Re: descendants of Josiah Jopling, 1749-1798
-
In reply to:
descendants of Josiah Jopling, 1749-1798
12/01/98
I descend from Hannah Jopling Allen, sister to your Josiah Jopling.My line:
Thomas Jopling = Hannah Freeman
Hannah Jopling = Samuel Allen
Jesse Allen = Nancy Walker
b. 1777 Amherst Co., VA
d. 1857 DeKalb Co., TN
Mary Ann Allen = George Eastham, M.D.
b. 1803 DeKalb Co., TN
Sarah W. "Sally" Eastham = James Monroe Fite
b. 1825 White/DeKalb Co., TN
d. after 1870 Dallas Co., Ark.
Nathaniel Fite = Ellen R. Crowder
b. 1857 Dallas Co., Ark.
d. around 1900 Dallas Co., Ark.
Mary Evelyn Fite = Edward D. Riggan
b. 1886 Dallas Co., Ark.
d. 1963 Brewster, Okanogan Co., WA
Roy Riggan = Laura Mae Smith (also had Jopling connections, see below)
These were my grandparents.
b. 1912 Dallas Co., Ark.
d. 1970 Brewster, Okanogan Co., WA
Then, here's my grandmother's line:
John Farrar = Elizabeth Lyon
b. ca 1725 Albemarle Co., VA
d. 1799 Chatham Co., NC
We have some proving to do, but almost certainly the brother of Catherine Farrar who married Ralph Jopling in Amherst Co., VA, brother of our ancestor Thomas Jopling at top of page.John Farrar's will was executed by Richard Lyon and Peter Farrar.Catherine Farrar Jopling had brothers John and Peter Farrar in her father John Farrar of Albemarle Co., VA's will 1769, so the coincidences are too numerous for my John to not be her brother.
Jean Farrar = Abraham Moore
b. ca 1745-50 Amherst Co., vA
d. Person Co., NC
Abraham d. 1831 Person Co., NC.His family owned property near the Joplings and Farrars in the Rockfish and Hardware River areas of Amherst Co., VA before moving to North Carolina.Some of the Joplings were in land records with the Moores in North Carolina.
William Moore = Penelope Cobb
b. ca 1774 Amherst Co., VA
d. 1848 Hurdle Mills, Person Co., NC
William bought property in Person Co., NC from Benjamin Jopling in 1803, but no relationship established between the two men accept that the family says that Benjamin was related to William's mother Jean Farrar Moore.
Jane Farrar Moore = Robert A. Smith
b. 1815 Person Co., NC
d. after 1870 Princeton, Dallas Co., Ark.
James Buchanan Smith = Georgeanne Cavender
b. 1858 Dallas Co., Ark.
d. 1919 Princeton, Dallas co., Ark.
Robert A. Smith = Laura Nutt
b. 1884 Princeton, Dallas Co., Ark.
d. 1963 Brewster, Okanogan Co., Wa
Laura Mae Smith = Roy Riggan (Jopling desc.)
b. 1913 Dallas Co., Ark.
James E. Riggan = Barbara A. Yancey (she is descended from Joanna Neville Brown whose sister Bethenia Neville married John Allen.Their son was Samuel Allen, husband of Hannah Jopling.Another remarkable coincidence in my family tree!!)
Steve Riggan (myself)
b. 1967 Brewster, Okanogan Co., WA
Let me hear from you to share family information.
Steve Riggan