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m. 21 Mar 1764 Augusta County, Virginia
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William married Nancy “Agnes” Bratton on 21 March 1764 in Augusta, VA. Agnes was born 17 April 1747and died 22 July 1827 in Bath, VA. Parents of Agnes Bratton were Robert Bratton (1712- ) and Ann McFarland (1723-?) . I will share information about them next time. William & Agnes had 15 children, all born in Bath, VA:.
William and Agnes (Bratton) Givens of Jackson's River, Augusta Co (Bath Co after 1791) were guardians of Sarah Mounts (1774-?) and Polly Mounts. It was Agnes Givens that granted permission for Sarah to marry James Wilson in 1795. I could not gather any other information on this other than a similarity between a John B. Mountz (1742-?) from in Berks County PA whose parents were Hans (John) Jacob Mountz and Catharina Lauck (Laux).This John B. could be the father of Sarah because John Mountz (s) married a Cherokee woman and had one daughter, Sarah, who married a Mr. Wilson. I am not sure what happened to either of them. William and Agnes Givens’ children had interesting stories in their lineage, for instance their oldest child, Robert (1765-?) represented Bath in the Legislature of Virginia for seven sessions between 1805 and 1816. Robert’s son, Col. Samuel Givens (1776-1851) married Mary Gibson, whose son in law, James E. A. Gibbs was eminent as a sewing machine inventor. Robert’s daughter Mary (born 1771) had a son who served and died in the War of 1812 the day before notification of peace. She had grandchildren who fought in the Civil War under Stonewall Jackson, served in the Virginia and West Virginia Legislatures. One grand son married Eleanor Gates of New York, a niece of Henry M. Flagler, who was a partner of John D. Rockefeller in establishing the Standard Oil Company. References
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