Argument for an unknown wife of William Paschall(c1704-1774) Clarence E McDaniel - May 19 2018 I have been thinking about this for quite a while. After 45+ years of being deeply into PASCHAL research there are many things that are difficult to put into mere words; "gut" feelings are bound to occur. First - I think William married as his "3rd" and last wife, his young ward,Tabitha King, who died 1779. This King family were likely the more known John King family of the area. This would then show that Reliance, P, was the daughter of Tabitha. Williams first wife, Reliance Dennis, if alive, was too old to be the mother of Reliance, P, born c1767. This then leads to the hypothesis of a "2nd" wife between Reliance Dennis and Tabitha. She was likely the mother of Thomas, K and perhaps Dennis, J. Second - the alliances 1. William, C, willed "tokens" to his oldest sons, having given them their inheritance prior to his death. He may have done this to insure that they received it.ie, a second family existed. This is a common ploy, the token shows he had not forgotten them and thus leaving the will open for contest by the 2nd family. 2. William made an exact agreement and bequest to Thomas,K, of the "2nd" family. 3. The memory of the names Reliance and Dennis only occurs in the older, 1st, family and their descendants. 4. The court records show antagonisms that seem to be of the type not usually encountered by close relations. This is in the realm of reading "between the lines" as the records are only minutes with no details. After these problems the exodus of the older members began to other regions. A more through explanation of #4 requires a prelimenary digression. The family with little exception stayed together until William died in 1774. At this time, the older children of Samuel, D, were of age to marry while the oldest of Thomas, K, were yet babies. Thomas lived east of Smiths Creek, south of the homeplace while most of the older sons lived south and west of the homeplace. William,D3, married Mary Hammock, while Reliance,D1,sister to D3,married John Hammock. John,D4, married Mary Robertson. Thomas, K, married into a neighboring family, either that of the Russell, Twitty or Woods lines. William,D3, was a witness to the strange contract between William, C, and son, Thomas, K, a year before William died. It would appear that William had to guarantee to pay Thomas for food and fuel. This tends to indicate things were not the best in the family or William was giving Thomas a claim on the risidual part of the 1st grant for which no deed had been given.. By 1777, the Hammocks move to Georgia followed by William, D3, and by 1796, Samuel, D, himself moved there(Wilkes co.). Later John, D4,'s daugther, Elizabeth, D44, had a son, Samuel. The blame seems to fall to the Thomas side. This rupture appears to cause the exodus of John, D4, to Rockingham County, NC, about 1812. He was followed by 3 sons of James, I, and the allied Wilson family. Finally the Elisha, H, line. After the death of his step-mother, Tabitha, Thomas, K, obtains the original homeplace and gives bonds for his sister, Reliance,P, up to 1785. At this time Thomas begins acquiring land, quite a bit of which is that of the original grants. One such tract is that given by Samuel, D, to his son, William,D3, now in Georgia. Thomas,K, then deeds this land to his son, William, K2. By 1796 Samuel,D, sells his homeplace to Thomas, K, and moves to Wilkes Co, Georgia, then later to South Carolina, just across the river from his children. During this period, John,E, dies (1776); Isaiah,F, sells and moves to Franklin county; Elisha,H,sells and moves to Caswell county. Dennis is living at his site in Granville county. This leaves only John,D4,to contend with the Thomas faction in Warren. The I-line of James does quite well until the sudden death of James in 1792. This line then allies itself between John,D4, and the sons of Thomas. John,D4,had become quite well off and seems to have apprenticed, Robert,I2, into his care. After the apprenticeship Robert moves to Chatham county. In all the contrversy, Dennis, J, seems to be the mediator, as he always seems to be for everyone. After his father's death he sells his land across Smith creek from the homeplace and buys land from Elisha on Deep creek. In this deed Elisha's wife, ANN, is named. This is usually done where there is an interest on the part of the wife's family. Perhaps their wives were related? The conclusion: Dennis, J, named his sons Anderson,J1, Nichols,J2, and Elisha, J3;. daughters, Mary and Sarah. Anderson, J1, named a son for Zebulon M Pike. The Pike family was from Woodbridge,New Jersey! My guess is that William, C, married Elizabeth Dennis, sister of Reliance Dennis as his second wife, thus naming son Dennis, J, for that reason. This would also explain how he came to name his youngest daughter. Perhaps it is a combination of both familes! Also, in the apprenticeshiip of Johm Parker in NY, 1723, a witness was, Elizabeth Dennis. This is my prediction but no evidence other than the associations cited above is known at this time. We need now to speculate on when and where the 2nd marriage took place. In 1739 William was living in Woodbridge as shown by a New York court document. In 1744 William applied for 150 acres of land in Edgecombe county, North Carolina. He had to be with two others as the grant was 50 acres for each person present.In 1745 he applied for a stock mark registration. His entire family must have moved there soon after 1744. James, I, from tax lists, appears to have been born c1739 and Dennis,J, c1747. James' son Samuel, I1, named a daughter, Reliance(rellie) Dennis. Thus James seems to be the last of the older, 1st, family. Sarah,L, may be the oldest daughter and she may have been part of the 1st family as I find a Dennis Buchannon among the descendants. Thus her birth likely 1737-1745. Thomas,K, never named a son Samuel, James, Elisha, Isaiah. Nor a Dennis or Reliance. Thomas was a well known Parker/Pike name. Indeed, William, C, was a witness, in Woodbridge, to the will of Thomas Pike in 1729. Dianna,M, married Richard King; no Reliance/Dennis King has been found. This name would seem to be more in the 2nd line. Ruth,N, appears to have died unmarried. From the name (Pike family) I would guess her to be from the 2nd line. Rachel,O, married Henry Wilson and all their children are known, no Reliance but a Dennis Wilson. Rachel most likely belonged to the second family. Reliance,P, birth year, c1767 or later, means 3rd wife origin. If so her birth year was more likely c1772 making her of age, 1790. From the above we can guess Reliance Dennis died about 1737-1746 and William remarried in this period. Did the marriage occur prior to the move to North Carolina? The answer here remains a question the answer lies in whether or not some of the lines came with William to North Carolina. To date I have not found a single name and later indications are that William left in 1743. Fact: No one knows where or when Reliance died. These then are my conjectures based on the little evidence I've related. I have used this argument to place the family of William, C, in a tentative birth order in my Paschal genealogy.