John3 (Sr.) Herring
Born 1684 · Died 1760 ca
Ancestors chart · Descendants · ID I2674
Life events
| Birth | 1684 |
|---|---|
| Death | 1760 ca |
Parents
John2 ?? Herring & Unknown Unknown family page
Siblings:
- Samuel Herring 1682–1750
- Thomas Herring 1684–
- Abram (Abraham) Herring 1686–1750
- Anthony Herring 1697–1760
- Edward Herring 1693–1767
- Simon1 Herring
With Catherine Marbe 1682–1779
Unknown · family page
Children
Notes
See Herring.Dawson.Bucklesberry document by Gene Dawson (2002) paper, beginning on p. 7, on John1 Herring descendants.
Per Dr. Robert A. Herring, MD (1969) genealogical narrative, pp. 32-22, John Herring (1684-1760) had 4 sons: "Conclusive evidence relative to the paternity of John Herring, Jr., which establishes him as the son of John Herring, Sr. [1684-1760], is a scrap of paper amongdeeds and other papers relating to the property in the possession of NeedhamWhitfield Herring, the owner of part of the Herring homeplace in Lenoir County, N. C., in 1926, and seen by this writer in that year. This was a remnant of a conveyance by 'John Herring, son of John Herring, Sr., dec'd. and ---- Herring, Joshua Herring, and Benjamin Herring.' The name which was torn off was Simon Herring."
Per Robert A. Herring, MD (p. 2)..."Whether John Herring [1684-1760] was born in England is not knowi, though evidence exists to indicate that he was born in the Virginia colony. Authentic records show that others of the name preceded him in Isle of Wight County. That the name is among the very early colonists to Virginia is evidenced by the nameof John Herring, age 28, as among those sailing from London on the ship, "Alexander", May 2, 1635, to the Virginia colony. In a history of Isle of Wight County the name John Herring appears in connection with a land transaction in that county under date of November9, 1679; and the names of John Herring, Sr., and John Herring, Jr., appear in the index of wills and inventories of Isle of Wight County covering the period 1660-1730. One John Herring died in 1672 in Isle of Wight County; this could be the grandfather but not the father of John Herring of the Herring line, since his birth is recorded as in 1684, which, from all the information at hand, is correct.
Per Robert A. Herring, MD (1969), p. 35....re: John Herring Sr. (1684-1760)... "Nowhere in the Colonial Records of North Carolina or in other official documents of the Colonial period is there reference to any other John Herring than the one who has been described as having come to North Carolina from Isle of Wight County, Va., soon after the year 1700, who lived first in Bertie Precinct of Chowan County, then later in Craven County, later apportioned in part as Johnston County, and who died in 1760. John Herring, Sr., the father of John Herring, Jr., received a commission as Justice of the Peace for Johnston County on April 6, 1750, the day before John Herring received his for Duplin County." --This would place John Sr. as a resident in Johnston Co. by 1750.