Obedience 'Biddy' Motley^{[1, 2, 3]}

1768 - 1863  (95 years)

• Name	Obedience 'Biddy' Motley
  Born	1768	Amelia Court House, Amelia County, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	1863	Rockingham Co., North Carolina
  Buried	Morehead Family Cemetery, Rockingham, North Carolina
  Person ID	I9613	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	6 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Captain Joseph Motley,   b. 1720, Glouchester Co., Colonial Virginia ,   d. 1806, Amelia Co., Virginia  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Martha Ellington,   b. 1736, Amelia County, Virginia ,   d. 1780, Amelia Co., Virginia  (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F5976	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Morehead,   b. 9 May 1760, Halifax County, Virginia [later Pittsylvania] ,   d. 18 Sep 1832, Rockingham Co., North Carolina  (Age 72 years)
  Married	Abt 1780
  	Some children of John and Obedience Motley Morehead (not in birth order) were: 1)John Motley Morehead 2)James Turner Morehead 3)Abraham Forrest Morehead 4)Mary L. Morehead 5)Prudence Morehead 6)Samuel Morehead 7)Anne Morehead 8)Elizabeth 9)Delilah Morehead
  Notes	Another Child, Abraham Forrest Morehead, Esquire, an attorney in Greensboro, NC, named after his great great grandfather Abraham Forrest, father of Elizabeth Forrest who married Joseph Motley. They were the parents' of Capt. Joseph Motley, Obedience Motleys' father. Abraham died at age 22, after a protracted illness. [Obituary ] Weekly Chronicle and Farmer's Register, Winston-Salem, NC, 16 Apr 1836, Sat.
  Children	+ 1. Prudence Motley Morehead,   b. 30 Dec 1792, Rockingham Co., North Carolina ,   d. 21 Feb 1860, Rockingham Co., North Carolina  (Age 67 years) + 2. Joseph Morehead,   b. Est 1790, Halifax County, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown, Prob. North Carolina + 3. Charles R. [Reynolds] Morehead,   b. Abt 1790, Virginia Colony ,   d. 1783, Kentucky + 4. John Motley Morehead,   b. 4 Jul 1796, Caswell Co., North Carolina ,   d. 27 Aug 1866, Rockbridge Allum Springs, Virginia  (Age 70 years) + 5. James Turner Morehead,   b. 11 Jan 1799, Virginia or North Carolina ,   d. 5 May 1875, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	6 May 2019
  Family ID	F3120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Obedience Motley p9613 ObedienceMotley.jpg
  		Morehead Home p9613MoreheadHome.jpg

  
  

  Documents

  Abstracts of Pittsylvania County Virginia Wills 1767-1820 01-15-2019-015.pdf

  
  

  Headstones

  Obedience Morehead (nee Motley) Headstone hs9613ObedienceMotley.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] Newspaper Article, Turners and allied Lines of Colonial Virginia. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34257216. She is said to have had a majestic appearance and was so beautiful when she was young that most people were uncomfortable in her presence. Obedience was the daughter of Capt. Joseph Motley and Martha Ellington. Capt. Joseph Motleys' father was born in Wales in 1690 and was in Gloucester County, Virginia in 1720. He married Elizabeth Forrest in 1720, a daughter of Abraham Forrest. Elizabeth was born in 1700 in Gloucester County, VA. and died after 1792 in Amelia County, VA. Joseph, her husband died in 1767 in Amelia County, Va. === Obedience was born in Amelia Court House, Amelia County, VA. Her father served with Col. George Washington during the French and Indian wars and was with him at the time of Braddocks' defeat. Biddy survived three wars, the Rev. War, the French & Indian War and the Civil War. A pair of socks a day for the soldiers was her self-appointed task. Her mother was stabbed and killed by Tories while her father was away at war. She always had an open door for strangers and orphans as she had lost her mother when she was a young girl and knew how it felt. === She married of John Morehead. She was the mother of Prudence Morehead, who married Pryor Reynolds. Biddys' 3rd daughter, Anne Morehead married Samuel Augustus Hobson in 1831, he was born in 1802. He died in 1862 in the Civil War. He was a Lieut. They lived at their homestead called "Wildwood" in Jerusalem, N.C. Their Son, James Turner Morehead was a Major in the army. He built a home in Spray, in Rockingham County, N.C. which his daughter named "As You Like It." [S40] Will, Abstracts of Pittsylvania County Wills1767-1820. Joseph Motley Page 299-300 8 Nov 1804 Pr: 15 Dec 1806 Beloved wife, Elizabeth Granddaughter Patsey Motley (d/o David) Martha Stewwart's four children - one part Son Daniel Motley Son, Samuel Motley, Son John Motley Daughter Obedience Morehead Daughter Prudence Stone Daughter Sally Anderson Daughter, Amey Carter Daughter Delila Terry Grandson Joseph Motley Tanner Grandson Joel Tanner Grandson Asa Tanner