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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    Nancy Parrish

    Female Abt 1768 - 1858  (90 years)


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    • Name Nancy Parrish  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
      Born Abt 1768  Saint Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Female 
      Died 11 Apr 1858  Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • !MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA record & from IGI

        Pittsylvania County, VA Will Book 2, Page 272 signed 8 Jy 1848, recorded
        17 May 1858.

        DOD from Pittsylvania Co VA Court Records Book #44, p 507 "Satisfactory
        evidence was this day exhibited to the Court that Nancy Devin was a Pensioner
        of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, was a resident of
        this county and died in this county on the 11th day of April 1858 leaving only
        one child whose name is Sarah S. Hurt."

        Census:
        1850 Census Roll 968 Page 248 Pittsylvania Co VA: Sarah Hurt age 57, Mary Hurt age 26 in same household as Nancy Devin age 82.
      Person ID I1920  Devin Timber
      Last Modified 29 Apr 2010 

      Father Abram Parrish 
      Mother Susannah 
      Family ID F1292  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Robert Devin,   b. 06 Apr 1759, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1834, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
      Married 25 Jan 1791  Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • "The Devin Family" has DOM as 22 January 1791. This is the date of the marriagae bond.

        22.Jan.1791 Marriage Bond Robert Devin & Nancy Parrish daughter of Joseph Parrish Surety Joseph Akin Rich. Elliot (Devin file at Pedmont Genealogy Society, Danville VA Public Library from research by Anna D. Evans 07.May.1985)
      Children 
      +1. Sarah Smith Devin,   b. Abt 1793, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1850  (Age > 58 years)
      Last Modified 6 Apr 2010 
      Family ID F0601  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. [S04097] Marriage Bonds Book 01, County Clerk's Office, (Virginia-Pittsylvania County. ), page 14.
        Sir Please to issue a license for the marriage of Robert Devin with my daughter Nancy and oblige your humble servent Abram Parrish 23rd January 1791

      2. [S04034] Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Abstracted by Virgil D. White, page 958.
        Devin, Robert, Nancy, W3395, BLW #13745-160-55, VA Line, sol was b 6 Apr 1759 in Lancaster Cty PA & lived in Pittsylvania Cty VA at enl & sol appl there 12 Oct 1832 & sol m there to Nancy Parrish on 25 Jan 1791 & sol d there 10 Apr 1834 & wid appl there 22 Nov 1838 aged 70, wid d 11 Apr 1858

      3. [S04079] Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications, Vol. 29, Dorman, John Frederick, (Washington, D.C. 1978), E263 V8 D7., Volume 29 page 51-52.
        Nancy Devin of said county, aged 70, declares she is widow of Robert Devin. She was married 25 Jan. 1791 and he died 10 April 1834. She died 11 April 1858.

      4. [S04264] Court Records Book 44, County Clerk's Office, (Pittsylvania County, Virginia), Book 44 page 507.
        Satisfactory evidence was this day exhibited to the Court that Nancy Devin was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, was a resident of this county and died in this county on the 11th day of April 1858 leaving only one child whose name is Sarah S. Hurt.

      5. [S04009] The Devin Family (manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, (circa 1962), page 1-3.
        *Robert m. Nancy Parrish January 22, 1791 [this is the marriage bond date] Robert Devin who married Nancy Parrish, January 22, 1791, made the following will, see Will Book 1, page 265, Pittsylvania County, Va. naming --

      6. [S04101] American Revolutionary War Pension No. W-3395 (Robert Devin), Nancy Devin's application for bounty land.
        On the 10th day of April AD 1855 personally appeared before me, a justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Nancy Devin aged 87 years, a resident of the county and state aforesaid...