Adelphia (Lea) Henderson (abt. 1743 - 1813)

Born about 1743 in St Georges Parish, Spotsylvania County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Henderson Sr. — married 1758 in Orange, Province of North Carolina [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1813 at about age 70 in Rayle, Wilkes County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Adelphia Lea (1738-1813). Name also seen incorrectly as Philadelphia Lea, Isabella Delphia Lea, Adelphia Ann Lea, and other variations. ^[1]

Adelphia Lea was born c.1748 the daughter of James Lea and Ann Herndon in St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and died 03 Jan 1813 in the Sardis Church area of Wilkes County, Georgia. Adelphia Lea married Joseph Henderson c. 1770, and they had: ^[2]

1. Isabella Graves, m. Joshua Callaway in Wilkes Co., d. 12 Oct 1826 in Wilkes Co.
2. Adelphia, m. Richard Poteet of Caswell Co. NC, d. 25 Sep 1824 in Wilkes Co.
3. Mary, m. Israel Miller ^[3]
4. John, m. Hannah Shaw
5. Joseph, Jr., m. Margaret Reynolds, d. 12 Dec 1841 in Wilkes Co.
6. Major, m. 01 Apr 1799 to Polly Strozier in Wilkes Co. and moved to Jasper Co., GA

Name

Adelphia Lea^[4]

Isabella Delphia Lea^[5]Note: This is incorrect. Isabella Lea was the sister of Adelphia Lea Do not combine the names, they are two separate women.

Birth

abt 1741 St Georges, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA^[4]

1741^[5]

1748 Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA^[4]

1748 Hanover, Virginia, USA^[4]

1752 Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States

Marriage

1758 Orange, Orange county, Virginia, USA to Joseph Henderson^[4]

Death

03 JAN 1813 Rayle, Wilkes, Georgia, USA^[5][4]

Adelphia was born about 1748. She passed away in 1813.

Sources

1. ↑ Caswell County Family Tree: Adelphia Lea, by Richmond Frederick 08 Jul 2016
2. ↑ Amite County, Mississippi 1699-1890 (Volume #3): The Environs, Albert Eugene Casey (1957) at 564 cited in Caswell County Family Tree: Adelphia Lea, by Richmond Frederick 08 Jul 2016
3. ↑ Mrs. Mary Callaway Jones, Macon, Georgia
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} Ancestry Family Tree
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Sons of the American Revolution

See also:

• Forde, Cynthia Vold. & Terry, Anne Curtis. The Spirit in the South (AuthorHouse, 2009) Page 352

• Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001)

• Ancestry Family Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com) Record for Major Henderson, Adelphia Lea, & Joseph Henderson

• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004)

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Record for Isabella Delphia Lea
• Family research