Richard Conyers (1720 - 1792)

Born 1720 in Bermuda

Husband of Margaret (Arundel) Conyers — married about 1737 in Bermuda

Descendants

Died 1792 at about age 72 in Franklin Co., North Carolina

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Biography

Richard Conyers performed Patriotic Service in North Carolina in the American Revolution.

Richard was born in Bermuda about 1720. He died in North Carolina about 1792. He married Margaret Arundell about 1740.

DAR PATRIOT

• CONYERS, RICHARD
  
• Ancestor #: A025237
  
• Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
  
• Birth: CIRCA 1720 ISLE OF WIGHT CO VIRGINIA
  
• Death: ANTE 9- -1792 FRANKLIN CO NORTH CAROLINA
  
• Service Source: NC REV ARMY ACCTS, VOL VII, P 67, FOLIO 4, ROLL
• S.115.57.3; VOL IX, P 88, FOLIO 3, ROLL #S.115.57.4
  
• Service Description: 1) REIMBURSED FOR GOODS OR SERVICES

Children

1. Mary Conyers b. 1745; married Thomas Wilkes
2. Ann M, b. c1750 - no info.
3. Amy "Bell" Isabel, b. ~1752 married Thomas Cook. See notes.
4. William Conyers b. ~1754 married Mary Ross,
5. Joel Conyers, b. ~1756,
6. Ephraim Conyers born Dec 1756 married 2nd Anne Perry,
7. Dempsey Conyers b. ~1758. This family has ties to Isle of Wright Co., VA; Franklin Co. NC; Chester Co., SC^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Genealogy.com

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A025237
• [2] The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. VI

Notes

N.B.: Amy Bell connects somehow to Amey Cook, but can't work out dates.

Note H353a Captain of NC Militia

1790 Census: Name: Richard Conyers Township: Not Stated County: Franklin State: North Carolina (same page as Ephraim)

Name: Richard Conyers Gender: male Birth Place: BM Birth Year: 1720 Spouse Name: Margaret Arrendel Spouse Birth Place: BM Spouse Birth Year: 1732 MarriageYear: 1737 Marriage State: BM

The Conyers of America were scions of one of England's most notable families. The heads of this family were Earls of Shrewsbury and Barons of Sockeburn of County Durham, descended from Roger de Coigniers of Normandy, who came with William the Conqueror to England in 1066 and became Constables of Durham in 1090.The Conyers of North Carolina descended from a cadet branch, namely: the Conyers of Hornby Castle of Yorkshire. Wilkes Family History and Genealogy: Thomas Wilkes and his descendants by: Ivan Ernest Bass Richard Conyers was a soldier from North Carolina during the Revolutionary War (Bass, pp. 7-8)

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/n/Dennis-L-Maness/PDFGENE37.pdf

394. Richard R.W. Conyers46,47,48, born 1719 in Bermuda?; died September 1792 in Franklin County,

North Carolina. He married 395. Margaret Arundel (Arrandal) Abt. 1747.

395. Margaret Arundel (Arrandal)49, born Abt. 1732; died Bef. 1769.

Notes for Richard R.W. Conyers:

The "Heritage History of Chester County, South Carolina" states that Richard was born in Bermuda, coming to

Isle of Wight County, VA, with his parents in 1741. They later moved to NC.

More About Richard R.W. Conyers:

Census 1790: 1790, Franklin County, North Carolina

Military: 1783, North Carolina

Resided: September 28, 1741, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia

Child of Richard Conyers and Margaret Arundel (Arrandal) is:

197 i. Mary Conyers, born in Halifax County, NC?; died Bef. 1769 in North Carolina; married Thomas Wilkes

Abt. 1762 in Halifax County, NC.

46. Ivan Ernest Bass, Wilkes Family History: Thomas Wilkes (ca. 1735-1809) andHis Descendants, Washington, D.C.: The Author, 1965.

47. Mattie Adams; Mrs. Mary Bennett, DAR # 182,896; DAR # 277,550..

48. Mannie Lee Mabry, ed., Union County Heritage - South Carolina 1981, Union county Heritage Committee, Union, SC, Hunter Pub.County, Winston-Salem, NC, 1981, p. 307, QUAY 3.

49. Ivan Ernest Bass, Wilkes Family History: Thomas Wilkes (ca. 1735-1809) andHis Descendants, Washington, D.C.: The Author, 1965.

http://timcdfw.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I116&tree=ChildressMain

Richard and Margaret emigrated from Bermuda to Isle

of Wight, VA in 1741

UNVERIFIED

The book "Lineage and Tradition of the Herring Conyers Hendrick Boddie Perry

Crudup Dension and Hilliard Families" by Ree Herring Hendrick may be helpful

to you. Microfiche of this book can be obtained from the Mormon Family Library

in Salt Lake City, UT, ordered through any Mormon Family History Library and

even some public libraries may have this book on microfiche.

Some information from this book, "THE CONYERS" states that "The Conyers of

the Carolinas, descend from a cadet branch, namely: the Conyers of Hornby

Castle, of Yorkshire."

Richard Conyers made a will in 1774.....last will made 7 JUN 1792....recorded

at Louisburg, NC (Franklin County).....the name is written in this will

Conyard, Cunyard and Conyers.

"Mary Conyers; married A. Wilks"

At the time of the publication of this book, the Conyers and Arrendal

connection to Bermuda had not been firmly established.

Some additional sources listed in footnotes on page 19:

"Downfall of the Conyers" referred to in Peabody Library, Baltimore

Americans of Royal Descent by C. H. Browning

page 21 of book:

"Richard Conyers was Captain in the Revolution." Several letters are cited

on this page in which Captain Conyers was mentioned.

........footnotes: "In the Halifax records the name is written Congers and

Congears, evidently carelessly transferred in view of the two grants made out to

Richard Conyers and the Franklin records are mainly written Conyers or

Conyears, with the exception of Richard's will,

Franklin County NC - CENSUS - Halifax District, Franklin County

1790 Census

1st # free white males 16 year upwards and head of families

2nd # free white males under 16 years

3rd # free white females and head of families

4th # all other free persons

5th # slaves

Conyers, Richard..............................1-0-0-0-6

The "Heritage History of Chester County, South Carolina" states that Richard was born in Bermuda, coming to Isle of Wight County, VA, with his parents in 1741. They later moved to NC.

This same site gives Richard's parents as William and Elizabeth Conyers.