Ezekiel Sudbury

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

SECOND GENERATION
Children of Ezekiel Sudbury and Patience Jackson

EZEKIEL SUDBURY (ca.1725-ca.1790) was his father's first son and namesake, and
greatly benefited from the system of primogeniture. His father gave him 140 acres of
farmland in 1746 (which means he was old enough by then to farm it), and sold him
his remaining 200 acres in 1756. The only known census record for Ezekiel is found in
the 1787 census of Virginia. Still living in Chesterfield County, probably on the land
he had received from his father, Ezekiel is shown as owning three slaves, three horses,
and eleven head of cattle. Glenn Boyd cites an undated record listing Ezekiel as
witness to the will of a woman named Obedience Hatcher.

A genealogist with whom the author of this history has corresponded suggests that
Ezekiel had four daughters, Obedience, Ruth, Phebe, and Patsie, but this remains to be
conclusively demonstrated. Glenn Boyd says that Ezekiel married a woman named
CATHERINE, and believes that Ezekiel was probably the father of Ruth and Patsie.
Glenn also refers to undated records listing Catherine Sudbury as witnesses to the wills
of William Cunningham (her husband's brother-in-law) and Savrinah Horner.
Children
OBEDIENCE SUDBURY
RUTH SUDBURY
PHEBE SUDBURY
PATSIE SUDBURY
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Family/Spouse: Catherine unk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4256

Family/Spouse: Thomas B Clayton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ruth married Forrest Farmer in Feb 1778. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4260

Phebe married Henry Gardner on 22 May 1791 in Chesterfield County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4262

Patsie married Abijah Horner on 7 Nov 1789. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]