Mary (Unknown) Hockaday (abt. 1720 - 1830)

Born about 1720 in Choctaw Nation

Descendants

Died 1830 at about age 110 in Lawrence, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Molly was Choctaw.

Armstrong Rolls - 1830 list Mary Molly as the widow of Tashapiathacho. She is also listed on the 1830 Lawrence County Federal Census with the family of Samuel Brister, Head of household is Rosanna Nolen Brister.. Mary Molly is over 100 years Old.

Mary Molly was a Choctaw Indian and died on the Choctaw Reservation, Nitachacha, Miss. after the death of her husband Warrick Hockaday.

Sources

• 1A. Armstrong Rolls - 1830 Miss Choctaw Reservation.
• Federal Census - 1830 Lawrence County, Miss.
• Re: "TASHAPIATHACHO" Sources to be Validated Posted by: Dennis Boswell Date: June 28, 1999 at 18:50:57 In Reply to: Re: by Dennis Boswell of 364

To confirm the long-standing belief among some Brister/Bristow/Hockaday researchers that Warwick Hockaday (b. ca. 1699) married an Indian named, Mary or "Molly" Tashapiathacho, we must contact the author (s) (assuming they are still with us) of the several documents in which this assertion appears and identify what source (s) were used in making the claim, i.e., was the source verbal or written and, if written, was it a recent (1900s) or contemporaneous (1700s/early 1800s) record? I am personally aware of only three documents claiming or implying that Warwick Hockaday (b. ca. 1699) and a Mary or "Molly" Tashapiathacho were married. They are:

• The "Goodloe Genealogy," published by Gateway Press, East Orange, N.J., 1982 for the author, Paul Miller Goodloe II. The claim appears on page B-25:

"4-1 Tomson Bristow (followed by superscript "4") (1741-1818) m. 1767/8 Mary Anne "Nancy" Hockaday( - ), daughter of Warwick Hockaday who d. ca. 1758+; his will was dated 10 Sep 1757 naming wife Mary or "Mollie" Tashapiathacho." Paul Miller Goodloe II attributes this quote to research performed in 1978 by: Mrs. Pattie M. Norris, Indianola MSMiss Mildred Toaz, Kiowa OK Mrs. Nan R. Routson, Wooster OHMr. Andrew M. Bristow, Bel Air MD 2. "A Brister Family In Mississippi," compiled by Katherine Brister from information gathered from individuals and records, 1982." This is a hand-typed (unpublished) manuscript in which the following claim appears at the bottom of page two of six unnumbered pages: "Nancy was the daughter of Warrick and Mary (called Molly) Hockkaday of Charles County, Virginia. Molly Hockkaday was an Indian having the Indian name "Tashepiatheche". Sources cited as those used in compiling this six page manuscript include: a. Research of Mrs. Pattie M. Norris, address as above.b. Research of Andrew Bristow, address as above c. Research of T.A. Minnich, Box 428, Archer City, Texas 76351 d. Middlesex Deed Book I - Part 2 & Deed Book II e. "Our Babbitt Family" by Allen Wade Mount, Sr. 1922, re. Qwice Goodloe Family f. "The Parish Register of Christ Church Middlesex County, Virginia," 1653-1812, published by the National Society of Colonial Dames of American in the State of Virginia, 1897. g. 1940/1941 Issues of Tylers Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine. Myron E. Bristow notes. h. Middlesex County Virginia Wills 1713-1734. Vol. 3, Page 50. i. St. Peter's Parish Registry, New Kent County, Virginia j. Charles County, Virginia records. Charles City County Orders 1758-62. 1758 Court Records. k. Notes of Octabia Brister Wagner, General Delivery, Church Hill, Mississippi l. Research of Archie P. Stephens, Hesterville, Mississippi. Now deceased. m. Goodspeed's Historical and Biographical Memiors of Mississippi. 1891 n. Research of Zeb L. Brister, "C" or "G" -ranfield, Oklahoma o. Research of Mrs. Mable Brister McCormick, Summitt, Mississippi p. Lawrence County Courthouse records q. Mississippi 1850 Census Records r. Brister Family Bible in the possession of Mrs. Hazle Brister harris Padgett, Charlotte, North Carolina s. Mississippi 1880 Census Records t. Mississippi 1900 Census Recordsu. Research of Fredrick BRister, P.O. Box 398, Forrest, Louisiana 71242 3. "Mississippi Bristers, Ancestors and Descendants Twelve Generations 1649-1995," Compiler, Sarah N. Spencer, Copyright 1995, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 95-69339, Published by the Author, Printed in Jackson, Mississippi. On page 16 appears the following quote: "Nancy Hockaday was the daughter of Warrick Hockaday and Mary (Molly) Tashapiathacho Hockaday of Charles County, Virginia. After Warrick's death (between 1758 and 1762) the family moved to North Carolina. Her brother, Warrick Hockaday fought in the Revolutionary War from Wake County, North Carolina. There were two other Hockaday brothers to Molly Hockaday. They were Samuel Hockaday and James Hockaday." I do not fully understand what is meant in the last sentence by "...brothers to Molly Hockaday." The source used in support of this quote is not cited in the volume. From the sources cited in 2., above, it appears if one of them actually references the Warwick Hockaday / Tashapiathacho marriage, it would be among sources 2.-a. through 2.-j. To my personal knowledge, all records from Charles City County, VA that reference Warrick's wife do so as "Mary" or "Mary Hockaday." None appear to mention "Tashapiathacho" but this needs to be confirmed. All handwritten genealogies I have seen or have copies of that were prepared by Bristers (some written by Bristers living in the mid-1800s who knew Bristers from the late 1700s) do not mention "Tashapiathacho." I am unaware of any Brister Bible in which such a claim is made and to my knowledge, neither Thelma or Alice Murff, who researched the Bristers of Mississippi for forty years never made such a claim. To my personal knowledge, all other claims of a marriage between Warwick Hockaday (b. ca. 1699) and a Mary or "Mollie" Tashapiathacho are either verbal or in letter form and are unsubstantiated. It may well turn out that the three publications mentioned above are equally unsubstantiated, but that is not presently known. In the event any who read this post happen to have been researching the Brister/ Bristow / Hockaday families over the last 20 to 40 years and know the current status of any of the researchers mentioned above, or if you live close to the archival sources in which the records referenced above are to be found, your help in attempting to contact these authors or locate the referenced records would be of immense help in resolving this long-standing question.

New Source 2.A http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/HOCKADAY/1997-08/0872962380 Notes: His name (Warrwick) may have been derived from the Indian tribe which was displaced by the English settlers-- "Warrascoyack"

Spouse:MARY TASHAPIATHACHO Birth Place:NC

Spouse Notes: According to Sandra Nackab, 5950 Lexington Dr., Hope Mills, NC 28348, Mary was from the tribe Warrascoyack which was first found on the shores of the James River in Burrells' Bay, now Isle of Wight, VA. The first English to arrive there was on 27 April, 1619 under Captain Lawne. In 1622 the ship "Seaflower" arrived with 122 settlers. (See "Historical Page Families" by John Buford Page, 1969.)

Children:JAMES ELIZABETH MARY WILLIAM WARRICK SAMUEL

• 1830 Census, family records.