Wayne County, NC - Heritage Series Reprinted with permission of the Mount Olive Tribune and cannot be reproduced without permission. Old Albemarle County Records "Our Heritage" By Claude Moore A few days ago my good friend, Mr. Cullen Hatch of Mount Olive, loaned me his copy of the records of Perquimans Precinct, Albemarle County, 1659-1820. This was published in 1980 by Weynette Haun of Durham. I am writing about these records because it contains much data about families which later settled in what is now Wayne & Duplin. These records were microfilmed by the N.C. Department of Archives & History. During the Colonial period the Church of England (Anglican) was the established Church of Old England & also of the English Colonies. The church was subsidized by the general government. Parishes were formed with a local vestry & records of births, baptisims, marriages & deaths were carefully recorded. North Carolina had many dissenters who were not members of the Church of England & therefore these people were not mentioned in the parish records. Most of the parish records from Colonial North Carolina were lost as well as record books of the dissenting churches. At the beginning of the Albemarle records we find that George Durant, an early Colonial leader & the forefather of the Hatch family was married in January, 1659 to Anne Marwood by a magistrate who had been licensed in Northumberland County, Virginia. We find Alexander Lillington & Sarah James being married by the Rev. Mr. Woode, a minister of the gospel on June 11, 1668. He was the grandfather of Alexander Lillington of the Battle of Moore's Creek fame, who lived on the North East River at a plantation called "Lillington Hall" east of Burgaw. I am inclined to believe that the well-known Albertson family of Duplin County came from Albemarle County. The records mention an Albert Albertson getting married in 1668. The births of the children of George Durant are given in the records. John Thigpen was listed as having been born on August 19, 1694. The Thigpens of Duplin could have been descended since many families from the Albemarle area (Chowan, Perquimans, Bertie) settled in Duplin. Roger Snell was an early settler of Duplin (on Six Runs). Two of his daughters married Michael & Henry King & were the progenitors of the large King connection in Sampson County. The Albemarle records show that Roger Snell "ye son of Roger Snell" died on February 8, 1692. There are several records of the Snell family. Other names mentioned in the records are: Barrow, 1669 Beasley, 1688 Sutton, 1688 Nathaniel, 1688 Owen, 1683 Garner, 1688 Williams, 1690 Bundy, 1690 White, 1686 Powell, 1693 Walker, 1693 Hall, 1669 Hancock, 1678 Bennett, 1677 Morgan, 1679 Waller, 1681 Evens, 1685 Cannady, 1686 Callaway, 1686 Johnson, 1687 Norwood, 1685 Hughes, 1687 Wilson, 1690 Jones, 1690 Taylor, 1690 Bailey, 1685 Rookes, 1691 Maritt, 1693 Scot, 1679 Molton, 1680 Thomas, 1683 Butler, 1696 Joseph Oates, son of James Oates, born August 7, 1697 Byrd/Bird, 1698 Todd, 1699 Swann, 1698 Lazarus Holmes, 1700 Wright, 1703 Stevens, 1704 Wells, 1705 Mathes, 1695 Peterson, 1698 Warren, 1702 Fisher, 1703 King, 1711 Bass, 1696 Mercer, 1703 Jackson, 1707 Lewis, 1707 Rogers, 1729 Smith, 1721 Reddick, 1730 Hatch, 1726 Blount, 1773 Genealogy may be slow & tedious & sometimes discouraging, but it links us up with past generations & we are the connecting link with future generations. ============================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts ==============================================================