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Descendants of Nat T. Faison

Generation No 1

 

Information on this page and family line was submitted by Rosemary Jackson

 

 

1.  NAT  FAISON was born 1850-1852 in NC.  He married ROSA ANN RUSSELL.  She was born between 1860-1870 in Warren Plains, NC, Warren County. 

 

More about NAT FAISON and ROSA RUSSELL:

 

Marriage:  2 February 1885, Kirby, Northampton Co.  NAT FAISON is the son of NAT BUXTON, living; and, MILLEY MURPHREY, living.  ROSA is an orphan, mother and father both dead.  The Ridley and Ricks families stood up for him.

 

MILLY DeLOATCH married TONEY MURFREE/MURPHY in Northampton County, NC

NAT BUXTON is recorded in the WICCACANEE/MARGARETTSVILLE area of Northampton County.

 

MOSES RUSSELL is the Father of ROSA//seen in the Warren Plains/Hawtree area of Warren County

 

MILLY is the Mother of NAT FAISON, SUSAN DeLOATCH (Murphy?) who married OSTIN MASSENBURG, and GRACE MURPHY who married DANIEL PETTY.  Not known if Green and Ernest Murphy are related.

 

Possible issue of NAT BUXTON are:

Hardy

Hunter

Nat Putney

Lydia

Other BUXTON’S are:  Bob, Wade, and Julia

 

 

More about NAT FAISON

 

Thought to have been an Indian

He was a Farmer who owned 11-13 acres of land in the Kirby District of Northampton County.

 

Religion:  Member of Swamp Chapel Baptist Church which became First Baptist Church of Severn, NC.  Member, trustee of New Bethel Baptist Church, Boykins, VA.  Lived next door to the church.  Family migrated from NC to VA between 1914 (when he sold his land to a Murphy) and 1920.

Was a Janitor at the time of his death, age between 80-81, died of natural causes.  He died on February 2, 1931.  He was attended to by the Purviance Funeral Establishment and buried in VICTORIA cemetery, a plot of land the church bought and named for his daughter VICTORIA.

 

Children of NAT FAISON and ROSA are:

 

VICTORIA b. 1888, Severn NC; died: unknown, during the flu epidemic while in Baltimore, MD.  She was the Mother of JOHN HENRY VINSON

 

HATTIE b. 1890, Severn, NC; died  unknown, state of NY.  She was the mother of ISAIAH RIDLEY

 

WILLIAM b. 1892, Severn, NC; died unknown….

 

ADDIE b. 1894, Severn , NC; died, unknown Baltimore, MD

 

GERTRUDE b. October 1895, Severn, NC; died:  June 28, 1993 Philadelphia, Pa.; buried: PA

 

ETHEL b. October 1898, Severn, NC; died December, 1946, Portsmouth, VA; buried Lincoln Cemetery, Ports. VA

 

JOHN LUKE b. circa 1904; died at Baptismal time, unknown.  Cause of death: Yellow Fever

 

RUTH b. August 1906-1907, Severn, NC; died August 1982, Portsmouth, VA; buried Roosevelt Cemetery, Chesapeake, VA .  Cause of death:  Complications from diabetes

 

Other Information:

 

WILLIAM FAISON served WWII

WILLIAM married MARY MILLS of Suffolk, VA

 

ADDIE FAISON married ANDY DURHAM in Baltimore, Maryland, no children

 

GERTRUDE FAISON married ROBERT GARY and LINWOOD MELTON; Issue:  HENTON GARY (May 8, 1917-May 8, 1977) and GERALDINE MELTON

 

ETHEL FAISON married WALTER LEE of Portsmouth, VA.  Lived on Effingham St and London Street, Portsmouth, VA

 

RUTH FAISON married RODGER WILLIAM ARTIS (WILL) of SUFFOLK, VA; and ALEX WATSON.  Lived Portsmouth, VA

 

More Information on ROSA RUSSELL FAISON

 

Nickname PINKY

Died July 20, 1940 in Portsmouth, VA.  Buried Lincoln Cemetery, Portsmouth, VA

Siblings of ROSA:  MAGGIE RUSSELL TOWNS/ES; JAMES, STEPHEN, ALICE or ELLA.

 

MOSES RUSSELL m. SUCKY ROBINSON in Warren Co, NC in 1850.  He is enumerated 1870, 1880 Census, Warren County, NC, with wife SUSAN, mulatto.  The RUSSELL children ROSA< MAGGIE< JAMES< and STEPHEN are not enumerated in this household.

 

Rosa is seen 1870 as 7 in PASCHALL household, VIRGINIA RUSSELL PASCHALL

Rosa is 17 in 1880, residing with grandmother PENNIE PALMER

 

Information on NAT BUXTON:

 

Born 1805

Lived in the Census enumeration district of Wiccacanee

Lived in the household of Washington Stancell

 

Enumerated in 1870 with a Charity, age 50

Enumerated in 1880, with Rhoda, age 74, wife

Marriage data for NAT BUXTON:

A NAT BUXTON married HAISTY WHITEHEAD 1866 ????

A NAT PUTNEY and a NAT BUXTON confused in Marriage Records for Northampton County, documented as a marriage between NAT BUXTON and CHARLOTTE PUTNEY/ and NAT PUTNEY/CHARLOTTE PUTNEY.  A NAT PUTNEY was married to a CHARLOTTE PUTNEY, they resided in Halifax Co., NC.

 

BUXTON Marriages in Northampton County, NC

 

Lydia BUXTON married HENDERSON BOONE:  Information on Lydia Buxton and Henderson Boone: 

 

Henderson Boone was a Carpenter.  Household in 1870 consisted of wife Lydia, daughter Henrietta, son William, daughters: Clara and Mary ( or grandchildren, as William, Clara, and Mary are under 10 years old).  In 1880, Henderson is 53, Lydia is 50; household consists of:  William, 13; Clara, 9; Martha, 7; Bob 4; and Walter 2.  Last found enumeration for Henderson and Lydia is 1900.  He is 73, they have been married 50 years, she was born May 1830, and states ??  She is the mother of only 4 children, 2 are alive.  Millard age 12 is listed as their son.  There is some relationship between Harrison Boone who married Susan Clark and Henderson Boone, what it is  is not known at the present time.  I believe both had sons named for them.  They married prior to the ending of slavery and their marriages were registered.  There were a Harrison and a Henderson born in the 1850’s at the time Sr Harrison and Sr Henderson married.  Harrison Boone b. 1854-57may have migrated to Virginia.  He had sons Charles and James.  It is possible Harrison and Henderson were brothers.

 

Bob BUXTON m. Roxanna

WADE BUXTON married MARY PRYOR

JULIA BUXTON married JIM MADDREY, enumerated next to Wade BUXTON

HARDY BUXTON married MARY BOONE

 

BURTON BUXTON married CILVA BREWER/BUXTON

 

 

1880 Census Information for OSTIN MASSINBURG

 

Ostin

Susan

MAGGIE DeLOATCH

JOHN DeLOATCH

ELLA………………..Massinburg or DeLoatch  infant

 

 

1880 Census Information for DANIEL PITTY

 

Daniel

Grace 22

SALLIE age 1

 

 

Other Census Information:

 

Rosa enumerated as nursemaid for children in two family household of WHIT PASCHALL and JOHN PASCHALL and wife VIRGINIA nee RUSSELL

 

MOSES RUSSELL age 43 born VA

Susan mulatto, age 36

Ellen 22 b. VA

Isabella 14

Caroline 10

Mary 4

Georgeanna 7 months

William ROBINSON 11

Elvira ROBINSON 60

Penny PALMER 67

Lot PALMER 16

 

1880 census

MOSES RUSSELL 52

Susan 46 mulatto

ELLA ROBINSON mulatto 26

Caroline 20

Mary 13

Georgeanna 9

Susan Ann 6

Winnie ROBINSON grand-daughter, age 7

Susan ROBINSON grand-daughter, age 1

 

PENNIE PALMER 82

ROSA RUSSELL grandaughtr 16

 

 

1900 census

SUSAN RUSSELL widow age 66

Mother of 10 children, 3 living

MOSES RUSSELL grandson, age 8

STAFFORD ROBINSON 54

MARY 33

Mother of 2, one living

 

1910 census

SUSAN RUSSELL age 76

Mother of 12/9 living???

Moses RUSSELL, g/son, 17

Home of Stafford Robinson

 

1920 census

SUSAN RUSSELL 86

 

 

Georgiana RUSSELL married ROBERT ALSTON

MARY RUSSELL married STAFFORD ROBINSON, as his second wife.  She was the mother of MATTHEW HUNT

 

LOT PALMER and NAT FAISON were next door neighbors in Northampton Co, NC.

 

Moses RUSSELL age 24

Ethel 24

Waverly 5

Moses 3

Jolin 1

Faulkner’s Quarter

Hawtree, NC

 

Moses Russell, grandson married Ethel Harper

 

 

Generation     2

 

 

DESCENDANTS of Nathaniel T. FAISON

 

VICTORIA FAISON b. July 1888/ died unknown.  Died during flu epidemic, Baltimore, MD.  Buried VICTORIA Cemetery, Boykins, VA/Southampton County.  One son, JOHN HENRY VINSON

 

 

HATTIE FAISON b. January 1890/ died unknown.  Died in the state of New York before 1940.  One son, ISAIAH RIDLEY.  Isaiah was a long distance truck driver, died in truck accident on the Eastern Shore, around 1953.

 

 

WILLIAM FAISON b. January 1892.  Served WWII.  Worked as a R/R Laborer.  Married Mary MILLS of Suffolk, VA.  Lived Effingham St, Portsmouth, VA.  No children.  Died, unknown.  No record found.  Estimated time of death 1930-35, a Longshoreman in Norfolk notified family.

 

 

ADDIE FAISON b. March 1894.  Married ANDY DURHAM, Baltimore, MD.  No children survived.  Lived Columbia Street, Portsmouth, VA.  Died:  unknown in Baltimore, Maryland nursing home circa--1990-1993.

 

 

GERTRUDE FANNIE FAISON b. October 28, 1895/6.  Married ROBERT GARY and LINWOOD MELTON.  Died:  June 28, 1993, Philadelphia, PA.  Buried Suburban, Philadelphia.  More about Gertrude:

 

Religion: Baptist.  Baptized Meherrin River, member of Swamp Chapel Baptist Church, then First Baptist Church of Severn, NC (originally Swamp Chapel); member New Bethel Baptist Church, Boykins, VA; member of Faith Baptist Church, Phila., 1956-1993.

 

Married ROBERT GARY in NC or VA.  One son:  Henton GARY 8 May 1917- 8 May 1977

Married second LINWOOD MELTON in Baltimore, MD.  Met LINWOOD in Portsmouth, VA, where she was living on Columbia St.  One daughter, living

          Robert Gary died 1974-1977

          Linwood Melton b. 20 July 1888  d.  28 June 1963 NY; son of SCOTT and DAHLIA MELTON

 

 

 

ETHEL FAISON b. October 1898.  Married WALTER LEE in Portsmouth, VA.  WALTER son of WALTER D LEE and SUSIE.  Died:  December, 1946, Home Burial Co. in charge; buried Lincoln Cemetery, Ports. VA.  Cause of death:  complications from gynecological surgery.

Issue of ETHEL and WALTER:

 

1.  MACEO b. 1920

2.  WALTER b. 1924/5

3.  CALVIN b. 1927.  Died Portsmouth, VA 1984.  Buried Lincoln Cemetery

4.  JUNIOUS b. 1929.  Died Ports. VA.  Married: Marjorie; children Adrienne, Phyllis, and Patricia, private

5.  GEORGE, living, private

6.  JAMES, living, private

7.  ELIZABETH, dec.

8.  MARGARET, dec.

9.  ROSA, dec.

10.  SUSAN, dec.

 

11. LYDIA LEE b. 1941-1991.   Nicknamed Sister.  She was the only female child to survive early childhood.  After the death of her mother, she was reared in the home of JOHN HENRY VINSON and wife DORA in Atlantic City, NJ.  Gave me my first pair of gold hoop earrings.  Mother of four.  Married a SCOTT in Newark, New Jersey.  Cause of death: complications from diabetes and pneumonia.

 


JOHN LUKE FAISON b. 1904, was 6 on 1910 census.  Cause of death: Yellow Fever.  Died at Baptismal Time, was candidate for baptism.

 

RUTH FAISON b. August 1907/8 d. August 1982, born Severn, NC.  Married WILL ARTIS and ALEX WATSON.  Issue :  RODGER W. ARTIS and PERCELL ARTIS

          1.  Rodger W. Artis, living ;       born Boykins, VA………..retired Fed govt..31 yrs service; married twice, widowed, no children

 

          2.  Percell Artis b. Jan 1926/7  Boykins, VA.  Deceased.  Married, private;  retired Federal Government, Two Sons, Private, Entrepeneur-Electrician…..; died: complications from kidney disease.

 

     More about RUTH:

     Was a member of Tents and Chrysanthemum #480; Member of Third Baptist Church, Portsmouth, VA.  Buried:  Roosevelt Cemetery, Chesapeake, VA.  Cause of death:  complications from diabetes.

 

 

NOTES:

 

Margaret (MAG/MAGGIE) RUSSELL was the sister of Rosa Russell Faison.  She married Eddie Towns/nes in Warren County, North Carolina.  She died May 1961, the mother of 13 children, she is buried in UNION BAPTIST CHURCH cemetery, Shoulders Hill, Nansemond PKWY, Suffolk, VA, the Rev. C. Vernie Russell, Sr., Pastor.

 

 

Issue of Maggie Russell/Eddie Towns/Townes, Jr.:

 

ELIZA b. March 1900

MATTHEW b. 1901.  Married:  Josephine Ramsey


EDWARD JR b. 1903
BESSIE b. 1905
HENRY b. 1907


RUFUS b. 1909  Married:  Willie
LEE b. 1911
INELL b. circa 1913, married; deceased, private
MARGARET b. 1918

 

ROSA b. 1919

ESTELLE b. 1921 m. Graves Vann., deceased, private