Bertie County NcArchives Biographies.....Wiggins, Milly 1740 ca - unk ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cathy Farris cathyfarris@att.net November 10, 2009, 6:31 am Source: Misc Court books Author: Cathy Farris The story of the WIGGIN family bounded out to different people thru two county court systems. This outline was on Aaron ELLIS dec'd 1769, 2nd husband to Catherine____BRYANT ELLIS dec'd 1779. I tried to search all records to put his activities in chronical order for study purposes...mostly for trying to figure out how Aaron met Catherine widow of William BRYAN dec'd 1744 Bertie. They are the parents of Michael BRYAN dec'd 1794 Bertie. The records below show his association with Milly WIGGINS born about 1757. There are 2 Milly 'WIGGINS, mother and daughter. "Bertie Co Court Minutes, book III" Haun 1763 29 Nov Negro boy named Jacob aged 7, bound to Aaron ELLIS, Cordwainer. Signers: Thomas PUGH, Aaron x ELLIS. wit: John JOHNSTON 1763 29 Nov Negro girl named Amelia aged 5. bound to Aaron ELLIS, Spining, Nitting and Sewing. Signers: Thom PUGH, Aaron x ELLIS. no wit COMMENT: Maybe Amelia is Milly? cathy in the record below it states as of 1775 Milly is 18 years old. I believe this to be the Milly bound to Catherine MARSH daughter of Catherine___BRYAN ELLIS. 1763 29 Nov Negro boy named Arthur age 2 bound to Aaron ELLIS, Cooper. Signers: Thomas PUGH, Aaron ELLIS, wit: John JOHNSTON 1769 Ordered William WIGGINS 5 year orphan of Sarah WIGGINS be bound to Josiah GODDEN (GARDNER?) until 21 to learn trade of cooper. 1771 969 Court ordered that Jacob WEGGINS the mulato bastard of Mille a mulattoe free wench be bound to Catherine ELLIS age abt 14 til he arrives at age 21. Court ordered that Mille a mulatoe the bastard of Mille a mulatoe free wench age abt 13 be bound to Catherine ELLIS til she arrive at age 21 Court ordered that Arthur the mulatoe bastard of Mille a mulatoe free wench age abt 11 be bound an apprentice to Catherine ELLIS NOTE: 8 years have passed since the court ordered these same children to Aaron ELLIS, Jude would be 18 by now. Jude is mentioned in the will of Catherine ELLIS in 1779. Book IV 1772 Orderd Allin WIGGINs age 6 bastard child of JUDAH WIGGINS be bound apprentice to George WILLIAMs. Ordered Sarah WIGGINS age 10 bastard mulatoe child of JUDAH WIGGINS be bound to George WILLIAMS Ordered that Anthony WIGGINS age 8 son of Sarah WIGGINS be bound as apprentice to Luke RABY to learn trade of planter. Ordered Edward WIGGINS age 7 son of Sarah WIGGINS be bound appt to Luke RAYBE to learn trade of planter. 1774 Ordered Jemina WIGGINS age 8 bastard mulatto child of Sarah WIGGINS bound appt to John SKINNER. Order Mary Betth age 10 mulatto child of Sarah WIGGINS be bound appt to John SKINNER. "Bertie County Court Minutes Book Book IV", Haun: 1775 Motion of Edward WIGGINS to have order for court to bind his children to John SKINNER quashed, the court being convinced of SKINNERS ill and deceitful behavior in procuring said order do hereby order and command that said former order be quashed and entirely revoked. 1775 Ordered Jesse WIGGINs age 8, Luke WIGGINS 6, be bound apprt to John GARDNER to learn trade of shoemaker and Letters WIGGINS age 5, Pegg WIGGINS 3 be bound to John GARDNER to spin, orphans of ____WIGGINS. Below is a court order for Milly WIGGINS to Catherine MARSH daughter of William BRYANT and Catherine _____BRYANT ELLIS: from "Edgecombe Co NC Abst of Court Min". 1744--46, 1757-94 by Marvin K. DORMAN Jr. 1968, Salt Lake 975.646p2d 1775 Wed 19 July Milly WIGGINS 18 years old, daughter of Sarah WIGGINS, bound to Edmund MARSH and his wife Catherine. NOTE: Milly WIGGINS a free wench, as we see from the entry below Catherine ELLIS owned Milly and then passed her on to Edmund MARSH her son in law. There were several children by Sarah WIGGENS that were mentioned in Bertie court records being bound out to familiar names. Since Catherine ELLIS mentioned Judah in her will...from the 1763 entry below it would seem that JUDE is sister to Millie WIGGINS...not her mother. from Bertie Court.... 1763 On motion of Thomas JONES att at law in behalf of Aaron ELLIS an order of court to have a negro boy Matthew 14½, Jacob 7, girl JUDE 10, Mille 5, Arthur 2, until age 21, to learn the following, Matthew - cooper, Jacob - cordwainer, Arthur - cooper. daughter Catherine BRYAN married Edmund MARSH, they moved from Bertie to Randolph Co NC. An abstract of his will can be found in Grimes for Guilford Co. NC, however, I have a written copy from Randolph Co NC. 1779...cathy NOTE: Another find on Milly comes from the “Randolph Co., NC Genealogical Journal“- Summer 2000 page 16: Capias 28 July 1794 issued by Robert REDING, JP, on testimony of Darias RAMAGE that “one Milly WIGGEN a Negro Woman is a free person that there is four of her Children in the possession of Charles STEWARD one with Uriah MARSH and one in the care of William ARMSTED, Esqur. and held as slaves. These persons to come forward and answer the charge that these children are of right free persons. NOTE: Capias---A writ issued from the magistrate to a constable, ordering him to find an individual, most often the accused, based on a complaint. Once found, the accused person is forced to post a recognizance, thereby agreeing to answer the charge at an upcoming term of court. Usually, the defendant is not physically detained for matters arising before the lower court. The names of witnesses are frequently recorded on the reverse of capias writs and are included in the abstract after the symbol, “w/.” NOTE: Edward WIGGINS 13 Aug 1819 Bertie County was found dead. Coroner was Luke RABY I do not have the rest of this story. If one is interested...Maybe starting with the 1800 census to see if Milly WIGGINS is entered in Randolph Co. NC. Also, check the name Edward WIGGINS mentioned above. He must be father of some, of the WIGGINS children and maybe he is listed on another record. The name WIGGINS can be found in Bertie. I wonder if Edward took on the name of his previous owner? Cathy Hart Farris cathyfarris@att.net Additional Comments: Dear Group, As I have been sorting thru the different files I have gathered on my BRYAN(T) line, I have had in my possession all along, but didn't see this until I made an outline of my ancestor...is the whereabouts of Milly. By working on the various surnames related to my BRYAN(T)s, I was able to see where Milly has been...and if I had a few more records, I'll bet I could find out more about Milly and her children...maybe even her parents. This doesn't happen all the time, but I thought it worth posting...who knows, maybe someone is looking for this Milly. I also thought this was one of the best research lessons I have followed up on. Maybe this group would like to make a research project here, by using the books and records you have right there beside your desk. We know she was in Bertie and then Randolph. Maybe someone out there would like to try...as a research project... to find the rest of the story on Milly WIGGINS File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie/bios/wiggins86gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 7.6 Kb