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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.
EZE1CIEL SUDBURY (1788-1865), the third Sudbury to bear the name "Ezekiel", was
born in Amelia County to William Sudbury and his wife Frances. His own family
Bible (transcription by Joyce Poynor, referred to in this history as the "Ezekiel Sudbury
Bible") lists his birthdate as April 5, 1788. The date of his marriage to CATHERINE
FAGG is recorded in the Ezekiel Sudbury Bible as June 7, 1810. Catherine had been
born on June 28, 1788. According to information reproduced in Joyce Poynor's
History, Catherine may have been the daughter of JOHN FAGG, of Nottoway
County, Virginia, a "continental soldier of the 11th and 15th Virginia Regiments".
U.S. census records for 1810 show Ezekiel and Catherine as married and living in
Nottoway County, Virginia. They were still living in Nottoway County at the time of
the 1820 census. In addition to an unidentified male aged 10-16 living with them at
that time, the census record for 1820 lists two girls and one boy under the age of ten,
undoubtedly Ezeldel's daughters, Nancy and Elizabeth, and son William. (According
to the Ezekiel Sudbury Bible, two girls who died in infancy were also born to Ezekiel
and Catherine in 1811 and 1815.)
Sometime after 1820, Ezekiel and his family migrated from Virginia to Williamson
County, Tennessee. The date of this move is somewhat uncertain. Although the
author of this history has not located Ezekiel in the 1830 Tennessee census with his
brothers Shadrack and William, Glenn Boyd says he has discovered an entry for
Ezekiel in 1830, along with tax records for Ezekiel in Williamson County, Tennessee
for the years 1831-1833. The memorial marker for Ezekiel in the Sudbury family
cemetery near Burwood, Tennessee, states that he came to Tennessee in 1820.
However, the source of the information on the marker is unknown. The author of this
history believes that Ezekiel most likely came to Tennessee in late 1829 or early 1830
along with Shadrack and William.
The 1840 census entry for Ezekiel in Williamson County, Tennessee, indicates that he
had five young males and one young female living with him and his wife. Two of the
males were between the ages of 20 and 30. One of these was probably Ezekiel's son,
William, but the identity of the other remains unknown. The other three young males
fell into the age groupings 15-20, 10-15, and 5-10. The younger two were probably
Ezekiel's sons Abner and George, but the identity of the young man between 15 and 20
is uncertain. The age range of the girl listed as living in Ezekiel's household is given
as 10-15. This is almost certainly his daughter, Sophia.
Oddly, Ezekiel does not appear in the 1850 census index for Tennessee. However, he
is listed in the 1860 index (still in Williamson County), at age 72, with his name
misspelled as "Elizakel". The other members of his household at that time were his
wife Catherine, age 71, and his daughter, Sophia, age 32.
Joyce Poynor's History (page 137) gives information relating to Ezekiel copied from a
deed book in the Williamson County Courthouse in Franklin, Tennessee. The entry in
question appears to be dated May 10, 1855, and describes some sort of conveyance of
real property involving Ezekiel Sudbury III and Nathan Meacham. The property
consisted of 53i acres of land in District 2, at the "headwaters of Leipers Fork".
The Ezekiel Sudbury Bible gives the date of Ezekiel's death as May 28, 1865.
According to the same source, Catherine died on March 5th of the following year.
They may be buried in the Sudbury family cemetery near Burwood, where a memorial
marker can be found bearing their names. (For directions to the cemetery, see entry
1626 for Abner W. Sudberry.)
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1788 - 1865 (77 years)
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