Ann Langston (Vann) - Ann Langston nee Vann

Whoever Ann Vann Langston was she had no Cherokee connection; she probably wasn’t born in France either. There is no such person as “Sarah Ocaneechi” and I have not seen anyone named William in the Vann families with Cherokee connections. The first Vann to go to Cherokee country was John Vann (1720-1790) who is believed to be the son of another John Vann who moved to Chowan County, NC about 1705. The younger John had a brother named Edward (1710-1773). Edward had two sons, Joseph (1735-1785), and (Clement (1747-1820),and possibly a third named Avery who also lived with the Cherokee. All these mem were white, although John, Joseph, and Avery all had Cherokee wives and children.

This seems to be the Ann Vann named as Ann Langston in the will of Joseph Vann dated April 27, 1752. Joseph named Sons: George, Jacob. Dtrs: Jude & Ann Langston, Elisabeth, Mary, Dorcas. This is NOT the Joseph who went to the Cherokee Nation, he might be an uncle or cousin.

That’s a later Ann (Vann) Langston: Ann Langston

This one Ann Langston

has these origin notes:

If she was a daughter of this couple, she cannot have been the mother of children born between 1688 and 1696. Was she a 2nd wife ?

Father: william VANN b: 12/26/1663 in soper lane, england Mother: sarah ? b: 1667 in nansemond co, va

Marriage 1 john LANGSTON II b: 1660 in kent or nansemond co, va

Children

1. john LANGSTON III b: 1710 in isle of wight, va

And From http://www.greatanswers.com/LangstonFamilyTree/Langston09.html

There are records of an Ann Vann being born in Nansemond County in 1696, indicating that she would have been too young to be the mother of any of the following children. Another Ann Vann lived in the same county and died in 1685 at age 15. There might have been as well an elder daughter named Ann in another branch of the Vann family, but this is still undetermined.

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The Langston family needs more cleanup. I've always found that when something is puzzling and unclear: 1) work from bottom up 2) work through the collateral families to see what they've compiled.

Part of this, too, is to gain a better picture of the groupings. For example, I had seen in medieval Scotland a Laird's daughter married to a shoemaker. Unless he was making some magic shoes, that's a mixup. :)

The earlier Ann Vann reference as daughter of Father: william VANN b: 12/26/1663 in soper lane, england Mother: sarah ? b: 1667 in nansemond co, va

That would be this

William Vann, of Chowan County

and this Sarah

Sarah Vann

I made a profile for the Ann Vann born 1696 Ann Vann

I think the name Catherine is a mixup name.

I see here:

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/collaborate/MTWH-2T6

LAND: Catherine Langston (widow of John Langston, decd of Nansemond County, Virginia) patented 380 acres in Nansemond County on the Cypress branches of ___Creek. 25 Apr 1694. Vol 8, p335, Virginia land Office, Richmond, Virginia

BUT we have an Ann Vann (born about 1718) who married THOMAS Langston. Not sure yet who this land patent refers to.

Probably the wife of the first John Langston

Katherine Langston

Primary source put in for the wife of the:
Son of Edward Vann and Sarah Vann
Husband of Sarah Rice / Ga Ho Ga / Caribbe. The other two wives should be disconnected: Ann Vann and Sarah Vann