Richard E ECHOLS (1704-1778)

Richard Echols was the fifth son of English John Echols who married Caty Evans [Catherine EVANS] - he was my grandfather - and by her had fourteen children. Three died in infancy. The rest lived to raise families.

Richard E ECHOLS
Birth 1704 in King and Queen County, Virginia
Death 15 Jan 1778 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA

Catherine EVANS
Birth 1700 in Caroline County, Virginia
Death 1766 in Halifax County, Virginia

Richard married  Catherine "Caty" EVANS and had the following children: 

• Mary ECHOLS (1719-1829) m. Thomas WYNNE Sr
• Anna ECHOLS (1721-1806) m. James DANIEL
• Elizabeth ECHOLS (1722-????) m. William RAINEY
• Benjamin ECHOLS Sr (1734-1828) m. Sabra HENDRICK

  Benjamin Echols - wife Sabra, 1789
  SIGNATURES TO EARLIEST DEEDS, pg. 85
  FRANKLIN COUNTY, GEORGIA RECORDS
  COMP. BY FRANCES WYND

• Drucilla ECHOLS (1735-????) m. William F OWEN Sr abt 1757 in Virginia
• Joseph Moses ECHOLS (1736-1785) m. Elizabeth WYNNE (Sister of Thomas WYNNE Sr)
• John ECHOLS (1737-1826) m. Lucy Anna MOORE
• James David ECHOLS (1740-1825) m. Elizabeth Elsote MILNER
• Sarah ECHOLS (1741-1833) m. John MILNER (Brother of Elizabeth Elsote MILNER)
• Rev Joseph ECHOLS (1744-1814) m. Mary STAMPS
• Rev Obediah Parks ECHOLS (1745-1843) m. Catherine McDANIEL; m. Lucy Atkinson JACKSON

William ECHOLS (1702-1771)

The third son of old English John Echols was named William. I don't know who he married [Sarah TURNER]. He had several sons and daughters. His sons were John and William.

William ECHOLS
Birth 1702 in King and Queen County, Virginia
Death 1771 in Halifax County, Virginia

Sarah TURNER
Birth 1700 in Virginia
Death Feb 1778 in Halifax County, Virginia, USA

• Orpha ECHOLS (????-????) m. Richard ANDERSON
• John ECHOLS (1720-1795) m. Mary Unknown
• Abner ECHOLS (1722-1771) m. Unknown
• Judith ECHOLS (1724-1771) m. Richard KIRBY
• William ECHOLS II (1729-1794) m. Rebecca Rachel SPRADLIN; m. Susannah Elizabeth SNEED
• Hannah ECHOLS (1730-????) m. Capt Vardry McBEE
• Mary Frances ECHOLS (1731-1793) m. William M WYNNE Jr
• Ann ECHOLS (1733-????) m. Daniel WILLIAMS
• Ruth ECHOLS (1735-1813) m. Moses HENDRICK

Joshua ECHOLS (1747-1834)

Joshua [son of Abraham, old John's 2nd son] married Hannah Brown [Margaret Hannah BROWN], had a number of children of whom I know but little. He had one son Darius [Darius Jasper ECHOLS], a conspicuous man in Habersham County, Georgia. The rest of his family lives chiefly in the upper part of Georgia. [Joshua also married Mary GRAY].

Joshua ECHOLS
Birth 2 Apr 1747 in Caroline County, Virginia
Death 18 Aug 1834 in Fanning Place, Madison, Georgia, USA

Margaret Hannah BROWN
Birth 1751 in Prince George County, Virginia
Death 1820 in Virginia, USA

Joshua married Margaret Hannah BROWN on 19 Mar 1778 in Caroline County, Virginia, USA and had the following children:

• John ECHOLS (1778-1835)
• Darius Jasper ECHOLS (1779-1866)
• Obadiah ECHOLS (1782-1805)
• James ECHOLS (1785-1842)
• Wiley Joshua ECHOLS (1786-1843)
• Richard Brown ECHOLS (1788-????)

Mary GRAY
Birth 1768 in Prince George County, Virginia
Death Aug 1834 in Fanning Place, Madison, Georgia, USA

Joshua married Mary GRAY abt. 1789 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, USA and had the following children:

• Joseph ECHOLS (1789-????)
• Douglas ECHOLS (1790-????)
• Abraham ECHOLS (1791-1865) m. Mary Ann HAYS

  Abram Echols, Mary Hays 8-23-1821
  FRANKLIN COUNTY, GEORGIA RECORDS
  COMP. BY FRANCES WYND: Early Marriages, pg. 8

• Elizabeth ECHOLS (1792-????)
• Robert B ECHOLS (1794-1861)
• Elijah V ECHOLS (1794-1827) [More research needed]
• Mary ECHOLS (1795-????)
• Polly ECHOLS (1796-????)
• Nancy ECHOLS (1798-????)
• Lucinda ECHOLS (1800-????)
• Caroline ECHOLS (1802-????)
• Sterling ECHOLS (1804-1872)

Joseph ECHOLS Sr (1735-1789)

His [Abraham, old John's 2nd son] sons were Joseph and Joshua. Joseph married a Miss King [Elizabeth KING], and by her had 2 sons and 5 or 6 daughters [also married Elizabeth STREET].

Joseph ECHOLS Sr
Birth 20 Feb 1735 in Prince George County, Virginia
Death 20 Dec 1789 in Halifax County, Virginia, USA

Elizabeth KING
Birth 20 Nov 1742 in Virginia
Death Unknown in Halifax County, Virginia, USA  

Joseph married Elizabeth KING bef. 1756 in Halifax County, Virginia and had the following children:

• Jeremiah ECHOLS (1756-1798) m. Elizabeth DILLON
• Abraham T ECHOLS (1759-1855) m. Sarah STROOP
• John ECHOLS (1760-1798)
• Rebecca ECHOLS (1761-????)
• Drusilla ECHOLS (1763-????)
• Judith ECHOLS (1765-1788) m. Benjamin GOSNELL
• Sarah ECHOLS (1767-????)

Elizabeth STREET
Birth 1752 in Virginia
Death 30 Mar 1789 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA

Joseph married Elizabeth STREET abt. 1772 in Virginia and had the following children:

• Mary ECHOLS (1774-1833) m. Bailey STREET
• David ECHOLS (1776-1854) m. Diana TRIBBLE; m. Nancy DICKSON
• Tabitha ECHOLS (1777-1852) m. Elijah LACY
• Moses ECHOLS (1780-????) m. Elizabeth HICKS
• Obediah ECHOLS (1782-????) m. Nanny FRANKLIN
• Rhoda ECHOLS (1786-1822) m. Paul STREET
• Joseph ECHOLS Jr (1789-1824) m. Elizabeth Frances LAMBETH

Martha Rebecca ECHOLS (1729-????)

Old Abraham had one daughter who married James Hodges [James Calvin HODGES] a very worthy man, his family moved to Tennessee. He had one son named Jessee and he had a son named James [James Calvin HODGES] who was a commanding officer in Tennessee and got drowned in Cumberland River near Cairo [Cairo is a populated place located in Sumner County, Tennessee]. Jessee had one daughter named Tabitha, that is all I know of the family.

Martha Rebecca ECHOLS
Birth 1729 in Lunenburg County, Virginia, USA
Death ???? in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA

James Calvin HODGES
Birth 1726 in Lunenburg County, Virginia, USA
Death 1787 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA

• James HODGES (1752-????)
• Tabitha HODGES (1753-????) m. John LACY
• Jesse HODGES (b. 11 Feb 1754 in Halifax County, Virginia - d. 1842 in McNairy County, Tennessee, USA ) m. Elizabeth COLLINS on 28 Oct 1775 in Virginia (Their child James Calvin HODGES is the one mentioned as drowning in the Cumberland River in Milner's History. He m. Hannah WILSON on 16 Sep 1800 in Sumner County, Tennessee, USA)
• Sarah HODGES (1755-1????) m. William Watson GLASS Jr
• Rebecca HODGES (1758-1830) m. Haily SHAW
• Martha HODGES (1760 -????) m. Robert SHAW
• Joseph HODGES (1762-????)
• Christina HODGES (1764-????)

John TRIBBLE
Birth 1724 in Essex County, Virginia, USA
Death ???? in Rappahannock, Essex, Virginia, USA

• Joel TRIBBLE (1755-????)
• Elizabeth Rebecca TRIBBLE (1757-????) m. Manoah DYER
• Sarah TRIBBLE (1760-????) m. Elisha STEPHENS
• John TRIBBLE (1764-1823) m. Martha MEDLEY

Abraham ECHOLS (1700-1749)

Abraham was old John's 2nd son, married the widow Sarah Tamer [Sarah HUBBARD] and by her had two sons and several daughters.

Abraham ECHOLS
Birth 1700 in Lee County, Virginia
Death 3 Oct 1749 in Lunenburg County, Virginia

Sarah HUBBARD
Birth 1700 in Lee County, Virginia
Death  in Virginia

Abraham married Sarah HUBBARD abt, 1730 in New Kent County, Virginia and had the following children:

• Martha Rebecca ECHOLS (1729-????) m. James Calvin HODGES; m. John TRIBBLE
• Isaac ECHOLS (1731-1761) m. Mary SHORT
• Sarah Hubbard ECHOLS (1733-1817) m. John ROWDEN; possibly m. Cornelius SHORT Jr (more research needed)
• Joseph ECHOLS Sr (1735-1789) m. Elizabeth KING; m. Elizabeth STREET
• Elizabeth ECHOLS (1743-1796) m. John SHORT (brother to Cornelius SHORT Jr and 1/2 brother of Mary SHORT)
• Joshua ECHOLS (1747-1834) m. Margaret Hannah BROWN; m. Mary GRAY

John ECHOLS (1684-1750)

John was his first son who left Virginia a young man and settled in the lower part of N. Carolina and raised his family, of whom I know nothing.

John ECHOLS
Birth 1684 in King and Queen County, Virginia
Death 20 Dec 1750 in Beaufort County, North Carolina

Rebecca BOOKER
Birth 1671 in Amelia County, Virginia
Death ????

John married Rebecca BOOKER in Amelia County, Virginia and had the following children:

• Ann ECHOLS (????-1740)
• Eleanor ECHOLS (????-????)
• Mary ECHOLS (????-????)
• Samuel ECHOLS (1723-????)
• Caleb ECHOLS (1725-1830)
• Joses ECHOLS (1730-1797)
• Temperance ECHOLS (1734-????)
• John ECHOLS (1736-????)
• James ECHOLS (1738-????) m. Martha Unknown