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The Oates and related families in North Carolina and elsewhere. James Oates was in Warwick Co., Va. during the 1670's. He appeared as an attorney in the January, 1696 court in Perquimans Co., N.C. James Oates (1660-1703) married Elizabeth Eivens (d. 1705), widow of Richard Eivens, Jr. (d. 1693), 1694. She had five children from her first marriage, and one, Joseph Oates (1697-1747), from her second marriage. Joseph Oates married Elizabeth Wyatt in...

David Chambers (ca. 1750-1808) was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married Martha Wharry (ca. 1755-ca. 1838), daughter of John Wharry and Elizabeth Steel. He later died in York County, South Carolina. Descendants lived in Georgia, Texas, and elsewhere.

Jesse and John Barfield (or Barnfield), brothers, immigrated (via Ireland) to Virginia during the seventeenth century (joined later by a brother, Richard, who returned to England). "There seems to be no further record of their stay in Virginia, so it is supposed that they came on shortly to North Carolina, where their descendants lived for several generations and where some members of the family still live, on land obtained originally from the Crown...

Joseph Carpenter was born about 1635 in England. He died in 1683 at Muskeeta Cove in the area of Oyster Bay, New York.

Chiefly a record of some of the descendants of Pitman Wesley. He was born in 1793 in South Carolina. He married Mary "Polly" Adams in Oct 1815. She was born in Edgecombe, North Carolina, in 1801 to Reading Adams and Sinah. He died in 5 Nov 1869 in Hampton, Georgia. She died 20 Dec 1881 in Hampton, Georgia. They were the parents of five children.

Edward Cliburne was born 3 March 1621/2 in Cliburn , Westmoreland, England. His parents were John Cliburne and Margaret Penreth. He had two known sons, Edward and John, both born in Henrico County, Virginia in about 1650 and 1655. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas and Missouri.

Samuel Slade was probably born sometime between 1720-1735, probably in Virginia. He married Mary and they had eleven children. He died in about 1790 in Southampton County, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.

John McDonald was born in about 1736 in Scotland. He came to America in 1757 with the 77th Highland Regiment to fight in the French and Indian War. He remained and settled in Georgia. He married Nancy in about 1758. They had ten children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Georgia and Florida.

Richard Fore (ca.1750-1810/1820) lived in Marion County, South Carolina during or before 1799, and died in Alabama. Descendants lived in South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma and elsewhere.