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John Durham > Thomas Durham > John Durham Sr. > Rev. Thomas Durham

Rev. Thomas DURHAM

Born: c. 1760, AnsoCtyNC
Died: 4 Oct 1823, SmitCtyTN

Father: John DURHAM Sr.

Mother: Jane EATON

 

Married on

Rebecca ALLEN

Born: 1762
Died: 2 May 1827, SmitCtyTN

Father: Thomas ALLEN

Mother: Elizabeth BARTHEL 3

 

Children:

 

1. Jerusha DURHAM (b. 1784, RowaCtyNC)

  • m. Charles MCCULLAH

Notes:

  • Charles and Jerusha McCullah had no children if their own, but they raised her sister's child, Rebecca Hall.

 

2. Candace DURHAM (b. 1786, RowaCtyNC)

  • m. Lewis HALL (b. 1783, Rowan Co, NC)

Child:

  1. Rebecca Hall (b. c. 1823, TN; d. bef. 1856, TN)
  • m. Richard Anderson BLYTHE (b. Nov 1815, TN; d. 1902, WillCtyTN)

 

Notes:

  • Rebecca Hall was reared by "Mrs. McColler" and she married Dr. Richard Blythe; left two children, Jimmie and Rebecca.
 

3. Elisha DURHAM (Elias?) (b. 1792, RowaCtyNC; d. Bet. 1830-40)

 

Notes:

 

4. Jeptha DURHAM "Jeppy" (b. c. 1770; d. c. 1824, NC)

  • m. Polly BUTNER (b. c. 1775, RowaCtyNC) on 29 Dec 1798, RowaCtyNC
       Parents: David BUTNER / Mary CRANE

Children:

  1. Jeptha DURHAM Jr.
 
  2. David DURHAM
 
  3.

Thomas DURHAM
 

 

Notes:

  • Info from Peggy Luthy on rootsweb.
 

5. Napthali DURHAM (b. 1782, RowaCtyNC)

  • m. (Martha?) Jane REASONOVER on 29 Dec 1798

Notes:

 

6. Rev. Thomas DURHAM Jr. (b. 7 Aug 1782, RowaCtyNC; d. 1856, TN)

  • m1. Sarah Ann HADEN "Sally" (b. 1783; d. 1819) on 2 Nov 1802, RowaCtyNC

  • m2. Elizabeth Chiles JOHNSON on 30 Apr 1816, RuthCtyTN

Children to Sarah:

  1. Nancy DURHAM (b. 1803)
 
  2. Joseph Haden DURHAM (b. 1805)
  • m. Matilda H. NICHOLS
  3. Napathaly Haden DURHAM (b. 1807)
 
  4. Asenitha DURHAM (b. 1809)
 
  5. Thomas Allen DURHAM (b. 1812, NC)
  • m. Maria NICHOLS
  6.

Theresa Haden DURHAM
 

 

Children to Elizabeth:

  1. Watson DURHAM (b. c. 1814, TN)
 
  2. Sarah J. DURHAM (b. 1817, TN)
 
  3. Mary B. DURHAM (b. 1820, TN)
  • m. John E. DONNELL
  • m. Lisa BARBEE
  4. Susan Frances DURHAM (b. 1822)
  • m. Lucian F. SULLIVAN
  5. Jerusha Candance DURHAM (b. 1825, TN)
  • m. James Russell TOMPKINS
  6. James A. DURHAM (b. 1827)
  • m. Ruth Ann WYNNS
  7. Elizabeth DURHAM "Betty"
  • m. Dr. Isaac N. GOWAN
  8. Caroline Virginia DURHAM (b. 1834)
  • m.  John DONNELL
  9. Jane Rose DURHAM (b. 1837, TN)
  • m. Edward Nathan TRAIL

 

Notes:

  •  For more detailed information on Rev. Thomas Durham Jr., click his name above.

 

7. Levi Allen Durham (b. 27 Feb 1792, MontCtyNC; d. 7 Oct 1846, TyleCtyTX)

  • m. Elizabeth P. HARWICK

Children:

  1. Thomas DURHAM (b. c. 1822, TN)
 
  2. Canzada DURHAM (b. c. 1826, TN)
 
  3. Mary Jane DURHAM (b. c. 1828, TN)
  • m. Edmond P. WHEAT
  4. Elizabeth DURHAM "Betsy" (b. 1829, AL)
  • m. James Edmond WHEAT
  5. Nancy Ann DURHAM (b. 1831, TN)
  • m. Martin Davis NOWLIN
  6. Lydia Duget DURHAM (b. c. 1832, TN)
  • m. Marion McDonald GIBSON "Mack"
  7. America V. DURHAM (b. 1836, TN)
  • m. William James DURDIN
  8. Joicy B. DURHAM (b. c. 1838, TX)
 
  9.

Jerusha M. DURHAM (b. c. 1841, TX)
 

 

Notes:

  • For more detailed information on Levi A. Durham, click his name above.

 

8. Rebecca DURHAM (b. 12 Dec 1794, RowaCtyNC; Find-A-Grave 91818135, AL)

Children:

  1. Amanda D. HADEN (b. 1817, TN)
  • m. Dudley MOORE (b. 1804, NC; d. 1880, CassCtyTX)
  2. Joseph Thomas HADEN (b. 15 Sep 1818; d. 24 Apr 1877; Find-A-Grave 49549991, AL)
  • m. Elizabeth OLDFIELD (b. 23 Sep 1829; d. 29 Jan 1909; Find-A-Grave 92597673, AL) on 29 Jan 1846
       Parents: George OLDFIELD / Louisa ?
  3. Jerusha Melvina HADEN (b. 7 Sep 1820, TN; d. 18 Dec 1876, MariCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 99945613, TX)
  4. George Wiley HADEN (b. 21 Dec 1822, SmitCtyTN; d. 17 Sep 1895; Find-A-Grave 39041929, AL)
  5. Jane HADEN (b. 1824, GA)
  • m. Sam WILLIAMS
  6. Ascentia HADEN (b. 1826)
  • m. Jack ROWE
  7. Theresa Caroline HADEN (b. 1828, GA)
  • m. Ben F. WILLIAMS
  8. Mary Allen HADEN (b. 1830, GA)
  • m. William G. BRITTAIN
  9. Dr. William Alexander HADEN (b. 28 Mar 1832, GA; d. 28 Jan 1878, Dresden, NavaCtyTX, age 46; Find-A-Grave 30701325, TX)
  • m1. Eleanor Caroline BROWN "Ellen" (b. 11 June 1834, AnsoCtyNC; d. 25 Sep 1856, MacoCtyAL) on 26 Dec 1855, MacoCtyAL
       Parents: A. BROWN / S. BROWN
     
  • m2. Sarah Rebecca PADGETT "Sally" on 22 Nov 1859, WillCtyTN
       Parents: Henry G. PADGETT / Mary Winifred ANDREWS
     
  • m3. Adeline E. ROBERTS "Addie" (b. 7 Feb 1840; d. 5 Apr 1902; Find-A-Grave 30701283, TX) on 29 Dec 1868, MacoCtyAL
  10. America Annette HADEN (b. 17 Sep 1836, AL; d. 4 June 1896, Millsap, ParkCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 40710081, TX)
  11. James John HADEN (b. 1836)
 
  12. Charles Jefferson HADEN (b. 1838)
  • m. Else MEADOWS

 

Notes:

  • Joseph Haden III was Sally's (above) brother.

  • Charles Jefferson Haden may have died in the Battle of Corinth, U. S. Civil War.

  • Haden Information from Linda Henderson on rootweb.
 

9. Gabriel M. DURHAM (b. 1795; d. 1813, age 18)

 

Notes:

 

10. Joab DURHAM (b. 1799, RowaCtyNC; d. 1870, Maple Springs, RedRCtyTX)

  • m. Nancy C. HARDWICK (b. c. 1808, BuckCtyVA; d. c. 1869, JohnCtyAR)
       Parents: John Benjamin HARDWICK / Elizabeth FLOWERS

Children:

  1. Joyce Patterson DURHAM (b. 1832, TN)
  • m. Albert G. THOMPSON
  2. Thomas B. DURHAM "Tom" (b. c. 1834, TN)
  • m1. Nancy WEBSTER
     
  • m2. Ellen Barthenia COFFEY "Eadie"
  3. John J. DURHAM (b. c. 1838, AR)
 
  4. Woodson B. DURHAM (b c. 1842, AR)
 
  5. Anna A. DURHAM (b. c. 1846, AR)
 
  6. Emily Anna DURHAM (b. 1850, AR)
  • m. John Newton BLOODWORTH
  7. Nancy DURHAM (b. c. 1856, AR)
 
  8.

Ferdinand DURHAM (b. c. 1858, AR)
 

 

Notes:

  • For more detailed information on Joab Durham and family, click his name above.

 

Notes:

  • Thomas Durham was a Baptist minister and  associated with several churches in NC and TN.  His son Levi was also a Baptist minister. He moved to Mississippi, and then to Texas.

  • Deed evidence indicates that Rev. Thomas Durham moved to Smith Co, TN between 1813 and 1814.

  • Evidence shows that Rev. Thomas Durham was a son of John Durham Sr. (b. c. 1732, VA)

  • Reverend Thomas Durham preached at the Jersey Baptist Church in Rowan Co, NC.

  • Thomas Durham and Jephthah Durham are listed under West Tennessee in the book, "A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America and Other Parts of the World V2" 
     

  • Page Sources:

    1. My Durham Ancestors webpage web.

    2. Milly Halterman millieo@midwest.net (info on Napthali)

    3. Gibson Family Tree on ancestry.com.

     

  • ModLog:

    Date of ModLog Source of Information Description of Changes
    24 Sep 2022 Author's upgrade Changed county links.
    23 Oct 2018 Email came in asking about this line. Ancestry research pointed to Joab being a son of Rev. Thomas Durham. Added Joab Durham

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