , William and Nathaniel .

      ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my son Richard, his
      heirs and youngins forever a tract of land lying on the
      north side of Cane Creek from a line of marked trees
      running from or near the mouth of Richland branch
      with land whereon Thomas MASON formally lived
      also my will is that my son, Richard, have two negroes
      known by the names of Dick and Fanny with a feather
      bed and furniture, two cows and calves besides his
      own amongst my stock with two bison, two dishes
      and six plates.

      ITEM: I give and bequeath to my son, William ,
      his heirs and youngins, all that tract of land lying on
      the north side of Cane Creek below a line of marked
      trees running from or near the mouth of Richland Branch,
      also two negroes by the name of Will and Nessy.

      ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my son, Nathaniel ,
      his heirs and youngins, forever two hundred and fifty
      pounds Virginia money or stock at thirty-three and a
      third percent in gold or silver to be paid him from
      my son Thomas CHRISTMAS for my mill and negro
      Will within nine months from this date, if not paid
      them the said mill and negro named
      Tom with a feather bed and furniture.

      ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my son, Robert,
      his heirs and youngins, forever one negro named
      Benjamin.

      ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my son, James,
      his heirs and youngins, forever all my land that
      lying on the south side of Cane Creek and above
      the Moccasin branch with the addition of all the
      land lying on the same side if creek belonging
      to the land whereon Thomas MASON formally
      lived.

      ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my son, Charles,
      his heirs and assigns, forever all my land on the
      south side Cane Creek and below the Moccasin
      branch and it is my will that if either of my three
      youngest sons Robert, James and Charles die
      before they come of age leaving no issue then
      it is my will that their estate so left shall fall into
      the estate to be divided by my two sons, Thomas
      and Richard, with the remains of the estate to the
      two youngest sons it is also my will that if the
      land I have left to my four sons, Richard,
      William, James and Charles be lost and they
      fall on the estate of Michael WHATLEY
      that what is recovered be divided amongst said
      four sons, Richard, William, James and
      Charles.

      ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my Grandson
      Henry CHRISTMAS, son of John
      CHRISTMAS, deceased, my land lying in
      Warren County on the south side of the road
      adjoining the land formally Charles ALLEN's.
      And also my will is that if either of my three
      youngest sons, Robert, James and Charles
      come to age before my wife decease wanting
      their estate it is then my will and desire that
      my said two sons, Thomas and Richard divide
      the estate I lent my wife and give them what they
      see cause to as not to exceed a third, and should
      there be any remainder at my wife's decease its
      my desire that it be divided with the estate of my
      wife at her decease to my three youngest sons,
      Robert, James and Charles by my two sons
      aforesaid Thomas and Richard and safely I do
      hereby constitute and appoint my loving wife,
      Mary CHRISTMAS, my sons Richard and Robert
      Executors of this my last will and testament
      hereby revoking and making void and null all
      former will or wills hereafter made and confirming
      this and none but this to be my last will and
      testament in the testimony whereof I have
      hereunto with my hand and seal this eleventh day
      of August one thousand seven hundred and
      eighty-three.

      John CHRISTMAS
      Signed, sealed and acknowledged by the
      testor to be his last will and testament in presence
      of us: Richard CHRISTMAS, William RICHARDS and
      James I. PICKARD.

      Orange County, November Court 1783
      The Execution of the within will and testament of
      John CHRISTMAS , deceased, was duly proven in
      open court by the oaths of William RICHARDS and
      James I. PICKARD two of the subscribing witness
      thereto and ordered to be recorded.


      Hughes, LoRetta F. "Treeclimber's Family Treehouse - Roots & Branches" ver. 2009-06-21 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=treeclimber
    Person ID I22222  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2015 

    Family Mary Graves,   b. Abt 1725, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1810, Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1748  Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. John Christmas, Jr.,   b. Abt 1750   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Mary Elizabeth Christmas,   b. Abt 1752   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Nathaniel Christmas,   b. Abt 1754, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1820, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years)
     4. Henrietta Christmas,   b. Abt 1756, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Thomas Christmas,   b. Abt 1758, Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. William Christmas,   b. Abt 1760, Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1811, Jefferson, Williamson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 51 years)
     7. Richard Christmas,   b. 4 Jan 1764, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     8. Robert Christmas,   b. Abt 1766, Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     9. Ann Christmas,   b. 28 Jan 1766, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1809, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
     10. James Christmas,   b. Abt 1768, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     11. Charles Christmas,   b. Abt 1770, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1345  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Jun 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1720 - Hanover County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1748 - Hanover County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Bef Aug 1783 - Orange County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1287] Hughes, LoRetta F. "Treeclimber's Family Treehouse - Roots & Branches" ver. 2009-06-21 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=treeclimber.

    2. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.).