April 13, 2012. JEROME BONAPARTE ETHERIDGE Life-Saving Service
April 9, 2012. By Melinda LukeiJerome - Born 23 Aug 1848. Died 2 Jul 1933. (Father: Josiah P.
Etheridge, Mother: Frances Lee) married 23 Dec 1869 Melissa Whitson –
Born 15 Jul 1852. Died 3 Oct 1902. Father: Isaac Whitson, Mother: Mary
Ann Woodhouse. They raised ten children on Caffee Inlet, Penny’s Hill,
Deal's Island located at the north end of Knotts Island: (Jerome was
brother to Sarah Ann Etheridge born 25 Sept 1836 died 24 May 1907
married James Foster Owens born 28 Mar 1828 died 8 July 1883, John
Thomas Etheridge born 13 April 1839 died 7 Oct 1842, and William Alfred
Etheridge born 8 April 1844)
1. William Alfred Etheridge. Born 24 Jan 1871. Died 15 Apr 1935.
Married 22 Jun 1892 Georgia Madora Newman born 2 April 1869 died 5 Mar
1960 , two (2) children:
A. Eva E. Etheridge b 10 April 1893 Corolla, NC d 3
Feb 1966 Virginia Beach, VA married 30 Oct 1912 Princess Anne Co., VA
Vernon Ackiss Etheridge b 7 Oct 1891 d 19 Dec 1959 son of Thomas Knox
Etheridge and Ada Jane Ackiss, thirteen (13) children:
(1) Mildred Etheridge Wilson born
8 April 1914 Princess Anne Co., VA died 6 Mar 2012 Virginia Beach, VA
married 20 April 1935 John Wesley Wilson b 9 Sept 1906 d 16 Oct 1996
(2) William Thomas"Tony"
Etheridge born 22 Feb 1916 Princess Anne Co., VA d 28 July 1983
Virginia Beach, Va married 7 Mar 1937 Princess Anne Co., VA Pauline
Agnes Litchfield born 26 Dec 1915 Princess Anne Co., VA died 17 Sept
2001 Virginia Beach, VA
(3) Vernon Alfred "Jack"
Etheridge born 3 Feb 1918 Princess Anne Co., VA died 1997 Virginia
Beach, VA married 5 Oct 1940 Princess Anne Co., VA Maribell Malbon born
14 Feb 1919 Princess Anne Co., VA died 1 Jan 2003 Virginia Beach, VA
daughter of David Yeatman Malbon and Fannie Bake Lane
(4) Rosa Jane "Polly" Etheridge
born 11 Mar 1920 Princess Anne Co., VA married 26 Jan 1942 Curtis
Neighbors (one son Ronald Wilson Neighbors b 29 Oct 1942) married 2nd
May 1946 Garnett Riley, married 3rd after 1946 Thomas C. Flora born 17
Dec 1930 Princess Anne Co., VA
(5) Wilson “Dick” Edward
Etheridge born 22 Jan 1922 Princess Anne Co., VA died 15 May 1992
Virginia Beach, VA married 25 Nov 1945 Princess Anne Co., VA Doris
Wadsworth born 25 Nov 1925 daughter of George and Alice Wadsworth
(6) Harrison "Harry" Lee
Etheridge born 31 July 1924 Princess Anne Co., VA died 6 Feb 1983
Virginia Beach, VA married June 1945 Morgans Corner, NC Inez Nosay
(7) Bertie Mae Etheridge born 6
Aug 1926 Princess Anne Co., VA married 20 April 1948 Salt Lake City, UT
Rev. Donald Elsworth Trump born 17 Dec 1918 Allentown, PA d 16 Oct 2000
Franklin, VA son of Julius A. Trump and Katie Erdell
(8) Lina Elizabeth “Betty”
Etheridge born 31 Oct 1927 Princess Anne Co., VA married 23 Nov 1946
Dam Neck, VA Robert Edward “Junie” Henley, Jr. born 29 Dec 1921
Princess Anne Co., VA
(9) Florence Virginia Etheridge
born 7 Sept 1929 married 26 July 1952 Princess Anne Co., VA William
Conrad Nicklas, Jr. born 28 April 1924 Baltimore, MD son of William
Conrad Nicklas, Sr. and Estelle Brown
(10) Nelson Jerome "Jerry"
Etheridge born 14 Feb 1932 Princess Anne Co., VA died 27 Nov 2008
married 11 April 1951 Mary Elizabeth Rowland born 2 Feb 1936 died ca
2003 Virginia Beach, VA
(11) Ada Anita Etheridge born 23
Nov 1933 Princess Anne Co., VA married 5 June 1955 Princess Anne Co.,
VA Leonard “Pete” McCoy Harrell born 11 Feb 1933 Hertford, NC
(12) Georgia “Louise” Etheridge
born 21 Sept 1935 Princess Anne Co., VA married 26 Feb 1955 William
Lyle Pugh born 1 Aug 1935 Camden, NC married 2nd 28 Dec 1970 Rufus
Harrell born 5 Jan 1915 Hertford, NC
(13) Benjamin "Bennie" James
Etheridge born 17 Oct 1937 Princess Anne Co., VA married 27 Feb 1960
Princess Anne Co., VA Barbara Jane Rumley born 23 Aug 1937 Princess
Anne Co., VA daughter of Robert W. Rumley and Lillian Gladys Evans
(Note: Cliff and Vernon were brothers and married sisters Eva and
Annie.)
B. Mary Anne “Annie” born 23 Oct 1897 Corolla, NC
died 1 Nov 1992 Virginia Beach, VA married 8 Dec 1915 Clifford Thomas
Etheridge born 19 Dec 1895 died 14 June 1972 son of Thomas Knox
Etheridge and Ada Jane Ackiss, two children:
(1) Beulah Frances Etheridge born
15 Oct 1916 married 19 Oct 1940 Clyde Otha Freeman, Sr. born 1904 died
ca 1968 three children:
a. Gerald Lee
Freeman born 1 April 1943 married 10 Aug 1963 June Kay Robinson: two
children:
1. Tracy Lee Freeman born 19 Oct 1954: two children
2. Karen Elizabeth Freeman born 15 May 1956
b. Gary E.
Freeman born 8 Nov 1945: no children
c. Marvin
Glenn Freeman born 24 June 1953: md Yvette Bucklar, no children
(2) Marvin Clifford Etheridge
born 1 Aug 1920 Princess Anne Co., VA married 11 June 1955 Frances Mae
Williams born 2 Sept 1935: four children:
a. Ann
Meredith Etheridge: born 11 July 1956 married 4 Aug 1974 Edwin Richard
Ansell son of Melvin A. Ansell, Sr.
1. Brian Ansell
2. Meredith Ansell
b. Thomas
Keith Etheridge born 20 April 1959 married 29 Jan 1984 Sharon Dee Davis
son of Forest Davis and Gloria H. one son
c. Marvin
Clifford, Jr “Marty” born 31 Dec 1961 married Elizabeth Ann McCullough
one son and one daughter
d. Kenneth
Rae/Ray born 26 Oct 1964: unmarried
(3) Infant Child born 18 May 1929
died 18 May 1929 Norfolk, VA
2. Mary Frances Etheridge. Born 24 Oct 1872. Died 6 Feb 1967.
Married 22 June 1892 Thomas H. Delon born 9 Dec 1872 died 18 Nov 1933;
two children:
A. Son Nathan who died at birth.
B. Beulah Virginia Corbell born Feb 1898 died 1972
she was adopted at 18 months., the natural daughter of John Corbell and
Cordie Sawyer (from Camden, NC) Cordie died young. John Corbell married
Sadie, Mary's sister.
3. Napoleon Etheridge. Born 23 Jul 1874 Point Harbor, Dare Co., NC.
Died 14 Feb 1956. Knotts Island, NC married 8 June 1896 Currituck, NC
Betty O'Neal born 29 Mar 1878 died 22 Oct 1930 Knotts Island, NC Seven
children:
A. Ora Etheridge born 2 Oct 1898 False Cape, VA died
22 June 1899
B. Napoleon Bonaparte Etheridge, Jr. born 19 Nov
1900 False Cape, VA died 4 Oct 1976 married Sadie Bell Sterling, Vice
Mayor of Norfolk, VA
C. Jerome Howard “Jerry” Etheridge: born 12 Mar 1902
Penny’s Hill, NC married 27 Mar 1926 Mary Reber born 5 Oct 1904 two
children: Joyce and Betty
D. Annie Elizabeth Etheridge born 31 May 1906 died
ca 1988 married Wendell Clyde Williams b 1899 died 1982 one son
(1) Donald born 4 Sept 1931
E. Lionel Harvey Etheridge born 12 Sept 1910
Penny’s Hill, Co., NC married 8 June 1930 Camden, NC Catherine Mary
Williams: born 29 Oct 1914 died 4 Aug 2011 two (2) daughters:
(1) Carole Faye Etheridge born 20
April 1937 married 4 Jan 1954 Rudolph Whitehurst born 11 Sept 1934 died
9 June 1985: two children.
(2) Marylin “Gayle” Etheridge
born 15 July 1948 Norfolk, VA married ca 1974 Joseph Ray Simons. , Jr.
born 24 Feb 1946. 2 children Brian & Becky
F. Nathan Delon Etheridge born 13 Aug 1913
Penny’s Hill, NC married ca 1935 Beulah Shores: one child:
(1) Nathan, Jr. born ca 1936
G. William Scott Etheridge: born 24 Sept 1916
Caffee Inlet, NC died 21 Mar 2000 married 1 Sept 1940 Ruth H. Brumley
born 1 April 1918 Knotts Island, NC died 30 July 1967 married 2nd 18
April 1971 Elizabeth Love Ballance 2 children:
(1) Larry O’Neal Etheridge b 7
Feb 1942 married 12 April 1963 Jane Marie Bonney born 19 Feb 1945
daughter of Floyd Emerson Bonney and Cynthia Marie Land
(2) Alice Joy Etheridge born 28
June 1949 Norfolk, VA died 22 Sept 2005 Wilmington, NC married Horace
Lyle
4. Isaac Etheridge. Born 19 Dec 1875. Died 14 Apr 1941. Married Mary
Martha “Mattie” Bunch born 6 May 1891 Princess Anne Co., VA died 14
April 1941 Princess Anne Co., VA (lived at False Cape.) 4 Children:
A. Cecelia Etheridge born 5 Jan 1911 Deals Island,
NC died 27 May 2002 Elizabeth City, NC married 11 Sept 1926 Elsworth
Morse born 20 June 1904 Penny’s Hill, NC. 4 children.
B. Gertrude Moore Etheridge born 24 Aug 1913 Deals
Island, NC married 4 June 1932 Phillip Dexter Waterfield. Born 30 Aug
1911 died 13 Nov 1978
C. Edna Etheridge born 19 Jan 1916 Deals Island, NC
married 5 Sept 1931 Princess Anne Co., VA William Washington Hooper
born 18 Feb 1909 Manns Harbor, NC died 22 Nov 1995 Norfolk, VA. 4
children.
D. Isaac Etheridge, Jr. born 7 April 1924 False
Cape, VA married Eleanor
5. Josiah Etheridge. Born 20 Feb 1877. Died 23 Mar 1966. Married
before 1908 Ethel Gray (one child Anne Gray). He married 2nd ca 1914
Irene Elizabeth Ewell born 3 Oct 1897 died 2 Aug 1970 (2nd & 3rd
child)
A. Anne Gray Etheridge born 1908.
B. Lillian born 4 June 1914 False Cape, VA. Died 4
Jan 2003 Portsmouth, VA. Married Thomas C. Jones. 2 children: Alfred
and Barbara
C. Ann “Annie” Etheridge born 8 July 1917 False
Cape, VA. Married Andrew E. Mast born 28 July 1919 Hutchinson, KS died
after 24 Aug 2004. 3 children.
6. Missouri Anne Etheridge. Born 19 Nov 1878 Deals Island. Died 19
Dec 1962. Married 8 July 1896 Oswald E. Bright born 30 Sept 1874
Princess Anne Co., VA died 21 Nov 1949 Princess Anne Co., VA. Sixteen
children:
A. Bernice Frances “Bertie” Bright born 12 Jan 1898
Princess Anne Co., VA died 24 June 1979 married 5 June 1917 Princess
Anne Co., VA Henry Robert Edward Lee Woodhouse born 2 April 1878
Princess Anne Co., VA died 10 Dec 1951 Princess Anne Co., VA : four
children:
(1) Melvin Edward Woodhouse born
2 June 1918 married 18 Jan 1947 Lillie Mae West born 1929 died 12 June
1994 daughter of Orion L. West and Grace Stevens: four children:
a.
MelvaWoodhouse born 2 Jan 1948 married 19 Nov 1965 Bernard Lee Brown
born 8 June 1945 son of Fitzhugh Lee Brown and Ruby Moseley: two sons.
b. Bonnie Sue
Woodhouse born 15 Sept 1952 married 23 July 1979 Ralph Beren Crane: no
children
c. Dianne Kay
Woodhouse born 29 Aug 1955 married 7 Dec 1973 David Earl Tarkington
divorced 22 Dec 1982 married 2nd 29 Sept 1985 Chris Harper: two
daughters.
d. Melvin
Edward Woodhouse Jr. born 22 July 1961 married Joyce Alman/Alderman:
divorced 13 June 1987 one child.
(2) Lucy Elizabeth Woodhouse born
25 Dec 1920 married 21 Nov 1937 Lloyd Alva Murden born 16 Dec 1908
Princess Anne Co., VA died ca 2003 son of Ryland J. Murden and Margaret
Jane Smith: three children:
a. Joyce
Elizabeth Murden born 16 Oct 1938 married 1 Sept 1957 Ray Edward Newman
b 1935 son of George Alfred Newman and Elby Widgeon: children Mark and
Betsey
b. Barbara
Jane Murden born 1 Sept 1942 married 31 Dec 1963 Winston “Winky” Grandy
Henley son of Grandy Shipp Henley and Bernice Whitehurst: children
Jeffrey and Bruce.
c. Lloyd Alva
Murden, Jr. born 11 July 1949 married 10 Aug 1975 Barbara Ann Strawhand
daughter of Garland Strawhand and Cordie West : children Julie and
Steven.
(3) Alice Virginia Woodhouse born
30 Jan 1922 died 3 June 1994 married 15 Feb 1939 Melvin Lee Kight born
9 Dec 1908 died 13 June 1975 son of William D. Kight and Mamie Austin:
three children and an adopted child:
a. James
Wesley Kight adopted born 23 Nov 1942 married Geri Harris 2 children
1. Tricia Gail Kight born 2 May 1973
2. Julia Marie Kight born 26 Nov 1975
b. William
Edward Kight born 9 Dec 1945 married 1 April 1963 Betty Estelle Smith
1. Rose Ann Kight adopted Betty’s child
2. William Edward Kignt born 22 Feb 1964
3. Richard Allen Kight born 10 Sept 1965
c. Juanita Lee
Kight born 30 April 1948 married Paul Stevenson: two children
1. Nicholas Allen Kight born 30 Sept 1968
2. Michelle Lynn Stevenson. Born 26 Dec 1969
d. Naomi Faye
Kight born 2 July 1951 unmarried
(4) Robert Woodhouse: married
Dorothy Elizabeth Parker, no children
B. Carl Julius Bright born 29 Jan 1899 died 21
Feb1975 married Vivian Freeman born 12 Nov 1902 died 6 May 1964
daughter of Harrison C. Freeman and Lydia H., no children
C. Mary Love Bright born 13 Aug 1900 died 2 Sept
1986 Chesapeake, VA married 14 Sept 1920 Richard Wesley Brown, born
1899 died 27 Nov 1982 son of Cary W. Brown and Mary Susan Keen married
2nd 26 Jan 1933 Marvin Lee Everton born 11 Oct 1911 died 12 Jan 1949
son of George Nelson Everton and Blanche E. Bruce: two children:
(1) Evelyn Gladys Brown born 24
July 1922 married 16 Feb 1944 Langley Morrisette born 14 Aug 1921 son
of William Henry Morrisett and Pauline Widgeon: one son Alan Carlie
Morrisett born 13 Feb 1945 Evelyn married 2nd 26 Jan 1933 Marvin Lee
Everton born 11 Oct 1911 died 12 June 1949 son of George Nelson Everton
and Blanche E. Bruce
(2) Roger Lee Everton born 11
April 1936 married 1958 Barbara Broyles, married 2nd after 1959 Sara
Lee Sawyer : one son Roger Clyde Everton.
D. Addie Anne Bright born 20 Mar 1902 Princess Anne
Co., VA died 25 Mar 1981 married (1) Victor Bonney James: three
children:
(1) Dorothy Estelle James born 27
June 1921 Princess Anne Co., VA died 21 April 2009 Virginia Beach, VA
married 27 Aug 1939 Marvin Edward Lovett born 23 Dec 1916 Princess Anne
Co., VA died 21 Aug 1999 Virginia Beach, VA son of Andrew Lovett and
Effie Mae Miller: one daughter
a. Brenda
Joyce married 24 Oct 1959 Virginia Beach, VA Leo G. Blank, Jr. born 7
Feb 1937
(2) Hoyt Bright James born 15 Mar
1925 Princess Anne Co., VA married 15 Dec 1947 Dizzy Gray born 23 Jan
1916: two sons:
a. Hoyt Bright
”H. B." James born 12 Aug 1953 unmarried
b. Terry
Michael James born 16 Sept 1955: one son
(3) Ray Victor James 26 July 1930
Bessie Shiel Ewell two daughters:
a. Sheila Ray
James born 8 Dec 1952 married Larry Foster, married 2nd Russell Duncan:
one child Andrea Alexie Foster born 8 Nov 1970
b. Audrey Kay
James born 1 Jan 1954 married Dec 1972 Oscar Dozier: three sons.
(3a) Ray Victor James married 2nd
Dorothy Dickson
c. Unknown
James Addie Bright married (2) 15 Jan 1938 Jessie Bright: one son.
(4) Shelton Early Bright born 19
Mar 1939 married 15 June 1958 Margaret Ann Gregory born 1 Mar 1939
daughter of Ackiss Love Gregory and Margaret Geneva Ownley: two children
a. Kimberly
Ann Bright born 21 April 1966
b. Susan
Michelle Bright born 11 Oct 196
E. Alva Earl Bright born 15 May 1903 died 9 Feb 1985
Woodbridge, VA married 27 Nov 1929 Evelyn Martha Clark born 16 Feb 1907
Fairfax Co., VA: daughter of Charles Augustus Clark and Martha Columbia
Abel.one daughter:
(1) Peggy Jean Bright born 25 Feb
1934 married 5 Sept 1953 William Simmons: one daughter:
a. Tracy Jean
Simmons born 10 Mar 1964: two children
b. Unnamed Boy
Simmons died at birth
F. Hattie Delon Bright born 23 Nov 1904 married 4
Feb 1926 Stanley Robert Spence born 4 June 1901 died 4 Aug 1962 son of
John Wesley Spence and Lee Anna Waterfield. two daughters:
(1) Roberta Lee Spence born 4 Nov
1926 married George Kennedy Bryant: one son and twin daughters:
a. George
Kennedy Bryant, Jr. born 16 Oct 1956: one daughter: Brittany
b. Peggy: Jo
Bryant born 1 Sept 1957 unmarried
c. Betty:
Bryant born 1 Sept 1957: one son and one daughter
(2) Joyce Bright Spence born 2
Feb 1931 married Ralph Joseph Morrison born 29 Nov 1931: 2 children
a. James “Jim”
Stanley Morrison born 24 Oct 1954
b. Dawn Leigh
Morrison born 7 Mar 1957
G. Harold Jerome Bright born 6 Mar 1906 died 19 Jan
1907
H. Oswald Early Bright, Jr. born 23 April 1907 d 5
Mar 1993 Virginia Beach, VA married 3 July 1947 Rosa Lee Stillman died
16 April 1987: no children
I. Mark Hannah Bright born 18 Feb 1909 died 19 June
1961 married Marguerite Lingo: one son:
(1) James William Bright born 24
Dec 1941 married 11 July 1964 Rebecca “Ann” Fentress born 13 Sept 1943
daughter of Curtis Fentress and Julia Etta Rowland: one daughter
a. Julie Ann
Bright born 28 Jan 1966 married 7 Oct 1995 Virginia Beach, VA Timothy
J. Hillegass.
J. Unnamed Boy Bright born 4 Feb 1910 died 11 Feb
1910
K. Elvin Emerson Bright born 23 Dec 1911, unmarried
L. Garland Leonard Bright born 1 Dec 1913 Princess
Anne Co., VA died 2 Dec 1994 Virginia Beach, VA married ca 1935 Essie
Marie Bonney born 6 Oct 1916 Princess Anne Co., VA died 18 Oct 1995
daughter of Edwin Bateman Bonney and Sarah Elizabeth Eaton, children:
(1) Unnamed Girl Bright born 29
Jan 1937 died 29 Jan 1937
(2) June Gail Bright born 11 Jan
1939 died 19 Dec 1942
(3) Bonney Garland Bright born 18
July 1942, married Unknown no children
(4) Bruce Early Bright born 5 Jan
1944 married 15 Nov 1968 Mary Sue Ballance: two children:
a. Michael
Andrew Bright born 5 May 1971 died 19 Feb 1975
b. Sarah
“Catherine” Bright born 10 Feb 1973
c. Jeremy
Bonney Bright born 9 May 1977
(5) Gayle Vivian Bright born 8
Sept 1946 married 8 Sept 1964 Marvin Monroe Rollins ,II: two children:
a. Patty Ann
Rollins born 17 July 1966
b. Marvin
"Marty" Monroe Rollins, III born 10 July 1971
M. Elsie Missouri Bright born 9 May 1915 Princess
Anne Co., VA died 19 Mar 1996 Virginia Beach, VA married Sept 1936
Clarence Alfred Boyce married 2nd Claude Edward Hobbs born 13 Feb 1911
died 7 Dec 1967: two daughters:
(1) Marlyne Page Hobbs b 8 June
1941 married 23 Dec ? John W. Alley born 22 June 1941: two Children:
a. John
Patrick Alley born 29 Dec 1967
b. Amy
Elizabeth Alley born 4 May 1970
(2) Susan Marie Hobbs born 13
April 1947 married Unknown Stones: no children
N. Page Holt Bright born 28 Sept 1917 married 30 Mar
1941 Johnnie Royal Hartley born 14 Jan 1921: one daughter:
(1) Judy Evelyn Hartley born 1
Jan 1943 married 1st Wayne A. Dailey divorced, no issue married 2nd 26
Nov 1983 Virginia Beach, VA Fred David White born 4 Dec 1939 son of
Woodrow Wilson White and India Bonney : no children, Fred had 2 sons
born of his 1st marriage to Paula Hamlin.
O. Gladys Luxford Bright born 30 Jan 1919 married 19
Sept 1936 Wilmer Thomas Pritchard born 6 Nov 1913 died 30 Jan 1986
South Mills, NC son of Peter Pritchard and Nancy Alice Munden: one
daughter:
(1) Ann Sarah Pritchard born 20
Dec 1937 died 18 Oct 1998 Camden Co., NC married 27 Aug 1954 Daniel D.
Hewitt born 18 Dec 1932 died 19 Jan 1960, married 2nd 23 Mar 1962
Charles Edward Sawyer born 13 Mar 1932 son of James Fred Sawyer and
Olethia Cartwright: two children:
a. Mark Daniel
Hewitt born 29 June 1955 married 26 June 1976 Annie Marie Hardee born
19 Sept 1953 daughter of Roland Davis Hardee and Anotoniette Marie
Casillo
Ann’s second husband Charles Edward Sawyer
b. Charlene
Ann Sawyer born 29 May 1964
P. Lankford Livius Bright born 10 Mar 1921 died 9
April 1946 married Pauline Davis, one daughter:
(1) Joan Lankford Bright born 17
Oct 1946 married Unknown Hand, married 2nd William Grimstead
7. Sadie Etheridge. Born 7 Jul 1880. Died 10 Mar 1966. Married 5
July 1899 John W Corbell born 5 Jul 1866 died 28 Oct 1942 : two
children:
A. Blanche Corbell born 1901 died 9 May 1972 married
Unknown Pallett
(1) George W. Pallette
(2) Ernest L. Pallette
(3) Catherine Pallett married
Unknown Ansell
B. Isaac Tunis Corbell born 1903 died 1962 married
Sarah Lane born 1905 died 1970
(1) Isaac Tunis Corbell, Jr.
(2) Betty Corbell
(3) Margie Corbell
8. Bertha Etheridge. Born 2 Jul 1884. Died 12 Jul 1971. Married
Charlie Newman: one daughter, Bertha married 2nd Orlander L.Lane.
A. Mary who marrried Luther Caffee and after his
death married Vernon Batten.
9. Benjamin Etheridge. Born 1882. Died 12 Jul 1967. Married 8 Aug
1907 Emma Geneva Williams born 2 Feb 1873 died 2 Oct 1942. She married
2nd William Lewellyn Grimstead and was the mother of Louis Elmer
Grimstead born 27 Mar 1893, who later married Beulah Virginia Corbell
Delon born Feb 1898 died 1972 daughter of John W. and Cordie Corbell
and adopted by Thomas H. Delon and Mary Frances Etheridge.
10. Emily Etheridge. Born 19 May 1891. Died 18 Sep 1957. Married 20
Nov 1922 Oscar Lee Simpson born 1 Jan 1873 d 21 Feb 1942 son of Henry
Hardy Simpson and Mary Jane Waterfield (native of Knotts Island):
children:
A. Oscar Lee Simpson born 14 Oct 1923 died 29 April
1977 never married
B. Henry Jerome Simpson born 3 Oct 1926 died 21 May
1989 married Lucetta Waterfield born 20 Dec 1920 died 6 Oct 2006. 2
adopted children Patricia born 1957 and Henry Lee Simpson born 1968
C. Charlie Wilson Simpson born 5 Aug 1929 died 17
July 1991 Virginia Beach, VA married 16 June 1956 Currituck Co., NC
Elizabeth Ann “ Mamie E.” Ferebee daughter of Mitchell Ferebee and
Mamie: 2 children.
(1) Charles Wilson Simpson, Jr
born 28 Mar 1957
(2) Elizabeth Ann Simpson born 8
Aug 1969
This line goes back to Thomas Etheridge born 15 Nov 1564 in Tottanham Manor, Middlesex in England. He died 16 Feb 1611/12 in All Hollows Parish in Tottanham. He married Ann Pate. Their son Thomas Etheridge was born in 1604 and died 1 Dec 1671 in Norfolk County, Virginia married Christian Warrington. Norfolk County consisted of all Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Princess Anne or Virginia Beach and parts of North Carolina at that time. His will was in Norfolk County but I don’t know where he lived.