Family:William Givens and Agnes Bratton (1)

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William Givens/Given was born 21 May 1746 in Augusta, Hampshire, VA and died 29 Sept. 1793 in Jackson River, Bath, VA. He is buried in the Old Given Cemetery in Jackson River, VA.

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:.

  • Robert Givens (1765-?) married Margaret Elliot In 1785
  • Sarah Givens (1766-?) married Isaac Gregory in 1790.
  • Jenett (or Janet) Givens (1770-?) married John Berry in 1790.
  • Mary Givens (1771-?) married William Dinwiddie in 1798.
  • William Givens (1773-?) married Nancy Jane Frame in 1792.
  • Isabella Givens (1775-?) married Isaac Duffield in 1795.
  • Samuel Givens (1776-1851) married Elizabeth Gwin in 1801.
  • Adam Givens (1778 -1856) married Nancy McGuffin (sister of Margaret McGuffin) in 1797.
  • James Givens (1781-?) married Elizabeth Graham in 1806.
  • John Givens (1783-?) married Rachel Pickens.
  • George Bratton Givens (1784-abt. 1858) married Margaret McGuffin on 12 Jan. 1809.
  • Henry Givens (1786-?)
  • Anne Givens (1788-?)
  • Margaret Givens (1792-?) married John Gibson in 1813.
  • Agnes Givens (1793-?) married George McGuffin.
  • William served as a Lieutenant in the Virginia Militia.

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
  1.   Mills, Frank Moody. Something about the Mills family and its collateral branches: with autobiographical reminiscences. (Sioux Falls, South Dakota: [s.n.], 1911)
    Page 199., 1911.

    "James Given's father was Wm. Given, born in Ireland. His wife was Nancy Bratton, born in Ireland, who died in Virginia, July 22, 1827."