Person:Robert Wade (14)

Robert Wade was born in Halifax County April 29, 1789 ten months after Virginia became a state and the day before George Washington took the oath of office as the first president of the United States. Five Wade families were on the tax rolls of Halifax Co in 1789 - Hampton Wade [wife, Elizabeth Torian], Stephen Wade, Luke Wade [wife, Martha Stanley], Horatio Wade [wife, Sarah Wyatt] and Robert Wade [wife, Sarah "Sally" Boyd].

In The Wade Quarterly, Vol 4, Issue 3, Pages 60-64, Dec 1977, the lineage of Mrs Walter Myers contained information that Robert Wade, son of Hampton Wade, had three children by Elizabeth Bennet; 1. Diana Wade m. ???? Watkins 2. Hampton Wade (dec.) and Robert Wade 27 Aug 1815. [Note by LH: The designation of Elizabeth Bennet as wife of Robert Wade, son of Hampton Wade and Elizabeth Torian is an error. Even without other evidence, if the will of Hampton Wade listed his sons in birth order, then Robert was born after Peter Wade, who was born abt. 1782. Logic dictates that the second son could have been born no earlier 1783 and this Robert would have been too young to marry Elizabeth Bennet in 1898. On the other hand, Mrs. Meyers' information about Robert's having a daughter named Diana(h), who married a Watkins, and the information regarding the son named Robert agree with other sources. A son named Hampton, deceased, would be logical, but I have not found other sources for his birth. If Mrs. Meyer's information about Hampton, son of Robert, is correct, Hampton died before the 1820 census of Montgomery Co TN.

August 28, 1814, Montgomery Co TN, Robert Wade and Peter Wade signed as witnesses to the will of Charles Wall. **** Have copy. Need Bk & Pg

The 1820 Census of Montgomery Co. TN shows Robert Wade with one male under 10, one male 26-45, one female 10-16, and one female 26-45. Assumption: The males counted were Robert Wade Jr. (b. 1815) and Robert Wade Sr. (b. 1789). The females were Dianah Wade (b. 1807) and Judith J. (b. 1790-1795).

July 7, 1827, Robert Wade of Montgomery County Tennessee bought 80 acres of land on Muddy Fork of Little River from Joshua Cates of Christian County Kentucky. ****

August 27, 1827 Robert Wade of Montgomery Co TN bought 47 acres on Muddy Fork of Little River from John McCaughan and wife Hannah of Rock Ridge, Trigg Co KY. ****

1830 Trigg Co KY - Robert Wade shown with 1 male 15-20, 1 male 40-50, 1 female under 5, 1 female 30-40. The family lived next to Hezekiah Watkins, husband of Robert and Judith's daughter, Dianah.

March 15, 1832 Robert Wade and his wife, Judith (aka Judey) of Trigg Co KY sold land to Hezekiah Watkins. Witnesses: William Wade and Peter Wade. *****

October 3, 1839 Robert Wade and wife, Judith J. (Judey) Wade of Trigg Co KY sold land to Hezekiah Watkins. *****

1840 Census: Neither Robert Wade Sr or Jr have been found. The Peter and Betsy Wortham Wade family were in Trigg Co KY living next to Hezekiah Watkins.

1850 Census: Robert Wade Sr. and Jr. were in Calloway Co KY with their families.

1. ↑ Date - Tombstone; Place - Death Certificate of Edward B. Wade.

   Edward B. Wade's brother, George G. Wade, provided the information for the death certificate dated August 21, 1914. Name of father: Robert Wade. Birthplace of father: Halifax Co. Va. Name of mother: Elizabeth Henderson. Birthplace of mother: Henry Co. Tenn.

2. ↑ Tombstone.