Reuben Nance^[1]

1745 - 1812  (66 years)

• Name	Reuben Nance
  Born	8 Jul 1745	Brunswick County, Virginia Colony
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Jan 1812	Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia
  Person ID	I23696	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2022

  
  

  Family	Nancy Brown,   b. 19 May 1767, Virginia ,   d. 26 Dec 1823, Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia  (Age 56 years)
  Married	3 Feb 1776	Henry County, Virginia
  Children	+ 1. Sarah Nance,   b. 2 Nov 1791, Charles Co., Maryland ,   d. 23 Sep 1849, Heard County, Virginia  (Age 57 years) + 2. Joseph Nance,   b. 5 Feb 1790, Henry County, Virginia ,   d. 5 Feb 1864, Kentucky  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F9011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Obituary Reuben Nance o23696ReubenNance.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36960869/reuben-nance. Reuben Nance Birth 8 Jul 1745 Brunswick County, Virginia Death 13 Jan 1812 (aged 66) Martinsville, Martinsville City, Virginia Burial: Nance Plantation Home Cemetery Henry County, Virginia Parents William Nance, 1706?1771 Spouses Amy Williams Nance, Nancy Brown Nance, 1767?1823 (m. 1786) Siblings Sarah Nance Lanier, 1742 ? unknown John Nance, 1748?1813 Children Sarah Nance Sanford, 1767?1822 William Nance, 1768?1854 Mary Sarah Nance Crouch, 1770?1842 Bird Nance, 1772?1815 Isaac Nance, 1774?1819 Allen Nance, 1776?1836 Isham Nance, 1777?1828 John Wesley Nance, 1779?1862 Susan Nance McCullough, 1782?1853 Tabitha Nance Shackelford, 1783?1860 Reuben Nance, 1785?1829 Clement Nance, 1787 ? unknown Joseph Nance, 1790?1864 Sarah Nance Philpott, 1791?1849 Stephen Nance, 1793?1852 Peyton Skipper Nance, 1795?1856 Edmund Nance, 1797?1866 Lessenby / Lessomby Nance, 1801?1885 Nancy Nance Marshall, 1804?1865 Reuben Sanders Nance, 1808?1862 Excerpt from The Nance Memorial by George Washington Nance 1904 pg 303 "Reuben Nance, ..., lived in Patrick and Henry counties, Virginia. In October, 1779, he was made second lieutenant of Captain Brice Martin's company, from Henry county, and he resided in Henry county in 1782. He was a neighbor and intimate friend of Patrick Henry. Upon his return from the convention for the adoption of the Federal Constitution, Patrick Henry said to Mr. Nance, that it, the Constitution, would prove a road of sand. His first wife was Amy Williams, who bore him fourteen children. The second wife was Nancy Brown, and she was the mother of thirteen children, thus rounding out twenty-seven children for Reuben, and giving him the blue ribbon for the largest family of the name as far as the author has ever heard." Reuben Nance was son of William and Ann (Epps?) Nance. His first wife, Amy Williams (dau. of John Williams), which he had at least 14 children with her. 1) Sarah "Sally" Nance (1767-????) marr. 1784 James Reuben Sanford 2) William Nance (1768-1854) marr. abt. 1792 Lucy (M.N.U.) 3) Mary Sarah Nance (1770-1842) marr. abt 1786 Jesse Hiter Crouch 4) Bud "Bird" Nance (1772-1815) marr. 1st 1794 Mary Hannah marr. 2nd 1808 Sarah Louise Mack 5) Isaac Nance (1774-1819) marr. 1795 Jane Smith 6) Allen Nance (1776-1836) marr. 1799 his cousin Betsy Nance (1778-aft 1850) 7) Isham Nance (1777-1828) marr. unk. has 2 known children 8) John Nance (1779-1862) marr. abt 1800 Christiana Betty Ryan 9) Susanna Nance (1781-1853) marr. 1797 William Alexander McCullock 10)Tabitha Nance (1783-????) marr. 1798 Daniel Shackelford 11) Reuben Nance Jr. (1785-1829) abt. 1806 Francis (M.N.U.) 12) Thomas???? Nance (1786) not found in Will or Bible is listed in census along with other sons of Reuben poss. marr. Elizabeth Perry? 13) Clement Nance (1787-????) marr. Polly Hail 14) (looking into) A Son b. bet. 1767-1790 marr. a Miss O'Neal (dau. of Hugh O'Neal) their dau. Mary Ann Nance marr. Lewis R. Marshall (any one know these people?) Depending on when he married Nancy Brown (not 03 Feb 1786 per previously thought that was found in Reuben's Bible. Other records indicate it was later because Clement is listed with Reuben's "Elder" children in other court document). Had 13 children with Nancy: 1) ??? 2) Joseph Nance (1790-1864) marr. 1810 Mary Philpott 3) Sarah "Sally" Nance (1791-1849) marr. 1811 David Philpott 4) Stephan Nance (1793-1850) marr. 1814 Sarah Hughes 5) Peyton Skipper Nance (1795-1856) marr. 1st 1813 Polly King marr. 2nd 1816 Eleanor Simms 6) Edmond Nance (1797-1866) marr. 1817 Anna Simms 7) Lessenby Nance (1801-1885) marr. 1st 1823 Exoney D. "Oney" Simms marr. 2nd 1837 Mary Haygood 8) Nancy Nance (1804-1865) marr. 1821 Benjamin Marshall 9) George Sanders Nance ????? (1806- bef 1812) 10) Reuben Sanders Nance (1808-1862) marr. 1831 Sarah Woodson Clardy 11) ??? 12) ??? 13) ??? Reuben's burial site is not actually known but since he was a plantation owner, he was probably buried on his plantation outside of Martinsville, Virginia. ----------------------------- The below is questionable and added by memorial creator Find A Grave ID 47105697 Will look into when I get a chance Sonia (Nance) Roberts - 2/13/2020 Ruben NANCE's mother, Ann EPPES NANCE, was the great granddaughter of Lt Col Francis EPPES (Thru Llewellyn and Littlebury) and Elizabeth Jane LITTLEBURY WORSHAM EPPES - the great-great grandparents of Martha WAYLES SKELTON JEFFERSON, wife of U.S. President Thomas JEFFERSON (Thru Francis, Francis, and Martha). {by SER 3/9/2020} -- Ann Epps (b. c. 1718) is not the dau. of Llewellyn Eppes (1690-1758) and Angelica Bray (1695-1761) their daughter Ann married Edward Wilkinson see... Llewellyn Eppes will dated 11 Sept 1755 [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101749930/joseph-nance. Joseph Nance Birth 5 Feb 1790, Henry County, Virginia Death 5 Feb 1864 (aged 74) Kentucky Schedule I. Free Inhabitants in _____________, in the County of Marshall, State of Kentucky enumerated by me on the 20th day of August, 1850, R. E. Rowland, Ass't Marshall REEL: M432-212 Sheet 462b Page 923a 27 438 438 Joseph NANCE, 59, M, Farmer, VA 28 438 438 Mary (PHILPOTT) NANCE, 61, F, MD