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Descendants of Rognvald I Eysteinsson


Generation No. 34


65. WILLIAM DANIEL34 BRACY (WILLIAM DANIEL33, JANE ESTHER32, SOLOMON31, SOLOMON30 BRACE, CHRISTOPHER29, SOLOMON28, CHRISTOPHER27, THOMAS26 BRACEY, THOMAS25, RICHARD24, THOMAS23, EDMUND22 BRASSEY, EDMUND21, THOMAS20, EDMUND19 DE BRESCI, HAMON18, ROBERT17 DE BRACY III, UNKNOWN16 FEMALE, WILLIAM15 BRACI, HENRY14 DE BRACY, MAUD13 DE WARRENNE, WILLIAM12 DE WARREN, JOHN11, WILIAM10, WILLIAM9, GUNDRED8, WILLIAM7 I, ROBERT6I, THE MAGNIFICENT, RICHARD5 II, RICHARD THE4 FEARLESS, WILLIAM I3 LONGSWORD, ROLLO2 EYSTEINSSON, ROGNVALD I1)78 was born July 27, 1892 in Garysburg, Northampton County, North Carolina78, and died May 1971 in Norfolk, Virginia78. He married (1) BERTHA JONES78 October 27, 1913 in Portsmouth, Virginia, daughter of LARKIN JONES and ROSA JONES. She was born 1896 in Portsmouth, Virginia78, and died 1922 in Portsmouth, Virginia78. He married (2) LILLIAN JOHNSON78 March 15, 1920 in Portsmouth, Virginia78. She was born 1899 in Portsmouth, Virginia78, and died Unknown in Portsmouth, Virginia78.

More About WILLIAM DANIEL BRACY:
Burial: May 1971, Portsmouth, Virginia

More About BERTHA JONES:
Burial: 1922, Portsmouth, Virginia78

More About LILLIAN JOHNSON:
Burial: Unknown, Portsmouth, Virginia78
     
Child of WILLIAM BRACY and BERTHA JONES is:
76. i.   ROSA35 BRACY, b. May 22, 1914, Portsmouth, Virginia.
     
Children of WILLIAM BRACY and LILLIAN JOHNSON are:
77. ii.   SARAH35 BRACY, b. October 25, 1920, Portsmouth, Virginia.
78. iii.   LILLIAN BRACY, b. August 22, 1922, Portsmouth, Virginia; d. Portsmouth, Virginia.
  iv.   CLARENCE BRACY78, b. October 22, 1924, Portsmouth, Virginia78; d. 1969, Portsmouth, Virginia78.
  More About CLARENCE BRACY:
Burial: 1969, Portsmouth, Virginia78
  v.   WILLIAM DANIEL BRACY78, b. 1926, Portsmouth, Virginia78; m. MARIE MAHONEY78, October 03, 1953, Portsmouth, Virginia78; b. 1930, Bishopsville, South Carolina78.
79. vi.   GEORGE THEODORE BRACY, b. March 03, 1929, Portsmouth, Virginia.


66. CORNETTA34 BRACY (WILLIAM DANIEL33, JANE ESTHER32, SOLOMON31, SOLOMON30 BRACE, CHRISTOPHER29, SOLOMON28, CHRISTOPHER27, THOMAS26 BRACEY, THOMAS25, RICHARD24, THOMAS23, EDMUND22 BRASSEY, EDMUND21, THOMAS20, EDMUND19 DE BRESCI, HAMON18, ROBERT17 DE BRACY III, UNKNOWN16 FEMALE, WILLIAM15 BRACI, HENRY14 DE BRACY, MAUD13 DE WARRENNE, WILLIAM12 DE WARREN, JOHN11, WILIAM10, WILLIAM9, GUNDRED8, WILLIAM7 I, ROBERT6I, THE MAGNIFICENT, RICHARD5 II, RICHARD THE4 FEARLESS, WILLIAM I3 LONGSWORD, ROLLO2 EYSTEINSSON, ROGNVALD I1)78 was born June 11, 1898 in Portsmouth, Virginia78, and died Unknown in Portsmouth, Virginia. She married UNKNOWN Unknown in Portsmouth, Virginia.

More About CORNETTA BRACY:
Burial: Unknown, Portsmouth, Virginia
     
Child of CORNETTA BRACY and UNKNOWN is:
  i.   MILDRED35 BRACY, b. 1920, Portsmouth, Virginia; m. RODGERS, Portsmouth, Virginia.


67. SARAH JANE34 DAVIS (BETTIE33 BRACY, JANE ESTHER32, SOLOMON31, SOLOMON30 BRACE, CHRISTOPHER29, SOLOMON28, CHRISTOPHER27, THOMAS26 BRACEY, THOMAS25, RICHARD24, THOMAS23, EDMUND22 BRASSEY, EDMUND21, THOMAS20, EDMUND19 DE BRESCI, HAMON18, ROBERT17 DE BRACY III, UNKNOWN16 FEMALE, WILLIAM15 BRACI, HENRY14 DE BRACY, MAUD13 DE WARRENNE, WILLIAM12 DE WARREN, JOHN11, WILIAM10, WILLIAM9, GUNDRED8, WILLIAM7 I, ROBERT6I, THE MAGNIFICENT, RICHARD5 II, RICHARD THE4 FEARLESS, WILLIAM I3 LONGSWORD, ROLLO2 EYSTEINSSON, ROGNVALD I1)79,80,81,82,83,84 was born April 20, 1877 in Garysburg, Northampton County, North Carolina84, and died December 29, 1935 in Garysburg, Northampton County, North Carolina84. She married SILAS BYNUM85,86,87,88,89,90,91 December 20, 1894 in Seaboard, North Carolina91, son of NELSON BYNUM and ALLIE UNGERHART. He was born August 20, 1867 in Seaboard, Northampton County, North Carolina91, and died August 20, 1944 in Seaboard, Northampton County, North Carolina91.

Notes for SARAH JANE DAVIS:
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Sarah Jane Davis was born Sarah Jane Bracy. She was born on the Wiley Long farm on April 20, 1877. She lived alone with her mother. According to the Census of North Carolina-Northampton County (Occoneeche Township), Sarah, age 2, and her mother Bettie lived in a house alone until her sister Annie was born on November 9, 1880. Her sister Millie was born in 1882. Her mother met a man of Blackfoot Indian descent by the name of Ned Raspberry Davis, the son of Calvert and Hulda Davis of Gaston, North Carolina. They were married on Dec 1884 in Seaboard, North Carolina.
Her name became Sarah Jane Davis. Her sisters, Annie and Millie, names were changed also. Raspberry was a strong, lumberjack-size man with big hands and feet. Sarah respected him as her father, even though she didn't know her real father.
As I was told was that Sarah was a tall, stout, brown-skinned, talkative woman with brown eyes and black straight hair. She always talked about family and her past. She respected her mother and grandmother to the highest. She was not to be played with because if you stirred her, she would give you a conversation that would last a lifetime.
Five children were born to her mother, Bettie and Raspberry Davis. Raspberry died in April 1899 in Seaboard, North Carolina. Her step-father was only 33 years old.
Sarah Jane Davis married Silas Bynum on December 20, 1894 in Seaboard, North Carolina at the Bill Braddie farm. They were 10 years apart in age. Their marriage was considered one of the most beautiful weddings in Northampton County, North Carolina history.
Sarah and Silas had thirteen children from 1895 to 1919. Betty Anne, Mary Emma, Lenora, Alma, Wiley, Susan, Fannie, Henry Wilkins, Lucille Georgia, Lil Stewart, Brutus Joseph, and Jessie Vera were There children. All the children were born in Seaboard, North Carolina. According to the 1900 Census of North Carolina-Occoneeche, Silas and Sarah had three children: Betty, Emma, and Lenora. Landis, Sarah's brother, age 10 and Nelson, Silas's father lived on the farm with them.
In September 1901, Nelson, old sickly, and partially blind, was lying in his bed when he knocked over a kerosene lantern while reaching for a lantern. He had been talking about seeing his first wife, Annie. The house caught on fire and Nelson was burned to death. Silas was hit hard by his father's death. He was buried in Seaboard, North Carolina. They had a daughter, Alma, the same month.
In 1905, Sarah gave birth to twins, Susan and Fannie. They were two beautiful girls. They were sickly all the time. At the end of 1907, they became gravely ill. Susan died in December after turning two years old. Fannie died 20 days later from the same illness.
In 1908, Sarah and Silas moved to the Bill Braddie farm once again were Henry Wilkins was born. They sharecropped for Bill Braddie. According to the 1910 Census of North Carolina-Northampton County (Occoneeche), Sarah and Silas had seven children in the home. Betty A., Mary E., Lenora, Alma, Wiley J., Mattie L, and Henry W. were living with them near the W. C. Howell to pleasant Grove Church area of Northampton.
In 1912, Lucille Georgia Bynum was born in Seaboard. In 1914, Lil Stewart was born. According to Alma Davis, everyone had whooping cough except Lenora and her on the day Lil Stewart was born. Brutus Joseph was born in 1917. Jessie Vera was born in 1919. According to the 1920 Census of North Carolina-Northampton County (Seaboard Township), Sarah and Silas had ten children at home with Betty living with her husband, Oral Smith in another part of the county and Susan and Fannie already deceased at the time of the census taking.
Sarah's mother and her sibling caught the train to visit her quite often because she could leave North Carolina on a train or any mode of transportation. She was a down home country lady just like her husband. She didn't trust "city folk". Therefore, her family would visit her in North Carolina. They would have a wonderful time together, visiting family and friends. Sarah would make sure she let everyone know who were her mother, sisters and brothers. They would visit on holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving.
In 1924, Maddy Lee Bynum, their thirteen years old daughter, died on her birthday. The family was shocked by her lost. They put her body in the parlor until they buried her. She was buried in the Brassey Cemetery in Garysburg, North Carolina.
In 1930, Sarah's mother, Bettie died in Portsmouth, Virginia. Her brother, John Davis, sent her a telegram about their mother's death. She had no choice but to come to Portsmouth for the funeral. Silas and Sarah packed up their bags and went to Portsmouth to Mom ma Bettie's funeral. She was buried on January 30, 1930 by Roger's Funeral in Portsmouth. She was buried in Lincoln Cemetery.
The winter of 1935 was a very harsh winter in North Carolina. Sarah was working hard to get the child and her husband ready for the winter ahead. According the Evelyn Thomas, her daughter Lenora's child, she was sickened with pneumonia just before Christmas. She was bedridden for a short time. Evelyn caught a train back to Portsmouth where she lived when she found out later that her grandmother had died as she was returning to Portsmouth.
Sarah and Silas were married for 41 years when Sarah became sick. She died on December 27, 1935 from pneumonia in Seaboard, North Carolina. She was 58 years old. She was buried on December 29, 1935 by Faison Funeral Home in Seaboard, North Carolina. She was buried in the Brassey Cemetery in Garysburg, North Carolina. She suffer for many days with muster plaster rub on her chest but it did not help. The Christmas of 1935 was not a good year for the Bynum family.
Sarah can be remembered for her good cooking and cleaning. She always kept and clean house and always cooked her meals on time for her husband. She demanded respect for her children and grandchildren. She would give you a stern word that would help you in the long run of life.

More About SARAH JANE DAVIS:
Burial: January 03, 1936, Garysburg, Northampton County, North Carolina91

Notes for SILAS BYNUM:
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He was the youngest son. He was born two years after slavery was over.
Grew up on the Howell farm. His mother died when he was about three years old. He was raised by his father, Nelson, and his father's wife, Cornelia.
Nelson lived in Seaboard, North Carolina most of his life.
He was a sharecropper for Bill Braddie. He married Sarah Davis at the Braddie Farm. The Braddie Family had the wedding in the living of their home. The wedding was blue and white tapestry.
He was taught how to read and write by a man who was interested in teaching him to read and write. He would talk to his children by the fireplace every evening about being responsible and family.
He was a short, medium-build, dark-skinned man. He was married to his wife for fifty-one years when she died in 1935. He died nine years later, 1944, in his bed at home. He was buried in the Brassey Cemetery according to his death certificate.

More About SILAS BYNUM:
Burial: August 27, 1944, Seaboard, Northampton County, North Carolina91
Census: August 20, 1870, Census of North Carolina-Occoneeche Township
Occupation: Sharecropper/Farmer
     
Children of SARAH DAVIS and SILAS BYNUM are:
80. i.   BETTY ANNE35 BYNUM, b. December 05, 1895, Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina; d. August 11, 1977, Portsmouth, Virginia.
81. ii.   MARY EMMA BYNUM, b. March 09, 1897, Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina; d. August 11, 1978, Washington, Washington, DC.
82. iii.   LENORA ROSE BYNUM, b. December 11, 1899, Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina; d. January 27, 1996, Chesapeake, Virginia.
83. iv.   ALMA CARRIE BYNUM, b. September 16, 1901, Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina; d. May 18, 1981, Portsmouth, Virginia.
84. v.   WILEY JOSEPH BYNUM, b. October 05, 1903, Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina; d. April 04, 1977, Margarettsville, Northampton County, North Carolina.
  vi.   SUSAN BYNUM91, b. December 27, 1905, Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina91; d. January 1908, Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina91.
  Notes for SUSAN BYNUM:
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She was sickened with a childhood disease that cause the death of she and her twin sister. They died twenty days apart.

  More About SUSAN BYNUM:
Burial: January 1908, Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina91
  vii.   FANNIE BYNUM91, b. December 27, 1905, Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina91; d. January 1908, Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina91.
  Notes for FANNIE BYNUM:
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She was sickened with a childhood disease that caused the death of she and her twin sister Susan. They died twenty days apart. She died first.

  More About FANNIE BYNUM:
Burial: January 1908, Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina91
  viii.   MADDY LEE BYNUM92,93, b. August 29, 1907, Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina93; d. August 29, 1924, Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina93.
  Notes for MADDY LEE BYNUM:
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She lived only to be thirteen years old. She died On her birthday in 1924.

  More About MADDY LEE BYNUM:
Burial: September 1924, Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina93
85. ix.   HENRY WILKINS BYNUM, b. November 10, 1909, Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina; d. March 09, 1999, Suffolk, Virginia.
86. x.   LUCILLE GEORGIA BYNUM, b. June 11, 1912, Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina.
  xi.   LIL STEWART BYNUM94,95,96, b. November 07, 1914, Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina96; d. November 28, 1968, Raliegh, Wake, North Carolina96; m. DORETHA MASON96, Unknown, Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina; b. Abt. 1918, <Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina>96; d. Unknown, Seaboard, North Carolina.
  Notes for LIL STEWART BYNUM:
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When Lil Stewart was born, everyone in the house had whooping cough except Alma and Lenora. He was a petit man. He lived in Raleigh, North Carolina where he was died in 1968.



  More About LIL STEWART BYNUM:
Burial: December 1968, Raliegh, Wake, North Carolina96
Cause of Death: Brain Cancer
Medical Information: He died from a blow to the head which triggered the cancer.

  More About DORETHA MASON:
Burial: Unknown, Seaboard, North Carolina
87. xii.   BRUTUS J. BYNUM, b. June 12, 1917, Seaboard, Northampton, North Carolina; d. October 17, 1987, Richmond, Virginia.
88. xiii.   JESSIE VERA BYNUM, b. August 17, 1919, Seaboard, Northampton County, North Carolina.

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