North Carolina Will Abstracts for the HAM surname.
Copyright Jan 16, 1999 by David Hamm
odoniv (at) earthlink.net
Researching the HAM surname in Virginia and North
Carolina.
Last updated: Oct 03,2004 with
information contributed by Jan Andrews
jan_andrews (at) earthlink.net
Haywood HAM b. CIRCA 1791, Died CIRCA 1859 in Wayne Co., NC.
1859 Haywood HAM files will in Wayne County, NC.
Wayne County 1859 Wayne Co. Recording Docket 13, pg 19 NC Archives
A full transcription of the will can be found on page 115 of
"William HAM(M), Sr. and Some of His Descendants" by Tania S. Ham,
Jacksonville, FL. According to information contributed by Jan
Andrews, Charlotte HAM ANDREWS, Haywood HAM and wife Penelope
DEANS were buried at the Country Day School Road at Ham's Springs and
just east
of the Pate Town Road where there is a cemetery nestling beneath the
trees.
Wives:
1) Sarah (or Sallie) BEST (16
children)
2) Penelope DEANS
1819 - 1884 (8
children)
Sons by wife Sarah:
Haywood HAM, Jr.
Benjamin HAM
Henry B. HAM
Erestus HAM
Hiram J. HAM
Nathan HAM
Daughters by wife Sarah:
Sarah HAM
Azabah HAM
Sons by wife Penelope:
Matthew J. HAM
George D. HAM
Erestus Q. HAM
Haywood D. HAM
Daughters by wife Penelope:
Eleanor HAM
Maryanna HAM
Nancy HAM
Charlotte HAM b. 1858 d. 1882 m. 1882
Ichabod P. ANDREWS in Wayne County, NC. Jan says that Ichabod
(or Bud
as he was called) could charm bobwhites to come to him if Jan
and her sister sat very still.
Charlotte was buried at the Country Day School Road at Ham's
Springs near Haywood HAM and wife Penelope.
After Charlotte died in 1882, Ichabod ANDREWS married 2nd) Annie
CRUMPLER.
Bud and
Annie named their first daughter in Charlotte’s honor,
naming their daughter Lottie.