Histories: Billingsley & Myers Intermarriage: Robin's Roots

Excerpt from The Billingsley Family In America by Harry Alexander Davis, pp 410-411, Published by Tuttle Antiquarian Books, Rutland, VT, 1936
with [notes in brackets] by Robin Richmond.

MYERS EXCURSUS

JOHN [BLACKBURN] MYERS was born in North Carolina in 1792, he married in 1812 Mary Snoddy, born North Carolina in 1790. She was a daughter of [Albert] Thomas Snoddy, born 1761, died 1839 and Hannah Davis, born 1767, died 1839, married 1786; and a grand daughter of John Snoddy, born Ireland 1720, died 1784, and Agnes Glasgow, born 1722, died 1806, married 1741 at Philadelphia, Pa. and were parents of two sons, Thomas, see above, and William G. Snoddy. John [Blackburn] Myers and his wife [Mary Snoddy] were in Tennessee prior to 1815; they were residents of Warren County in 1860 where Mary died in 1869; he survived her and died in 1875.

Children (known):

Hannah Davis Myers: b 1815 Tenn., m John M. Billingsley [the cousin, son of Samuel Billingsley Jr], No. 200, which see.
Thomas [Snoddy] Myers: b 1818 Tenn., m Martha [Jane] Billingsley [dau of John & Martha], see No. 88.
John N. Myers: b 1820 Tenn., m prior to 1856 Naty b Tenn. 1837, resided Warren Co., Tenn. They had, known:
1. Leonora Myers: b 1856.
2. Aden Myers: b 1858.
3. Caledonia Myers: b 1859.
Mary Blackburn Myers: b 1823, m James Davis Billingsley [son of John & Martha], No. 214, which see.
Susan Jane Myers: b 9 Jan. 1827, m Andrew [Blackwood] Billingsley [son of John & Martha], No. 213, which see.
Melicinie Myers: b 183_ , m a Mr. McGregor, she died young and left a daughter, Tennie, who was reared by Rev. James D. Billingsley; she [Tennie] married Samuel Owens, resided Rockwood, Tenn.
Philip M. Myers: b 1832, m prior to 1859 Sarah, b Tenn. 1833, resided Warren Co., Tenn. in 1860. They had, known:
1. Benjamin Myers: b 1859.
Narcissus Ann Myers: b 1834, m Flavius Joseph Hutcheson, son of John Hutcheson and Nancy [Jane] Billingsley [dau of John & Martha], see No. 88.

(End of excerpt)

Ancestry of the Myers Siblings

Narcissa Ann Myers, one of the five siblings, is my great, great grandmother. Her father, John Blackburn Moyers, was the first of the Moyers family to have been born in Tennessee. He used the name Moyers (including in his writings), but his children all took the name Myers. See her ancestor chart

(See this chart in the context of Narcissa Myers' profile, where the chart will have additional features.)

┌── George Moyers (Est 1680 Germany - ?? Virginia)

┌── Christopher Moyers, Sr (3 Feb 1708 Gross Sachsenheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany -
│ Abt 1756 Germanna, Orange, VA)

│ └── Anna Barbara ?? (Est 1680 Gross Sachsenheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - ?? Pennsylvania)

│

┌── Christopher Moyers (1 Jan 1740 Orange Co, VA - 9 Feb 1815 White Pine, Jefferson, TN)

│ │

│ │ ┌── Johan Paul Vaught (1681 Germany - 1761 Augusta Co, VA)

│ └── Mary Catherine Vogt (Abt 1719 Palatinate - ??)

│ └── Mary Catherine ?? (Abt 1687 Palatinate - ??)

│

┌── James Moyers (27 Mar 1767 Culpeper Co, VA - 18 Feb 1838 White Pine, Jefferson, TN)

│ └── Susannah ?? (1740 Virginia - 1839 White Pine, Jefferson, TN)

│

┌── John Blackburn Moyers (30 Jan 1792 Jefferson Co, TN - 13 Nov 1875 Warren Co, TN)

│ │

│ │ ┌── Benjamin J Blackburn (1713 Ireland - 1791 Washington Co, TN)

│ │ ┌── John B Blackburn (27 Jan 1741 Chester Co, PA - 9 Feb 1808 Dandridge, Jefferson, TN)

│ │ │ └── Mary ?? (1721 North Carolina - 1791 Frederick Co, VA)

│ │ │

│ └── Mary (Polly) Blackburn (14 Nov 1768 Frederick Co, VA - 1 Jan 1846 White Pine, Jefferson, TN)

│ │

│ │ ┌── Alexander Mathes (Bef 1708 Ireland - 1788 Bentonville, Warren, VA)

│ └── Janet Mathews (29 Sep 1747 Warren Co, VA - 29 Sep 1818 Jefferson Co, TN)

│ └── Grizella ?? (Est 1708 Ireland - ?? Bentonville, Warren, VA)

│

Malinda Matthews Myers (White Pine, Jefferson, TN;23 Jul 1813 - 7 Jul 1817)

Hannah Davis Myers (23 Dec 1814 Long Creek, Jefferson, TN - 9 Apr 1867 Van Buren Co, TN) (married John M. Billingsley)

James Alexander Myers (21 Aug 1815 Jefferson Co, TN - 18 Jul 1819 White Pine, Jefferson, TN)

Thomas Snoddy Myers (30 May 1818 Jefferson Co, TN - 10 Nov 1914 McMinnville, Warren, TN) (married Martha Jane Billingsley)

John Newton Myers (19 Mar 1820 Jefferson Co, TN - 26 Jan 1892 Warren Co, TN)

Andrew Emmons Myers (6 Jan 1822 Jefferson Co, TN - bur.Aft 1880 Bethany, Brooke, WV)

Mary Blackburn Myers (25 Oct 1823 Jefferson Co, TN - 7 Jan 1895 Bledsoe Co, TN) (married James Davis Billingsley)

David Henry Myers (12 Nov 1825 Jefferson Co, TN - 10 Jan 1903 Cherokee Co, TX)

Susannah Jane Myers (9 Jan 1827 Jefferson Co, TN - 16 Sep 1908 Bledsoe Co, TN) (married Andrew Blackwood Billingsley)

Melcina Lansden Myers (21 May 1830 Jefferson Co, TN - 22 Aug 1854 Warren Co, TN)

Narcissa Ann MYERS (10 Feb 1834 Warren Co, TN - 6 Nov 1896 Cold Spring, Bledsoe, TN) (married Flavius Josephus HUTCHESON)

│

│ ┌── John Snoddy (1720 Scotland - Feb 1784 Washington Co, VA)

│ ┌── Albert "Thomas" Snoddy, Esq (26 Jan 1761 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA - 26 Jun 1839 Snoddyville, Jefferson, TN)

│ │ └── Agnes Glasgow (1722 Ireland - 1806 Leadvale, Jefferson, TN)

│ │

└── Mary Snoddy (15 Jul 1790 Edgecombe, Edgecombe, NC - 8 Nov 1861 McMinnville, Warren, TN)

│

│ ┌── John Davis (14 Oct 1743 Virginia - 1810 Abingdon, Washington, VA)

└── Hannah Davis (9 Feb 1769 Allison Gap, Washington, VA - 18 Mar 1801 Jefferson City, Jefferson, TN)

└── Mary Allison (14 Feb 1743 Virginia - 1784)

(This chart has 11 Myers siblings where Harry Alexander Davis had 8.)

	Thumb	Description
1		Barnstable plaque to Elder Thomas Dimmock Memorial to Elder Thomas Dimmock noting that he and Joseph Hull received the charter for the land the memorial now sits on.
2		1901 Hutcheson Family Gathering in Cold Springs, Tennesse Five children of Flavius Josephus (Joe) Hutcheson gathered in Cold Springs with their families for their father's wedding to Tennie Welch. Joe is near the center of the photo with his hand on a cane. My grandmother, Edith Hutcheson Richmond, was two years old, and is sitting on the ground close to her mother Irene. See also a copy of this photo that identifies each person and each family group.

Histories

Billingsley & Myers Intermarriage

Intermarriage between the Myers and Billingsley families in East Central Tennessee in the middle of the 19th century

When 5 Myers siblings married 5 Billingsley Family Members - 3 siblings, a cousin and a nephew

The Myers siblings were the children of John Blackburn Moyers and Mary Snoddy of Jefferson County (later Warren County), TN

The Billingsley siblings were the children of John Billingsley and Martha Blackwood (both from North Carolina) and were born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.

Their cousin John M Billingsley was the son of John Billingsley's brother Samuel Billingsley Jr

Their nephew Leander Travis Hutcheson was the son of Nancy Samantha Billingsley, a fourth child of John & Martha.

MYERS EXCURSUS

Or, to look at it from the Billingsley perspective:

Ancestry of the Myers Siblings


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