The grandchildren of James and Jethro married:
James Oates (1722/4 - 1766) married Sarah Clayton (1733 - 1766) in 1752. A son was also named James (1757 -1815). He married Mary Ann Wyatt (1765 - 1820s). Their daughter was Senah ("Polly") Oates (1787/9 - before 1844).
James' brother, Jethro Oates (1732 - 1780), married Artesia _________ (1736 - 1807). A daughter was Amia ("Amy") Oates (1759/61 - 1824). She married Stephen King (1756 - 1812). A son was Michael King (1782 - 1834/6).
"Polly"
Oates and her cousin, Michael King, married. They were the parents
of fifteen children. Several of the sons migrated to Tennessee.
To continue our history:
The youngest, William Thomas King (1833 - 1884) traveled with his older brothers and their families. In 1869, he married Saluda Jane Box Tomlinson (1844 - 1915), a widow with several children, including Mary Edna King ( about 1876 - 1959). When he died, she married his older brother, Nathan King (1819 - 1889), a widower.
Mary
Edna King married Thomas Albert Nash. They
were the grandparents of Thomas Nash Green,
this researcher.