The Moreland Family of York County,
Virginia
Many people have contributed to the
fund of knowledge we now hold on these Moreland families. I
cannot name them all here but the major contributors have been
Irene Carl of Roswell, NM who discovered the ancestry of
Wright Moreland and Ruby Norton who has researched the Carter
Co., Tennessee branch of these families.
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN MORELAND was born ca. 1660, and died ca. 1706 in
York Co., VA. He married ANNE _____ ca. 1684.
Children of JOHN1 MORELAND and ANNE _______ are:
i. EDWARD MORELAND, b. Bef. 1685, York Co., VA.
2. ii. MATTHEW MORELAND, b. ca. 1685, York Co., VA;
d. ca. 1736, York Co., VA.
iii. FRANCIS MORELAND, b. ca. 1685; d. Aft. 1732,
James City Co., VA; m. (1) ANNE _____; m. (2) MARY
________, Bef. 1719.
iv. ELIZABETH MORELAND, b. ca. 1685; d. 11 June 1745,
Middle Parish, James City Co., VA.
v. JANE MORELAND, b. Bef. 1690; m. _______ FAIRCLOTH,
Bef. 1706.
vi. JOHN MORELAND, b. ca. 1692; d. ca. 1719, York
Co., VA; m. JANE YOUNG.
vii. THOMAS MORELAND, b. ca. 1698.
viii. MARY MORELAND, b. Bef. 1704.
Generation No. 2
2. MATTHEW2 MORELAND (JOHN1) was born ca. 1685 in York Co.,
VA, and died ca. 1736 in York Co., VA. He married ANN WRIGHT
ca. 1718 in York Co., VA, daughter of JOHN J. WRIGHT.
Children of MATTHEW MORELAND and ANN WRIGHT are:
i. MATTHEW3 MORELAND, b. ca. 1725, York Co., VA; d.
1755, York Co., VA; m. RUTH WRIGHT.
ii. ANN MORELAND, b. ca. 1721; m. WILLIAM CANNON, ca.
1734, York Co., VA.
iii. JOHN MORELAND, b. ca. 1723, York Co., VA; d.
Bef. 1746, York Co., VA.
iv. EDWARD MORELAND, b. ca. 1725, York Co., VA.
3. v. WRIGHT MORELAND, b. ca. 1727, York Co., VA; d.
ca. 1807, Goochland Co., VA.
Generation No. 3
3. WRIGHT3
MORELAND (MATTHEW2, JOHN1) was born ca. 1727 in York Co.,
VA, and died ca. 1807 in Goochland Co., VA. He married (1) ANN
WILSON. He married (2) SARAH HANCOCK.
Children of WRIGHT MORELAND and ANN WILSON are:
i. JOHN4 MORELAND, b. ca. 1755, prob. Hanover Co, VA;
d. Aft. 1812; m. ANN OGILVY, 16 November 1775, Goochland
Co., VA.
ii. WILLIAM MORELAND, b. Bef. 1757, Hanover Co., VA;
d. Bef. 1812, Carter Co., TN; m. SARAH UNKNOWN, ca.
1778.
iii. THOMAS MORELAND, b. ca. 1761, Goochland Co., VA;
d. Aft. 1833, Monroe Co., TN; m. (1) SARAH THOMAS, 2
October 1790, Goochland Co., VA; m. (2) ELIZABETH PAGE,
29 April 1797.
iv. DUDLEY MORELAND, b. 4 April 1762, Goochland Co.,
VA; d. 13 February 1839, Wayne Co., KY; m. (1) ELIZABETH
UNKNOWN, 3 April 1783, Goochland Co., VA, 4 April 1783,
Goochland Co., VA.
v. CHARLES MORELAND, b. ca. 1764, Goochland Co., VA;
d. Aft. 1845, Carter Co., TN; m. SUSANNA HANCOCK, 22
September 1790, Goochland Co., VA.
vi. MARY MORELAND, b. 8 September 1764, Goochland
Co., VA; d. Aft. 1809, Green Co., TN; m. MAJOR HANCOCK,
Bef. 1782, Goochland Co., VA.
vii. ELIZABETH MORELAND, b. 24 December 1766,
Goochland Co., VA; m. MESHACK HICKS, 17 June 1787,
Goochland Co., VA.
viii. LUCY MORELAND, b. 8 January 1769, Goochland
Co., VA; m. JOEL RYAN, 5 May 1788, Goochland Co., VA.
ix. ANN MORELAND, b. 17 November 1771.
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