Katherine (Unknown) Noland (abt. 1655 - abt. 1711)

Descendants

Died about 1711 at about age 56 in Stafford County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

This profile is part of the Noland Name Study.

The maiden name of Pierce Noland's wife, Katherine/Catherine (or Kathryn/Cathryn), is not known.

Her birth year is also uncertain (guess of 1655 based on estimated dates for husband/children).^[1]

Katherine was the wife of Pierce Noland (sometimes Nowland). While some descendants show her as born in Maryland,^[2] others believe she was born in Ireland^[3] and immigrated with her husband to America (between 1675 and 1686). No reliable sources have been found yet.

Pierce & Katherine's son Philip was born about 1685 in Maryland.^{[citation needed]}

Children of Pierce:^[4]

• Stephen Noland^[5][6]
• Pierce Noland m Elizabeth Darrell, daughter of Sampson Darrell^[7]
• William Noland
• Philip Noland (in Maryland c. 1685; died 1733) m Bridget __
• Thomas Noland (died in his minority)
• Elizabeth Noland Carrol^[8][9]

Court records indicate that Pierce Noland's wife was named 'Katherine': These court records (from 14 March 1692 Charles County documents) show that "'Thomas Lewgar, late of Charles County, laborer, and Katherine Noeland, wife of Pierce Noeland, Taylor. . . [were] accused of stealing'. Lewgar was convicted and 'Katherine Noeland' was found not guilty." ^[10]

Katherine's death has been given as 1711^{[citation needed]} and is generally believed to have been after 1707 (when the family moved to Stafford county) but before Pierce wrote his will.^{[citation needed]}

Research Notes

Katherine's maiden name is not known. Following is information about suggested maiden names.

• Hagaman - A merged profile (Hagaman-65) had "Darrell" as an "Other Last Name(s)" and a son Stephen (Noland-496) attached. Perhaps Stephen is a son of Pierce & Elizabeth Darrell? The merged profile had that Katherine (Hagaman) and Pierce were "married 1680 in Charles, Prince William County, Province of Maryland".^[11]
• Darrell - A Find a Grave memorial for her gives her last name as Darrell: Find A Grave: Memorial #42046108; Katherine Darrell Nowland (1660-1711). "Burial: Unknown" (Memorial created by David Roberds Sep 16, 2009). Note - not considered a reliable source since it does not cite sources or include a tombstone photo.
  • Sharon Noland's website has Pierce, son of Pierce & Katherine (mnu) Noland, married to Elizabeth Darrell, daughter of Sampson Darrell. My father's notes also show that, with an annotation by Sampson's name "1735 deed"^[12]
• Davenport - Another Ancestry tree gives Katherine's parents as Humphrey Davenport and Rachel Holmes (added 16 June 2018 by Chris Douglas). Another unsourced profile (Davenport-8518) had her as born in 1660 in Maryland and died in 1711 in Virginia.

Lat/Long Coordinates

Born: 1660, Charles County, Maryland^{[citation needed]} (Map: Latitude: N38.4819. Longitude: W77.0117.)^[13]

Died: 1711, Stafford County, Virginia^{[citation needed]} (Map: Latitude: N38.4219. Longitude: W77.4086.)^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ "About 1660" works too - a merged profile had born "about 1660 in Charles, Province of Maryland", another had "about 1659 in Charles County, Province of Maryland".
2. ↑ The WikiTree profile Nowland-22, created by Anonymous S through the import of Stout - Trask - Cowan .ged on 19 April 2011, showed Katherine born in Charles, Maryland, 1660. (See this changes page for Nowland-22.)
3. ↑ Liz Shifflett's family notes support Katherine (maiden name unknown) as wife of Pierce who died 1715 in Stafford County, Virginia, and show that Katherine and Pierce married in Ireland and came to Maryland by 1686.
4. ↑ family records of Liz Shifflett (chart compiled by H.P. Noland, her father, in 1997)
5. ↑ A son named Stephen was not included in the Noland family chart, but is cited by others as named in the 1715 will - I've only seen online statements that he named five sons in his will, with no transcript included & no mention of source (e.g., will book number)
6. ↑ Old footnote was about a different profile for Stephen, before the merge with Hagaman-65 attached Noland-469 as son. That Stephen's son named Stephen (Noland-68) is shown now in WikiTree as married to a Smallwood, which brings us back to the rest of the old footnote: Stating Stephen as included in the 1715 will may be from Ronsheim's research, which made leaps to conclusions; as far as I know, the Smallwood Nolands are not related to the Pierce Noland line. A transcript of the will would help. (both original footnote & April 2019 update by Liz)
7. ↑ 1735 deed - Sampson Darrell to Pearce Noland (see p 115, "The Randolph Manuscript. Virginia Seventeenth Century Records (Continued)" The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Apr., 1909), pp. 113-132. Published by: Virginia Historical Society (Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242972)
8. ↑ Probably wife of Nicholas Carrol - see notes in the Colonial Settlers' database in the entries for
   • Nicholas Carroll
   • Bridget Carroll

   Text for Carroll-5189 notes that the Colonial Settlers' database is incorrect in stating that Nicholas's father was Keane [Aghagurty] Carroll (so Bridget's probably wasn't either).

9. ↑ The relationship between Pierce & Katherine to the profile for Elizabeth Noland is marked as Uncertain, since it shows only a marriage to John Nelson, in 1704. See the comments on her profile (as of 22 December 2019) that talk about the Carrol family. A source cited on her profile, to the entry for John Nelson in an online database, says his wife was "Jane MNU Nelson". Some Nolands are mentioned in Notes but do not appear to support Pierce and Katherine's daughter Elizabeth being John Nelson's wife:

   Arthur Nelson 36.506 A FR £27.0,11 £20.4.1 Nov 16 1754

   Sureties: Henry Maroney, John Nelson.

   Payments to: Daniel Benjamin Pearle, John Nelson, Peter Noland assigned to Philip Noland, Thomas Morris, James Hooke, Moses Harden, Elias Delashmet, Elias Delashment, Elias Delashmet for evidence in cause against Anne Wickham, Notley Thomas, William Barker.

   Payments to (in Virginia currency): Thomas Awbry, David Richardson, Philip Noland, John Poultney.

   Mentions: Inspector of Rock Creek Warehouse.

   Administrator: Arthur Nelson.

   Note: Philip Noland mentioned might be Noland-122 (the Philip of Noland's Ferry, who married Elizabeth Awbrey & had a brother named Peter; Elizabeth had a brother named Thomas.

10. ↑ J. Lynn Noland, Milesian Mountaineers Mountaineer Graphics : 1986, "Other Charles County documents (Liber S.No. 1, pp. 53-54, dated March 14, 1692)
11. ↑ Marriage source, provided upon request: "The marriage info probably came from the IGI at familysearch.org which I believe is compiled from records kept in the various jurisdictions. 1780 was just a typo." (originally entered as 1780 - see this changes page). Kathi Golden said she believes that the information on "Hagaman" came from a website tied to her daughter's church genealogy records & that she has also seen it on ancestry.com.
12. ↑ Sampson Darrell to Pearce Noland (see p 115, "The Randolph Manuscript. Virginia Seventeenth Century Records (Continued)" The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Apr., 1909), pp. 113-132. Published by: Virginia Historical Society (Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242972)
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Record for Philip Noland - http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60541&h=453739&indiv=try - Ancestry Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current (2012):
    • Find A Grave: Memorial #42048121 for Philip Noland, "Burial: Unknown". Memorial created by David Roberds Sep 17, 2009.

See also

• "Early Colonial Settlers of S. Maryland & Virginia's Northern Neck", entry for Catherine MNU Noland