Family:William Byers and Elizabeth Cox (1)

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William and Elisabeth (Cox) Byers

William BYERS - b. May 6, 1687, St. Ives, Cornwall, England; d. Apr. 8, 1742, Lexington, Augusta Co., VA; bur. New Monmouth Cem., Augusta Co., VA. Son of William BYERS and Louisa KINKADE. The family relocated from Exeter, Devon, England to Milltown, Co. Cavan, Ireland about 1717, to North Oxford, Chester Co., PA in 1734, and to Lexington, Augusta Co., VA by 1742. Seven children were born in England, four in Ireland, and son William was born shortly after the family arrived in America. Family sources record that the BYERS family sailed on Jun. 4, 1734 from Dublin, Ireland aboard the 'Friendship', arrived at Philadelphia, PA on Oct. 16, 1734, and settled at North Oxford District, Chester Co., PA on Nov. 3, 1734. William's brother Robert BYERS also lived in Chester Co., PA. William BYERS and Elisabeth COX were married in 1708 at St. Mathew Chapel, Exeter, Devon, England.

Elisabeth COX - b. Sep. 4, 1688, Exeter, Devon, England; d. Aug. 19, 1741, North Oxford, Chester Co., PA; bur. Sycamore Presbyterian Church Cem., Chester Co., PA. Daughter of James COX (b. Jun. 7, 1649) and Agnes Virginia BEST (b. Aug. 8, 1654). Elizabeth may have had two younger sons, Joseph and Nathan, who died as infants.

Children of William and Elisabeth Byers:

• 1. Edward - b. 1709, Exeter, Devon, England. Married Margaret WHITE.

• 2. Agnes - b. Exeter, Devon, England. Married Robert BLACK

• 3. Martha - b. Exeter, Devon, England. Married William BYNUM.

• 4, Isabella - b. Exeter, Devon, England. Married Tedford SYKES.

• 5. Robert - b. about 1714, Exeter, Devon, England; d. May 2, 1775, Rowan Co., NC. Married first about 1732 in Co. Cavan, Ireland to Margaret WHITE (b. Aug. 24, 1715, Milltown, Co. Cravan, Ireland). Married second Margaret SMITH (b. Feb. 3, 1728, Chester Co., PA; d. Apr. 22, 1772, Rowan Co., NC). On Sep. 20, 1764, Robert's son David BYERS, together with Hugh BERRY, witnessed the will of Hugh LAWSON, Sr. (Rowan Co., NC, Book A, p. 87; probate 1772), in which Hugh LAWSON named children Roger, Hugh and Mary, and sons-in-law Thomas IRWIN, George EWING, Hugh BERRY, and James HENDERSON. On May 20, 1772, Robert received 600 acres on the North Branch of Davidson's Creek, Micklenburg Co., NC. Children of Robert and Margaret BYERS, his first wife: William married Peg WORK; David married Esther WORK (daughter of Alexander WORK, Sr. and Isabell COX), Joseph never married; James married Margaret SMITH; and four other children. Children of Robert and Margaret BYERS, his second wife: two children.

• 6. Sarah - b. Oct. 21, 1716, Exeter, Devon, England; d. York Co., SC. Married Samuel PORTER.

• 7. Elizabeth - b. Exeter, Devon, England; d. Chester Co., PA. Married at 4PM on Jul. 2, 1728 in St. Peter's Chapel, Milltown, Ireland to William BRYSON (b. Jun. 21, 1710, Co. Antrim, Ireland; d. 1760). Sons of Elizabeth and William BRYSON: William; Daniel; James; John; Elisha; Samuel; Hugh.

• 8. Jane - b. Milltown, Co. Cavan, Ireland. Married Tedford SYKES, probably the widower of her sister Isabella.

• 9. Jeany - b. Milltown, Co. Cavan, Ireland. Married Mar. 9, 1742 in Chester Co., PA to John ALLISON. They moved from PA to Augusta Co., VA in 1742.

• 10. James - b. 1718, Milltown, Co. Cavan, Ireland. Married Mary SYKES.

• 11. David - b. about 1721, Milltown, Co. Cavan, Ireland; d. Sep. 1794; York Co., SC; bur. Beersheba Cem., York Col., SC. Married first in 1745 at Penneastmeadow, Chester Co., PA to Margaret 'Peg' CARSON (b. Nov. 3, 1721, Ireland; d. 1778, York Co., SC; bur. Beersheba Cem., York Col., SC), daughter of Samuel CARSON (d. 1766) and Jane PATTERSON of Chester Co., PA, with sisters Agnes, Hanna, Elizabeth married Abraham McCARTER, Mary married Walter CARSON, and Rebecca, and brothers William married Susanna, Francis and Walter married Nancy (Agnes) HARE. Peg's father Samuel CARSON married second Sarah (REESE) WALLACE. David married second about 1778 in SC to Sarah (SLEVIN/SLAVEN) CARSON (b. about 1729, PA; bur. Beersheba Cem., York Col., SC), daughter of William SLEVIN and Isabella LUCKEY (daughter of Robert LUCKEY) , with sisters Agnes, Isabella, Betsy and Nancy, and widow of John CARSON (d. Rowan Co., NC), whom she married Aug. 31, 1775. Children of David and Margaret BYERS: William J. married Jane; Samuel married Margaret HANDLEY; Ann married William HARRIS; and Jeane Isabella married her first cousin David PORTER (son of Samuel PORTER and Sarah BYERS). Child of David and Sarah BYERS: Margaret married Josiah HENRY.

• 12. William - b. Apr. 5, 1735, Chester Co., PA; d. Feb. 17, 1799, York Co., SC. Capt. William BYERS was a member of the Second Provincial Congress of SC 1775-1776, with his title from his service in Col. Thomas NEEL's regiment during the Revolutionary War. Married in 1760 in Augusta Co., VA to Elizabeth 'Betsy' WALTON (b. 1740, VA; d. 1795, York Co., SC). William was an elder of the Beersheba Presbyterian Church of York Co., SC, and is likely buried in the church cemetery. Children William and Elizabeth BYERS: Edward married first Mary 'Polly' SMITH, second Martha ALEXANDER, and third his first cousin Elizabeth Martha BYERS (daughter of William J. BYERS and Jane); Nancy Ann married Maj. Adam MEEK; William married first Catherine 'Kitty' HOPE, and second Sarah; Lorena married Capt. Thomas WOODS; Elizabeth 'Eliza' married Charles Ephraim McLEAN; Susanna 'Susan' married Capt. James MEEK; and David 'Davie' married Mary 'Polly' GORDON.