News: Looking for females who are in the pure female lines (mother to daughter) from William and Sarah who are willing to do an mtDNA test. Such a person would be descended along an all female line from Mary DEVIN Biggers or Margaret DEVIN Reynolds. The hope is to identify the markers for Sarah SMITH Devin to help identify her parents. Contact the webmaster if interested.

Devin descendant, Stanley Wayne Devin, passed away at 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 4, 2014. He was the last living child of Ira & Oleta Devin.
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    Joseph Devin[1, 2]

    Male 1760 - 1804  (43 years)


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    • Name Joseph Devin 
      Born 17 Sep 1760 
      Gender Male 
      Died 26 May 1804  Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • DOB from Ancestral File
        YOD & POD from Nowlin-Stone Genealogy, publ. 1916 SLC, UT
        FHC #0928908 compiled by Ethel S. Mattingley says his DOD was 1804 that an
        inventory was filed 17 Sep 1804 in Pittsylvania Co VA
      Person ID I0053  Devin Timber | William Devin Progeny
      Last Modified 16 Feb 2011 

      Father William Devin, Sr.,   b. 1724,   d. Bef 19 Apr 1802, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 78 years) 
      Mother Sarah Smith,   b. 20 Mar 1727/28,   d. Bef 22 Nov 1800  (Age < 72 years) 
      Married 1750 
      Notes 
      • Possibly married in Virginia Colony or Pennsylvania Colony.(speculation)

        After Sarah and William were married, they settled in the area now known as Pittsylvania County, Virginia. William and Sarah were members of the Presbyterian Church and accumulated some wealth. They had eleven children; some dying in childhood. Their four oldest sons fought in and survived the Revolutionary War. (Hofstetter, Dessa; The Devin Family; page1)

        The Devin property in Pittsylvania County, Virginia is shown by deeds and records to be near the Bannister River in the southwest corner of Pittsylvania County, northwest of Danville and east of Martinville, Virginia. In February 17, 1794, William Sr. deeded property to William Jr. as recorded in Pittsylvania County, Virginia Courthouse records. William Sr. bequeathed his house to his daughter, Sarah Devin.
      Family ID F0006  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Elizabeth Nowlin,   b. 20 March 1766, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 February 1847, Lewisburg, Marshall, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
      Married 16 February 1789  Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • 16.Feb.1789 Joseph Devin and Elizabeth Nowlin surety William Devin Richard Elliott (devin file at Pedmont Genealogical Society in Danville VA Public Library from research by Anna D. Evans 07.May.1985)
      Children 
       1. William Bryan Ward Devin,   b. Abt 1789, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1840  (Age 51 years)
      +2. Lucy Devin,   b. Abt 1790, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
       3. Susannah Devin,   b. Abt 1792,   d. Aft 1838  (Age > 47 years)
      +4. John Devin,   b. 12 Sep 1793, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1877, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
      +5. Elizabeth Peyton Devin,   b. Abt 1797, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1879  (Age 82 years)
      Last Modified 30 Aug 2020 
      Family ID F0342  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. [S67700] Nowlin Newsletter, Vol. 6, No. 2, page 2.
        died 26 May 1804

      2. [S04009] The Devin Family (manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, (circa 1962), Page 1.