John & Ezekiel EADES of North Carolina

Today's post is going to be dealing with my 3rd Great Grandfather John EADES and his parents as well as his son, who by the way is also named John.

Apparently there are several men with the name John EADES from North Carolina as well as there are several men with the name Ezekiel EADES.

It took me a bit to figure out how each of these men directly fit into my line. I still have some work to do on each of them but this entry is going to be the basis for my next research project.

Note: Information posted in this entry is in the beginning stages of my research and some or all of it may change in the future as I uncover new details and sources to back them up. Information gleaned from this particular post should be used only as "clues" and back them up with your own in-depth research. 

For years I have been told that my 3rd great grandfathers name was: John EADES/EADS who married a woman named Louisa Jane LACKEY. I think that at this point in time I can safely conclude that that is an erroneous bit of information.

John EADES who married Louisa Jane LACKEY is instead my 2nd Great, Grand Uncle. It appears as though his name may have been: John Jack EADES and his first wife was Louisa Jane LACKEY and his second wife: Mary Manly COLLINS. Mary was previously married to one Henderson COLLINS and to my knowledge nobody currently knows Mary`s maiden name. Some have suggested Manly, however it has not been proven that I am aware of.

This John EADES was a brother to my 2nd Great Grandfather William Franklin "Frank" EADES Sr and they both are the sons of one John EADES Sr. who married Mary Polly MASSEY. It appears that John Sr. may be the son of one Ezekiel EADES and his wife Mary Polly BARRETT.

Now, I have uncovered the fact that there at least three and maybe four men with the name Ezekiel EADES residing in North Carolina around the same time. It is going to be my mission to sort these men and see if they may be somehow related or connected one to another.

To the best of my knowledge at this point in time my 4th Great Grandfather Ezekiel EADES was born in Rowan County in the year 1774. He married my 4th Great Grandmother Mary Polly BARRET on 12 January, 1799 in Rowan County, North Carolina.

North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8Z3-HL9 : accessed 09 Apr 2013), Ezekiel Eeds and Polly Barrot, 12 Jan 1799.

The marriage date and their suggested years of birth are currently all the information I have on this elusive couple. Ezekiel was born abt. 1774 and I do not have a birth date for Polly. However, some have suggested she died in 1886 after having lived in Rowan NC all her life. I do however have a Civil War file on one Ezekiel EADES that I have yet to filter through and cannot say for certain that it applies to him, it may belong to another man with the same name. I will be going through that this evening and seeing if it doe tie into him. If so, I will post an update on the research projects page of this website.

If anyone has any sourced information on this couple I would appreciate hearing from you! In the meantime I can say that I have been researching the history of Rowan County and will be adding said information from my findings to this website soon. The map above came from Wikipedia and is a part of the Wikipedia Commons File (Public Domain).

I have found EADES relation in the following North Carolina counties during the 1700-late 1800 periods:

• Wilkes County
• Alexander County
• Iredell County
• Rowan County
• Catawaba County
• Davie County

The above list is in no particular order, I just listed them in the order that I remembered them from my research. It also should not be considered an all inclusive listing. From what I can gather these counties surrounded one another and may have in fact been a part of one another at some point in time due to boundary changes.

I have located members of the LACKEY family prominently residing in Alexander County, North Carolina specifically. I have also located members of the BARRETT family as well. I am unsure who the parents of my Great Grandmother Mary Polly BARRETT is at this point in time.

That is about all that I have for this update. As my research progresses I will be sure to update this site. So stay tuned!

4-9-13:8:38 p.m CST Update: I just found the following record which I am looking into

	the North Carolina Wills B. page 163
Excerpt:	1809 August. BARRETT, THOMAS, Nancy (wife), Polly, Fanny and Aples.

I copied and pasted the above content from Ancestry website. As soon as I have time I am going to see if maybe this is my Polly`s family? Stay tuned!