Constant Christian was born in 1711, in Henrico County, Virginia, a daughter of Colonel Thomas Christian II and Rebecca Stith.
Constance married Jacob Oglesby prior to the time that Goochland County, was formed. (Goochland was founded in 1728 as the first county formed from Henrico shire). Children of Constant and Jacob include:
William Oglesby, born circa 1726, died December 12, 1802, married Ann Perkins. Daughter of the American Revolution Ancestor #A085831 [1][2]
Jacob Oglesby, Jr. born before 1734, died 1813, married 1) Ann Bailey and 2) Mildred Martin, Daughter of the American Revolution Ancestor #A085819 [3]
Richard Oglesby, born circa 1740, married 1) Sarah Ferguson, 2) Elizabeth Price Curd, and 3) Susan (unm) Daughter of the American Revolution Ancestor #A085825 [4]
David Oglesby, born before 1744, died July 26, 1821, married Sarah Sanderson [5]
Constant (Christian) Oglesby died on 16 Oct 1769 in Varina, Henrico County, Virginia and is buried in the Richard Oglesby Plantation Cemetery, in Goochland county. [6]
Researchers Notes
Abstracts of Goochland County Wills 1736 to 1742:
Provides evidence for wife and children for Thomas Christian.[7] Daughter Constant Christian is believed to be the Constant that married Jacob Oglesby. Thomas Christian held land adjoining Richard Oglesby's land patent from 1730 (see Richard Oglesby's record. born 1688). Richard is the father of Jacob Oglesby. Furthermore, a Samuel Coleman died in 1748. Jacob was named as executor of his will along with Samuel's wife Ann Coleman. Samuel Coleman is reportedly in Thomas Christian's tree, if Ancestry trees are to be believed.
Constant Oglesby, relinquished her dower right in the deed from Jacob Oglesby to Samuel Coleman on May 15 1738/39 at the Goochland County Court, in Virginia.[8] Several other deeds confirm her name is Constant.
Thomas Christian patented land adjacent to a Drury Stith in Charles City County,[9] and this has lead some researchers to conclude the use of the name "Drury" was because he might have been Thomas Christian's father-in-law. However, there is no evidence Drury Stith had a daughter named " Rebecca".
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Constant by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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Perkins-1300 and Christian-3349 appear to represent the same person because: Maiden name is Christian. The only way to correct her LNAB is to merge. Please read the documentation before rejecting the merge!
Perkins-1300 and Christian-3349 do not represent the same person because: Several researchers claim Jacob Oglesby married Constance Perkins, daughter of Nicholas Perkins by Sarah Childress, but this is incorrect as Nicholas never had a daughter name Constance. However, a Constance whose surname remains unknown did married Jacob Oglesby. See Edith Attkisson Rudder's "My Fathers, Family," 1947 p. 29.
I believe Edith Attkisson Rudder's book, "My Fathers Family," on the Perkins family is the most reliable source available on the Perkins family. She gleans her records using both primary and secondary sources. The Virginia Genealogist is a book that is known to have numerous mistakes recorded within its pages and I would haphazard a guess many researchers use that source as documentation without checking the actual records being researched for accuracy.
One of the misconceptions people have is the maiden name of Constance who married Jacob Oglesby. Several people claim she was the daughter of Nicholas Perkins by Sarah Childress. There is absolutely no proof that this is the case. Mrs. Rudder clears this up in her book on page 29 when she records eight children born to Nicholas Jr and Sarah, Constance not being one of them. The youngest child was Constantine born 1682 in Henrico County, Virginia. His parents never lived in Goochland County where Constance was born in 1709 27 years after Constantine was born. It is possible people confused Constance with Constantine.
Further research shows several people submitting their records on Ancestry.com where this rumor probably began. Clearly no one ever submitted documents proving Constance was the daughter of Nicholas and Sarah Perkins. I suspect many of the researchers just copied and pasted what others have submitted. They were relying on hearsay. The eight children of Nicholas Jr and Sarah (Childress) Perkins after they were married in 1670 are not in order of their birth. Philemon, 1680-1709 married Elizabeth surname not known. Nicholas, died 1709, Richard, Sarah, Abram, Elizabeth, Mary and Constantine, 1682-1769 married Ann Pollard.
Abstracts of Goochland County Wills 1736 to 1742:
Provides evidence for wife and children for Thomas Christian. Daughter Constant Christian is believed to be the Constance that married Jacob Oglesby. Thomas Christian held land adjoining Richard Oglesby's land patent from 1730 (see Richard Oglesby's record. born 1688). Richard is the father of Jacob Oglesby. Furthermore, a Samuel Coleman died in 1748. Jacob was named as executor of his will along with Samuel's wife Ann Coleman. Samuel Coleman is reportedly in Thomas Christian's tree, if Ancestry trees are to be believed.
Perkins-1300 and Christian-3349 appear to represent the same person because: These two profiles should be merged. If the maiden name of Christian is not preferred, then the maiden name of Unknown should be used, but they represent the same person.
Perkins-1300 and Christian-3349 do not represent the same person because: Constance or Constant (Christian) Oglesby was born 1709 in Virginia, died October 16, 1769 in Varina, Henrico County, Virginia British America. She was the daughter of Col Thomas Christian and Rebecca Stith of Charles City County, Virginia. Her mother was Rebecca Stith not Rebecca New. She married Jacob Oglesby. She was not related to the Perkins.
The Perkins did not have a daughter named Constance. The duplicate represents Constance who married Jacob Oglesby, and the Find A Grave memorial is documentation in the Sources section of Perkins-1300: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241890679/constant-oglesby
Perkins-1300 and Christian-3349 appear to represent the same person because: Christian is the proper surname, the surname of her father. It's possible Perkins was the name of her first husband prior to her marriage to Oglesby and that would be an explanation as to why she was listed as such.
Several researchers claim Jacob Oglesby married Constance Perkins, daughter of Nicholas Perkins by Sarah Childress, but this is incorrect as Nicholas never had a daughter name Constance. However, a Constant Christian did married Jacob Oglesby. See Edith Attkisson Rudder's "My Fathers, Family," 1947 p. 29.
I believe Edith Attkisson Rudder's book, "My Fathers Family," on the Perkins family is the most reliable source available on the Perkins family. She gleans her records using both primary and secondary sources. The Virginia Genealogist is a book that is known to have numerous mistakes recorded within its pages and I would haphazard a guess many researchers use that source as documentation without checking the actual records being researched for accuracy.
One of the misconceptions people have is the maiden name of Constance who married Jacob Oglesby. Several people claim she was the daughter of Nicholas Perkins by Sarah Childress. There is absolutely no proof that this is the case. Mrs. Rudder clears this up in her book on page 29 when she records eight children born to Nicholas Jr and Sarah, Constance not being one of them. The youngest child was Constantine born 1682 in Henrico County, Virginia. His parents never lived in Goochland County where Constance was born in 1709, 27-years after Constantine was born. It is possible people confused Constance with Constantine.
Further research shows several people submitting their records on Ancestry.com where this rumor probably began. Clearly no one ever submitted documents proving Constance was the daughter of Nicholas and Sarah Perkins. I suspect many of the researchers just copied and pasted what others have submitted. They were relying on hearsay. The eight children of Nicholas Jr and Sarah (Childress) Perkins after they were married in 1670 are not in order of their birth. Philemon, 1680-1709 married Elizabeth surname not known. Nicholas, died 1709, Richard, Sarah, Abram, Elizabeth, Mary and Constantine, 1682-1769 married Ann Pollard.
Abstracts of Goochland County Wills 1736 to 1742:
Provides evidence for wife and children for Thomas Christian. Daughter Constant Christian is believed to be the Constance that married Jacob Oglesby. Thomas Christian held land adjoining Richard Oglesby's land patent from 1730 (see Richard Oglesby's record. born 1688). Richard is the father of Jacob Oglesby. Furthermore, a Samuel Coleman died in 1748. Jacob was named as executor of his will along with Samuel's wife Ann Coleman. Samuel Coleman is reportedly in Thomas Christian's tree, if Ancestry trees are to be believed.
I believe Edith Attkisson Rudder's book, "My Fathers Family," on the Perkins family is the most reliable source available on the Perkins family. She gleans her records using both primary and secondary sources. The Virginia Genealogist is a book that is known to have numerous mistakes recorded within its pages and I would haphazard a guess many researchers use that source as documentation without checking the actual records being researched for accuracy.
One of the misconceptions people have is the maiden name of Constance who married Jacob Oglesby. Several people claim she was the daughter of Nicholas Perkins by Sarah Childress. There is absolutely no proof that this is the case. Mrs. Rudder clears this up in her book on page 29 when she records eight children born to Nicholas Jr and Sarah, Constance not being one of them. The youngest child was Constantine born 1682 in Henrico County, Virginia. His parents never lived in Goochland County where Constance was born in 1709 27 years after Constantine was born. It is possible people confused Constance with Constantine.
Further research shows several people submitting their records on Ancestry.com where this rumor probably began. Clearly no one ever submitted documents proving Constance was the daughter of Nicholas and Sarah Perkins. I suspect many of the researchers just copied and pasted what others have submitted. They were relying on hearsay. The eight children of Nicholas Jr and Sarah (Childress) Perkins after they were married in 1670 are not in order of their birth. Philemon, 1680-1709 married Elizabeth surname not known. Nicholas, died 1709, Richard, Sarah, Abram, Elizabeth, Mary and Constantine, 1682-1769 married Ann Pollard.
Abstracts of Goochland County Wills 1736 to 1742: Provides evidence for wife and children for Thomas Christian. Daughter Constant Christian is believed to be the Constance that married Jacob Oglesby. Thomas Christian held land adjoining Richard Oglesby's land patent from 1730 (see Richard Oglesby's record. born 1688). Richard is the father of Jacob Oglesby. Furthermore, a Samuel Coleman died in 1748. Jacob was named as executor of his will along with Samuel's wife Ann Coleman. Samuel Coleman is reportedly in Thomas Christian's tree, if Ancestry trees are to be believed.
I believe Edith Attkisson Rudder's book, "My Fathers Family," on the Perkins family is the most reliable source available on the Perkins family. She gleans her records using both primary and secondary sources. The Virginia Genealogist is a book that is known to have numerous mistakes recorded within its pages and I would haphazard a guess many researchers use that source as documentation without checking the actual records being researched for accuracy.
One of the misconceptions people have is the maiden name of Constance who married Jacob Oglesby. Several people claim she was the daughter of Nicholas Perkins by Sarah Childress. There is absolutely no proof that this is the case. Mrs. Rudder clears this up in her book on page 29 when she records eight children born to Nicholas Jr and Sarah, Constance not being one of them. The youngest child was Constantine born 1682 in Henrico County, Virginia. His parents never lived in Goochland County where Constance was born in 1709, 27-years after Constantine was born. It is possible people confused Constance with Constantine.
Further research shows several people submitting their records on Ancestry.com where this rumor probably began. Clearly no one ever submitted documents proving Constance was the daughter of Nicholas and Sarah Perkins. I suspect many of the researchers just copied and pasted what others have submitted. They were relying on hearsay. The eight children of Nicholas Jr and Sarah (Childress) Perkins after they were married in 1670 are not in order of their birth. Philemon, 1680-1709 married Elizabeth surname not known. Nicholas, died 1709, Richard, Sarah, Abram, Elizabeth, Mary and Constantine, 1682-1769 married Ann Pollard.
Abstracts of Goochland County Wills 1736 to 1742: Provides evidence for wife and children for Thomas Christian. Daughter Constant Christian is believed to be the Constance that married Jacob Oglesby. Thomas Christian held land adjoining Richard Oglesby's land patent from 1730 (see Richard Oglesby's record. born 1688). Richard is the father of Jacob Oglesby. Furthermore, a Samuel Coleman died in 1748. Jacob was named as executor of his will along with Samuel's wife Ann Coleman. Samuel Coleman is reportedly in Thomas Christian's tree, if Ancestry trees are to be believed.