Echols Notes V1 Marriages - North Carolina

--Information presented in parenthesis after the marriage date are book & page numbers.

Cumberland County:

Virgil Eccles & Margaret Armstrong - 19 Sep 1867
(Bond: George Armstrong; Wit: Edwd L. Winslow)

I've had no success in placing Virgil in the family tree of John ECHOLS & Mary CAVE as of yet. Please contact me if you have details on this family.

**There are 9 records of this marriage on FamilySearch. None of them give any other details. All of them spell his name as "ECCLES"

**There is a connection to an "Ella Elkles Calbert" listing "Virgie Eckles" and "Margret Armstrong" as parents. Also, Ella is listed as "Black". I'm not certain this connection is correct.

Janet Eccles & Williamson Whitehead - 31 July 1826

I've had no success in placing Janet in the family tree of John ECHOLS & Mary CAVE as of yet. Please contact me if you have details on this family.

Guilford County:

John Eccles & Rachel Huddlestone - 27 Jan 1813
(Bond: Samuel R. McGready; Wit: M. McGready)

I've had no success in placing John in the family tree of John ECHOLS & Mary CAVE as of yet. Please contact me if you have details on this family.

**Rachel seems to be the D/O Seth Huddlestone Jr & Lydia Gifford.

A[lexander] P[erry] Eckel & Mary E. Hill - 10 Oct 1847
(Bond: Jas. M. Garrett; Wit: R. M. McCulloch)

I've had no success in placing John in the family tree of John ECHOLS & Mary CAVE as of yet. Please contact me if you have details on this family.

**This man also traces back to Jacob Eckel & Margaretha Diehl.

Orange County:

John Eccles & Jean Anderson - 5 Mar 1792
(Bond: Wm Eccles; Wit: A. Benton Bruce)

I've had no success in placing John in the family tree of John ECHOLS & Mary CAVE as of yet. Please contact me if you have details on this family.

William Eccles & Margaret Hoovey - 24 Mar 1788
(Bond: John Barnhill; Wit: S. Benton)

I've had no success in placing William in the family tree of John ECHOLS & Mary CAVE as of yet. Please contact me if you have details on this family.

**William is listed as "Jr" on FamilySearch. He is shown with parents William Eccles Sr & Martha McKenzie.

**Margaret's name on Find a Grave memorial (#36738048) is show as "Huie"

Sarah Ackles & Charles Ferrell - 19 Apr 1792
(Bond: Isaac Hall; Wit: A. Benton Bruce)

I've had no success in placing Sarah Ackles in the family tree of John ECHOLS & Mary CAVE as of yet. Please contact me if you have details on this family.

Peggy [Margaret "Peggy"] Eccles & Thomas Murray - 19 Dec 1812
(Bond: James Bauldin; Wit: J. Taylor)

I've had no success in placing Margaret "Peggy" in the family tree of John ECHOLS & Mary CAVE as of yet. Please contact me if you have details on this family.

Margaret "Peggy" is the D/O John Eccles & Jean Anderson; ??? is the S/O James Bolling Murray & Martha Ward. Burial locations not yet located.

Recer Eccles & Peter Bourman - No Date (Bond: Isaac Ma-?; Wit: John Taylor)

I've had no success in placing Recer Eccles in the family tree of John ECHOLS & Mary CAVE as of yet. Please contact me if you have details on this family.

Rowan County:

John Eccles & Mary Johnston - 1 Mar 1788
(Bond: Isaac Jones; Wit: Jas. McEwin)

I've had no success in placing John in the family tree of John ECHOLS & Mary CAVE as of yet. Please contact me if you have details on this family.

**John is shown on FamilySearch as the S/O William Michael Eccles & Martha McKenzie.

Peter Eckhols [Echols] & Nancy [Ann] Markland - 5 Dec 1817
(Bond: Jeremiah Eakels; Wit: Thos. Hampton)

Peter is the S/O Henry ECCLES & Mary Ann Unknown; Nancy Ann is the D/O Joseph MARKLAND & Mary BOULWARE. Burial location not yet located.

**Multiple records exist on FamilySearch on this couple. Two different spellings for Jeremiah (Eakels/Eckles). Two for Peter (Eakel/Eckhols)

Jacob Eckle & Anne Mary Little - 5 Jan 1779
(Bond: John Lewis Beard; Wit: Wm R. Davie)

I've had no success in placing Jacob Eckle in the family tree of John ECHOLS & Mary CAVE as of yet. Please contact me if you have details on this family.

From: Raleigh Register
Fanny Eccles & John Pearce - 15 May 1812

I've had no success in placing Jacob Eckle in the family tree of John ECHOLS & Mary CAVE as of yet. Please contact me if you have details on this family.

**I found the following online: Historical Sketch of Hay Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Fayetteville, North Carolina

A charge brought by Gilbert Eccles against John H. Pearce for having taken away from his house his daughter Fanny, without his knowledge or his consent.

It was therefore deemed expedient by the above Conference after a due examination of the charge against the said John H. Pearce, that he, the said John H. Pearce, should be suspended for the space of three months from all the privileges of the membership. That the Society might take further cognizance of the spirit by which he has, and may in future be actuated. After which time the members of said Society shall again restore him to membership, provided his walk and penitence within the time above mentioned may be such as would justify them in so doing."

[Consider these facts and we can see that Rev. John H. Pearce, steward and Local Preacher, eloped with Frances (Fanny) Eccles. When Rev. Wm. Capers was pastor two years before he and John H. Pearce were intimate friends, yet he neither spent part of his time in Mr. Pearce's home, nor did he mention Mr. Pearce and his wife among those named as "fathers and mothers indeed to me;" the name Frances Pearce appears in the list of church members afterwards; and, while a runaway marriage would be permissible for a member of the church, the Discipline in use then-See Discipline, ninth edition, 1797, p. 54-when any objection is made "a Methodist preacher ought not to be married to her." Hence the severity of the trial before the quarterly Conference. It was a day in which membership in a church required right living and a preacher must live above reproach. John H. Pearce acknowledged his offence against Mr. Eccles, his brethren, and against the committee [evidently a church trial first-] and against Conference. His license to exhort was renewed at the time he was re-elected steward within a few months and his license to preach renewed within a year and a half. It is evident that his brethren had faith in his repentance.]

**This pulls in Gilbert ECCLES, one of the hard to find/track ECKLES/ECKOLS/ECHOLS/ECCLES members.

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