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James Devin[1, 2]

Male 1781 - 1854  (73 years)


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  • Name James Devin 
    Born 15 May 1781  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Aug 1854  Henry County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Devin Family Cemetery, Henry County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I40  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of James Mitchell
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2016 

    Father William Devin,   b. Abt 1752, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1810, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Mother Martha Mitchell,   b. 1762, Colonial Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1830  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 7 Sep 1780  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ancestors of Thomas Clayton Hughes, Ancestors of Thomas Clayton Hughes, Hughes, Thomas Clayton, Generation
      No. 7/73

      There is a large family of Mitchell's who lived in Pittsylvania Co. at this time. This researcher believes she may be identified as a daughter of James Mitchell, who is found doing business with these residents.
    Family ID F5  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Temperance Cox,   b. 22 Sep 1791,   d. 16 Aug 1866  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 19 Feb 1811  Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage Bond 16.Feb.1811 Jame Devin and Temperance Cox
      daughter of James S. Cox. Surety John Devin married
      19.Feb.1811 by Rev. Thomas Boaz. (Devin file at Pedmont
      Genealogy Society, Danville VA Public Library from research
      by Anna D. Evans 07.May.1985)
    Children 
     1. William Devin,   b. 1812,   d. 1819  (Age 7 years)
    +2. Elizabeth J. Devin,   b. 1814, Henry County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1881  (Age 68 years)
     3. Sarah G. Devin,   b. 1817,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. James A. Devin,   b. 7 Apr 1817, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1868  (Age 51 years)
     5. Robert Ira Devin,   b. 14 Aug 1822, Henry County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1914, Oxford, Granville, North Carolina U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    +6. John Clayton Devin,   b. 24 Jan 1831, Henry County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1900, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     7. Susan C. Devin
    Last Modified 9 May 2012 
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • !Questions: Place of Birth Henry County or Pittsylvania
      County Virginia

      !MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA record

      James Devin, first child and 1st son of Wm. Devin Jr. and
      Martha Devin, was born May 15, 1781. In 1811, he married
      Temperance Cox, the daughter of James and Julia Handkins
      Cox. Soon after this marriage, James and Temperance Devin
      settled in the lower part of Henry County very near the
      Pittsylvania line. James was a man who possessed much
      mathematical genius. He followed the trade of house
      carpenter as well as cabinet maker for a number of years.
      He was a man of some literary taste and acquirement, and
      yielding to the wishes of the community in which he lived,
      he engaged a good deal of his time in teaching school. He
      was a successful teacher, and a large part of his later
      life was devoted to that profession. He died August 11,
      1854. His wife died in 1867. Both were members of the
      Baptist church.
      To James and Temperance Devin were born six children:
      Elizabeth J. born 1814; William born 1812, d. 1819; James
      A. And Sarah G. (twins) born 1817; Robert I. born 1822 and
      John C. born 1831. In 1881 . . . quoting Robert Ira Devin's
      letter: "All are dead except Elizabeth, Robert and John".
      Last address given by Robert I. who was a Baptist Minister
      was Youngs Road, Grandville County, North Carolina. (The
      Devin Family; Hoffstetter, Dessa; page 4.)

      05.Aug.1813 James Devin buyer at estate sale of Martha
      Waller (Henry County wills abstracts page 53).
      James Devin was witness to Will of Martha Waller (Devin
      file at Pedmont Genealogical Society, Danville VA Public
      Library from research done by Anna D. Evans 07.May.1985).

      !NAME:The Devin Family (manuscript), The Devin Family
      (manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, circa 1962, page 4

      !NAME:Marriages of Pittsylvania County Virginia; 1806-1830,
      Marriages of Pittsylvania County Virginia; 1806-1830,
      Williams, Kathleen Booth, Genealogical Publishing County,
      Inc.; Baltimore; 1980, page 40

      !NAME:Hankins, James Coy, Hankins, James Coy,
      www.cottagehill.com/genealogy (18.Jul.2001)

      !NAME:Mitchell from Devin et. al. Deed, Devin et. al.: Deed
      to Mitchell, County Clerk's Office, Pittsylvania County,
      Virginia,

      [page 210]

      class=”MarginNote”>Mitchell
      from
      Devin and
      others

      This Indenture made the 15th Day of
      October in the year of our Lord
      1816 Between Martha
      Devin, James Devin, Clayton Devin, Abraham C.
      Parrish &
      Polley Parish his wife, Benjamin Hutchison & Elizabeth
      Hutchison
      his wife & Sarah Devin all of the County of
      Pittsylvania of the one part and
      John Mitchell of the
      said County of the other part Witnesseth that the Said

      Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin Abraham C
      Parrish & Polley Parr
      ish his Wife Benjamin Hutchison &
      Elizabeth Hutchison his Wife and Sarah
      Devin for and in
      consideration of the Sum of three hundred and forty Dollars

      Lawfull money of Virginia to them in hand paid by the
      Said John Mitchell
      the receipt Whereof is hereby
      Acknowledged hath granted bargained Sold and
      conveyed
      and by these presents Doth grant bargain Sell and convey
      unto the Said
      John Mitchell his heirs and assigns a
      certain tract or parcel of Land lying
      and being in the
      County Aforesaid on the Waters of Banister Containing One

      hundred Acres and 1202 poles be the same
      more of less it being the same tract
      of Land conveyed
      by Robert Devin to William Devin in the year 1809 And

      bounded as followeth, to Wit, Beginning at a white Oak
      corner of the old
      line thence North 6[4] degrees East
      91 poles to a corner White Oak, thence Said
      Old line
      North 13 degrees West 1[4]3 poles to a Red Oak S61 degrees
      West 140
      poles to pointers [and] thence S32 1/2 degress
      East 133 poles to the Beginning Which
      tract of Land
      aforesaid the Said Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin

      Abraham C. Parrish and his Wife Polley Parrish Benjamin
      Hutchison and Eliza
      beth Hutchison his Wife and Sarah
      Devin [Will] for themselves their heirs &
      forever
      Warrant, Maintain and defend the right & title to the Said
      John Mitchell
      his heirs & Assigns or any other person
      of persons Whatsoever Claiming in [undes]
      or by them the
      Sd Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin
      Abraham C. Parrish
      and his wife Polley Parrish Benjamin
      Hutchison and Elizabeth Hutchison his Wife
      And Sarah
      Devin or their heirs And the Said Martha Devin James Devin
      Clayton
      Devin Abraham C. Parrish & Polley Parrish his
      Wife Benjamin Hutchison and
      Elizabeth Hutchison his
      Wife & Sarah Devin do for themselves their heirs & [A]
      forever
      warrant and defend the Right and title to the
      Said tract of Land to the Said John
      Mitchell & his
      hiers & [A] forever In Witness Whereof the Said Martha
      Devin
      James Devin Clayton Abraham C Parrish & Polley
      Parrish his Wife Benjamin
      Hutchison & Elizabeth
      Hutchison his Wife & Sarah Devin has hereunto set their

      hand and affixed their Seals the day and Year first
      written

      Martha (her X mark) Devin {Sl}
      Jas. Devin
      {Sl}
      Clayton (his X mark) Devin {Sl}
      Abraham C
      Parrish {Sl}
      Polley (her X mark) Parrish
      {Sl}
      Benjamin (his X mark) Hutchison {Sl}
      Elizabeth
      (her X mark) Hutchison {S1}
      Sarah (her X mark) Devin
      {Sl}

      Signed Sealed and delivered in presence

      Jabey Smith
      James Hurt
      Thos
      Shelton
      Hugh Reynolds

      [page
      211
      ]

      Pittsylvania County to Wit
      We James Hurt
      and Thomas Shelton Magistrates
      of the Said County do
      hereby certify that Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin

      Polley Parrish BEnjamin Hutchison Elizabeth Hutchison
      Srah Devin Abraham
      Parrish parties to the within
      conveyance hath duly Acknowledged the same before
      us on
      the fifteenth Day of October 1816 And desired us to certify
      the Same Acknow
      ledgement to the Clerk of the County
      Court of Pittsylvania in order the same conveyance
      may
      be recorded As Witness our hands and Seals.

      class=”Signature”>Jas. Hurt {Seal}
      Tho.s
      Shelton

      This Indenture from Martha Devin James Devin
      Clayton Devin Abraham C. Parrish
      and Polley Parrish his
      Wife Benjamin Hutchison and Elizabeth his Wife and Sarah
      Devin to John Mitchell was presented in the Clerks office
      of Pittsya County
      the 18th Day of
      November 1816 and admitted to Record by the Clerk of Said
      County
      upon the Certificate herein endorsed

      class=”Signature”>Teste
      Will Tunstall Clrk

      , pages
      210-211

      !BURIAL:Relatives of James C. Hankins, Relatives of James
      C. Hankins, Hankins, James C., viewed 14.Jun.2004

  • Sources 
    1. [S83] DevinTimber-David Devin.

    2. [S40] Will, William Devin.