Last week there was a (profitable) discussion of the Rectors, especially Uriah and Maximillian. Some points in their history were not noted. Using the information presented by Tommie Brittain (1105 Pampa Road, Pasadena, TX 77504-1631) in an article in Beyond Germanna (volume 9, number 3), I can add a bit to the Uriah and Maximillian story.
Maximillian served in the Revolution and was taken prisoner at the siege of Charleston and marched to Greenville, SC, where he remained until the war was over. A mystery occurs for the second marriage of Uriah in 1805. He married Winifred ___ in South Carolina. Perhaps it was related to the time that Maximillian was a POW in South Carolina. Winifred made a pension application from Williamson Co., Illinois in 1854 in which she stated they were married, as best she could remember, in 1805 in Grinville (Greenville?) Co., SC. She also thought the minister was Isaiah Lemon. She was 78 at the time, so born ca 1776. Uriah had been born ca 1756 according to his pension application.
The father of Uriah Rector has recently been found in a conclusive way by John P. Alcock, the author of the book, Fauquier Families, mentioned here several notes ago. In the loose papers at the Fauquier Courthouse, John found that Uriah Rector had been sued by John Peyton Harrison in 1784 because Uriah's father, John, had been "killed by thunder" before he could execute a deed to Harrison for land Harrison bought of John. Uriah was the eldest son of John Rector. This John (killed by lightning) was the son of another John Rector and the grandson of the 1714 immigrant Hans Jacob Rector.
Last May's issue of Beyond Germanna contains the articles by Tommie Brittain and John Alcock mentioned above. Any Rector descendant trying to sort out these branches can have a free copy of this issue by requesting it. Since the time that I mentioned Fauquier Families, several people have written to confirm they thought the book was excellent. So I will repeat John Alcock's address which is 3910 Lea Road, Marshall, VA 20115.
Louise F. Hodge sent information which apparently solves a mystery or at least gives a starting point for further investigations. I have mentioned a Carl Vrede at the Hebron Lutheran Church in Madison, VA. Louise writes that this may be her Charles Frady. She is probably correct. When a German pronounces Vrede and an Englishman pronounces Frady, they will sound almost alike. Of course, Charles and Carl are equivalents.
In the Culpeper records of 1782 to 1790 the name occurs as Charles Frady/Veraity/Frawdy. Known children in Virginia are Henry, John, Ephraim, and William. They lived near Thoroughfare Mountain and moved in the early 1790's to Surry County, NC (now Yadkin Co.) near the Moravian settlements. Charles' second wife was Elizabeth. If you can tell Louise any more information such as the wives maiden names, the marriage records or the family origins, then please write to her at 2101 Oakengate Lane, Midlothian, VA 23113.
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