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Caswell County Genealogy
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| Name |
Fuqua, Elizabeth P. [1] |
| Birth |
Abt 1825 |
North Carolina  |
| Gender |
Female |
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Betty |
| Reference Number |
25213 |
| Person ID |
I24732 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
23 Sep 2023 |
| Family |
Dunnivant, Jesse Thomas, b. Abt 1837, Caswell County, North Carolina |
| Marriage |
7 Apr 1866 |
Caswell County, North Carolina [1] |
| Reference Number |
323422 |
| Notes |
- Marriage Record
Groom: Thomas Dunnavant
Bride: Elizabeth Fuqua
Bond Date; 7 April 1866
Bondsman/Witness: Addison Morgan
Married By: A. A. Pattillo, Justice of the Peace
Location: Caswell County, North Carolina
Source: Caswell County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1778-1868, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1981) at 27.
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| Children |
| + | 1. Dunnivant, Martha, b. 1 Jan 1862, North Carolina d. 17 May 1925, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 63 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F8469 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
23 Sep 2023 |
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| Notes |
- ". . . There are issues related to the Fuqua line that are troubling. The parents of William Fuqua (m. Frankie Dunivant, 1792) are not known, although he is in the generation of the great-grandchildren of Guillaume Fouquet. He lived most of his married life in rural Caswell County, North Carolina. There is no record of land ownership so he may have been a sharecropper, supporting the family legend that we descend from sharecroppers. His daughter, Mary Fuqua, never married and had several out-of-wedlock children, the first at the age of twelve. Several of her daughters had out-of-wedlock children, including Fannie (Frances) who never married. This means that for two generations from 150 to 200 years ago, fatherhood was not identified and the family name was maintained by females. Even though this is not what you want to find when you research for ancestors, you must acknowledge that it is history and should appreciate the progress that has been made in the family over the last 150 years. It seems apparent that Fannie's second son, John Henry (my great-grandfather), started to upgrade the family genetically when he married Henrietta Brooks, a physician's daughter, probably the first literate person in the family. The generations that have followed in my line seem to have continued this upgrade through marriage, although I doubt that these were pragmatic decisions. It was Henrietta who changed the spelling of our name to Fuquay, perhaps to start a new genetic line. She may have instilled in the family an appreciation for the value of education. Both of her sons were literate. Two of her grandchildren earned college degrees (including my father) as did at least seven of her great-grandchildren with one earning a law degree and another a Ph.D. We never heard much about Henrietta when I was growing up, perhaps because she died before most of her grandchildren were born, but I believe that she is due a great deal of credit for the progress that has been made in the family over the last 125 years."
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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary Fugua
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800
Birth Place: Virginia
Gender: Female
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Caswell, North Carolina
Household Members: Name Age
Mary Fugua 50
John Fugua 34
Francis Fugua 30 (Frances Fuqua)
Elizabeth P Fugua 25
Martha Fugua 21
Margaret C Fugua 18
Augustin W Fugua 6
Pinckney Fugua 3
John H Dunivant 18
Alexander Dunivant 13
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Betsy Fuqua
Age in 1860: 34
Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Caswell, North Carolina
Gender: Female
Post Office: Yanceyville
Occupation: Seamstress
Household Members: Name Age
Betsy Fuqua 34
Emiline Fuqua 33
William Fuqua 13
Eliza Fuqua 6
Henry Fuqua 3
Fannie Fuqua 2
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Elizabeth Dunivant
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1834
Age in 1870: 36
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1870: Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Yanceyville
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Dunivant 35
Elizabeth Dunivant 36
Hersey Dunivant 7 (possibly Henry)
Martha Dunivant 5
Eliza Fuqua 14
Fannie Fuqua 12
She purportedly had three children out-of-wedlock before marrying Thomas Dunnivant in 1866.
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- Details: Caswell County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1778-1868, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1981) at 27.
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