Martha SLEDGE^[1]

Abt 1690 - 1794  (~ 104 years)

• Name	Martha SLEDGE
  Birth	Abt 1690	Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony
  Gender	Female
  Residence	Isle Of Wight, Isle Of Wight, Virginia   [2]
  	upper parish
  _FSFTID	MQRM-C3M
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MQRM-C3M
  _UID	72405237C8344AEA932218ECBAFD39DBEFBF
  Death	1794	Halifax County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I95	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Charles SLEDGE,   b. 1650, Shropshire County, England d. 1721, Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Rebecca CLARKE,   b. 1640, Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA d. 1728, Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F9161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Peter HAYES,   b. Abt 1673, Hayes Plantation, Upper Parish, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia d. Mar 1761, Halifax County, North Carolina (Age ~ 88 years)
  Marriage	1726	Virginia
  Children	1. Milly HAYES   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Rebecca HAYES   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Silve HAYES   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Hannah HAYES   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Charles HAYES,   b. Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony d. Yes, date unknown   6. Willie HAYES   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Edy HAYES   d. Yes, date unknown   8. William HAYES,   b. 1704, Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony d. 1777 (Age 73 years)   9. Rev. Thomas HAYES,   b. 1706, Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony d. Yes, date unknown   10. John HAYES,   b. Abt 1707, Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony d. 1 Jan 1774, Bertie County, North Carolina (Age ~ 67 years)   11. Reuben HAYES,   b. 1720, Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony d. Yes, date unknown   12. Winnie HAYES,   b. 1735   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F75	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  INFO: Notes for PETER HAYES: Peter joined the migration of settlers pushing south into the great virgin forests of the Tidewater, after theTuscarora War. From the earliest records it would seem that Peter whohomesteaded on Urashaw Swamp, and his sons, were more interested in buying and selling land thanin farming. The many grants and estate transfers in which they were involved would indicate that theHayes men obtained a comfortable living from real estate, or what would be consideredcomfortable in those frontier days. INFO: Peter Hayes of Urashaw born on the Hayes Blackwater plantation in Isle of Wight Co. Just across the river in Surry County was the plantation of Charles Sledge. Peter married Martha Sledge, daughter of Charles. Peter Hayes was the executor of Mary (Clarke) Sledge's will (Boddie, Southside Va. Families, Vol. I, p. 366). The record of a grant of 640 acres in the Urashaw Swamp region has not been found, but it is mentioned in a land transfer. In 1720 Peter Hayes and his eldest son William were listed as having arms and able to defend the colonies against the Indians. This list constitutes a military roster for Capt. Patterson's company, and was made up of all the male residents of the upper part of Chowan Precinct, an area today found in Hertford and Northampton Counties. (Hathaway,Register, Vol. I, p. 443). His will dated August 3, 1760 and probated in March 1761 in Halifax County, North Carolina, names his wife Martha as executrix and gives each of his younger children five shillings. His wife was to have the estate and to see that the children were educated and cared for. Thethree eldest children were not mentioned in the will; they had been established with their own families. SOURCES: Title: VIRGINIA HISTORICAL GENEALOGIES Author: BODDIE, JAMES Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: B7, PAGE 623

  
  

• Sources

  [S389] Patricia Heath. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 13 Dec 2022), entry for Martha SLEDGE, person ID MQRM-C3M. (Reliability: 3).