Descendants of Daniel Pegram

First Generation

1.  Daniel Pegram was born in 1720 in Williamsburg, York Co., Virginia.  He died in 1777 in Warren Co., North Carolina.  Daniel Pegram, the son of Daniel Pegram and wife Sarah, was born in Williamsburg, York Co., Va. about 1720. He was the grandson of George Pegram and wife ______ Hunt. Although it has been reported that his mother was also a Hunt, there is no documentary evidence to support this. The proof that his grandmother was a Hunt comes from the apprenticeship papers of his uncle, George Pegram, in 1702/3 which state that he was apprenticed with the consent of his uncle, Robert Hunt.

Daniel married Frances sometime before their first daughter, Sarah, was born in 1741 in Bristol Parish, VA. It would appear that this first daughter died young and they subsequently named a later child Sarah as well. The Sarah who later married John Harton had to be much younger.

It has been widely reported that Frances was a Macon but again, there is absolutely no documentary evidence. For many years I was in contact with Mary Hinton Kerr the noted genealogist from Warren Co., North Carolina. She told me that she had suggested the Macon name as a "possible " when questioned about it. However, she stressed that it was only a suggestion - a suggestion that others later assumed as fact.

Daniel and Frances arrived in Granville Co., North Carolina sometime before 1754 when he is shown to be a member of the Granville Co., North Carolina militia. In 1758 he obtained a land grant from Lord Granville for 733 acres of land described as being on both sides of Hubbquarter Creek.

All of the children of Daniel Pegram are named in his Will dated November 15, 1776 and recorded in WB A, Page 170, Warren Co., North Carolina.

Daniel Pegram and Frances Unknown were married about 1740 in Virginia.  Frances Unknown was born about 1723 in Virginia.  She died after 1777 in Warren Co., North Carolina.  Daniel Pegram and Frances Unknown had the following children:

              2                      i.    Sarah Pegram was born on 25 Dec 1741 in Bristol Parish, Virginia.  Sarah no doubt died as a child since Daniel and Frances named their youngest daughter Sarah as well.

            +3                     ii.    Mary Pegram, born about 1743; married Francis Riggan, in Jun 1759; died Warren Co., North Carolina.

            +4                    iii.    Daniel Pegram, born about 1745, Virginia; married Agnes Jones, about 1778, Warren Co., North Carolina; died on 13 Sep 1827, Warren Co., North Carolina.

            +5                    iv.    George Pegram, born about 1750, Virginia; died in 1825, Warren Co., North Carolina.

            +6                     v.    Gideon Pegram, born about 1755, Warren Co., North Carolina; married Charity Harton, Warren Co., North Carolina; died in 1823, Warren Co., North Carolina.

            +7                    vi.    Edward Pegram, born about 1759, Granville Co., North Carolina; married Patty Jean, on 23 Aug 1779, Warren Co., North Carolina; died in 1802, Belews Creek, Forsyth Co., North Carolina.

            +8                   vii.    Martha (Patty) Pegram, born about 1760, Warren Co., North Carolina; married Thomas Bell, on 12 Nov 1782, Warren Co., North Carolina.

            +9                  viii.    Sarah Pegram, born about 1761, Warren Co., North Carolina; married John Harton, on 9 Nov 1780, Warren Co., North Carolina; died in 1800, Warren Co., North Carolina.