Agathy Blevins

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-562024

The wife of William Blevins “the Elder” was likely named "Agathy," possibly a nickname for Agnes or Agatha. The only known reference to her is in a deed reportedly made in Halifax County, Virginia, in 1765, by which William and "Agathy" Blevins granted 125 acres to Thomas Wallen.[1]

Based on the estimated birth of her likely child William in about 1735, she was probably born before 1720. She died after making this deed in 1765. Nothing further is known about her.

Family

William Blevins (abt 1720 - aft 1778) and his wife Agathy had at least two children:

1. Col. William Blevins, Jr. (bef. 1745 - bef. 1812) [1] married Ann Dunn (disproved as Ann Morrell)
2. Katherine Blevins (abt 1738 - aft 1814), m. Elisha “Longhunter” Walling (aka Wallen) Jr. (abt 1734 - 1814)

   ---

Confabulated husband

Sorting out 3 men named William Blevins, by Rob Blevins (from the profile for William ‘the Elder’ Blevins)

Most people reference William Blevins and say he was married to Ann Bunch, he was a Longhunter, and that he signed the Watauga Purchase. The problem I have with this blanket statement is that I'm sure we are dealing with at least three different men. I hope to get some help sorting out the men named William Blevins all of whom figure into the Blevins family history.

I'll start with the William everyone seems to agree on. William Jr. was the son of John William (or William John) Blevin. He was apparently born in 1690 or 1691 in Fromby (which is in England just north of the Welch border). He apparently came to Rhode Island as a boy. Most people credit him as being married to Ann Bunch BUT some others identify his wife as being Mary Bean. For sorting purposes, let’s call William Jr. OLD BILL as he is known by some. He apparently died about 1767.

The second William is, I believe OLD BILL'S son. He was born about 1718, although some place his birth as early as 1710. This William III is often referred to as THE ELDER and most say he was married to Agnes Wallen. THE ELDER died sometime around 1777.

NB. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blevins-255 Identifies the William Blevins who married Agathy as the son of James Blevin and Margery Tosh.

Disputed Origins

“William Blevins was married to Agnes, Elisha Walden’s sister.”

Many online genealogies and other secondary sources identify her as "Agnes Walling," and claim that she was the daughter of either Elisha Walling Sr. (1708-aft.1783) or his son Elisha Walling Jr (abt.1734-1814).[2] There is no known source for this claim, and one researcher refers to it as "[a]nother pervasive Blevins myth."[3]

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Walling-1054#Disputed_Child

Some, without source, have identified an "Agnes" as an additional child of Elisha Walling. There is no known basis for this claim. Please do not reattach "Agnes" as a child without first posting a comment on this profile for discussion and citing a reliable source for the claim.

---

Disputed children

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blevins-255#Disputed_Children

The only source cited for the children attached to the Wikitree profile other than William and Katharine is Leslie Blevins' self-published book The Longhunters.[34] However, he cites no sources for these claims and absent the discovery of a will, family bible, or similar record documenting the relationships between them, they all appear to be highly speculative due to the large number of Blevins men in the area and the common repetition of the same names in each generation.

---

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Walling-19
• The identification of of Elisha Wallen's wife as Katharine Blevin is based on the following: James Redd, a contemporary who knew Elisha Walling, says that Elisha's wife was the daughter of "Will. Blevins."[20] Relying on Redd's account, several researchers and historians identify his wife as a Blevins, the daughter of William, but with an unknown given name.[21]

Her given name is identified in the 1814 probate files of Elisha Wallen's estate, in which his widow is identified as "Katharine Wallen."[22]

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blevins-291#_note-0

1. The Blevins Men of the Holston - Additions and Corrections - Robert P. Blevins Page 15-18 The Wife of Colonel William Blevins According to this source, the last name of his wife was proven to be Dunn, not Morell see page 3-7
2. Ancestry Boards; surname Blevins info taken from "Blevin's Ancestry" by Bill Dwayne Blevins, August 1972. Bill D. Blevins, Publisher, 716 East 6th St., Mountain Home, AR. here also added a copy of the Wataugah Purchase on March 19, 1775, witnessed by William Blevins (the William Blevins who signed the Purchase according this probably was the one known as “The Colonel” (abt 1735-1805) and married to Ann Morrell)

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-562024

1. This deed is referenced in Leslie W. Blevins, Jr., The Longhunters: A Report on the History and Family of William Blevins Sr. of Virginia, Kindle edition (Xlibris, 2012), 42. He does not cite the original source of this deed. An image of it is likely contained in FHL microfilm 31,881 or 31,882, but this has not been verified yet because the Grantor/Grantee index for those records is only accessible at an FHC/FHL library. This citation will be updated with the original data when it is located. Note that The Longhunters collects many Blevins-related sources (albeit with incomplete source citations which make it difficult to identify the original source in many cases), but draws highly speculative inferences from the sources which should not be relied upon without verification based on the original source. --McClain-3310 16Jun2021.
2. E.g., Blevins, The Longhunters, 42. (Note however that in his book Leslie Blevins identifies the William Blevins who married Agnes Blevins as William Blevins (abt.1735-abt.1825), the son of this William.) In later edits to WikiTree profiles, he identified her as the spouse of this William.
3. Blevins, Blevins Men of Monocacy and Goochland, 11.

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blevins-255#Children

  ---

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Feb 27 2017, 16:51:07 UTC