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Edward Gandy (abt. 1746)

Edward Gandy
Born about in North Carolinamap [uncertain]
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Biography

1776 Project
Edward Gandy served with North Carolina during the American Revolution.

Edward served in Somer's Regiment during the Revolutionary War.

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  • Affidavit of Ephraim Gandy, Ephraim Gandy Pension No. S17971, U.S. Revolutionary War Service, War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records (Record Group 93), National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C. Photocopy of original in possession of the writer.




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Gandy-382 and Gandy-233 do not represent the same person because: These are two entirely different people. I spent two weeks in the North Carolina archives researching this family and am confident of my information. There were at least three different men named "Edward Gandy" in North Carolina within the same general time period.

The oldest Edward Gandy was in the Nash County area before 1752, and he died before 1771. He owned land in Halifax District (1752), and married Elizabeth Allen, daughter of Richard Allen. The Edward Gandy in the following paragraph is probably his son, wo witnessed Richard Allen's will.

The next Edward Gandy was gentleman farmer and the County Ranger who had one natural son, Amos, who was the Nash County Sheriff, and four children he adopted in 1809 whose birth name was Whiddon. Their first names were Brinkly, Griffin, Elisabeth, and Tamsey. His account books as the County Ranger are available at the Archives and are beautifully written in his own hand.

The third Edward was a contemporary of the man in the preceeding paragraph. He was a revolutionary war soldier who served in Somer's Regiment with his brothers, Ephraim and Brittain Gandy. This Edward was Second Major for Nash County, a post he lost following a court martial at which he was convicted as charged with "defrauding the State of a Continental Soldier." I found a connection between this Edward and the Gandy family in the Cape May area of New Jersey. This Edward, unlike the one above, was illiterate, as seen by his signature (a labored "X" mark) on an affidavit made in Cape May County, New Jersey, on 19 March 1827, in support of the application of Enoch Gandy for a Revolutionary War pension.

The fourth Edward in North Carolina was a son, almost certainly posthumous, of Brittain Gandy, who d. in 1780, and his second wife, Mary [Holland] Gandy, widow of Richard Holland. At his death, Brittain's heirs were only his sons then living, Brittain, Jr. and John. This Edward sold his property in Nash County in 1805, and moved to Alabama, where he lived at Gandy's Cove in Morgan County (formerly Cataco County) and served in the War of 1812.


My sources for this information are: Edward Gandy immigrated 1717 to Virginia under sponsorship (not bonded) of Mr. Royall. See Filby's. Also see Cavaliers and Pioneers, p. 347: Joseph Royall was granted 900 acres of land on 22 Jan. 1717 in Henrico Co., Virginia (50 acres per immigrant sponsored) for the importation of 18 persons, including Edward Gandy. Halifax County Real Estate Conveyances, 1754-1760, 1 May 1752. Tract of 380 acres in Edgecombe Co. was granted to Edward Gandy (believed to be Edward1) by agents of John Earl Granville. The land later was sold to John Thomas for 16 pounds Virginia money on 6 March 1754 (same reference, pp. 139-140). The document was signed with Edward's registered mark, a beautifully calligraphed "E." William Whiddon is shown in the same reference (pp. 227-228) as buying 200 acres on the north side of Sapponey Creek on 30 Sept. 1754. Edgecombe County, N.C., Minutes, Probate Court, August 1771 (a Friday): Elizabeth Gandy, wife of Edward Gandy, Sen., examined as to her right of dower to land owned by her late husband. Will of Edward Gandy, July 23, 1816, Nash County Wills, North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, N.C. Probated August court 1817. Photocopy of original in possession of the writer. N.C. General Assembly, North Carolina Session Laws, 1795-1821; 1809, p. 40, Ch. CXXVIII, Microfilm Reel S.50.5P. The act changed the names of Whiddon children, Griffin, Brinkley, Tamsey, and Elizabeth, to Gandy. The children had been adopted by Edward Gandy, Jr. of Nash County, N.C. Ruth Smith Williams and Margarette Glenn Griffin. Abstracts of Will Book I, Nash County, North Carolina 1778-1868. Pub. by Joseph W. Watson, 406 Piedmont Avenue, Rocky Mount, N.C. 27803, 1967, repr. 1987. Minutes, Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Nash County, April 1778-February 1785: (1) 5 Oct. 1778 —Edward Gandy, one of a jury appointed to lay off a road from the courthouse of Nash County to Tarr River... Lott Whitton and William Whitton were among those ordered to work on the road and keep it in repair; (2) April 1779—A return of insolvents for the year 1778 named Edw'd. Gandy and Wm. Whiddon among the persons appointed to receive the list; (3) April 1779—Jurors appointed included Richard Holland, Edward Gandy, and William Whiddon; (4) July term 1783, jurors appointed include William Whiddon and John Whiddon, with Edward Gandy as Foreman. "Affidavit of Ephraim Gandy," Ephraim Gandy Pension No. S. 17971, U.S. Revolutionary War Service, War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records (Record Group 93), National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C. In the affidavit, Ephraim says he "went with his brother, Britain Gandy, to Nash County, North Carolina...", that he served as a substitute for Brittain, and that he "marched under his other brother, Major Edward Gandy from Nash County aforesaid..." Governor's Papers, State Series X, Alexander Martin, 1781-1785, Letter to the General Assembly, October 6, 1784. "Major Edward Gandy was, on the 2nd of November 1782, ordered before a court martial for his tryal (sic) for defrauding the state of a Continental Soldier, which fact was made appear to the satisfaction of said court..." and that Capt. John Bonds be appointed second Major in lieu of Edward Gandy.

posted by Melba Gandy
Gandy-382 and Gandy-233 appear to represent the same person because: brothers' profiles have a narrative which indicates this is a duplicate
posted by H Husted

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