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Descendants of Asa Brittain

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  ASA1 BRITTAIN was born Bef. 1688 in Wales, and died Aft. 1705 in Virginia.  He married ACHEA. 

    

Child of ASA BRITTAIN and ACHEA is:

2.        i.    JAMES2 BRITTAIN, b. 1705, Wales; d. 1776, Virginia.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  JAMES2 BRITTAIN (ASA1) was born 1705 in Wales, and died 1776 in Virginia.  He married MARY WHITTY 1726.  She was born 1705, and died 1779.

    

Child of JAMES BRITTAIN and MARY WHITTY is:

3.        i.    NATHANIEL3 BRITTAIN, b. 1734, Chesterfield County, Virginia; d. 17 Oct 1776, Richmond, Va.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

3.  NATHANIEL3 BRITTAIN (JAMES2, ASA1) was born 1734 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, and died 17 Oct 1776 in Richmond, Va.  He married ELIZABETH PARKS.  She was born 1742 in Greenfair North Carolina.

    

Child of NATHANIEL BRITTAIN and ELIZABETH PARKS is:

4.        i.    JAMES4 BRITTAIN, b. 1766, Virginia; d. Mason County, Ky.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

4.  JAMES4 BRITTAIN (NATHANIEL3, JAMES2, ASA1) was born 1766 in Virginia, and died in Mason County, Ky.  He married NANCY JANE CHADWELL Bet. 1790 - 1799 in Lee County, Va, daughter of DAVID CHADWELL and ELIZABETH TURNER.  She was born 1744 in Henrico County, Virginia, and died Aft. 1842 in Mason County, Ky.

    

Child of JAMES BRITTAIN and NANCY CHADWELL is:

5.        i.    WILLIAM5 BRITTAIN, b. 04 Apr 1808, Manchester, Clay County, Kentucky; d. 27 Sep 1870, Clay County, Ky.

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

5.  WILLIAM5 BRITTAIN (JAMES4, NATHANIEL3, JAMES2, ASA1) was born 04 Apr 1808 in Manchester, Clay County, Kentucky, and died 27 Sep 1870 in Clay County, Ky.  He married MARY ANN LEWIS 03 Apr 1830, daughter of MESSENGER LEWIS and FREELOVE SHAW. 

    

Child of WILLIAM BRITTAIN and MARY LEWIS is:

6.        i.    CARLO6 BRITTAIN, b. 15 Feb 1849, Clay County, Ky; d. 1933.

 

 

Generation No. 6

 

6.  CARLO6 BRITTAIN (WILLIAM5, JAMES4, NATHANIEL3, JAMES2, ASA1) was born 15 Feb 1849 in Clay County, Ky, and died 1933.  He married ADELINE "HETTY" "HATTIE" MARCUM, daughter of HIRAM MARCUM and SARAH ROBERTS.  She was born 1855.

    

Children of CARLO BRITTAIN and ADELINE MARCUM are:

7.        i.    LILLY7 BRITTAIN, b. 1884, Red Bird River, Clay County Kentucky; d. 1926.

           ii.    DELORIA BRITTAIN, m. CICERO LANGDON.

8.       iii.    PERLINA MARCUM BRITTAIN.

 

 

Generation No. 7

 

7.  LILLY7 BRITTAIN (CARLO6, WILLIAM5, JAMES4, NATHANIEL3, JAMES2, ASA1) was born 1884 in Red Bird River, Clay County Kentucky, and died 1926.  She married ELIJAH (LIGE) JONES1 in Clay Co. Ky. (mouth of Big Creek), son of EDMOND JONES and MARY ASHER.  He was born 1880 in Leslie County Kentucky, and died 22 Mar 1954 in Hazard, Ky..

 

More About LILLY BRITTAIN:

Cause of Death: cancer

Medical Information: Cancer, Diabetes

 

Notes for ELIJAH (LIGE) JONES:

Lige Jones was nicknamed "Chippy".  He was a champion fiddler and was in much demand for square dancing events around Eastern Kentucky.  For a period of time Lige was a tipper foreman for Wisconsin coal company and after that he worked for and retired from L & N Railroad.

 

More About ELIJAH (LIGE) JONES:

Event 1: Champion Fiddler in Eastern Ky

Fact 2: Buried Riverside Cemetary, North Hazard, Ky

    

Children of LILLY BRITTAIN and ELIJAH JONES are:

           i.    SHERMAN8 JONES1, b. 18 Oct 1906, Thousand Sticks Leslie County Kentucky; d. 14 Nov 1997, Jackson, Ky.(Buried in Campton, Ky); m. BESSIE WOOTON; b. 09 Mar 1906, Dry Hill, Leslie County, Kentucky; d. 29 Nov 1975, Lexington, Kentucky(Buried in Campton, Ky).

 

Notes for SHERMAN JONES:

Sherman worked for L & N Railroad from 1926 to 1936.  Following that he worked for the Post Office as Assistant Post Master in Hazard, Kentucky for about 30 years.

 

More About SHERMAN JONES:

Event 1: Buried in Campton, Ky

 

Notes for BESSIE WOOTON:

Bessie played accordian and guitar before she married Sherman.

 

           ii.    OMAR JONES, b. Abt. 1908; d. Abt. 1980; m. DOROTHY MARTIN; b. Abt. 1908.

 

Notes for OMAR JONES:

Dorothy Martin was Omar's 1st cousin.

 

Notes for DOROTHY MARTIN:

Omar Jones was Dorothy Martin's first cousin.

 

          iii.    JAMES E. (JIMMY) JONES, m. ARIZONA (ZONIE) TURNER.

         iv.    CARLO JONES, b. 14 Feb 1911; d. 06 Feb 1931; m. SALLY STEWART.

 

Notes for CARLO JONES:

Had a motorcycle accident in Louisville, Ky. and broke his neck.  Sherman Jones went and got him and tried to nurse him back to health in his house in Wabbaco, Ky.  He drove a nail in the ceiling so Carlo could raise himself up occasionally.  The nail was still there years later.

 

         v.    ODA (ODIE) JONES, b. 23 Oct 1915; m. WARD NAPIER; d. Abt. 1995, Lexington, Ky.

         vi.    CORNELIUS (CORN) (BLACKIE) JONES, d. 05 Feb 2002, Prospect, Tn; m. (1) RITA; b. Boston, Ma; m. (2) WANDA.

        vii.    JESSE JONES, m. CARL GOINS.

       viii.    OLA (OLIE) JONES, b. 05 Dec 1902; d. 28 Dec 1990; m. JOHN DANIEL ABNER; b. 19 May 1902; d. 25 Mar 1961.

         ix.    EDNA JONES, m. ROE BOWLING.

          x.    CHARLES JONES, d. California; m. VERLENE.

 

 

8.  PERLINA MARCUM7 BRITTAIN (CARLO6, WILLIAM5, JAMES4, NATHANIEL3, JAMES2, ASA1)  She married (1) HENSLEY.    She married (2) CRAWFORD. 

    

Child of PERLINA BRITTAIN and HENSLEY is:

           i.    MALVERIA8 CRAWFORD.

 

 

 

Endnotes

 

1.  Curtis Pigman.