Elijah SIBLEY

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LDS IGI Record Film Number: 2034644
Revolutionary War Soldiers & Sailors, Disk2, Volume XIV
Sibley, Elijah, Jr., Private, Capt Jonathan Woodbury's co., Col. Jacob
Davis's retg; marche d July 30, 1780; discharged Aug 7, 1780; service, 12
days, on an alarm at Rhode Island, inclu ding 4 days (72 miles) travel
home. Roll dated Sutton.

Elijah married Mary Obedience "Polly" CLAY on 22 Dec 1792. Mary (daughter of James CLAY and Margaret MUSE) was born in 1768 in Chesterfield, Virginia; died in 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elijah SIBLEY was born on 6 Feb 1805 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; died on 7 Mar 1850 in Anson County, North Carolina.

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Robert's will was filed in Mecklenburg County, NC, dated September 4, 1809.

Robert married Jerusha CHANDLER in 1755 in Halifax County, North Carolina. Jerusha was born about 1732 in Halifax County, Virginia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John was the only son of Captain John Sibley, the eldest son of John Sibley who came to Salem , Massachusetts in 1629. Robert was born in 1728 during a return visit of his mother, Mary to Leicester, England. Robertwas then raised in the Beverly and Manchester, Massachusetts, area. He moved to Virginia in 1754. Unfortunately, Franklin L Sibley left nobibliography, and I have located no documentation to establish the lineage suggested. The only son of Captain John Sibley was John 3, born September 7, 1680. No other record of John 3 has been found .

A diary kept by John Osborne shows that Robert Sibley's father was, indeed, a John Sibley . This John Sibley resided in Mecklenburg County, NorthCarolina in 1802. It is unlikely tha t John Sibley was still living in1802. It is possible, of couse, that there was a John4, so n of John3. Osborne reported in his diary that Robert Sibley came to his home nearWaxhaw, North Carolina , in the vicinity of Richardson's Creek, "for avisit and to sell a negro lad. Said he was i n a hurry to sell and gethome to Virigina for he and his wife only came out of Virigina to pay a visit to his people". there is no identification of "his people", but it is presumed that he was kin to the John Sibley who lived nearby. RobertSibley could have been the brother of John, a nephew or his son.

Osbornes diary also mentions Elijah and Robert Sibley as being sons of John Sibleyand that Robert lived in Virginia. Census records show John Sibley as a head of family in Virigina in 1790. In August 1802 Osborne wrote ofgoing to a Methodist meetin g and meeting "Esquire John Sibley who invited him to go home with him and have dinner with hi m and his son, Robert. Whether this is the robert Sibley who was trying to sell a negro lad in June 1802 or another Robert Sibley is not known. Another John Sibley died in Fairfax County, Virginia, in 1850. His Will lists children, William, John, Robert, Isaac, Mary Ellen and Caroline. This John Sibley could have been John3, b . 7 Sept 1680. But, again,there is no documentation to confirm this supposition. Another John Sibley married Sally Huey, daughter of Hercules Huey, Jr.,and Isabella Smith. H e moved to Macon County, Alabama, and nothingfurther is known of him. Hercules Huey, Sr., d . 1775, age 50, and hiswife Catherine, d. 18 Nov 1808, age 80, are buried at the old WaxhawPr esbyterian Church near Lancaster, SC. Very old records in Virginia, undated, name a John Sibley in the LowerNorfolk area, probabl y about 1630. This John Sibley could also have beenthe ancestor of the Fairfax County John o r of John of Mecklenburg County,or of both.