Lines of Joshua Hightower and Eleanor? and their sons
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First generation Joshua Hightower and Eleanor ?
plus the Second Generation, the sons of Joshua and Eleanor
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Joshua
HIGHTOWER and Eleanor ?
Husband: Joshua Hightower
LifeNotes: All Hightower lines trace to Joshua Hightower and
Eleanor ? of Northern Neck Virginia.
Born: ca 1670; Married: ca 1690;
Died: 8/1726, Richmond Co., VA, buried
8/1726 Richmond Co., VA; will written 4/14/1726, naming "wife",
sons Charnal and Thomas and "four other children".
Court ordered estate administration. Estate administered and inventory ordered
by 8/1826. Inventory complete 8/13/1726.
Parents:
Wife: Eleanor ?
LifeNotes:
Born: before 1675; Married: ; Died: after 1734
Parents:
Their children were:
- Thomas Hightower,
born ca1692-8, Richmond Co., VA. See
his page. Married.
in 1718, Richmond Co., VA to Mary Bryan, daughter of Thomas
Bryan and Eleanor Winnifred?. Their children were:
William Hightower (b. 7/20/1720, North Farnham Parish, Richmond
Co., VA; m. Susannah Hanks on 10/12/1743
, Richmond Co., VA; d. 1764,
Amelia Co., VA), Eleanor Hightower (b. 1/10/1725; m. Greenham
Dodson), John Hightower (b. 1725; m. Ann Smith), Joshua
Hightower (b. 1728; m. Ann Lake?), Thomas James Hightower
(b. 5/24/1731, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA; m. about 1758 in VA to Martha Watkins
d. 10/17/1796, Pittsylvania Co., VA; m. 2nd- Ann Stith?),
George Hightower (b. 9/28/1733, North Farnham Parish,
Richmond Co., VA; m. Susannah Thorn). Died 9/4/1764, Nottaway,
Amelia Co., VA.
- Charnel Hightower, born ca 1695, Richmond Co., VA. See his page. He and his family were in Richmond
Co., VA. Married in 1/1727-8 to Sarah Stone Glasscock. Their
children were: Elizabeth Hightower (b. 3/1728-9), Sarah Hightower
(b. 1731), Charnal Hightower (b. 1733; m. in ca 1766 to Frances
Puckett; d. 1793), Rawleigh Hightower (b. 1734?), Joshua
Hightower (b. 1741), Gregory Hightower (b. 1745), John Hightower
(b. 174?), Thomas Hightower (b. 1750). Died 1762, Amelia
Co., VA.
- Joshua Hightower, born ca 1695-6, Richmond Co., VA. See his page. Married in ca 1719 to Susannah
(maybe Tavenor). Their children were: Charnel Hightower
(b. 1721, Laurens Co., SC), Katherine Hightower (b. 1723;
m. in ca 1740 to Joseph Merryman Thorn; d. 1782), Lettice Hightower
(b. 1729; m. William Jones Mar 06 1756, Amelia
Co., VA; d. 1782), Joseph Hightower (b. 1731), Susannah
Hightower (b. 1734), Robert Hightower (b. 1737), Tavenor
Hightower (b. 1740), Epaphroditus Hightower (b. 1742; m. in 1771 to Eleanor Hightower, daughter
of Joshua Hightower and Ann Lake?; d. 2/1832, Grainger
Co., TN). Died 1772.
- Austin or Augustine Hightower, born ca 1698, Richmond Co.,
VA. See his page. Married 1st-Martha
Jane Oldham in ca 1743. Their children were: Oldham Hightower
(b. 1744; m. in 1763 to Sarah Jane Parker; d. 1823), William
Hightower (b. ca 1746; m. Amelia Farr; d. 1830), John Hightower
(b. ca 1748; m. Sarah Dodson; d. ca 1798), Austin Hightower
(b. ca 1750; m. Kezziah ?). Married 2nd-Martha Clack
in ca 1761. Their children were: Henry Hightower (b. ca 1763; d.
1783), Amelia Hightower (b. 1765; m. 1st-George Haygood;
m. 2nd-Jonah Scogins in ca 1789).
- Joseph Hightower, born ca 1699, Richmond Co., VA.
- Thomas Hightower, born 3/20/1712, Richmond Co., VA. See his page. Married 1st-Frances (-?).
Married 2nd-Kindness Prentiss in ca 1735. Their child: Thomas
Hightower, Jr. (b. 2/5/1736; m. 1st-Susannah Herrington in ca
1767; m. 2nd-Jane ? in ca 1786; d. 1808). Died ca 1761-2.
Thomas
HIGHTOWER and Mary BRYAN
Husband: Thomas Hightower
LifeNotes:
Born: ca1692-8, Richmond Co., VA; Married: in 1718, Richmond Co., VA; Died: 9/4/1764, Nottaway, Amelia Co., VA
Parents: Joshua Hightower
and Eleanor ?
Wife: Mary Bryan or Bryant
LifeNotes:
Born: 5/28/1695 Richmond Co., VA; Married:
in 1718, Richmond Co., VA; Died: about 1774 Amelia Co., VA
Parents: Thomas Bryan and
Eleanor Winnifred ?
Their children were:
- William Hightower,
born 7/20/1720, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA. See his
page. Married Susannah Hanks on 10/12/1743
, Richmond Co., VA. Their children were: John Hightower (b.1744, m. Ann ?), Mary
Hightower, (b. 1746),
William Hightower
(b. 1749; m. Nancy Ann Davis
1776; d. ca 1835), Thomas Hightower (b. 1751; m. Mildred
'Milly" Arnold c.1775; d. 1803). William
Hightower died 1764, Amelia Co., VA.
- Eleanor Hightower,
born 1/10/1725, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA. Married Greenham Dodson in 1740, Richmond
Co., VA.
- John Hightower,
Jr., born 11/13/1725, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co.,
VA. Married 1st-Ann Smith, daughter of
Richard Smith and Agnes Cocke.
Their children were: Joseph Hightower, Mary Hightower. Married
2nd-on Sep 22 1774, Amelia Co.,
VA to Mary (-?), Edmondson widow.
ref PB31p559
dat 10Sep1755
to John Hightower
con 40 Sh. re 400a LUCo. on the Head of the Reedy Br. of Miles
Cr. loc -9567 -1234 F127 L0 P255 pt A) at Broadnax's Cnr. wo
ln n70w; 358p; Maclin pt B) bj ln s20w; 122p; Russell pt
C) bj ln se; 314p; pt D) ptrs. ln n40e; 266p; pt E) Hicc. in Broadnax's
line and lc n40w; 14p; Broadnax
Died 9/1796, Lunenburg Co., VA.
- Joshua Hightower,
born 9/14/1728, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA. See his page.
Married Ann Lake?? about 1750 in VA. Their children were:
John Hightower (b. ca 1750, Amelia Co., VA; m. Agnes Matlock
1790, Caswell Co., NC; d. 1816, Caswell Co., NC), Eleanor
Hightower, see her page, (b. 1750; m. Epaphroditus Hightower in 17698;
d. 1848), Mary Hightower (b. ca 1756; m. Thomas Jackson),
Ann Hightower (b. ca 1760; m. Burwell Featherston; d. 1831),
Sallie Ann Hightower (b. ca 1766; m. Richard Hightower in
Oct 02 1787, Amelia Co., VA), William Hightower (b. ca 1770;
m. Priscilla Eckles in 1805; d. 1855), Deveraux Hightower (b.
1774; m. 1st- on on 18 Aug 1800 in
Mecklenburg Co., VA to Susannah Hutcheson; m. 2nd-Nancy
W. Anderson; d. 1837), Stephen Lee Hightower (b. 1777; m. Catherine
"Catey" Stephens in 1806; d. 1828) Joshua Hightower died
11/1794, Nottaway, Amelia Co., VA.
- Thomas James Hightower,
born 5/24/1731, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA; d. 10/17/1796, Pittsylvania Co., VA. Married
about 1758 in VA to Martha Watkins. Married 2nd- Ann Stith?.
- George H. Hightower,
born 9/28/1733, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA. Married Susannah Thorn. Died 3/1820,
Jessamine Co., KY. Don
Metivier is researching this line.
- Richard Hightower,
born 1737. Married Phoebe ??. Died in Kingston, Jamaica,
in 1809
Charnel
HIGHTOWER and Sarah Stone GLASCOCK
Husband: Charnel Hightower
LifeNotes: Charnel was principle heir to his father. In aabout
1750 from Richmond Co., VA to Brunswick Co., VA following
a general 1740s migration of the Hightowers from the Northern
Neck southward into the Nottoway River area of southern VA.
Born: ca 1695; Married: 1/16/1727-8 North Farnham Parish, Richmond
County, VA; Died: in 1762, Brunswick County, VA, had left
a prosperous estate of land and slaves and several household items (Ref.
Bruswick Co., Va., Wills and Estate Inventories, Book 5, pp. 297-300)
Parents: Joshua Hightower
and Eleanor ?
Wife: Sarah Stone Glasscock
LifeNotes: Was a great-grand-daughter of Thomas Glascock I, who
in 1652 patented Indian Banks Plantation on the Rappahannock River
in Richmond Co., VA, and she was an aunt of Col. William Glascock
[1730-1793] who settled in Augusta, GA, before the Revolutionary
War, and in 1779 served as president of Georgia's Executive Council.
He was the father of Gen. Thomas Glascock, Sr. (1756-1810), Revolutionary
officer and U. S. Congressman, and the grandfather of Gen.
Thomas Glascock, Jr. (1790-1841), attorney and U. S. Congressman
for whom Glascock County, GA, was named. (from Joseph Henry Hightower
Moore)
Born: 1707
Married: 1/16/1727-8 North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, VA
Died: after 1765
Parents: Thomas Glascock III and Sarah Stone. Sarah Stone had
a sister Mary Stone who married John Fann. Mary Stone and
John Fann had a son William Fann who married Judith ?;
their son was Jesse Fann who was father of Sarah Fann who
married William Hightower, son of Charnel Hightower and Frances
Puckett. Another sister of Sarah and Mary Stone was
Lucinda Stone who married John Dorman; they went to Clarke Co.,
and later Fayette Co., GA.
Their children were:
- Elizabeth Hightower, born 1728, birth recorded in the North
Farnham Parish Register, Richmond County, VA.
- Sarah Hightower, born 173, birth recorded in the North Farnham
Parish Register, Richmond County, VA.1.
- Charnal Hightower, born 1733, birth recorded in the North
Farnham Parish Register, Richmond County, VA.. See
his page. Married Frances Puckett in ca 1766. They moved
from Brunswick Co., VA to Bute Co., NC. Their children were:
Joshua Hightower (m. Catherine ?; d. 1824), child Hightower
(m. ? Peterson), Charnal Hightower (b. 1773; m. Winifred
Corder in 1798; d. 1835), John Puckett Hightower (b. 1776; m.
in ca 1809 to Sarah Elizabeth Hightower, daughter of Thomas Hightower
and Elizabeth Pollard; d. 1844), William Hightower (b. 1778,
Bute Co., NC; see his page;
m. Sarah Fann in ca 1798; d. 1851). Charnal Hightower died
1793. Frances died 1818.
- Raleigh Hightower, born 1734, birth recorded in the North
Farnham Parish Register, Richmond County, VA.. Married Ann (-?).
Died 1801
- Joshua Hightower, born 1741, birth recorded in the North
Farnham Parish Register, Richmond County, VA.. See
his page. Married Mary "Polly" (-?). Joshua
served in Braddock's Campaign in the French and Indian War
(1755), and served in the Bruswick County Militia, Revolutionary
War. In 1789 or 1790.he and his family went to the Wilkes Co., GA
area (later became Greene Co., then Oglethorpe Co., then
in 1801 became Clarke Co.). Their children were: Minerva Hightower
(b. ca 1768; m. John Lewis Elder), Thomas Hightower (m.
Elizabeth Pollard; d. ca 1826). Joshua Hightower died 1841,
Marengo County, AL.
- Gregory Hightower, born 1745, birth recorded in the North
Farnham Parish Register, Richmond County, VA.. Died 1769.
- John Hightower, born 1747, birth recorded in the North Farnham
Parish Register, Richmond County, VA.. Married Hannah (-?).
Died 1781.
- Thomas Hightower, born 1750, birth recorded in the North
Farnham Parish Register, Richmond County, VA.
Joshua
HIGHTOWER and Susannah (maybe TAVENOR?)
Husband: Joshua Hightower
LifeNotes:
Born: ca 1695-6, Richmond Co., VA
Married: ca 1719 -20, Richmond Co., VA
Died: 1772.
Parents: Joshua Hightower
and Eleanor ?
Wife: Susannah (maybe Tavenor)
LifeNotes: She is probably the person shown as head of family at the
first census of the United States taken in the year 1790. (or it
is her daughter) Records of the State Enumerations: 1782 to 1785 Virginia
Heads of Families----Virginia, 1782. Amelia County.
Name of head of family: Hightower, Susanna
White: 1
Black: 6
Born: ca 1719 -20, Richmond Co., VA
Died: 1797 Nottoway Co., VA
Parents:
LifeNotes:
Their children were:
- Charnel Hightower, born 1721
- Katherine Hightower, born 1723. Married ca 1740 to Joseph
Merryman Thorn. Died 1782.
- Lettice Hightower, born 1729. Married William Jones.
Died 1782.
- Joseph Hightower, born 1731.
- Susannah Hightower, born 1734.
- Robert Hightower, born 1737.
- Tavenor Hightower, born 1740.
- Epaphroditus Hightower, born 1742. See
his page. Married 1771 to Eleanor Hightower,
daughter of Joshua Hightower and Ann Lake?. Their
children were: Frances "Fanny" A. Hightower (m. Herndon
Lea in 1791), Joshua Hightower (b. 1770; m. Delilah Slade,
daughter of Thomas Slade, Sr., and Hannah Miles on 11/24/1792,
Yanceyville, Caswell Co., NC), Agnes Hightower (m. John
Kersey in 1794), Lettice Hightower (m. James Paul in
1795), Sally Hightower (m. Benjamin Walker in 1800), Elizabeth
Hightower (m. Jeremiah Jarnigan in 1808), Epaphroditus Hightower
(m. Nancy Clay). Epaphroditus Hightower
died 2/1832, Grainger Co., TN.
Austin
(Augustine) HIGHTOWER and his wives Jane OLDHAM and Martha CLACK
Husband: Austin or Augustine Hightower
LifeNotes: From Paul Hightower: Mentioned in Joshua's Will, recorded
in WB 5, Page 14, Richmond County, Virginia, and proven 3 August 1726. In
Item 5 of this handwritten Will, Joshua mentioned "my other four children~_research
has shown that one of those four was indeed, Austin Hightower, Sr.
First record found:
A land transaction dated 25 July 1746, a 400 acre land grant to Austin
Hightower south of Cedar Creek in Brunswick County, VA.
2 October 1746, Hugh and Elizabeth Williams to Austin
Hightower 168 acres
1748 Polling List for House of Burgess election; Austin Hightower
7 March 1750 Austin Hightower and wife Jane to James
Tarpley, 200 acres. (This is the first evidence that Austin is married.)
26 June 1759 Austin Hightower and wife Jane to Andrew
Lester - 168 acres. (This is the last record found that lists Jane
as Austin's wife. It is believed she died shortly after this transaction.)
In 1755, records of the North Carolina Historical Commission-Records
of the Moravians, p. 536 shows: Austin Hightower, 640 acres; Marks
Creek Fork of New Hope, above John Penes' land, Orange
Co., NC.
From Paul Hightower: We think that Austin was in the process of migrating
from Brunswick County, VA to Orange County, NC about 1760/1.
What is not clear at this time is the fact that we do know that his wife,
Jane, was still living, since she entered into the transaction 26 June
1759. Another transaction dated 26 June 1762, 700 acres of land in Orange
County, NC on Phill's Creek, waters of Morgan's Creek,
granted to Austin Hightower. This where he established his homestead.
(these lands are now in both Orange and Chatham Cos, NC).
Oldham Hightower was a chain carrier on the survey of this land for
Austin.
Other mentions of Austin Hightower, Sr. and family in Orange
County, NC:
1765 Austin Hightower appointed Constable.
1778 Ordered to work on a road building project, Austin Hightower, Sr.,
George Hightower, Austin Hightower, Jr., William Hightower, John Hightower.
Mr. Hightower, overseer.
Proof that Austin's wife at this time was named Martha
is found in Vol.5, P.499 of the Orange County Records of North Carolina
wherein Austin Hightower and Martha in 1783-188 acres,
a grant. Also, Orange County, NC. Deeds, Bk. 2, p. 374,'Austin
Hightower and wife Martha of Orange Co. to Pamfret
Herndon of same for 500 Ibs. a specie of land granted to Austin
Hightower by John, Earl of Granville by deed 28 June1762
(this being part of that 700-acre tract by deed, shown as 26 June 1762
on which son, Oldham Hightower was a chain carrier.)
His will, dated 6 February 1782:
I Austin Hightower of Orange County and State of North
Carolina being in perfect health and sound in mind and memory do make
this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following to-wit, I
recommend my soul to Almighty God who gave it and my body to the Earth
to be buried in a Christian manner at the discretion of my Executor in
certain expectation of a glorious Resurrection at the Last Day-and as to
my worldly sustenance as hath pleaded Almighty God to bestow on me I give
and bequeath in the following manner In premise_my will is that myjust
debts be first paid. I lend to my beloved wife Martha my Negro man
named Roger during her natural life or widowhood and at her decease
or intermarriage his value to be divided among my children agreeable to
their distributive shares as in the succeeding. Whereas I have heretofore
given to my son William a Negro girl named Sook eight years old
also a horse bridle and saddle and to my son John one hundred acres of
deeded land and an entry adjoining the same and to my son Austin
one cow and calf and to my son Sterling one saddle and bridle.
Born: ca 1698, Richmond Co., VA
1st-Married: ca 1743
2nd-Married: ca 1761
Died: died at his homestead, Orange County, NC in the summer of 1784,
will, made 6 February 1782 was proven in the August Session of Chatham
County, North Carolina. He named his surviving widow, Martha,
as an executor, and Sterling, next to his youngest son, as an executor
and named in the following order the following children:William,
John, Austin, Sterling, Henry and Amelia. It is pointed out
that his son, the oldest, was not named in this will-namely: Oldham Hightower.
Parents: Joshua Hightower
and Eleanor ?
1st-Wife: Martha Jane Oldham
LifeNotes:
Born:
Married: ca 1743
Died: after 1759
Parents:
Their children were:
- Oldham Hightower, born 1744. See
his page. Married 1763 to Sarah Jane Parker. Their children
were: Richard Hightower (b. 1764; m. Nancy Smith in 1791;
d. 1823), John Oldham Hightower (b. 1766), Joseph Hightower
(b. 1768), Hardy Hightower (b.1779), Jane"Jincy" Hightower
(b. ca1786). Oldham Hightower died 1823.
- William Hightower, born ca 1746. See
his page. Married Amelia Farr. Their children were: Charnel
Hightower (b. 1774; m.1800 Susannah Hudson; d. 1829), Reuben
Hightower (m. 1st-25 Jan 1812 in Oglethorpe Co., GA to Temperance
"Tempey" House), Sterling Hightower (m. Bathsheba
Davis), William Hightower (m. 1811 Mary Higginbotham),
Phillip or Philemon Hightower (m.1st- Charlotte "Lotty"
House on 21 Dec 1815 in Oglethorpe Co., GA, m. 2nd- Charlotte
?; d. ca 1838). William Hightower died 1830.
- John Hightower, born ca 1748. Married Sarah Dodson. See his page. Their children were:
Epaphroditas Hightower (b. 1773; m. Lucy Terry; d. 1859),
John Hightower (1778-1845), George Hightower (b.1785; m.
Margaret ?), Alfred Hightower (1792; m. Charlotte (Lottie)
Hodges; d. 1848), Jane Hightower (1794-1844), Elizabeth
Hightower (c.1796-1851), Daughter Hightower (b.c.1798;
m. Alfred Cantrell. John Hightower died ca 1798
- Austin Hightower, born ca 1750. Married Kezziah ?.
See his page. Their child:
Henry Hightower
2nd-Wife: Martha Clack
LifeNotes: In 1793, March 23, Elbert Co., GA, Martha Hightower
of Elbert County, GA deeds to one, John Hightower of Buncombe
County, NC, one slave. Sterling Hightower witness. (Note: It
was apparent that Sterling moving around with Oldham Hightower
and had his mother, Martha, with him and it is believed that
he was single up until this time.
Born:
Married:
Died:
Parents:
Their children were:
- Henry Hightower, born. ca 1763, maybe Orange Co., NC.
Named in his father's will, but died before his father in 1783.
- maybe Ann or Amelia Hightower, born 1765. See her page. Married 1st-George
Haygood. Married 2nd-Jonah Scogins in ca 1789.
- Sterling Hightower, born ca 1761. See
his page. Named as an executor in his father's will. Married Bathsheba
Davis. Died ca 1830
Thomas
HIGHTOWER and his wives Frances ? and Kindness PRENTISS
Husband: Thomas Hightower
LifeNotes:
Born: 1712, Richmond Co., VA; 1st-Married: ; 2nd-Married: ; Died:
ca 1762
Parents: Joshua Hightower
and Eleanor ?
1st- Wife: Frances (-?)
LifeNotes:
Born: Married: Died:
Parents:
Their children were:
2nd- Wife: Kindness Prentiss
LifeNotes:
Born: ; Married: ca 1735; Died:
Parents:
Their children were:
- Thomas Hightower, born ca 1736. Married 1st-Susannah Herrington
in ca 1767. Married 2nd-Jane ? in ca 1786. Thomas Hightower
died 1808
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