SFP- John Sessoms

The Sessoms Family of Hertford and Bertie Counties, NC
Next-door Neighbors to the Jones/Moore family for over 200 years

John Sessoms ca 1739 - Feb 1785 | his parents
& Ann VanPelt ca 1754 - 12 Dec 1793 | her parents of White Plains, Hertford Co, NC

This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!

John Sessoms married ca 1768 Ann Van Pelt in Hertford County, North Carolina. John Sessoms was born ca 1739 the son of Culmer Sessoms and his wife Mary Wynns. Ann VanPelt was born ca 1754 the daughter of John VanPelt who was the son of Daniel, son of John³, Jan(John)², Teunis¹
Their son William recorded their deaths in his Bible as well as the deaths and births of many of his siblings. This Bible is in the Digital Collection of the Library of Virginia. John died Feb 1785 and his wife Ann on the 12th of Dec 1793. I found this record in the state archives
1786 - Ann Sessoms granted adm. to estate of John Sessoms, 3rd day of March 1786, Sam Harrell Clk.

    They named their plantation White Plains and erected several impressive buildings which fell into disrepair while unoccupied following their deaths. Today there is nothing to mark the spot except a few large oak trees deep in the forest where years ago the Pitch Landing-Pine Tree Road crossed the Winton-Colerain thoroughfare. [James Moore.]
Hertford Co. 1779 Tax list: John Sessoms 466 acres; 4 slaves
Hertford Co. 1790 census: Ann Sessoms 2 males over 16, 3 under 16, 2 females, 14 slaves

Hertford Co. 1830 census:
   John Sessoms 1 male 20-30, 2 females under 5, 1 5-10, 1 20-30   [page 394]
   Elizabeth Sessoms 1 male under 5, 2 males 20-30, 1 female 20-30, 1 50-60 [page 398]
   Williams Sessoms 1 male 5-10, 1 10-15, 1 20-30, 1 50-60, 1 female 20-30, 1 40-50 [page 415]
   Elisha Sessoms 1 male under 5, 1 5-10, 1 10-15, 1 15-20, 1 40-50, 1 female 10-15, 1 15-20 [page 415]
   William W Sessoms 1 male 20-30, 2 females under 5, 2 30-40 [page 415]
Bertie Co 1830 Census:
   Harold B Sessoms 1 male under 5, 1 20-30, 1 female 20-30 [page 345]
   Samuel H Sessoms 1 male 20-30, 1 40-50, 1 female under 5, 2 5-10, 1 10-15, 1 15-20 [page 365]
Edgecombe Co 1830 Census:
   Eliza Sessoms 1 female 20-30, 1 50-60, 1 70-80

Children of John Sessoms and Ann Van Pelt:
1. William Sessoms 8 April 1771 - 8 April 1844 Bws Hertford Co NC
      married Elizabeth VanPelt 22 March 1781 - 6 May 1826
2. John Sessoms 29 Dec 1773 - 13 March 1818 Hertford Co
            age 44 Years 2 months 5 days Bible of William Sessoms
      married Elizabeth ? died 1837
3. Celia Sessoms 16 Dec 1776 - 4 Jan 1838 Bws Bertie Co NC
      married William Freeman 1 April 1767 - 18 Aug 1830
                                               age 63 yr 4 mo 17 da
4. Nathan Sessoms Feb 1779 - 22 March 1836 Edgecombe Co, NC
                            age 57 years and one month Bws
      married 12 Aug 1806 Penelope Perry ca 1789 -
                 dau. of Josiah Perry
5. Elisha Sessoms 1780/85 - bef Feb 1847 Hertford Co NC
      married Priscilla Scull 19 Mar 1787 - 1829
             dau of Elisha Scull and Ann Sun Speight
6. Samuel H. Sessoms 1780-90 - 27 Jan 1837 Bws lived near Trap, Bertie Co
      married ca 1809 Mary Outlaw ca 1784 -  bef 1837
               dau of Lewis Outlaw

Samuel H Sessoms 1780/90 - 1837 | his parents
& ca 1809 Mary Outlaw ca 1784 - bef 1837 | her parents
of Bertie County, NC

This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!

Samuel H. Sessoms 1780-90 - 27 Jan 1837 Bws lived near Trap
  married Mary Outlaw ca 1784 -  bef 1837 (dau of Lewis)
                         Bertie Co 1820 census Samuel Sessoms 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 0 0 1 0
1830: Samuel H Sessoms 1 male 20-30, 1 40-50, 1 female under 5, 2 5-10, 1 10-15, 1 15-20 [page 365]

Children of Samuel H Sessoms and Mary Outlaw:
1. Lewis Outlaw Sessoms ca 1810 - Feb 1837 Bertie Estate folder
2. Celia Ann Sessoms ca 1811 - alive 1824 - died bef 1837
                    as Wm Freeman names her in will
                she was not named in father's will Jan 1837
3. Harriet Bell Sessoms ca 1815/24 - 1859
     married Amgrid W Sessoms ca 1805/11 - 1854 1st cousin lived near Trap
      a. Amilia [Milly] Frances Sessoms ca 1843 - bef 1862
      b. Ann Eliza Sessoms ca 1844 -
           married James Peyton Brittain 1841 - 1921
      c. Joseph Sessoms ca 1849 - bef 1862
      d. Alfred Ben [Bunion] Sessoms ca 1851 - rem to Arkansas
           married Allie Wynns
4. Catherine Jane Sessoms ca 1817 -
       married John L. Britton ca 1821 (by 1810 says Janet)-
                    lived 1/2 mile from Rosemead across Barbecue Swamp.
            his parents were Daniel Britton [son of John (died 1803) and Elizabeth Brittain/ Britton]
                                    and Sarah Outlaw [dau of Aaron]    e-mail from Janet Briton
      a. Virginia A [Jane?] Britton Sept 1838 -   Colerain
            married 22 Dec 1858 Alfred (Alpheus) Nowell Aug 1834 -
                        son of John, son of Dempsey, son of Dempsey, son of Martin Nowell
                 [in 1880 his wife is Jane - 40. is this a 2nd wife?]
            i. John P Nowell ca 1860 -
            ii. Virginia Annie Nowell ca 1862 -   lived Roanoke, VA
                 married and left issue
            iii. Joseph Henry [Joe] Nowell 11 Mar 1865 - 8 Dec 1943     of Windsor
                          both are buried in the Theophilus Cherry family cemetery
                 married Mary Cherry 4 May 1868 - 9 May 1933
                          daughter of Theophilus Cherry and Christine [Kitty Eliza] Outlaw
            iv. Katherine I [Kate] Nowell ca 1868 -
            v. Dr. Luther A Nowell ca 1871 - Colerain
                 married ca 1896 Cleo Britton ca 1873 -
                         1. Rosebud Nowell ca 1898 - dec
                               married 1927 Sellers Mark Crisp M.D. ca 1894 - 1955 Greenville NC
                         2. John Pulaski Nowell ca 1903 - of Ahoskie
            vi. Julia Hinton Nowell ca 1874 -
                 married Dr. Wayland Mitchell ca 1872 - of Lewiston
            vii. Amanda Nowell  Mar 1879 - of Windsor
                 married Richard Watson Askew Jr.
                         1. Julia Askew
                                married Mr. Manning
                         2. Mary Webb Askew
                         3. Frances Askew
                         4. Virginia Askew
        b. Amanda F. (T) Britton ca 1843 -   Colerain
        c. Daniel W Britton ca 1845 -
                          lives across the Barbecue Swamp west of Rosemead
                          represented Bertie Co. in the state legislature at Raleigh, N.C
       d. John C. Britton ca 1846    Powellsville
                         represented Bertie Co. in the state legislature at Raleigh, N.C
              married 6 Dec 1868 Mollie Jane Simons of Magnolia Grove
               i. Carrie Britton
               ii. Cleo Britton ca 1873
                    married Dr. Luther A Nowell (1st cousin)
               iii. Herbert K. Britton
             married 2nd 1881 Lucie A. Tayloe 31 Aug 1848 - 3 Feb 1916
                                      1st cousins
              iv. Sadie L. Britton ca 1882
                  married James Mitchell
              v. John W. Britton 24 June 1886 - 27 Apr 1894 ts
              vi. Cyrus Britton 24 May 1891 - 1 Oct 1894 ts
5. Eliza Elizabeth Sessoms 7 Jan 1819 - 16 Feb 1904
     married Josiah Freeman ? - ca 1838
       [have located three possible men - I am leaning toward a descendant of James Freeman and wife Selah Walton]
     married 2nd 17 Dec 1839 Daniel VanPelt Sessoms 1809 - 1888
                        1st cousin
6. Ophelia Frances Sessoms 5 Jan 1826 - 3 July 1889 ts 1st cousin
     married William Henry Tayloe 10 Nov 1821 - 14 Sept 1894 ts
     a. Lucie A Tayloe 31 Aug 1848 - 3 Feb 1916
          married John C. Britton 1st cousin - as his 2nd wife
     b. Kate Irene Tayloe 23 Dec 1853 - 16 Mar 1903 ts
          married Lewis C Stokes   no issue
     c. William Sessoms Tayloe ca 1857- Powellsville
          married ca 1890 Unie [Eva] H. Jenkins ca 1861 -
          i. Frances M Tayloe ca 1892 -
              married John Phelps
                    a. James Ralph Phelps 16 Apr 1918 - 2 May 1922 ts
         ii. Hattie J Tayloe ca 1893 -
                 married Frank Harden
          iii. John William [Will] Tayloe ca 1895 -
                 married Rheta Griffin
          iv. Lucie E Tayloe 16 Aug 1899 - 3 Jan 1984
                       lived Powellsville, NC
                married 29 Nov 1923 Ernest R Carter 12 May 1894 Gates Co - 21 April 1981
                          manager of bottling plant in Ahoskie
                                 son of James Nathan Carter 1860 - 1948 and Harriet A Morris 1866 - 1948
          v. Walter Sidney [Sid] Tayloe 4 Oct 1901 - 30 Dec 1969
                married Lena Moore Rawls 23 April 1902 - 18 Oct 1973
                              both buried Ahoskie Cemetery
         vi. Paul E Tayloe ca 1904 - dsp
     d. Edwin Tayloe 16 Aug 1860 - 17 June 1893 ts dsp

John Sessoms 1773 - 1818 | his parents
& Elizabeth ? | her parents
of Hertford County, NC

This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!

John Sessoms 29 Dec 1773 - 13 March 1818 age 44 Years 2 months 5 days
                                               Bible of William Sessoms
      married Elizabeth ? (wrote will 28 May, 1832 it was proved Feb Ct 1837)
                       Hertford Co, NC 1830 1 male under 5, 2 20 - 30; 1 female 20 - 30, 1 50 -60

Children of John Sessoms and wife Elizabeth:
1. John W/H. Sessoms 1800/1806 - 1844
    married by 1824 Ann Willoughby 1800/08 [sister of Uncle Jethis Eley]
                 Hertford Co May Ct 1846 Daniel V Sessoms guardian to John, Elizabeth, Adaline,
                               Marky, & Parthenia Sessoms children of John Sessoms dec'd
                         Feb Ct 1847 Daniel V Sessoms guardian with John, Marcus, Preston Sessoms & others
      a. daughter Sessoms ca 1825 -
      b. Parthenia Sessoms ca 1827 - aft 1846
      c. Penelope Elizabeth? Sessoms ca 1829 -
          married bef Nov 1849 Ruffin M. White ca 1820 - no issue
      d. John W. Sessoms Jan 1831 -  aft 1900   Retail Grocer Colerain
                 [lived at "Pine Tree" with Jesse Jackson]
          married Ella F. Wiggins ca 1853
Death of Mrs. J. W. Sessoms: After an extreme and painful illness of nine weeks, Mrs. J. W. Sessoms passed away Saturday morning December 17, 1898[.] She had the best medical aid, and all that loving friends and devoted children could do for her was done. The tenderest and most loving care and attention was lavished upon her but God saw fit to rob us of her presence and we had to see her go. Through her entire illness she ever patient and submissive, never complaining and as long as conscious, she was always ready to talk cheerfully to every one. Her place can not be filled.
As a wife, she was true and devoted, as a mother never too tired to render any service to her children and ever watchful of their we[l]fare and interests. Every body loved her both old and young and to her many friends her death is a great blow.
Her home was her pastors, and amid her many domestic cares and duties she always found time for all interests connected with the church and Sabbath school. She was laid to rest in the Methodist church yard Sunday afternoon on Dec. 18, 1898. Her funeral was largely attended by those who loved her in life and who will never forget her though she has gone before. She leaves a husband and four loving and devoted children to morn their loss. . . A good woman has gone to her reward and it can truthfully be said of her that "she did what she could." ONE WHO LOVED HER.
"The Patron and Gleaner", Andrew J. Conner, ed., Rich Square, Northampton Co N.C. Thurs, Jan 5, 1899 [Vol. 8, No. 1]
[excerpt from "From Time into Eternity" CD-ROM by David Powell, Winton NC: Liberty Shield Press ©2004]          i. John Claude Sessoms ca 1870 -
          ii. Hugh Waverly Sessoms ca 1872 -
     iii. Kate Sessoms ca 1874 -
       iv. Lillian Sessoms ca 1877 -
     e. Nancy Adeline Sessoms ca 1834 -
           married Bertie Co 2 May 1854 William Jasper Askew ca 1827 - bef 1870
                     of Hertford Co.
            i. Joseph Askew 1855 - before 1870 dy
           ii. Ann Askew 1857 -
           iii. Marie Elizabeth Askew 1859 -
           iv. Virginia T Askew 1861 -
            v. Morris Askew ca 1863 - bef 1870   dy
      f. Marcus L Sessoms 1840 -
      g. Preston [Press] Harrell/Harold Sessoms 9 Nov 1843 - 15 Dec 1925 Windsor NC
                    son of John Sessoms and Ann Willoughby
           married 1870 Annie Elizabeth Beasley 20 Dec 1850 - 2 Dec 1943
                    dau of Thomas Beasley and Asceinth Heckstall - death cert infor. Mrs. E D Spruil
                                buried Meth. Church Yard Windsor
             i. GertrudeRivers Sessoms 8 Jan 1871 - 16 April 1947 GA
                married 1 Feb 1893 Charles West Jacocks III 16 July 1872 - aft 1957
            ii. Eula Sessoms May 1875 -
           iii. Reginal Delaw Sessoms 10 Mar 1878 - 3 Dec 1945 Windsor widower
                         buried Epis. Church Yard
                married Mary Core Fitzgerald
                       1. Marion Theresa Sessoms 1905 -
                       2. William Francis Sessoms 1907 -
                       3. Robert Douglas Sessoms 1909 -
                       4. Catherine Sessoms ca 1911 -
                       5. Duncan E Sessoms 7 Feb 1913 - 23 April 1995
                           married Margaret Blount Davenport 11 June 1915 Wash. Co NC - 24 Aug 2007 Taylorsville
                       6. Virginia Sessoms ca 1915 -
          iv. Duncan Winston Sessoms 4 Sept 1880 - 23 May 1953 dsp
            v. Eugene Preston Sessoms 17 Mar 1884 - 31 July 1950 Rural Carrier
                         buried Edgewood Cemetery Windsor
                 married Mary Ethel Spivey
                     1. Mary Engenia Sessoms 1906 -
                       2. Jeannette Spivey Sessoms 1908 -
                       3. Ada Bell [Adah Belmont] Sessoms 1911 -
            vi. Ruffin White Sessoms 26 July 1886 - 14 Nov 1972 Jacksonville NC
                  married Ivey Moore
           vii. Mary M Sessoms Dec 1890 -
           viii. Hortense Sessoms Mar 1894 -

1850 Census Hertford Co NC Southern Dist
Elizabeth Wiggins f 32
Elizabeth Wiggins f 20
Preston H Sessoms m 6
1850 Census Hertford Co NC S D
Daniel V Sessoms 40
Eliza                         30
Elizabeth                 10
Daniel   V                  6
William H                 3
Harriet R                 5/12
John B Freeman     11
Marcus L Sessoms 9

household of Jesse J Jackson 31 NJ merchant
John W Sessoms 19 clerk
    next door to Wm. W Sessoms.

1850 Bertie Co
household of
Ruffin M White 30 farmer
Penelope E         20
Nancy A Sessoms 16 f

1840 Census Hertford Co NC S D
Jno H Sessoms   1 0/5, 1 5/10 1 30/40, f 1 5/10, 2 10/15, 1 30/40

1830 Census Hertford Co
John Sessoms 1 20/30, f 2 0/5, 1 5/10, 1 20/30

2. Nathan W. Sessoms 1800/1810 - by Aug 1845
     and Sarah Wynns d. bef 1845
      a. child ca 1831 - (Feb 1832 ct)
                   William H Sessoms appt. guardian to Nathan W. Sessoms heirs by Feb 1846
      b. Priscilla A Sessoms ca 1838 Hertford Co NC -
          married Isiah Hoggard - 1867/69
           i. Joseph Lawrence Hoggard 15 Oct 1863 - 3 Feb 1940 Colerain NC
                                 logger
              married Elizabeth "Nannie" Williams
                    1. Denny Hoggard
                    2. John H [Jack] Hoggard 10 Sept 1882 -
                    3. Lillie Mae Hoggard 30 June 1884 - 13 Feb 1953
                         married 14 Dec 1913 Lewis Washington Todd 12 Dec 1880 - 26 July 1967
                          a. Melwood Todd 1914 -
                          b. Crystal Irene Todd 1916 -
                          c. Hoggard Todd 1919 -
                          d. Elena Elizabeth Todd 1920 -
                                 married James Atlas Early 19 Nov 1908 - 21 July 1993
                                       parents of Donald Eugene Early and Ruth Faye and Margaret Ann
                           e. Lewis Todd jr 15 July 1922 - 1964
                           f. Clarence Poe Todd 1923 -
                           g. Nancy Todd 6 Dec 1927 - 19 May 1928
                    4. Nannie Faye Hoggard 20 Mar 1898 - 24 Dec 1973
                           married David Aaron Hughes 12 Nov 1899 - 24 Dec 1948
        ii. Theney L Hoggard ca 1864 -
       iii. Bettie Hoggard ca 1867 -
     c. Celia J. Sessoms ca 1842 - Oct 1879 Hertford Co NC dysentary
        married John W Jernigan ca 1835 -   farmer
         i. Solon Jernigan 17 June 1863 - 5 June 1939 buried Ahoskie Town Cem.
             married Cornelia Worrock
        ii. Mary Eliza Jernigan 15 Aug 1864 - 26 Mar 1941 at church, Ahoskie NC
             married John Whitford Powell 18 Nov 1863 - 21 Sept 1951 Hertford Co NC
                         his parents has named him John Wheeler Powell which he did not like
                   1. Oscar Craig Powell 18 July 1894 - 15 Aug 1966
                   2. Sophronia Powell 30 Sept 1895 - 19 June 1958 Hertford Co NC
                   3. John Dewey Powell 20 Sept 1898 - 25 Dec 1924
                   4. Mary Myrtle Powell 6 Nov 1900 - 9 Nov 1990 Ahoskie NC
                           owned and operated THE beauty parlor in Ahoskie
                       married Guytana Raspa 7 Aug 1906 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 26 Sept 1974 Ahoskie
                   5. Jim Powell 1902 -
                        married but no issue
                    6. Bruce Powell 1902 - 1994 Ahoskie NC
                    7. Morton Powell
       iii. Thomas H Jernigan ca 1867 -
       iv. Sarah Elizabeth [Bettie] Jernigan 19 Aug 1873 - 19 Jan 1919 flue
           married 23 Jan 1898 William Charles [Charlie] Powell 10 Sept 1874 - 19 April 1955
                   1. Roy Charles Powell 30 Oct 1898 - 5 Aug 1968 Ahoskie
                   2. William Outlaw Powell Jr 21 Nov 1900 - 3 Feb 1985 Ahoskie
                   3. Lona Jernigan Powell 03 Aug 1902 - Feb 1965 Ahoskie
                   4. Ethel Martha Powell 17 July 1904 - 1985 Emporia VA
                   5. Joseph Carl Powell 28 Aug 1906 - 25 Oct 1910 Ahoskie
                   6. Thomas Darden Powell 6 Dec 1909 - 9 Nov 1958 FL
                      married 1 Nov 1935 Lillian Eoline Holloman 25 May 1914 - 11 Feb 1994 MD [bookkeeper]
                       a. Claude Holloman Powell
                       b. Charles Thomas Powell
                       c. Jean Darden Powell
                   7. Clarine Sessoms Powell 12 June 1912 - 15 Nov 1998 Plymouth NC
                   8. Kermit Crammer Powell 8 July 1914 -
                        married Easter of Spring Hope NC
                    9. Mary Elizabeth Powell 7 April 1916 - 10 Oct 1998
                        married Lloyd Taft Owen
         v. John H Jernigan ca 1879 -
        John Jernigan married 2nd 1880 Martha J ?

3. Anna [Annie] Sessoms
      married before 28 May 1832- bef 1830 Mr. Holly
4. Celia Sessoms   1800/1810 - prob by Aug 1832
      married bef 1830 John [Colen?] Daughty [Doughtie] dec by Aug 1832
               Hertford Co, NC 1830 1 male under 5, 1 30 - 40; 1 female under 5, 1 20 - 30
       a. Celia Doughtee 1826/30 -
       b. John Doughtee 1826/30 -

1819 - John W Sessoms, orphan of John Sessoms, dec. in acct. of Samuel H Sessoms, guardian.
[1819-1823]

Hertford Co Ct, Aug 1832 -- John Sessoms is appointed Guardian to Celia Doughtee and John Doughtee orphans of John Doughtee, decd. who enters into bond in the Sum of One Thousand dollars with Harrell B. Sessoms & A. Thomas, Securieties etc. (abstract by David Powell)

Nathan Sessoms 1779 - 1836 | his parents
& 1806 Penelope Perry ca 1789 - ? | her parents
of Edgecombe County, NC

This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!

Nathan Sessoms Feb 1779 - 22 March 1836
                            age 57 years and one month Bws
      married 12 Aug 1806 Penelope Perry ca 1789 -     (dau. of Josiah)
          (this family moved to Edgecombe County, NC)
                 1820 census Sissoms, Nathan 2 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 0 0 1 0

Children of Nathan Sessoms and Penelope Perry:
1. Emily Sessoms ca 1810 -
       married 24 Nov 1825 Bryan B Gatlin
2. Nathan Harrell Sessoms ca 1813 -
       married 12 Feb 1835 Eliza Killebrew
       married 12 June 1857 Martha Harris
3. Elanson (Alanson D.) Sessoms ca 1815 -
       married 12 July 1837 Talitha Canady
4. Selah (Celia) Sessoms ca 1917 - 27 Dec 1826 aged nine years
5. Pininah (Penelope) Sessoms ca 1820 -
       married 14 March 1831 John Skinner
6. Laviny Sessoms ca 1822 - died bef 20 Dec 1836
7. William W. Sessoms aft 1823 -
       married 11 Jan 1852 Priscilla Alsobrook

Sessoms, Nathan - Edgecombe Co - division of negroes by commissioners by request of the children of the dec'd. among said children, namely, Nathan Harrell Sessoms, Emily Gatlin [wife of Bryan B Gatlin], Penelope Skinner [wife of John Skinner], Alanson D Sessoms, and William W Sessoms, 20 Dec 1836. Feb Ct 1837.

Notes from David Gammon:
Celia Sessums, daughter of Nathan Sessums, died Dec. 27, 1826, age nine
years. (Free Press, Jan. 9, 1827)

Nathan Sessums died in Edgecombe County on March 22, 1836, age about sixty
years. (Tarboro Press, March 26, 1836)

Nathan H. Sessums married Martha Harris of Edgecombe County on June 12, 1857,
by Thomas Norfleet, Esq. (The Southerner, June 13, 1857)

Elisha Sessoms 1780/85 - bef 1847 | his parents
& ca 1810 Priscilla Scull 1787 - 1829 | her parents
of Hertford County, NC

This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!

Priscilla Scull was born 19 March 1787, the 2nd daughter of Elisha Scull and his wife Ann Sun Speight of Hertford County.

Elisha Sessoms 1780/85 - bef Feb 1847
Hertford Co 1820 census Elisha Sessoms 2 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 1 0 1 0
1830: Elisha Sessoms 1 male under 5, 1 5-10, 1 10-15, 1 15-20, 1 40-50, 1 female 10-15, 1 15-20
In the Hertford Co Guardian Accts. in 1832 appears this list of the children of Elisha Sessoms with Elisha Sessoms as guardian.

Children of Elisha Sessoms and Priscilla Scull:
1. Amgrid [Angrid] W Sessoms ca 1811 -Aug 1854 lived at "Trap"
    was named for a character in the Arabian Nights
           Bertie Co 1840 census Amgrad W Sessoms 1m 20-30, 1f 15-20
      married ca 1840 Harriet Bell Sessoms  ca 1824 - 1859 1st cousin
               In 1860 Joseph, Alfred, and Millie are living with Wm. H Taylor & wife Ophelia
                   also, Celia Rice 25
       a. Milly [Amilia] Frances Sessoms ca 1843 -dy bef 1862
      b. Anne Eliza Sessoms ca 1844 -
           married James Peyton Britton 1841 - 1921
                 i. Joseph Edward Britton ca 1869 -
                       married Sallie Hall Owen of Portsmouth, VA
                                      later moved to Greensboro, NC
               ii. Jesse T Britton 1871 -
                iii. Samuel Britton 1875 -
                iv. Infant son Britton 1880 -
      c. Joseph S Sessoms ca 1849 - dy bef 1862
       d. Alfred Ben (Bunion) Sessoms ca 1851 - aft 1930 rem. to Ark.
           married Alvenia [Allie] Wynns 2 Sept 1847 - 16 Apr 1927 Union Co Ark [4 out of 5 ch living 1900]
                 i. Harriet Sessoms ca 1875 -
                ii. Seaton Sessoms ca 1879 -
                     married ca 1903 Pauline
                              1. Bun Sessoms 1904 -
               iii. Truda V Sessoms May1882 - f
                iv. Lucy Sessoms March 1886 -
2. Parthena Ann Sessoms 1813 -
   married James W Brinkley 1812 -     farmer
       a. John H Brinkley ca 1845 -
       b. Mary A Brinkley ca 1849 -
             (On 1850 Census Priscilla A Sessoms 12 & Celia J. Sessoms 9 are in Brinkley household
                       they are the orphans of Nathan W Sessoms , her first cousin)
3. William H. Sessoms ca 1815 - lived at Stoney Cr
              listed as blind age 65 on 1880 census with family of son-in-law Thos. Eley
      married Eliza West ca 1820 - bef 1880 census
       a. Sarah Sessoms ca 1843 - bef 1860
       b. Cecelia Catherine [Cattie] Sessoms 30 Dec 1845 - 20 Nov 1911
            married Jenkins
                  i. Joseph T Jenkins ca 1868 - (living with Uncle Elisha 1880)
                          married ca 1894 Nettie L. ca 1868 -
                  ii. T. H. (girl) Jenkins ca 1872 - (living with Aunt Eliz 1880)
      c. Elizabeth ( Betty) Sessoms 1847 -
            married Thos Eley ca 1853 -
                   i. M. E. (girl) Eley ca 1880 -
      d. William Elisha Sessoms 22 Sept 1849 - 10 July 1923
           married 12 Nov 1890 Beulah Rayner 3 June 1871 - 24 Aug 1937

Beulah and Elisha Sessoms

Home of William Elisha Sessoms - photo by Bill Sessoms

                   i. Mary Sessoms 21 Dec 1897 - 6 April 1972
                       married Fitzhugh L [ Hugh] Odom 29 Aug 1892 - 19 Jan 1970 Ahoskie
                   ii. Eunice Sessoms 13 Apr 1901 - 4 Jun 1996
                       married Donnell Gilman Waters 21 May 1900 - 5 Feb 1989
                   iii. Paul Sessoms 22 Jun 1904 - Aug 1980 no issue
                        married Betty L Crimi 5 Jan 1911 - 10 June 1990
                   iv. Hazel Sessoms 1908 - 1997
                        married James Otis Parker 1901 - 1984
4. Aragimite M. Sessoms 1816/20
5. Assad S. Sessoms ca 1818 - 1886 Bertie Co, NC
    married Julia Ann Beasley ca 1829 - bef 1855
      a. Mollie Sessoms 1849 - bef 1900
          married Thomas M Mitchell ca 1846 - 1910/20 of Powellsville
            i. Julia A Mitchell May 1871 - shortly aft 3 May 1910
                married 1896 Charles R Overton 3 April 1868 - 7 May 1937
                                                                      blacksmith
                        1. Roswell M [ Buddy] Overton 12 Sept 1898 - 27 Sept 1971
                                   married Elizabeth Perry 5 Feb 1906 - 29 May 1978
                        2. Mary A Overton Feb 1900 -
                                    married Loyed Evans of Powellsville
                        3. Nannie Irene Overton 1905 -
                                    married Silas McKeel
                        4. Charles Lewis [Booger] Overton 16 Aug 1909 - 2 Feb 1969 dsp
                                                              car repair shop
           ii. Nannie Mitchell 15 April 1876 - 20 Feb 1936
                           lived with the Overtons and raised her sister's children
                married 1905 Louis S Stokes d 1906
                       1. Ena Stokes 10 May 1906 - 1 Dec 1988
                           married Freeman Edward Earley 21 July 1905 - 20 Mar 1937
                                           son of Alphonso Earley and Levinia Evans
                                               of Powellsville and Cremo
                                    a. Nancy Earley [Pearlman]
                                   b. Freeman Edward Earley Jr
           iii. William Thomas [Bud] Mitchell 1878 -
               married Maggie Robertson
                       1. Attwood Mitchell
                       2. Garnet Mitchell
           iv. Charlie Mitchell
  married 2nd 25 Apr 1855 Nancy F Perry ca 1840 -
                                dau of John
      b. Allie Frances Sessoms 1858 - 1944 Wake Forest NC
          married Wm. R Raynor 1853 - 1921
          i. William Oscar Raynor Nov 1878 - dec.
              married Mana White
                              lived & buried at Buzzard Cross Roads
                    1. Garner Rayner 1905 -1979
                         married Ola Clee Jernigan 1905 -1974
                    2. Vernon White Raynor 19 Jan 1913 - 7 Sept 1975
                         married Lucille Mitchell (McKeel) 1907 - 1974
                    3. Merrill Oscar Raynor died 22 May 1915
                    4. Merrill Oscar Raynor
                         married Virgie Barnes
          ii. Hezekiah Owens Raynor 28 June 1883 - 28 Aug 1957 Powellsville NC
                             Merchant, Farmer - General Store
               married Annie Laurie Harrell 29 Aug 1886 - 17 Dec 1971
                        1. Owens Raynor    23 Oct 1915 - 13 July 1917
                        2. William Reed Raynor   of Ahoskie
                              married 1941 Sarah Moore Bryant
         iii. Thomas Assayd Raynor June 1889 - 1918
              married 1918 Fannie Boyette 1885 - 1968
                  (Fannie married 2nd George Underwood of Murfreesboro)
          iv. Kenneth Tyson Raynor 9 Sept 1890 - 12 Nov 1977 Wake Forest NC
                               Principle of Ahoskie High School,
                                   taught math at Duke U. & Wake Forest U.
                 married Beulah Lassiter from Rich Square
                                                        English teacher at Wake Forest College
      c. Nancy/Nannie E Sessoms 6 March 1867 of Harrellsville - 1 Feb 1955 Durham NC
                   graduated Chowan 1887 - she resided King's Daughters Home in Durham 1941-1955
          married 3 Oct 1888 Rev. Thomas C. Britton 25 Aug 1862 NH Co, NC - 1936
                  son of Noah Britton ca 1830 and wife Francis ca 1835
                       ["they were missionaries to Suchow, China for almost 50 years" Oscar Creech]
                             A. B. Atkins gives her and her two sons $2000 in his will
            i. Thomas C Britton Jr ca 1892 -
                    1. Thomas C Britton III
                    2. Burnett Britton
           ii. Roswell Sessoms Britton, PhD 3 July 1897 Shanghai China - 1951 NYC
               married Blanche McConnell of Asheville NC
6. Aronia Scull Sessoms ca 1826 - 1 April 1865 CSA killed at Five Forks VA in Civil War
                                  in Feb 1747 A W Sessoms is his guardian
    married 1st Jane West ca 1825 - ca 1853
     a. William Judson [Jud] Sessoms 20 Apr 1847 - 26 Nov 1905
        married Luvenia E Hill 23 Apr 1841 - 26 July 1908 ts
                 Buried about 5.5 miles from Colerain on right side of road leading
                           from Colerain to Ahoskie about 75 yards from the road.
                  1880 census shows Annie age 4
          i. Sarah D. Sessoms ca 1869 -
         ii. Joe Sessoms ca 1871 -
        iii. Lula W. Sessoms Mar 24, 1872 - Dec 20, 1892 ts
        iv. Fannie Sessoms Jan 1875 -
        v. Bessie Sessoms ca 1879 -
        vi. William Stark/Starkey Sessoms 18 Jan 1880 - 10 Sept 1959
             married 25 Nov 1903 Martha Roberta [Pattie] White 15 Nov 1883 - 15 Feb 1958
                       line of William Rhea Sessoms Jr.
       vii. Pattie Sessoms Nov 1885 -
      viii. Lila Sessoms
     b. Ann Sessoms ca 1849 -
   married 2nd Mary Emily [Emmie] Holloman ca 1824 - aft 1880
                      dau of Jalon Holloman will 1869/76
    c. Arrona J.. Sessoms ca 1854 -
    d. Joseph W Sessoms Feb 1855 -
         married ca 1877 Annie S. Mar 1858 - 3 ch living of 5 1900
         i. Jos Paul Sessoms ca 1878 -
          ii. Iva L Sessoms May 1883 -
         iii. Allie M Sessoms Aug 1890 -
    e. Elisha S. Sessoms ca 1857 - 5 July 1924 dsp
    f. John Sessoms ca 1860 -
   g. Edgar Walter Sessoms 8 Dec 1861 - 18 Jan 1933 ts
         married Pattie Florence ? 1884 - 1923 ts
    h. Emma J. Sessoms ca 1865 -
Mary Emily [Emmie] Holloman Sessoms married 2nd 1871 James W Brinkley

US Census Hertford Co 1870 St Johns #238
Sessoms, Emma 35 f w keeping house 125 RE
       "       Arrona J 15 m w
       "       Joseph     13 m w
       "       Elisha       11 m w
       "       John           9 m w
       "       Edgar         7 m w
       "       Emma J      5 f w

Pinetree Community

Some of the Sources: Interviews with Harold Sessoms ca 1970 by James Moore and notes from other documents in his possession. Conversations with other members of the family including Mrs. Lucie Carter. Various census records. Press Sessoms's biographical sketch of the family ca 1925. The Sessoms cemetery, and the Perry cemetery and other. The Bible [1802] records of William Sessoms handed down to D.V. Sessoms. Various wills of Bertie Co., particularly those of Millecent Perry, Wm Freeman and his wife Celia Freeman.

Sessoms Family of Hertford and Bertie Counties, NC

William Sessoms 1771 -1884 John Sessoms ca 1735 - 1785

Culmer Sessoms ca 1710 - 1772 Thomas Sessoms ca 1677 - 1711

17 December 2009