John Bovender (1782 - 1869)

Born 5 May 1782 in Surry County, North Carolina

Husband of Rachel (Brown) Bovender — married 19 Feb 1815 in Surry County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 26 May 1869 at age 87 in Yadkin County, North Carolina

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Biography

Married Rachel Brown, 19 Feb 1815; married Orabell (Arabelle / Arbell) Fearington 2 Feb 1847.

Jackie fathered a total of 18 children who survived to adulthood -- 13 with his first wife and 5 with his second wife.

First person to be buried at Union Cross Friends Meeting Cemetery, Yadkin County, North Carolina. From "The Heritage of Yadkin County" copyright 1981:

Union Cross Friends Meeting began with a man named John Bovender who was known as "Jackie." One of the early German pioneers, he died in 1869 at the age of 87 and was buried in a spot of his own choosing. Oral tradition tells us that he somehow envisioned a church to come later, which was eventually established near his grave.

Several unsourced sites show parents as John Bovender Sr & Mary Martin.

Ex. John Bovender Sr. was born about 1760 in Rhineland, Germany. Mary Martin and John Bovender Sr. were married about 1780 in Surry, North Carolina, USA. He died after 1812 at the age of 52 in Surry, North Carolina, USA. Mary Martin was born in 1759 in Surry, North Carolina, USA.

Sources

• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XF92-4M3 : accessed 14 Oct 2014), John Bovender and Rachel Brown, 19 Feb 1815; citing Surry, North Carolina, United States; FHL microfilm 000546467.

• "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4BK-2SG : accessed 14 Oct 2014), John Bovender, Surry county, part of, Surry, North Carolina, United States; citing family 913, NARA microfilm publication M432. "Irevell" age 38 is actually Bovender's second wife, Orabell / Arabelle Fearington

• "North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V1LM-Q36 : accessed 14 Oct 2014), John Bovender, 1869; citing Yadkin, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 002217038.

• Inheritance of Iredell Warden and Mary Ann Bovender: "North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-26686-29838-94?cc=1911121 : accessed 14 Oct 2014), Yadkin County > B > Bovender, John (1869) > image 12 of 75; citing State Archives, Raleigh.

• Deal, Mike and Jane Deal, "John "Jackie" Bovender, Jr Find A Grave Memorial# 46709895