John HerringAge: 80 years1680–1760
- Name
- John Herring
- Given names
- John
- Surname
- Herring
- Name suffix
- I
Source | RootsWeb |
Source | Family Tree Maker (online websites) Citation details: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/e/r/Don-S-Herring/GENE2-0003.html#CHILD4 Text: 3. JOHN4 HERRING (ANTHONY3, JOHN2, ?1) was born Abt. 1680 in Isle of Wight Co. VA, and died Abt. 1760 in Johnston Co. NC. He married CATHERINE MORBE Abt. 1700, daughter of GEORGE MORBE and KATHERINE ________. She was born Abt. 1682.
Notes for JOHN HERRING:
John Herring and his son John Herring Jr. were both quite active in land patents and transaction in the Bertie Precinct between 1720 and 1750. Besides buying and selling property, both were often called upon to serve as witnesses to others transactions. Also, many transactions of others cite proximity to land owned by either. Some of the transactions recorded in historical records are,
Transactions recorded in "Colonial Bertie County, NC Deed Books A>H, 1720 - 1757 "
Book 1A, pg. 398 "George and Catherine Morbe to JOHN HERRING of Isle of Wight Co. VA. 150 acres in Bertie Precinct...." October 18, 1715. (note) George and Catherine Morbe were parents of Johns wife Catherine Morbe Herring.
Book C, pg.230 "George Skipper Jr. to JOHN HERRIN, March 17 1729, L17 for 615 acres on s. side of Potakasey swamp, part of land patented by John Herring dated Jan. 1725." wit. Wm. Johnson, James Street, Wm. Wicksin.
Province of North Carolina, Abstracts of Land patents, 1663-1729
BK 3, pg. 19, # 1618 - _______ April 5, 1720, Chowan Pct. Adjoining Wm. West, Plowman, John Herring & Turner.
BK 3, pg. 142, # 2099 - Thos. Williamson, 26 Mar. 1723 - 214 acres Bertie Pct. on S. side of Bucklesbury Pocoson, joining Laurence Sarson, Ross, Phillip Walston, John Herring and Robert Turner.
BK 8, pg. 169, # 2894 - John Herrin (sp) 8 Oct, 1717, 640 acres Chowan Pct. joining Wills Quarter Swamp and Robert Turner.
Bk. 8, pg. 169, # 2895 - Capt. John Plowman, 8 Oct, 1717, 640 acres Chowan Pct. incl. Beavers Dam Islands called Norwitch, joining John Herrin on the Beaver Dams.
Bk. 3, pg 49, # 1736 - John Heron (sp) 6 Dec., 1720 380 acres in Chowan Pct. S. side of Bear Swamp joining sd. swamp.
More About JOHN HERRING:
Fact 1: June 12, 1747, John Herring was elected to the State Assembly, New Bern, NC. (Source: North Carolina State Papers, N.C. State Univ. Library, Chapel Hill, N.C., (Colonial Land Grants, North Carolina), Book 4 p. 984, John Herring was electeda member of the N.C. State Assembly, 12 June, 1747.)
Fact 2: March 29, 1753, John Herring, Assemblyman from Johnson Co. was marked as "absent" (Source: North Carolina State Papers, N.C. State Univ. Library, Chapel Hill, N.C., (Colonial Land Grants, North Carolina), Book 5, p. 56, John Herring, Assemblyman from Johnson Co. was marked as "absent.")
Fact 3: April 07, 1750, John Herring was appointed Justice of The Peace, Johnson County, N.C. (Source: North Carolina State Papers, N.C. State Univ. Library, Chapel Hill, N.C., (Colonial Land Grants, North Carolina), p.1039.)
Fact 4: December 1757, John Herring refused reappointment as Justice of Peace by Sate Assembly. (Source: North Carolina State Papers, N.C. State Univ. Library, Chapel Hill, N.C., (Colonial Land Grants, North Carolina), Book 5, p. 828.)
Fact 5: September 30, 1751, Jno. Herring received Kings Grant of 500 acres in Duplin Co. (Source: North Carolina State Papers, N.C. State Univ. Library, Chapel Hill, N.C., (Colonial Land Grants, North Carolina), Book 4, p. 1239.) Quality of data: primary evidence |
Birth | about 1680 32 28 |
Birth of a brother | Samuel Herring about 1682 (Age 2 years) |
Birth of a brother | Abraham Herring 1684 (Age 4 years) |
Birth of a brother | Thomas Herring about 1686 (Age 6 years) |
Birth of a brother | Joseph Herring about 1688 (Age 8 years) |
Birth of a brother | Edward Herring about 1693 (Age 13 years) |
Birth of a brother | Anthony Herring about 1697 (Age 17 years) |
Marriage | Catherine Morbe — View this family about 1700 (Age 20 years) |
Birth of a son #1 | John Herring about 1701 (Age 21 years) |
Birth of a son #2 | Simon Herring about 1709 (Age 29 years) |
Birth of a daughter #3 | Susanna Herring about 1712 (Age 32 years) |
Death of a father | Anthony Herring 1715 (Age 35 years) |
Birth of a son #4 | Benjamin Herring about 1720 (Age 40 years) |
Birth of a son #5 | Joshua Herring November 23, 1723 (Age 43 years) |
Birth of a grandson #1 | Richard Herring February 23, 1726 (Age 46 years) |
Birth of a brother | Daniel Herring 1726 (Age 46 years) |
Birth of a grandson #2 | John Herring about 1728 (Age 48 years) |
Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Martha Herring about 1730 (Age 50 years) |
Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Sarah Herring about 1735 (Age 55 years) |
Birth of a grandson #5 | Simon Herring about 1738 (Age 58 years) |
Birth of a grandson #6 | James Herring about 1740 (Age 60 years) |
Death of a brother | Abraham Herring 1744 (Age 64 years) |
Death of a brother | Thomas Herring about 1744 (Age 64 years) |
Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Sarah Herring about 1750 (Age 70 years) |
Death of a brother | Samuel Herring about November 1750 (Age 70 years) Source: Johnston Co. NC Will Book RS(?) Citation details: 165 Text: Also in Folio 30 Book H at NC Archives so it is quoted in some material from James Grimswood. Quality of data: primary evidence |
Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Dorcas Herring about 1751 (Age 71 years) |
Marriage of a grandchild | Richard Herring — Sarah Meredith — View this family February 20, 1752 (Age 72 years) |
Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Nancy Ann Herring December 7, 1753 (Age 73 years) |
Birth of a grandson #10 | Bright Herring 1755 (Age 75 years) |
Birth of a grandson #11 | Edward Matchett Herring 1755 (Age 75 years) |
Birth of a granddaughter #12 | Elizabeth Herring 1758 (Age 78 years) |
Birth of a granddaughter #13 | Mary Herring about 1759 (Age 79 years) |
Death of a brother | Joseph Herring 1760 (on the date of death) |
Death of a brother | Anthony Herring about 1760 (on the date of death) |
Death | 1760 (Age 80 years) |
LDS baptism | August 14, 1987 (227 years after death) |
LDS endowment | October 29, 1987 (227 years after death) |
LDS child sealing | October 30, 1987 (227 years after death) |
LDS spouse sealing | Catherine Morbe — View this family March 17, 1990 (230 years after death) |
Title | I yes |
Last change | December 20, 2007 – 22:38 |
Family with parents |
father |
Anthony Herring Birth: 1648 41 32 — , Isle Of Wight, Virginia, USA Death: 1715 — , Isle Of Wight, Virginia, USA |
mother |
Rebecca West Birth: about 1652 — Of Isle Of Wight, Virginia, USA Death: VA Or NC |
Marriage: about 1677 — , Isle Of Wight, VA, USA |
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4 years himself |
John Herring Birth: about 1680 32 28 — , Isle Of Wight, Virginia, USA Death: 1760 — , Johnston, North Carolina, USA |
3 years younger brother |
Samuel Herring Birth: about 1682 34 30 — , Isle Of Wight, Virginia, USA Death: about November 1750 — , Johnston, North Carolina, USA |
3 years younger brother |
Abraham Herring Birth: 1684 36 32 — Lower Parish, Isle Of Wight, Virginia, USA Death: 1744 — , Bertie, North Carolina, USA |
3 years younger brother |
Thomas Herring Birth: about 1686 38 34 — , Isle Of Wight, Virginia, USA Death: about 1744 — , , North Carolina, USA |
3 years younger brother |
Joseph Herring Birth: about 1688 40 36 — , Isle Of Wight, Virginia, USA Death: 1760 — , Chowan, North Carolina, USA |
6 years younger brother |
Edward Herring Birth: about 1693 45 41 — Isle Of Wight, Virginia, USA Death: about 1767 — , Johnston, North Carolina, USA |
34 years younger brother |
Daniel Herring Birth: 1726 — , Bertie, North Carolina, USA Death: 1787 — Duplin/New Hanover Co., NC |
-28 years younger brother |
Anthony Herring Birth: about 1697 49 45 — Lower Parish, Isle Of Wight, Virginia, USA Death: about 1760 — , Johnston, North Carolina, USA |
Family with Catherine Morbe |
himself |
John Herring Birth: about 1680 32 28 — , Isle Of Wight, Virginia, USA Death: 1760 — , Johnston, North Carolina, USA |
wife |
Catherine Morbe Birth: about 1683 — , Isle Of Wight, Virginia, USA Death: Johnston County, North Carolina |
Marriage: about 1700 — Isle Of Wight, Virginia, USA |
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2 years son |
John Herring Birth: about 1701 21 18 — Isle Of Wright Co., VA Death: 1771 |
9 years son |
Simon Herring Birth: about 1709 29 26 — Isle Of Wright Co., VA Death: 1769 |
4 years daughter |
Susanna Herring Birth: about 1712 32 29 Death: |
9 years son |
Benjamin Herring Birth: about 1720 40 37 — Bertie Co., NC Death: 1789 — New Hanover Co., NC |
4 years son |
Joshua Herring Birth: November 23, 1723 43 40 — Bertie Co., NC Death: 1801 — Lenoir Co., NC |
Shared note |
!Herring Highlights Vol. II.
IGI_VERIFICATION: 1993 - F509686 p.7 #1553417 b. abt 1676.
OTHER_TEMPLE_DATES: bap 26 May 1990 WASHI, end 15 Nov 1991 WASHI, sp 23 Jan
1992 WASHI (F509686 p.10 #1553417.); bap 14 Aug 1987 OGDEN, end 29 OCT 1987
OGDEN, sp 30 Oct 1987 OGDEN, F877054 p.34 #1396447.
RESEARCH NOTE: Check slg p. - date before WASHI temple opened.
!Ancestral File has burial in Wayne Co., NC. Also bap 11 Sep 1951 SLAKE, end 24
Oct 1951 SLAKE, sp 1987 OGDEN.
! Married to two Catherine Morbes (?)
(Research):From Rootsweb (Rose Parks):
The area in North Carolina where these Herrings were, constantly changed county names as more people came in and then began to move west.
When they first went to the Neuse River area in 1738 it was in Craven County but in 1746 it became Johnston and in 1758 it became Dobbs. Wayne Co. was created in 1779 perhaps from some of Duplin and some from Dobbs? Lenoir County was created in 1791 and Greene in 1799. Other Counties mentioned with this family are Duplin created in 1750 and Sampson was created from it in 1784.
John probably followed his in laws to NC as suggested by acreage assigned with no monetary considerations. In Oct. 1715 George Morbe and Catherine his wife assigned 380 acres on south side of Bear Swamp to John Herring of Isle of Wight. In Oct 1717 John acquired a Crown Grant of 640 acres adjoining Will's Quarter Swamp in present Bertie Co.
Land tax records for 1721 when John paid 1 pound 1 shilling 7 pence showed he had acquired 1300 acres. In the middle of 1730's he began selling this acreage, deeding 380 acres on Bear Creek to brother Abraham. It appears that the home place on Will's Quarter Swamp where there was a saw and grist mill and court house, he sold to William Byrd on 22 July 1738.
Ambrose Ayres was the first to obtain land on the north side of the Neuse River and east side of Falling Creek in what is now Lenoir Co. and John Herring was the second when on 11 November 1738 it was still a part of Craven Co. In 1739 he received a grant of 200 acres on east side of Bear Creek and north side of the Neuse near what was and still is known as "Cliffs of the Neuse" this is in present Wayne Co., NC.
John's home site may have come from a purchase he made 2 Feb. 1739 from Ambrose Ayers, planter of Craven Co. for thirty something pounds, 150 acres on Falling Creek and north side of the Neuse, including houses etc.
Besides acquiring land John entered into politics, being appointed a Craven Co. JP and serving as Sheriff of Johnston Co. when it was formed .
From 1750-1752 he represented Johnston County in the Colonial assembly. While there he helped pass an act to create Duplin Co. Service in the Legislature indicates he was literate. Many deeds he usually witnessed with the mark H. These marks were registered as a trademark of sorts and X was used by those who couldn't write. (This statement made in James Grimwood material and I disagree with it in general. Some men who could not write learned to make a mark of some kind, sometimes being their initials, etc. this may not be the case with John Herring, who knows [RP]}
These two deeds are in the Noah Rouse Collection at Duke University Library, and transcribed for the Lenoir Co. Archives by Sue Guptill. (June 2000)
Dobbs Co. deed from John Cotton Jr.. to John Herring, same co., 400
pounds. Land on Ground Nutt marsh 100 a. 28 Aug 1779. Signed John Cotton
Jr., witnesses Wm. Morton, Elizb [X] Taylor.
He was appointed vestryman for St. Patrick's Church in Johnston Co. in 1746. when Dobbs County was formed St. Patrick's Parish remained there and St. John's was formed in Dobbs with John probably remaining a vestryman. This was the Anglican or Church of England, also appointed with him were Col Simon Bright and John Becton.
A promissory note found dated January 1753 named John Jr., Simon, Benjamin and Joshua as sons of John Herring. He had died by about 1760.
The Herring information came from James Grimwood of Houston, a Herring researcher himself but some of the material was given to him by others and he compiled into books. Herring Tidbits I, II, and III. (last in summer of 1998.) |