Martha Elizabeth Newberry1

Female, #47289, (circa 1737 - 1815)

Parent*John Newberry2 (s 1707 - )
Parent*Elizabeth Matthews (s 1710 - )
Martha Elizabeth Newberry|b. circa 1737\nd. 1815|p47289.htm|John Newberry|b. say 1707|p47380.htm|Elizabeth Matthews|b. say 1710|p47381.htm|||||||||||||

Birth*circa 1737 She was born circa 1737 at Bladen Co., North Carolina. Martha's mother Elizabeth Matthews is proved by Cumberland Co. D.B. 6, pg. 427, dated 12 Nov 1777.2 
 She was the daughter of John Newberry and Elizabeth Matthews.2 
Marriage*circa 1753 She married Joseph Thames at Bladen Co., North Carolina, circa 1753. The basis of the proof of the marriage of Joseph Thames to Martha Newberry is a deed of gift from her father John Newberry to his son's-in-law Joseph Thames and Peter Lord; Cumberland Co. DB-1, page # 358, 19 August 1760. This same property was sold in 1761, DB 1, page 455 by Joseph Thames and wife Martha. There are eleven other deeds between 1761 and 1769 showing sales by Joseph Thames and wife Martha. Also, his will names wife Martha. The ages of Joseph and Martha's children are based on Bladen Co. Tax Records, obituaries, tombstone, the census and the wording of the Will which seems to name them in order of birth and indicates that the last four were children and so not of age..2 
Married Namecirca 1753  As of circa 1753, her married name was Thames. 
Deed*6 May 1799 A deed was granted to them and with Elizabeth Newberry as an adjacent landowner on 6 May 1799 at Bladen Co., North Carolina.
(Cumberland Co. deed book 18, page 199, May 6, 1799: Martha Theams Senr, Thomas Theames, Malica Barges (sic) & Martha his wife, John Theames & Samuel Theames of Cumberland to William Barry Grove of - whereas Joseph Theames, Senr, decd. Late of Bladen County - by his last will and testament bequeathed among other things to his wife Martha and his children Thomas, Martha, John & Samuel - a tract of land which he the said Joseph purchased from John Stevens & wife 15 November 1771, registered in Bladen Book A, page__ & Cumberland Book __, page 216 part of a patent to Henry Sims & by him conveyed to ___ Gray between Gray's & Dunn's … beginning at Newberry's lower … Newberry's upper back corner … to Dunn's line … to include all the wt (west) part … Sims old survey containing about 400 acres… for 250 dollars … 50 acres of above land to be laid off of the above tract so as to include the improvements made by Champion now owned by Elizabeth Theames widow of Jesse Theames
).3 
Will*11 Feb 1814 She made a will at Cumberland Co., North Carolina, on 11 Feb 1814.
(Will Book A page 218, 14 February 1814/June 1815. In her will, Martha divided her lands equally between her four surviving sons, viz: Joseph Thames, Thomas Thames, John Thames, and Samuel Thames. Joseph and John were named executors, and the witnesses were Charles and Elizabeth McAllister (daughter of Joseph Thames and the Granddaughter of Martha Thames). Martha made her mark.
).4 
Death*1815 She died at Cumberland Co., North Carolina, in 1815.2 

Family

Joseph Thames (1732 - 1780)
Children

Charts Warren Culpepper's Ancestry Chart
Last Edited 6 Apr 2003

Citations

  1. Dorothy Thames Emert, A Thames Family History 2002.
    pp. 63-64.
  2. Walt Gabennesch post on Thames Forum at Geneaology.com, 22 May 2002.
  3. Walt Gabennesch post on Thames Forum at Geneaology.com, 7 Oct 2001.
  4. Dorothy Thames Emert, A Thames Family History 2002.
    p. 64.
  5. , RootsWeb WorldConnect Project, Ancestry.com: Rootsweb.
    http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
    Larson-Morgan GEDCOM (2003 Jan) by David Larson.
  6. Dorothy Thames Emert, A Thames Family History 2002.
    p. 63. Birth and death dates from tombstone.
  7. Dorothy Thames Emert, A Thames Family History 2002.
    pp. 63-64. Mentioned in mother's will.
  8. Dorothy Thames Emert, A Thames Family History 2002.
    p. 63.