William Henry Maxey (1744 - 1824)

Born 1744 in Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Maxey — married about 1770 (to about 1796) in Virginia

Husband of Elizabeth (Chambers) Maxey — married about 1797 in VA

Descendants

Died 1824 at about age 80 in Warren Co., Kentucky

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Biography

William Maxey served during the French and Indian War.

William Maxey performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

William Maxey is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A207328.

William Maxey is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-331876
Rank: Private

William was born in 1744. He was the son of Sylvanus Maxey and Mary Worley.

He married twice. At present, the maiden name of the first wife is unknown. Her first name was Elizabeth. They are believed to have had seven children.^[1]

He separated from his first wife Elizabeth according to a notice he published in the Virginia Gazette and General Advertiser on 07 Dec 1796 in which he said she absconded from his house and he was no longer responsible for her debt.^[2] That reference listed his wife's name at that time as Elizabeth.

He married second Elizabeth Chambers. They had only one child - William Chambers Maxey, according to a stepson of William Chambers Maxey.^[3]

He moved from Virginia to Warren county, KY by 1800. He was listed on a tax list there.^[4]

He was still living in Warren, Kentucky in 1810. His household appeared to include himself, wife Elizabeth, and youngest son William Chambers Maxey. He was listed next to son John Maxey's household on the census.^[5]

He passed away in 1824. ^[6] His will was written on 26 May 1820 and probated in October 1824.^[7]

Maxey's of Virginia P. 377 William served as a soldier in the Indian War in 1760, and also as a private in the Revolutionary war in 1779 under Capt. James Gunn. On 27 Aug 1770, about the time of his fathers death. William received a patent of land containing 391 acres in Prince Edward, Virginia on the South Side of the Appomattox River. He appeared on the tax book of Buckingham County, District A, in 1782-1787, then moved to District B where his brother Charles resided. He received a grant of 380 acres in Buckingham county on 14 April 1789 which was located on both sides of Little Fishpond Creek, a branch of the Appomattox River. He sold 50 acres in 1794 and remainder about 1797 when he left for Kentucky. William had 188 acres south of the Green River in Kentucky surveyed on 8 Aug 1800. This land was located on the Gasper River in Warren County. In his will dated 26 May 1820 he left to Sarah Goodson, Nancy Doyal, Turbyfield, Edward, John, Polly Taylor and Patsy Perry one dollar each, and after the death of his wife Elizabeth all his personal possessions were to go to his youngest son, William Chambers Maxey. William had sold his 188 acres to his son William c. 12 Jun 1819 for $20^[8]

Research Questions

Who was William's first wife? Her given name was believed to be Elizabeth.^[9] Some believe her name may have been Turbyfield; however there are no records (at present) to document that. They had a son with given name Turbyfield.

Sources

1. ↑ The Maxeys of Virginia, A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Edward and Susannah Maxey, Edition 3, EDYTHE MAXEY CLARK, 2000, CD Version 2 by H. David Maxey, 2008. Page 420
2. ↑ Genealogical Abstracts of 18th century Virginia Newspapers, Robert Kirk Headley, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1987, abstract of news item on page 231.
3. ↑ See The Maxeys of Virginia reference, page 420. Author found the information in the notes of Delia (Wagner) Price, g-granddaughter of William Chambers Maxey.
4. ↑ "Second Census" of Kentucky, 1800. Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Tax Lists, 1799-1801 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Clift, G. Glenn. Second Census of Kentucky, 1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1810", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH29-D8T : accessed 14 December 2015), Wm Maxey, 1810.
6. ↑ Entered by Julie Telken, Nov 16, 2011
7. ↑ Warren county, Kentucky, Orders and Wills, Book C, pp. 117-118, summarized in The Maxeys of Virginia, page 421.
8. ↑ Maxey's of Virginia P.377 http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm
9. ↑ See The Maxeys of Virginia.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed November 22, 2016), "Record of William Henry Maxey", Ancestor # A207328.