Nancy (Jarrett) Callaham 1773 Virgina 1814 Level Land, Abbeville, SC looking for parents, Thanks

Question

Is the name Jarrett and Gerald the same family and merge at sometime, Thanks for any help

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Peter Jarrett is the executor of the will of Thomas Jarrett, who is indicated as Nancy's father on several family trees. Unfortunately, all Thomas says in his will is that his estate is to be divided equally among his children. He doesn't name the children. A witness on the will is John Calliham. I'd say very likely that Thomas is the father of Nancy.

Name	Thomas Jarrett
Probate Date	1806
Probate Place	Abbeville, South Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year	Abt 1806
Inferred Death Place	South Carolina, USA

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Thanks Eddie for helping on the Jarrett line

Answer 1

According to the ancestry index for her marriage (I've linked in the profile) she was married in Lundenburg VA on 2 Apr 1792. The bondsman was Peter Jarrett, likely a brother or other relation. I'd start by looking for any trace of Peter Jarret and other Jarrets living in Lundenburg at the 1790 census. Also Jarret wills in Lundenburg and surrounding counties

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I see Jarrett-278 / Thomas Jarrett Jr b.1734 d.1806 but I don’t know if all the information about others that he is already connected to is sourced. Should I add her or just leave it alone, this is one of my direct lines. Thanks

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Personally I think the two pieces of evidence (Peter Jarrett being bondsman  and John Calaham witnessing Thomas's will)  would be enough for me to connect Nancy to Thomas with uncertain indicators and a research note in Nancy's profile explaining why she is connected. But it's up to you. I tracked down Thomas's full estate file and added it to his profile, but unfortunately there's not much more info. And even more unfortunately Abbeville land records were destroyed so those won't be of any help (often all the heirs will sell land together after their father's death).

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So I guess I could copy and paste the inf shared and go ahead and connect them, is that fine.

Thanks again for helping

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The Flemming Family is another connection I see aFlemming  is mentioned in the note left. Thanks for sharing this

I added a note to Thomas and Nancy I guess I need to add Nancy’s mom (Thoma’s wife) but I don’t see a last name. Thanks again

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Thomas seems to have lived in VA until fairly late in life so indicators of his wife's maiden name would likely be found in Lunenburg Co., VA, not Abbeville. I don't know much about Virginia records since my ancestors were mainly in SC, but you could start by looking through deeds and probate records for records connected to Jarretts. Unfortunately it looks like a lot of the records are only avalible at a family history center.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=190560&query=%2Bplace%3A%22United%20States%2C%20Virginia%2C%20Lunenburg%22&subjectsOpen=573448-50

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Ok Thanks