Nancy Fowlkes^{[1, 2]}

1763 - 1804  (40 years)

• Name	Nancy Fowlkes
  Born	3 Jul 1763	Nottoway County, Virginia Colony
  Gender	Female
  Died	22 Apr 1804	Nottoway County, Virginia
  Person ID	I17995	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	John A. Fowlkes,   b. Abt 1722, Hanover County, Virginia Colony ,   d. 1799, Nottoway County, Virginia  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Mother	Sarah Jennings,   b. Abt 1728, Hanover Co., Virginia Colony ,   d. 1782, Nottoway, Amelia County, Virginia [later Halifax]  (Age ~ 54 years)
  Married	Bef 1789	Hanover Co., Colonial Virginia
  	Children of Sarah Jennings and John A.Fowlkes: John Field Fowlkes (1745 - 1824) Jerusha Fowlkes Ellington (1747 - 1789) Henry Bass Fowlkes (1750 - 1808) William Fowlkes (1752 - 1835) Sarah Fowlkes Thompson (1755 - 1828) Mary Fowlkes Thompson-Hudson (1757 - ____) James Fowlkes (1760 - 1833) Nancy Fowlkes Betts (1763 - 1804) Elizabeth Fowlkes Price-Van Amburgh (1764 - 1823)
  Family ID	F1349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Spencer Betts,   b. 1759, Virginia Colony ,   d. 1837, Halifax Co., Virginia  (Age 78 years)
  Children	+ 1. Nancy Betts,   b. 9 Aug 1789, Halifax Co., Virginia ,   d. 14 Feb 1854, Halifax Co., Virginia  (Age 64 years) + 2. Lucy Agnes Betts,   b. 7 Feb 1797, Lunenberg, Virginia ,   d. 24 Jan 1869, LaGrange, Fayette Co., Texas  (Age 71 years)   3. Elisha Betts,   b. 22 Nov 1789, Lunenburg, Virginia ,   d. 5 Oct 1872, Halifax Co., Virginia  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2018
  Family ID	F6544	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Rear View of 'HydePark' Home17995NancyFowlkes'HydePark'Rear.jpg
  		Front View of Hyde Park Home17995NancyFowlkes'HydePark'.jpg Home17995NancyFowlkes'HydePark'.jpg

  
  

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  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114791477. "Sarah Jennings" (1730-1782). Sarah's Parents were: "Col. William Henry Jennings" (1676-1775) who was born in England. He was the youngest son of 'Humphrey & Mary Milward Jennens' & was a British officer who came to Virginia to assist in the fight against the Indians & "Mary Jane 'Polly' Pulliam Jennings" (1704-1774) who was born @ Hanover Co., VA to 'James & Mary Pulliam'. "Mary Jane 'Polly' Pulliam" was thought to have "perhaps" been Col. William Henry Jennings' 2nd. wife because of the 28-year-age-difference between them. They married on 1-24-1724 @ Hanover Co., VA & had 10 Children. Here are "Sarah Jennings' SIBLINGS": ~William Jennings, Jr. (1726-1793) *** During The Revolutionary War, he was one of the delegates to The Continental Congress & supplied material aid to the war effort. *** ~Agnes Jennings (1727--) ~Elizabeth Jennings (1729-1799) ~SARAH JENNINGS (1730-1782) m: 1743 JOHN A. FOWLKES (1722-1799). ** She & her sister below married Fowlkes Brothers! *** ~Mary Jennings (1732-1822) m: Joseph Fowlkes. ~Robert Jennings (1733-1798) ~John Jennings (1735-1784) ~Anne Jennings (1736-1795) m: Samuel Thompson, Jr. ~James Jennings (1737-1795) ~Joseph Jennings (1739-1804). [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=118929598. Nancy Fowlkes & Spencer Betts NANCY's FATHER, "John A. Fowlkes", was born in 1722 @ Hanover Co., VA. He died in 1799 @ 77 @ Nottoway Co., VA. His parents were: "Gabriel Fowlkes I & Elizabeth Fowlkes". * Data from "Just Plain Fowlkes-Our Lineage from Gabriel I, 2nd Edition, 2006, by Stephen Fowlkes. "John's plantation was called ?Hyde Park'; it had sheltered five generations of Fowlkes, one of the few to survive The Civil War." * ________________________________________________ NANCY's MOTHER, "Sarah Jennings", was born in 1730 @ Hanover Co., VA. She was one of 10 Children. She died in 1782 @ Nottoway Co., VA. Her Father was: "Col. William Henry Jennings" (1676-1775) who was born in England. He was the youngest son of 'Humphrey & Mary Milward Jennens' & was a British officer who came to Virginia to assist in the fight against the Indians. Her Mother was: "Mary Jane 'Polly' Pulliam Jennings" (1704-1774) who was born @ Hanover Co., VA to 'James & Mary Pulliam'. "Mary Jane 'Polly' Pulliam" was thought to have "perhaps" been Col. William Henry Jennings' 2nd. wife because of the 28-year-age-difference between them. They married on 1-24-1724 @ Hanover Co., VA. ________________________________________________ JOHN A. FOWLKES & SARAH JENNINGS FOWLKES MARRIED in 1743 @ Hanover Co., VA & had 10 Children of which NANCY is the ninth child. THEIR 10 CHILDREN: *** This son was a Lt. under his Uncle Gabriel Fowlkes, Jr. who was a Col. during The Rev. War; he was in the Amelia Co., VA Militia. *** ~JOHN FIELD FOWLKES (1745-1824) m: Dicey Hall m: Edith 'Edy' Jeffress ~JENNINGS E. FOWLKES (1746-1802) m: Joyce Clark Motley ~JERUSHA FOWLKES (1747-1789) m: 1765 DAVID ELLINGTON, JR. *** This son-in-law = Patriotic Service, VA according to "Soldiers & Patriots of GA" website. *** *** This son served in the Amelia Co., VA Militia during "The Rev. War" as a Lieutenant *** ~HENRY BASS FOWLKES, SR. (1750-1808) m: Tabitha Bass *** This son was a Sgt. & Lt. under 2 Gabriel Fowlkes during The Rev. War; he served in North Carolina & was @ The Battle of Guilford. *** ~WILLIAM 'Quality Bill' FOWLKES (1752-1835) m: Martha Bass m: Mary 'Polly' Clark m: Sarah 'Sally' Cralle ~SARAH FOWLKES (1755-1828) m: David Thompson ~MARY 'Molly' FOWLKES (1757-?) m: Robert Thompson m: -- Hudson ~JAMES FOWLKES (1760-1833) m: Sally Foster ~NANCY FOWLKES (1763-1804) m: Spencer Betts (1759-1837). *** This son-in-law was a Revolutionary War Soldier from VA. *** ~ELIZABETH 'Betsy' FOWLKES (1764-1823) m: Charles Price, I *** This son-in-law was a Capt. under the Thomas Watkins Troop of Dragoons, VA during The Rev. War *** m: Benjamin Lewis Van Amburgh. ________________________________________________ NANCY FOWLKES BETTS died on 4-22-1804 where she had been born in Nottoway Co., VA. I'm attaching photos of the "Fowlkes' Family Home" which was called "Hyde Park" where NANCY FOWLKES BETTS lived with her parents & siblings on the tobacco plantation. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70660881/spencer-betts. Spencer Betts Birth 6 Apr 1759 Northumberland County, Virginia Death 2 Nov 1837 (aged 78) Halifax County, Virginia Burial Betts Family Cemetery Cluster Springs, Halifax County, Virginia Children Elisha Betts, 1789?1872 Tombstone in Betts Family Cemetery, "Snow Hill", Halifax County, Virginia "In memory of Spencer Betts a Revolutionary Soldier B. Apr. 6 1759 D. Nov 2, 1837 He was a deacon of the Baptist church 49 years Erected by his son Elisha Betts"