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This page is an extract from "The Estes Family" by Stewart Estes, (c) 2009

           
TABLE OF CONTENTS


Preface …………..……………………………………………………….....................……………….…… 10

Acknowledgements …………………………….…………………...............…...…..……………… 12

The Origins Of The Estes Family ………………………................………………..………… 13

Deal, Kent ……………………..…………………………………………....…..…...............…..….…..…. 21

Descendants of Nicholas1 Eastes …………………………..…….................….…..……. 30


The First through Fourth Generations

Nicholas1 Ewstas (1495 Eng. – 1533/4 Eng.) …………......…................…..…..……….…. 31

The Kent Weavers ………………………………………………..............…................….…………. 33

Sylvester2 Eastes (1522 Eng. – 1579 Eng.) ……….….…….....................….……..….….… 38

Henry3 Eastes (c.1555 Eng. – 1616 Eng.) ………..……………....................…….....……….... 40

Robert3 Eastes (1555 Eng. – 1616 Eng.) ………..……………………......................…….…... 47

Anne Woodward (1574 Eng. – 1630 Eng.) …………………...................................….……... 47

Ringwould and Sholden ……………………………………………...................…….…..….…… 49

Sylvester4 Eastes (1596 Eng. – bef. 1649 Eng.) .……………................…......…....……… 51

Ellin Martin (c.1600 Eng. – 1649 Eng.) ………..………….….…….................................…..... 51

All Saints Church, Waldenshare ………………………….…..............................………. 57


The Fifth through Eighth Generations

The Immigrants

Abraham5 Estes (1647 Eng. – 1720 Virg.) .………………..…..................…....….…...….…… 59

Barbara Brock(?) (1662 Virg. – aft. 1720 Virg.) ………....................…...............….……... 59

Sandwich & Nonington, England ……………………...............…....…..……………. 64, 67

Indentured Servitude …………………………………………..................……….….....………… 86

Other Early Estes Arrivals …………………..……….…..................…..……..….………… 99

Sylvester6 Estes (1684 Eng. – aft. 1754 NC) …………................…….….........……….. 104

Thomas Cate (1747 Virg.? – aft. 1788) ………………..…................………...…...………….. 107

John6 Estes (17?? - 1771 Virg. ) ………………………………….................…..……...………… 108

King and Queen County, Virginia ……………..….………..................…...…..…..……… 113

Estes’ in the Revolutionary War ………………………………................….….….……. 117

North Carolina ………………………………………………...…...……..................….….……… 119

Bertie & Orange Counties, North Carolina ………..............……..………… 122-23

Thomas7 Estes I (1715 NC - 1755-77 NC) ………….….……..….................……......……… 126

Ann Rogers (17??—17??) ………………...……………….….…….…................................…….. 126

Captain Thomas8 Estes II (1739 NC - bef. 1786 NC?) ……...................…..…..……… 129

Elizabeth Burroughs (1741 – ) …………….….…….…..…..….............................……..… 142

Moses8 Estes (17?? – 1776-1781 NC?) …………………..…..…................…………………. 145

James8 Estes (bef. 1765 – aft. 1790) ………………..……..…...……................……………. 146

The Ninth Generation

The Children of Thomas Estes II & Elizabeth Burroughs ….….. 147

Martha9 “Patsy” Estes (1762 –1831 NC) ………………….………….…..............…….. 149

Elizabeth9 Estes (1765 NC – aft. 1790) ………………………...............……….….…….. 152

Burroughs9 “Burris” Estes, Sr. (1769 NC —1829 Tenn.) ……................……..….. 152

Martha “Patsy” Lloyd (c.1770 – aft. 1829) …………….………...........................…… 160

Susannah9 Estes (1770 - 1872 NC) ………………………………................….….…………. 161

The Tenth Generation


The Children of Burroughs9 Estes and Martha Lloyd …….……. 163

Elizabeth10 Estes (1797 NC - bef. 1829 NC) ……....…….……….…................………… 165

Susannah10 Estes (1795 NC – aft. 1860 Tenn.?.) ……….…….................…..………… 166

Thomas10 Estes (1799 NC - 1886 W.T.) …………………………..….................….……..… 168

Emilia “Millie” Cate (bef. 1804 NC? – 1832 Tenn.) ……….…...........................…….. 172

Irene Ann Malone (1817 Tenn. – 1888 W.T.) ……………….............................……..… 175

The Lure Of The Frontier: Prior Trips West ……..............…………….………. 210

The Cate and Malone Families ………………………………...………………… 212      Pages 212-301 Not included

The Cate Family ………………………………………………….….……..........................….. 213

The Cate Family in Devon, England ……………………..........................……..….… 214

The Emigration of the Cate Brothers …………….........................….……..……. 217

The Claimed links ……………………………………………..........................….…….…..….. 222

Robert Cate, Sr. (1670-73 Eng. – 1728-29 Virg.) ………............................………….. 224

Robert Cate, Jr. (bef. 1700 –1767 NC) …………………............................…….…..….. 235

The war of the Regulators ………………………..……..........................………..……. 249

Cate’s in the Revolutionary War …………………….........................……….……… 252

Cate’s in the War of 1812 ………..………………………........................………...…… 254

The Cates Found the Cane Creek Church in 1789 ….......................…… 255

North Carolina Land Grants …………………………….........................…..……….. 265

Richard Cate (1730 Virg. –1794 NC) ………………….…................................….….….. 270

Jesse Cate (1770-77 NC – aft.1803 NC) …………………...........................…….…..….. 277

Cate(s) Records …………………………………………………........................…..….……… 278

William Andrews, Sr. (1748-49 –1824 NC) …………….….……............................... 285

The Estes Connections: Cate/Cheek/Andrews/Lloyd …..........................….. 290

Robert Cheek, Sr. (1730 Virg. –1817-20 NC) ………………….............................….. 291

The Malone Family …………………………………………......................……………….. 295      Pages 212-301 Not included
Daniel Malone (1725 Virg. –1815 NC) …………….……….............................….…….. 295

Mark Malone (1755-74 NC –1840-50 Tenn.) ……………...........................…………... 298

Caswell County, North Carolina ……………………….........................…..……. 301

Martha10 “Patsy” Estes (1800 NC - aft. 1870 Cal) ………..……...................…… 302

Madison11 Brantley Morris (1824 Tenn. – 1909 Ore.) …................................. 305

Anne Hannah10 Estes (1803 NC – 1829 Tenn.) ……….………..............…...…..….. 309

Burris10 Estes, Jr. (1805 NC – 1863 Ark.) …………………………......................…… 312

Archibald11 Burris Estes (1828 Tenn. – 1890 Ida.) ……..........…........….. 316

Jasper West12 Estes (1828 Tenn. – 1890 Ida.) ……………......................….. 319

William Archibald13 Estes (1912 Ida. – 2002 Ariz.) …................…....….. 320


Thomas Newton11 Estes (1830 Tenn. – 1920 Ark.) ………...............................… 322

MARY11 MORRIS ESTES (1832 Tenn. – 1882 Ark.) ……..........................…….….. 326

Dicey10 Estes (1812 NC – 1867?) ………………………………….................…....….…… 327

Delila10 Estes (1814 NC – 1869 Tenn.?) ………………………...............…..….….…… 328

John H.10 Estes (1814 NC – 1856 O.T.) …………………….……...................……..…… 329

The Death of Lt. John Estes in The Indian Wars ……..............……….……. 333

Other Washington John Estes’ ……………………………………..…................…… 342


Nancy Jackson (1818 Tenn. – 1902 Ore.) ………………....................…………….……. 343

Eugene14 Mathis Sebring (1923 Cal. - 2001 Ore.) …………..................…….….... 351

Wincy Drucilla11 Estes (1851 Ark. - 1921 Ore.) ………...….............................…. 352

The Eleventh Generation

The Five Children of Thomas10 Estes and Millie Cate …....… 358

Burris11 Estes (1821 NC – 1865 Ark.) ……………………………….............…….…….. 359

James11 Estes (1823 NC - 1863 Ark.) …………………………….............……..…………. 360

Rebecca Nolan (1824 Ark. – 1895 Ark.) ……………………..........................………… 366

Sarah “Sallie” Cate11 Estes (1825 Tenn. - 1905 Ore.) ………............………… 375

Mary Margaret11 Estes (1827 Tenn. – 1898 Ore.) ……………............…………… 380

Susan Abigail Estes (1829 Tenn. – 1886 Ore.) ………………….............……………. 383

Robert Tarter (1814 Virg. -18 83 Ore.) ……………………............................………… 387

Nicholas Tarter (1856 Ore. – 1943 Ore.) …………........................……………..….. 390

Sarah Emily Tarter (1865 Ore. – aft. 1943 Ore.?) ……......................………….…393

Clarence Edwin Staats (1858 Ore. – aft. 1910 Ore.) …….......................….… 395

Vivian Cecil Staats (1883 Ore. – 1966 Ore.) ……………….........................…..….. 396

Isaac Wesley Staats, Jr. (1814 NY – 1889 Ore.) ………........................…….….. 398

Stephen Staats (1821 NY – 1898 Ore.) ………………….......................….…………. 400

The Meek Cut-off Disaster of 1845 ………………....................………………. 406

Polk County, Oregon ………………………………….....................…………………… 411

Laura Marie Tarter (1868 Ore. – 1945 Wash.) ……….......................…..….……. 415

The 13 Children of Thomas10 Estes and Irene Malone …… 417

Ann Malone11 Estes (1836 Tenn. - aft.1870 W.T.) ………………...........….…….. 419

Hannah Jordan11 Estes (18 37 Ark. - 1905 Ark.) ………………..........…..……... 421

William Ammon Cope (1827 Tenn. - Aft. 1900) …………….….…......................… 424

Martha Elizabeth11 Estes (1839 Tenn. – aft. 1820 Ore.) ……........….……... 426

William Rufus12 “Will” King (1864 W.T. – 1934 W.D.C.) …….....................… 430

Thomas W.
11 Estes (1841 Ark. – 1920 Wash.) …………………….........……..…… 435


William Newton12 Estes (1877 W.T. – 1966 Wash.) ……………..….........….…. 440

Nancy Emily11 Estes (1842 Ark. – 1916 Wash.) ……….………………............….. 443

Jonathan Tipton Wiseman (1833 Tenn. – 1907 Wash.) ………….........….….... 448

Dorothy E. 12 Wiseman (1872 – 1919 Wash.) ………………............……… 450

Thomas Arthur12 Wiseman (1876 W.T. – 1916 Ida.) ……….…...........…. 452


Delila11 Estes (C.1839 Ark. – 1868 W.T.) …………………………..……..........…….. 457

John R. 11 Estes (c.1848 Ark. – 1882 W.T.) …………………………….............…….. 459

William M.11 Estes (1850 Ark. - 1875 W.T.) ………………….….….........……..……. 460

Irene E. 11 Estes (abt. 1851 Ark. – 1923 Wash.) ……………..……..........….…..….. 462

Harrington, Lincoln County …………………….…………......................…...…… 463

Francis M. Gibbins (1830 ALA. –1918 WASH.) …………….......................….…….. 465

Hugh Pinckney11 Estes (1854 Ark. -1927 Wash.) …………...........……...…..…… 473

A Pinckney Connection? ………………………………………..…................…..….…. 480

Lycurgus Winchester11 Estes (1857 Ark. – c.1935 Wash.) ….........…..….. 484

Viola Woods (1866 Mo. – 1946 Wash.) ……….………….….…….........................…. 494

Clyde12 Estes (1884 W.T. – 1946 Wash.) …………….…….........................…….… 495

Win Chester Estes (1893 Wash. – 1997 Wash.) …..……........................…….…. 498

Cader Tipton Estes (1860 Ark. – 1940 Wash.) ………..........…………..…..…..…. 502

Sidney J. Estes (1862 W.T. – 1945 Wash.) …………………….............….…..….…… 506

Who was Newton Estes? …………………………….……………...........………..……. 507


The Twelfth Generation

The Children of James 11 Estes and Rebecca Nolan …...… 511

Calvin12 Estes (1843 Ark. – 1929 Ark.) ……………………..….………….......….… 513

William Marlden12 “Marl” Estes (1844 Ark. – 1928 Okla.) ……...….…… 521

Thomas Newton12 Estes (1846 Ark. – 1918 Ore.) …………………......…..….. 526

John Franklin12 Estes (1849 Ark. – 1883 Ark.) ……………….……......………. 539

James Madison12 Estes (1852 Ark. – 1936 Ark.) …………………......…………. 547

Mary Adeline McCord (1852 Ark. -1948 Ark.) ………………....................……. 553

Hugh Pryor12 Estes, Sr. (1854 Ark. – 1922 S.D.) ………………......….….…… 554

David Orr12 Estes (1855 Ark. – 1934 Ark.) ………………….……….......……….. 568

Rebecca Frances12 Estes (1859 Ark. – 1912 Ark.) …………….........…...….. 572

The Thirteenth Generation

The Children of James12 M. Estes and Mary A. McCord .. 575

John Franklin13 Estes (1871 Ark. – 1937 Ariz.) …………..……………….. 577

Mary Christenia Alderman (1883 Fla. – 1961 Ariz.) …..................………... 581

Nancy Frances13 Estes (1873 Ark. - 1962) …………………….…….......…..…. 583

Lydia A. 13 Estes (1875 Ark. - 1956) ………………………………….……......….….. 587

William Harvey13 Estes (1878 Ark. – 1959 Ark.) ………………........…..…… 589

Hayden Orvis Estes (1915 ARK. - 2005 ARK.) ……………………….….....…….. 594

Imogene Gentry Estes (1918 Ark. - 2005 Ark.) …………………….…....……… 596

Mary Elizabeth13 Estes (1880 Ark. – 1959) ………………………...........……. 597

Hugh Pryor13 Estes (1883 Ark. – 1957 Ark.) ……………..………...…....…….. 598

Sarah Agnes13 Estes (1885 Ark. – 1885 Ark.) ……………….…..…….…....…. 602

James Blaine13 Estes (1886 Ark. - 1958) ………………………….…............….. 603

Powell Clayton13Estes (1889 Ark. - 1983) ……........…………………..……. 604

Arles Andrew13 Estes (1891 Ark. – 1976 Ark.) ………........…………...…… 605

Arles Elno14 Estes (1921 Ark. - 2003 Ark.) ……………………........……….… 609

Alvin13 Cecil Estes (1894 Ark. – 1982) ………………………………...........….. 610

Beulah Anna13 “Annie” Estes (1896 Ark. – 1977 Okla.) ………........…… 612

The Fourteenth Generation

John Franklin13 Estes and Mary Christenia Alderman . 617      Pages 617-661 Not included
David Madison14 Estes (1900 Fla. – 1976 Ariz.) ………….……...……....….. 619

Thelma A. Estes(1904 Fla. - 1996 Ariz.) …………………………..….…………..... 621
Arles Franklin14 Estes (1905 Fla. - 1985 Fla.) ………....……….….………… 626

Martha Eviza14 Wolf (1906 Ark. - 1994 Fla.) ……………................…..……. 630
James Clinton14 Estes (1909 Fla. - 1974 Tex.) ……………………..…....…… 634
John William14 Estes (1912 Fla. - 2003 Ariz.) …………………………..…...... 635
Wilbur Calvin14 Estes (1912 Fla. -1965 Ariz.) …………………………......…. 637

The Fifteenth Generation

The Children of Arles F. Estes & Martha Wolf ………….. 640      Pages 617-661 Not included
Mary Arlene Estes (1929 Ariz. - ) ………………………….………………….…….......… 641


Leffie Donald Estes (1932 Ariz. - 1988 Ariz.) …………………..…...............…. 642

Louis Franklin Estes (1935 Ariz. - ) ………………………………….……………..….… 655

Marvin Kyle Estes (1938 N.M – 1991 Calif.) ……….………….……..…....… 658

Sharon Lucille Estes (1943 Ariz - ) ……………...........................………...…… 659

Index of Illustrations …….……………………………………….…..…………… 662

Appendix ……………………………………………………………………..…...……..…… 670



PREFACE

This is the sixth in a series of books (I abandoned referring to them as “articles” 1,300 pages ago) tracing the ancestry of my father Leffie Donald Estes (1935 Ariz.-1988 Ariz.), the son of Arles Franklin Estes, son of John Franklin Estes. Don is the sixteenth generation of the Estes line that we can identify. We have previously examined the wealth of information on Don’s great-great grandmother’s family – the Normans; moved to his paternal grandmother’s line – the Aldermans; we then traced his mother‘s Wolf family; next, the Stewart line of his wife Yolanda Lea “Charlene” Stewart; and then the family of Charlene’s mother the Camianos and Conterios. We turn now, finally, to the Estes line.

Our Estes ancestors were Englishmen who arrived as early as 1673 in Virginia. The line can be traced to Nicholas1 “Ewstas” who was born in 1495 in Deal, county Kent, near Dover on the southeast English coast. (The generations descending from Nicholas are signified by the suprascript numbering after the given name.) The path of Nicholas’ ancestry fades before the year of his birth, and there is no clear answer to our family’s history prior to that time.

The family name is variously written as Ewstas, Eastes, Estridge, and perhaps East or Eustace. One theory traces the name back to the royal D’Este family of Italy, though this is disputed. We do know that four generations subsequent to Nicholas remained in England. Ultimately in 1673, Abraham5 Estes (1640-1720) sailed from England to Virginia aboard the Dutch flyship the Martha, and settled in King & Queen County, where he raised many children with Barbara Brock(?). David Powell, Leroy Eastes, and Larry D. Duke have written extensively on these matters.1

An examination of this family’s history is a reflection of the history of America. The Estes family followed the opening of new territories and better or cheaper land, drifting from Virginia to Orange County, North Carolina -- near the present city of Chapel Hill -- and then westward to Tennessee, before settling in the northeastern hills of the newly-created State of Arkansas in the 1840’s, where many cousins remain today.

Abraham’s grandson, Thomas7 Estes I, was a loyal Tory who was captured and condemned to death. Despite his politics, his neighbors thought well enough of him to petition for clemency. He was spared death, on condition that he join the fight for independence. This he did, and it is thought that he died in battle soon thereafter.

In 1860, Thomas10 Estes (born in North Carolina in 1799) at age 60, picked up and moved most of his 18 children to newly opened Washington Territory. Several of his sons, sons-in-law, and nephews had gone to California during the 1849 Gold Rush and beginning in 1853, were inspired to return west with there families to California, Oregon and Washington. A large population of Estes’ reside in Washington and Oregon today (Thomas had 118 grandchildren.)

Interestingly, Don Estes’ direct line did not move to Washington. Thomas’ second eldest child James11 Estes stayed behind in Arkansas, and was murdered by Confederate soldiers within two years after his father and siblings departed. His widow Rebecca Nolan (from the Creek tribe) fled to Iowa but returned after the war and raised the children in Sharp County. Their son James Madison12 Estes had a large family that included my great-grandfather, John Franklin13 Estes (1871–1937).

John Franklin “Frank” Estes was born on the family farm in northeastern Arkansas in 1871, the oldest of twelve children. This modest beginning belies a rich ancestral heritage. In about 1888, at age 17, he left home and made his way to southern Florida. He lived near Tampa for many years before returning to Arkansas in 1925, and making peace with his father. His family was on their way to the arid desert southwest for the health of his asthmatic son David. The family convinced him to leave his wife Christenia “Tenie” Alderman and the other children in Agnos to attend school, which they did. He and David liked Phoenix, and eventually drove back to collect the family and return west. His son Arles ended up marrying a girl he met in school in Agnos.

Frank Estes started a garbage hauling business in Phoenix that later included his sons and became an extremely successful multi-state business. His son Arles remained in the Phoenix area for many years before returning with wife Eviza Wolf to the state of his birth – Florida. Arles’ son Don (my father) remained in Arizona where he attended college and law school and raised a family, which included the author and his two younger sisters. Don’s brother Lou resided for many years in California before returning to the Phoenix area. Sister Arlene has also lived in California for many years. Sharon came to Florida, and Kyle lived in California. The offspring of these five Estes siblings are now spread throughout the country.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to express my gratitude to my father’s brother, Louis Franklin Estes of Avondale, Arizona for starting me down this interesting and sometimes arduous path. His sharing of family stories, information and photographs was instrumental to both the initiation and the completion of this work. My mother Yolanda “Charlene” (Stewart) Estes also provided much information on her family and my father’s lines.

Australian Estes descendant, David Powell, has researched and collected much of the earliest records known on this family, for which we are all deeply indebted. Likewise, Leroy Eastes has contributed a great deal, including a breakthrough discovery regarding the exact date and vessel on which Abraham Estes sailed in 1672.

Cousin and noted Estes researcher, Larry Duke of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (editor of Estes Trails since 1995) has done a remarkable job of collecting and disseminating the basic tools for all of us to trace our Estes roots. Larry took over for Mary Estes Beckham who started the newsletter in 1980. But beyond that he has been a mentor and a voice of encouragement. Mr. Duke is a grandson of James Madison Estes, by his daughter Beulah Ann Estes, who married his grandfather Mordy Edward Duke.

Jim Estes, a William Marlden Estes descendant, created a website that is one of the most comprehensive collections of Estes descendant reports and photographs known -- The Estes Group on Yahoo. In addition, he has performed years of his own exhaustive research into various lines.

Harriett Hart Beach of Eatonville, Washington, a descendant of Nancy Emily Estes has done extensive research on the Washington Estes branches, and has been exceedingly generous with her time and information.

The Fort Walla Walla Museum and the Walla Walla Valley Genealogical Society were extremely generous in providing information and records.

The family coat of arms on the cover is taken from the cover of May Folk Webb and Patrick Mann Estes, Cary-Estes Genealogy (published in 1939, reissued 1979).

Copyright © Stewart A. Estes 2009, All Rights Reserved


Stewart A. Estes

Bainbridge, Island, Washington

November 7, 2009


1 David Powell, The Estes/Eastes Genealogy SiteRing, http://roots-boots.net/ft/eastes.html (last visited 23 August 2009); Leroy F. Eastes, The Estes/Eastes Families of America: Our English Roots (Mss. CD-ROM, May 2008: Gulfport, Miss.); and, Larry D. Duke, Editor, Estes Trails, 700 W. South Park Blvd, Broken Arrow, OK 74011.