Benjamin (I)’s will was signed on 23 August 1770 and his estate was appraised in January 1771. The appraisers were Ignatius Luckett and Benjamin Brawner. This raises the question about the relationship between these three families.
The Maddoxes were linked to three sons of Ignatius and Jane Notley Hanson Luckett.
- Benjamin I’s son Walter had a daughter named Eleanor who married John Luckett, one of Ignatius Luckett’s sons.
- Walter’s son, Cornelius married Susannah Luckett, the widow of William Luckett who was also a son of Ignatius Luckett. We do not know Susannah’s maiden name.
- Benjamin I’s son, James, had a son, Notley. Notley had married Elizabeth (not sure if she was a Cox, Hussey or Martin). After Notley Maddox died, Samuel Luckett, son of William and Susannah Luckett and grandson of Ignatius, married Notley’s widow.
- We also know that Henley Maddox, Benjamin (II)’s son, was married to Jinnett Luckett, the daughter of Ignatius and Margret Luckett and granddaughter of Ignatius, and the widow of Pryor Posey. In her will dated 25 August 1800 and proved 1 December 1800, Margaret Luckett lists Jinnett and her two daughters, Peggy, and Marsha Maddox.
That brings us to the Brawners. Cornelius had a son named Edward, whose daughter Anne married William Brawner. Their son, Isaac (1765-1830) married Mary Ann Maddox (1770-1790) but we cannot confirm her maiden name. After her death, Isaac married Ann Taylor. Benjamin I had a daughter, Mary Ann of the same age. We show her as the wife of Rhodum Posey. Other records show her as also the wife of Thomas Dyson. Might this be the wife of Isaac Brawner?
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Well, we now have that data on the blog. Maybe we can find out who Mary Ann was.
There may be more Brawner links but I have not been able to find them.
In the final account of Ignatius Maddox on 27 February 1779, disbursements went to Samuel Luckett and Humphrey and Benjamin Posey. Ignatius Luckett is also mentioned in the final account. So it is clear we were linked to the Lucketts.
Any new info or proofs provided by the contacts you have made through the blog?
Anything you would like me to be workingon?
I heard on Veterans Day from Steve Maddox. He asked me to send you his regards.
Dad
If you’re interested in working on the Edward-Cornelius link, I’d love to know more about Gerard Fowke’s links to both Edward and to Cornelius (or Cornelius’ children). Edward sold 500 acres in Nanjemoy to Gerard Fowke. I’d like to know what kind of interaction there was between Fowke (or Fowke’s descendants) and Cornelius after that.
I have been farming Abbeville for decades, the germinal search beginning with the Andersons (Walter) of Abbeville and the Davis (William) family of Anderson. I don’t seem to be able to move east and upstream in time with them, so – as any good little rushing river does – I have tended to overflow my banks, working laterally over the community. My aim is to connect as many of my associated families as I can, working sideways – mostly in the period between 1790-1850. But there is generational creep that I cannot seem to prevent. I am juggling dozens of families in my head at one time, and it shows. Come to my house, and you will believe me.
I was doing some reading yesterday in the equity court records and probates (my playgrounds) and found some information that won’t help you with the Brawners, but that you might like to add to your Maddox file. I was working the Posey name, as I hook to it in Benson/Calhoun County in Alabama through my Hodges (who are connected to the Andersons), and I was following it upstream.
I happened on you this evening, in a random, helpless and weary search for anything that would get me past David Price Posey and Henley (the spelling I find in the probates) Maddox, and happened on you. I lay my burdens at your feet and bear a song away.
So here are my little additions to the family lore. And if you have anything on the downstream Posey family, which I am betting you don’t, it not seeming to be your direction of study, I’d love it.
Posey-Maddox
Probate 61/1433 Jennet Maddox https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19364-11628-36?cc=1911928&wc=MMBR-74B:n1063803018 image 16/271. Transcription:
Pg 16. Will of Jennet Maddox. To my son, Hebbert Posey, a girl named Poll. Liquidate the remaining assets and pay the following of her children: 1.David P Posey, 2. Massa Posey, 3.Hebbert Posey, 4.Cata Halin? (Nolin) Fruman (Freeman)(three people? No. That’s the 4th child) the heirs of my dtr Peggy dec. who together get one equal share with the former 4 children. Then to my sons Augusta Maddox, Richard Maddox, Samuel Maddox, each five shillings. She appoints David P Posey and William Norris, lawful Execs of her estate. 1 Mar 1813. Edmund Ware appears before Taliafero Livingston proving the will 7th Feb 1815.
Inv Done by Edmund Ware, John Finley, Wm Barmore.
Buyers include Lain? Posey – mug, teapot, tea Ware, Price Posey 1 bole, Ed Ware, Charles Cullens, Richard Maddox, Augustin Maddox William Powell. James Leach, Francis SimsThomas Ware, Francis Conner.
Accounting done 1815? On image 22, her name is spelled Janet. SEE EQ 58/3221 Probate 61/1433
109/3038 Probate Henley Maddox will dated 29 May 1806 Abbeville recvd 11 July 1806. Execs: wife, Jenet Maddox, Edmund Gaines, Edward McCraw. Wit John Finley, James Watkins, Archibald Cameron. Children: Augustin, Richard, Samuel Maddox, Caty Nolin Freeman. Bought Land on Turkey Creek from Thomas Shirley. SEE EQ 58/3221 Probate 61/1433
WILLS, Abbeville:
Maddox, Henley, July 1806: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19364-7744-18?cc=1919417&wc=9385584 Image 193 Vol 1 1700-1815 Family Search
1. To my beloved wife, Jennit Maddox the use of the land whereon I now live and 2 tracts on Turkey Creek, one purchased of Adam Crane Joes and the other of Thomas Shirley. During her widowhood. And everything else, during her widowhood. Then he wants it divided among his 4 children: 2. To his son, Auguston, the land where he lives, but he must pay a tithe of corn to his mother for three years. 3. Son Richard, the Turkey Creek tract bought from Shirley. Son Samuel, the plantation where Henley now lives. The AC Jones land is to be split between Richard and Samuel. Richard gets a sorrel horse bought from Richard Gaines. To his daughter, Caty Nolin Freemon? A girl. Milly. Execs: Edmund Gaines, Edward McCraw, and wife Jenit.
Equity Court: 58/3221 Maddox, Augusta, Samuel, Richard Vs. David P Posey 1815. Henley Maddox, father, dec. 21? May 1806. Wf: Jennett – whose execs include David Posey. Father’s execs: Edmund Gaines, William Morris. David was not the father’s exec, but the mother’s. Problem arises when Mother (second marriage, evidently, as she has several children named Posey, including David Price Posey) dies, there is land left to the mother by a Maddox son who also dies, then the other Maddox children want that land to come to them instead of to the others. Or slaves, or whatever. A squabble that goes on for pages of faint and unforgivable cursive. The pd list has tons of familiar names: Finley Ware, Wm Calhoun, Benjamin Jones, Richard Gaines William and Peter Barmore, James Gaines, Ed Ware, Stephen Latimer, Hebby Posey (in the probate book, there is a Hebbert Posey, so this is evidently a man’s name.) Robert V. Posey (who is this?), Garbirel Long, Larkin Gaines, others. Another list inc Gerard Wright, Samuel Foster, Permenus Davis, Travis Davis, Eli Davis, Frances Sharp. The only buyers are the execs, the widow, and Hebby Posey. SEE Probate 61/1433 also 109/3038
This is great stuff, Kristen – thanks! Jinnett/Jennett (Posey) Maddox’s probate is especially interesting since it identifies her children with her previous Posey husband. I’ll add it to our sources.
We’re always interested in Posey information, since the Maddox and Posey families seem to have had a very tight bond, especially in Charles County, Maryland. Humphrey Posey’s 28 February 1784 will best illustrates the intermarriage of the two families – especially the passage of acreage from the Poseys to the Maddoxes.
A couple questions for you… do you know if the Poseys were Catholic or Anglican In Maryland? Jennett Posey was a Baptist in post-Revolution South Carolina, but we’re wondering about the family before they reached South Carolina. Living in Maryland before the Revolution, the Poseys had to have been either Anglican or Catholic.
And do you have any insights into why the two families were so close? Was there a bond even before Maryland – perhaps in Wales or England?
By the way… there are still individuals living in Charles County, Maryland, who have both the Maddox and Posey names.
I’m always on the lookout for Posey info… I’ll let you know what I find!
It’s been quite a while since I posted here – and I’m not prepared tonight for intelligent conversation, but since I wrote, we have been delving into Charles County pretty deeply. It seems that Posey is a comparatively rare surname, and that, according to the US census 26 out of 37 of the Posey households in the US in 1790 were living in Charles County, 20 out of 37 in 1800 were there while most of the others were in South Carolina (heaviest in Abbeville/Pendleton) and 14 out of 58 in 1810 were in Charles.
We are most interested in the name presently because we are trying valiantly to prove that William Davis, the son of Richard Davis is the same William Davis we find on the Broadmouth in Anderson County, SC – and we have found so many strong names from Charles showing up in the Pendleton/Abbeville area – including Nathaniel Ware and Francis Clinkscales. So your information is very interesting to us.
Sorry I didn’t answer the above request for info – but I never saw it. I have very little in-depth info on the Posey family, so I have really nothing to offer in terms of insight – but if I do run into anything, I’ll copy it to you.
As a descendant of Ignatius and Jane Luckett, it is very important to me to correctly identify the parents of Jane. As you are aware, my book First Families of Maryland in Charles County Neighborhoods I give good reasons that Jane was the daughter of William Smallwood, son of James and Hester Smallwood.
I have never seen any reason to think that Jane was a Hansen. Why do you say she was a Hansen?
Joyce Smelley Odom
Hi Joyce. I’ll ask David to provide his sourcing and get back to us.
My name is Ronda Dowd. I want to thank you for all the research you have done on the Maddox line. You also offered a unique surprise for my family. I had to blink twice when I saw this article stating the “Maddox ties to the Lucketts”. You see my Father’s Mother is a Luckett and my Mother’s Mother is a Maddox! My Ancestry.com tree is named Dowd/Luckett/George/Maddox as I am also researching my family history and your research has been very helpful. My Grandmother is Violet Lanham Maddox George. Her parents are Rev Arthur “Artie” Lee Maddox & Claudia Elizabeth Lanham Maddox. I have thoroughly enjoyed researching the Maddox line and your research on Dr Edward Maddox being Cornelius Maddox Father. My Father’s Mother Florence Pearl Luckett Dowd did extensive research on the Luckett line. I will see what I can do to assist in the Luckett questions unless you have already resolved them. The Lucketts and the Maddox families share similar names at that time in history such as Samuel, Ignatius, Notley etc I get a little cross-eyed switching back and forth to make sure I am on the right family. It makes for an interesting ancestry project!
Thanks so much for the note, Ronda! Any info you have on the Lucketts would be a huge help. And it’s amazing how the two lines keep crossing over the generations! -JD