IMPORTANT April 2021 Update to infomation below:
DNA studies (both FTDNA's Y Hastings surname study as well as Ancestry's autosomal studies) now reveal that Ezekiel Hastings was the son of James Hastings (son of Zachariah Hastings, ARW soldier) who died Giles County, Tennessee in 1840s ). Ezekiel's mother's name is unknown, possibly the Sarah King living in Ezekiel's 1850 household. Autoseminal DNA indicates that Ezekiel apparently was a half sibling to (1) William Hastings who married Malinda Clem (2) Joseph Hastings who maried Sarah Ann "Sallie" Dunnavant (3) James Hastings Jr. who maried Mary Davis and (4) A. Zachariah Hastings who maried Lillie Ann Phillips - Zack and Lillie moved to Mississippi.
The FTDNA Y-DNA (direct line male only) study reveals that the Hastings who descend from John Hastings who died 1763 in Raleigh Parish, now Amelia county, Virginia, are not related to any other Hastings (or any variant spelling of the surname) families in America.
Extracted from research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh. The foundation of Ruth's research were the genealogy records of the late Loraine Story (Virginia Loraine "Loraine" Dodson Wilson Story) with input from verbal interviews with the late Nellie Jones Smith. (Loraine's and Nellie's research records differed in some areas, primarily because, as Nellie said, back in the 1930's-1950's she'd used some professionals researchers to dig through records in Virginia and North Carolina. She trusted their research and published charts and other information based upon information they gave her. She later learned some of their research was suspect. But, by that time, Nellie had published charts and other family history records containing the faulty research. She thought it sad that many family researchers did not "bother" to do their own research and simply relied upon the charts she'd published before it was easier to gain access to Virginia, North Carolina and early Tennessee and Virginia records. In 1995 and again in 1996, 1997, and 1998 Nellie reminded Ruth that newly discovered records will always "rewrite" family histories and any family history is only as good as the records "at hand" at the time those records are published.
As was many individuals whose surname was Hastings, Ezekiel's surname can can be found under multiple spellings in Tennessee and Alabama records. By mid-20th century, he had living descendants who spelled their surname, "Hastings" and some who spelled their surname "Hasting" and yet others who spelled their surname "Hasten".
A specific date of birth for Ezekiel is not known. Census records vary. He apparently was born from 1786-1795 in Warren Co., NC where the American Rev. War soldier Zachariah Hastings, his brother, John Hastings, half-sister, Agnis Hastings Brintle and other members of Hastings family were living before moving to Caswell Co., NC ca 1790.
Nellie Smith said her grandfather Samuel Merritt Dunnavant and Ezekiel Hastings were good friends. That they took turns visiting each other most summer evenings. She said the Dunnavant's always referred to Ezekiel as "Gidd". She did not know if Ezekiel had a middle name. If so, she said it might have been Gideon because he was always called "Gidd" or "Gid". Nellie emphazised that Gideon, as a middle name, was not written "in stone" anywhere; that was simply a presumption because his nickname was "Gidd". It is believed that Ezekiel's death was reported in this one-line sentence that appeared the Athen s Limestone News on March 14, 1873: "Mr. Gideon Haston died March 9, age 87 years."
Ezekiel's grave is no longer marked. According to several, now deceased descendants, the graves of Ezekiel Hastings, his wife Elizabeth (Betsy) Dunnavant Hastings, their daughter Lucy Hastings and their son John Hasten aka Hastings are are situated in a row that is near the road that now circles the cemetery. The rest of Ezekiel and Betsy's children, as well as many of their grandchildren and g-grandchildren, are buried in the rows behind these 4 unmarked graves.
For many years the cemetery was used as a cow pasture. Many tombstone were "lost" in that time frame. Storms may have destroyed others.
DNA studies (both FTDNA's Y Hastings surname study as well as Ancestry's autosomal studies) now reveal that Ezekiel Hastings was the son of James Hastings (son of Zachariah Hastings, ARW soldier) who died Giles County, Tennessee in 1840s ). Ezekiel's mother's name is unknown, possibly the Sarah King living in Ezekiel's 1850 household. Autoseminal DNA indicates that Ezekiel apparently was a half sibling to (1) William Hastings who married Malinda Clem (2) Joseph Hastings who maried Sarah Ann "Sallie" Dunnavant (3) James Hastings Jr. who maried Mary Davis and (4) A. Zachariah Hastings who maried Lillie Ann Phillips - Zack and Lillie moved to Mississippi.
The FTDNA Y-DNA (direct line male only) study reveals that the Hastings who descend from John Hastings who died 1763 in Raleigh Parish, now Amelia county, Virginia, are not related to any other Hastings (or any variant spelling of the surname) families in America.
Extracted from research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh. The foundation of Ruth's research were the genealogy records of the late Loraine Story (Virginia Loraine "Loraine" Dodson Wilson Story) with input from verbal interviews with the late Nellie Jones Smith. (Loraine's and Nellie's research records differed in some areas, primarily because, as Nellie said, back in the 1930's-1950's she'd used some professionals researchers to dig through records in Virginia and North Carolina. She trusted their research and published charts and other information based upon information they gave her. She later learned some of their research was suspect. But, by that time, Nellie had published charts and other family history records containing the faulty research. She thought it sad that many family researchers did not "bother" to do their own research and simply relied upon the charts she'd published before it was easier to gain access to Virginia, North Carolina and early Tennessee and Virginia records. In 1995 and again in 1996, 1997, and 1998 Nellie reminded Ruth that newly discovered records will always "rewrite" family histories and any family history is only as good as the records "at hand" at the time those records are published.
As was many individuals whose surname was Hastings, Ezekiel's surname can can be found under multiple spellings in Tennessee and Alabama records. By mid-20th century, he had living descendants who spelled their surname, "Hastings" and some who spelled their surname "Hasting" and yet others who spelled their surname "Hasten".
A specific date of birth for Ezekiel is not known. Census records vary. He apparently was born from 1786-1795 in Warren Co., NC where the American Rev. War soldier Zachariah Hastings, his brother, John Hastings, half-sister, Agnis Hastings Brintle and other members of Hastings family were living before moving to Caswell Co., NC ca 1790.
Nellie Smith said her grandfather Samuel Merritt Dunnavant and Ezekiel Hastings were good friends. That they took turns visiting each other most summer evenings. She said the Dunnavant's always referred to Ezekiel as "Gidd". She did not know if Ezekiel had a middle name. If so, she said it might have been Gideon because he was always called "Gidd" or "Gid". Nellie emphazised that Gideon, as a middle name, was not written "in stone" anywhere; that was simply a presumption because his nickname was "Gidd". It is believed that Ezekiel's death was reported in this one-line sentence that appeared the Athen s Limestone News on March 14, 1873: "Mr. Gideon Haston died March 9, age 87 years."
Ezekiel's grave is no longer marked. According to several, now deceased descendants, the graves of Ezekiel Hastings, his wife Elizabeth (Betsy) Dunnavant Hastings, their daughter Lucy Hastings and their son John Hasten aka Hastings are are situated in a row that is near the road that now circles the cemetery. The rest of Ezekiel and Betsy's children, as well as many of their grandchildren and g-grandchildren, are buried in the rows behind these 4 unmarked graves.
For many years the cemetery was used as a cow pasture. Many tombstone were "lost" in that time frame. Storms may have destroyed others.
IMPORTANT April 2021 Update to infomation below:
DNA studies (both FTDNA's Y Hastings surname study as well as Ancestry's autosomal studies) now reveal that Ezekiel Hastings was the son of James Hastings (son of Zachariah Hastings, ARW soldier) who died Giles County, Tennessee in 1840s ). Ezekiel's mother's name is unknown, possibly the Sarah King living in Ezekiel's 1850 household. Autoseminal DNA indicates that Ezekiel apparently was a half sibling to (1) William Hastings who married Malinda Clem (2) Joseph Hastings who maried Sarah Ann "Sallie" Dunnavant (3) James Hastings Jr. who maried Mary Davis and (4) A. Zachariah Hastings who maried Lillie Ann Phillips - Zack and Lillie moved to Mississippi.
The FTDNA Y-DNA (direct line male only) study reveals that the Hastings who descend from John Hastings who died 1763 in Raleigh Parish, now Amelia county, Virginia, are not related to any other Hastings (or any variant spelling of the surname) families in America.
Extracted from research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh. The foundation of Ruth's research were the genealogy records of the late Loraine Story (Virginia Loraine "Loraine" Dodson Wilson Story) with input from verbal interviews with the late Nellie Jones Smith. (Loraine's and Nellie's research records differed in some areas, primarily because, as Nellie said, back in the 1930's-1950's she'd used some professionals researchers to dig through records in Virginia and North Carolina. She trusted their research and published charts and other information based upon information they gave her. She later learned some of their research was suspect. But, by that time, Nellie had published charts and other family history records containing the faulty research. She thought it sad that many family researchers did not "bother" to do their own research and simply relied upon the charts she'd published before it was easier to gain access to Virginia, North Carolina and early Tennessee and Virginia records. In 1995 and again in 1996, 1997, and 1998 Nellie reminded Ruth that newly discovered records will always "rewrite" family histories and any family history is only as good as the records "at hand" at the time those records are published.
As was many individuals whose surname was Hastings, Ezekiel's surname can can be found under multiple spellings in Tennessee and Alabama records. By mid-20th century, he had living descendants who spelled their surname, "Hastings" and some who spelled their surname "Hasting" and yet others who spelled their surname "Hasten".
A specific date of birth for Ezekiel is not known. Census records vary. He apparently was born from 1786-1795 in Warren Co., NC where the American Rev. War soldier Zachariah Hastings, his brother, John Hastings, half-sister, Agnis Hastings Brintle and other members of Hastings family were living before moving to Caswell Co., NC ca 1790.
Nellie Smith said her grandfather Samuel Merritt Dunnavant and Ezekiel Hastings were good friends. That they took turns visiting each other most summer evenings. She said the Dunnavant's always referred to Ezekiel as "Gidd". She did not know if Ezekiel had a middle name. If so, she said it might have been Gideon because he was always called "Gidd" or "Gid". Nellie emphazised that Gideon, as a middle name, was not written "in stone" anywhere; that was simply a presumption because his nickname was "Gidd". It is believed that Ezekiel's death was reported in this one-line sentence that appeared the Athen s Limestone News on March 14, 1873: "Mr. Gideon Haston died March 9, age 87 years."
Ezekiel's grave is no longer marked. According to several, now deceased descendants, the graves of Ezekiel Hastings, his wife Elizabeth (Betsy) Dunnavant Hastings, their daughter Lucy Hastings and their son John Hasten aka Hastings are are situated in a row that is near the road that now circles the cemetery. The rest of Ezekiel and Betsy's children, as well as many of their grandchildren and g-grandchildren, are buried in the rows behind these 4 unmarked graves.
For many years the cemetery was used as a cow pasture. Many tombstone were "lost" in that time frame. Storms may have destroyed others.
DNA studies (both FTDNA's Y Hastings surname study as well as Ancestry's autosomal studies) now reveal that Ezekiel Hastings was the son of James Hastings (son of Zachariah Hastings, ARW soldier) who died Giles County, Tennessee in 1840s ). Ezekiel's mother's name is unknown, possibly the Sarah King living in Ezekiel's 1850 household. Autoseminal DNA indicates that Ezekiel apparently was a half sibling to (1) William Hastings who married Malinda Clem (2) Joseph Hastings who maried Sarah Ann "Sallie" Dunnavant (3) James Hastings Jr. who maried Mary Davis and (4) A. Zachariah Hastings who maried Lillie Ann Phillips - Zack and Lillie moved to Mississippi.
The FTDNA Y-DNA (direct line male only) study reveals that the Hastings who descend from John Hastings who died 1763 in Raleigh Parish, now Amelia county, Virginia, are not related to any other Hastings (or any variant spelling of the surname) families in America.
Extracted from research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh. The foundation of Ruth's research were the genealogy records of the late Loraine Story (Virginia Loraine "Loraine" Dodson Wilson Story) with input from verbal interviews with the late Nellie Jones Smith. (Loraine's and Nellie's research records differed in some areas, primarily because, as Nellie said, back in the 1930's-1950's she'd used some professionals researchers to dig through records in Virginia and North Carolina. She trusted their research and published charts and other information based upon information they gave her. She later learned some of their research was suspect. But, by that time, Nellie had published charts and other family history records containing the faulty research. She thought it sad that many family researchers did not "bother" to do their own research and simply relied upon the charts she'd published before it was easier to gain access to Virginia, North Carolina and early Tennessee and Virginia records. In 1995 and again in 1996, 1997, and 1998 Nellie reminded Ruth that newly discovered records will always "rewrite" family histories and any family history is only as good as the records "at hand" at the time those records are published.
As was many individuals whose surname was Hastings, Ezekiel's surname can can be found under multiple spellings in Tennessee and Alabama records. By mid-20th century, he had living descendants who spelled their surname, "Hastings" and some who spelled their surname "Hasting" and yet others who spelled their surname "Hasten".
A specific date of birth for Ezekiel is not known. Census records vary. He apparently was born from 1786-1795 in Warren Co., NC where the American Rev. War soldier Zachariah Hastings, his brother, John Hastings, half-sister, Agnis Hastings Brintle and other members of Hastings family were living before moving to Caswell Co., NC ca 1790.
Nellie Smith said her grandfather Samuel Merritt Dunnavant and Ezekiel Hastings were good friends. That they took turns visiting each other most summer evenings. She said the Dunnavant's always referred to Ezekiel as "Gidd". She did not know if Ezekiel had a middle name. If so, she said it might have been Gideon because he was always called "Gidd" or "Gid". Nellie emphazised that Gideon, as a middle name, was not written "in stone" anywhere; that was simply a presumption because his nickname was "Gidd". It is believed that Ezekiel's death was reported in this one-line sentence that appeared the Athen s Limestone News on March 14, 1873: "Mr. Gideon Haston died March 9, age 87 years."
Ezekiel's grave is no longer marked. According to several, now deceased descendants, the graves of Ezekiel Hastings, his wife Elizabeth (Betsy) Dunnavant Hastings, their daughter Lucy Hastings and their son John Hasten aka Hastings are are situated in a row that is near the road that now circles the cemetery. The rest of Ezekiel and Betsy's children, as well as many of their grandchildren and g-grandchildren, are buried in the rows behind these 4 unmarked graves.
For many years the cemetery was used as a cow pasture. Many tombstone were "lost" in that time frame. Storms may have destroyed others.
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