Jacob HOVIS & Susanna RUDISILL

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Jacob HOVIS
Susanna RUDISILL

Husband: Jacob HOVIS / HOVES
Birth: ca. 1791, NC
Death: bef. 1840
Father: Rev. John A. HOVIS
Mother: Sarah Catharine RHYNE

Marriage: 12 Mar 1810, Lincoln Co., NC

Wife: Susanna / Susannah RUDISILL
Birth: 1790, NC
Death: 1850-60, presumably in Gaston Co., NC
Occupation: homemaker, farmer
Father: Philip RUDISILL
Mother: Elizabeth JOHNSON

Children — born in Lincoln Co. [now Gaston Co.], NC:

1. John P. HOVIS, b. 1811/2; d. 15 Oct 1871, Madison Co., MO
2. Eli Hoyle HOVIS, b. 23 Apr 1820; d. 16 Apr 1889, Lincoln Co., NC
3. Elizabeth HOVIS, b. 1816/7
4. Katherine / Catharine HOVIS, b. 1811/2 or 12 Dec 1817
5. Jacob R. HOVIS, Jr., b. 25 Mar 1822; d. 18 Jan 1901, Maditon Co., MO
6. Solomon HOVIS, b. 1822/3 or 10 May 1824
7. Caleb HOVIS, b. 1826/7 or 14 Jan 1829; d. 20 Apr 1856, Lincoln Co., NC
8. Henry Michael HOVIS, b. 18 Feb 1830

Grandchildren(?) — born in NC:

. Albert C. HOVIS, b. 1830/40
. Joseph R. HOVIS, b. 1842/3

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Sources (n.b., Gaston Co. was formed in 1846 from Lincoln Co.):

1. D.L. Murray & N.R. Murray. 1995. Marriage Index: MD, NC, VA, 1624-1915 (Broderbund CD-4):

Hovis, Jacob Rudissale, Susana 12 Mar 1810 Lincoln Co. NC

2. 1810

3. 1820

4. 1830

5. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #37-38 of 84; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 NC Lincoln Co. Upper Regiment Roll 364 pp. 118A-118B Ln. 26 Susanna Hoves 002 210 - 000 010 100 no slaves 0400000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 10-14 1825-1830 = Henry (b. 1830)
= Caleb (b. 1827-29)

2 males 15-19 1820-1825 = Solomon (b. 1822-24)
= Jacob (b. 1822)

1 male 20-29 1810-1820 = Eli (b. 1820)

1 female 20-29 1810-1820 = Elizabeth (b. 1811-17)

1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Susanna (b. 1790)

4 persons employed in agriculture

Listed next to son, John P. HOVES (æ 20-30).

6. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #83 of 145): Gaston Co., NC, Roll M432_630, p. 432A, 615/615, enumerated 20 Oct 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Susanah Hovis 60 F F

Eli H " 30 M 400

Caleb " 23 M 350

Albert C " 10 M

Joseph R " 7 M

Listed next to married son, Soloman HOVIS (æ 27).

7. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found.

8. Elizabeth Hoyle Rucker. c1938. The Genealogy of Peiter Heyl and His Descendants, 1110-1936... Zolliecoffer Jenks Thompson et al., Shelby, NC (online at HeritageQuest at Genealogy.com):

p. 112 250 JACOB HOVIS (39) b. about 1791, son of John Hovis and Sarah Katherine Rhyne, dau. of Jacob Rein I. John Hovis was the son of George Hovis, pioneer, and Elizabeth Hoyl, dau. of "Pioneer Peiter" Heyl. Jacob Hovis m. Mar. 12, 1810, Susannah Rudisill, dau. of Philip Rudisill and Elizabeth Johnson, m. in 1788, granddaughter of Michael Rudisill I and Eve Dellinger. See 180.
His children:

John P. Hovis..... 1201 ... b 1811.

Jacob Hovis, Jr... 1202 ... b 1813.

p. 113

Eli Hovis......... 1203 ... b 1815.

Solomon Hovis..... 1204 ... b 1817.

Henry M. Hovis.... 1205 ... b 1819.

Caleb Hovis....... 1206 ... b 1821.

Elizabeth Hovis... 1207 ... b 1823.

Katherine Hovis... 1208 ... b 1827.

As a source, Rucker has been demonstrated over and over that she was guessing wildly at dates.

9. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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