David Fausett

1747 - 1824  (76 years)

• Name	David Fausett
  Born	29 Apr 1747	Lambton, Durham, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	Apr 1824
  Person ID	I2846	My Family Tree | McGee-Christensen
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Richard Fawcett,   b. 8 Oct 1714, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Elizabeth Brown
  Married	Abt 1734  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F1061	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ellen (Eleanor) Sutton
  Married	Y  [3, 4]
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F1064	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Apr 1747 - Lambton, Durham, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  David Fausett Headstone Tombstone in cemetery is inscribed Faucett, D. (b. - .d 1824) Find A Grave Memorial# 43610321

  
  

  Histories

  Fausett-McKee Family History from 1630 to July 2000 By Robert Bruce Dunbar, Jr.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Fausett/McKee Family History, Robert Bruce Dunbar, Jr., 3 (Reliability: 3), 26 Nov 2012. This Richard was born 8 Oct 1714, in England, second son of John Fawcett (3-3) (Barrister) and Elizabeth Stonehewer, both of Durham, England, according to the LDS Ancestral File. He was baptised in Green Norton, North Hampton. Richard married Elizabeth Brown about 1734 and had six children: John (5-7), Thomas (5-8), Mary (5-9), Dorothy (5-10), Elizabeth (5-11), and David (5-12) (our ancestor) born in England. The family migrated to America about 1850, possibly by way of Pennsylvania, but settling in the Hillsboro region of Orange County, North Carolina. Five more sons: Joseph (5-13), Robert (5-14), John (5-15), Samuel (5-16), and Richard (5-17) were born in North Carolina. On 22 October 1768 Richard purchased two tracts of land on the Eno River, containing a mill, from Isaaac Low (or Love) "part of a tract of land granted to John Tinning from James Taylor by deed from Earl Granville bearing date the 14th day of MaMarchl753." He subsequently sold this property to his son, David (5-12) for the sum of 400 pounds on 24 November 1792. The LDS Ancestral File has a death date for Richard of 22 April 1782. This is obviously incorrect. The deed to David was proven in February 1808 "by acknowledgement of Richard Faucett the subscriber thereto," so Richard did not die until after that date. He also sold for twenty pounds, 275 acres of land by deed book 10 page 87, to his sons, Samuel (5-16) and Richard (5-17) on 29 August 1803. This deed allowed Richard (Sr.) "to live on as long as he lives." In the 1781 tax list of Orange county, Richard was assessed at 4125 pounds. This ranked him at #8, well up in the list of landholders, one of whom, Alex Mebane, was top with an assessment of 8895 pounds. In the 1800 census of Orange County, North Carolina, Richard "and son" are listed with 10 slaves. The son is probably Richard (5-17). Our Richard was a fairly wealthy man by the standards of the time. Only one Richard Faucett is listed in the Orange County census of 1810. By then, Richard (6-4) had moved to Tennessee and Richard (4-6) had died leaving only Richard (5-17). [S2] Fausett/McKee Family History, Robert Bruce Dunbar, Jr., 3 (Reliability: 3), 26 Nov 2012. This Richard was born 8 Oct 1714, in England, second son of John Fawcett (3-3) (Barrister) and Elizabeth Stonehewer, both of Durham, England, according to the LDS Ancestral File. He was baptised in Green Norton, North Hampton. Richard married Elizabeth Brown about 1734 and had six children: John (5-7), Thomas (5-8), Mary (5-9), Dorothy (5-10), Elizabeth (5-11), and David (5-12) (our ancestor) born in England. The family migrated to America about 1850, possibly by way of Pennsylvania, but settling in the Hillsboro region of Orange County, North Carolina. Five more sons: Joseph (5-13), Robert (5-14), John (5-15), Samuel (5-16), and Richard (5-17) were born in North Carolina. On 22 October 1768 Richard purchased two tracts of land on the Eno River, containing a mill, from Isaaac Low (or Love) "part of a tract of land granted to John Tinning from James Taylor by deed from Earl Granville bearing date the 14th day of Marchl753." He subsequently sold this property to his son, David (5-12) for the sum of 400 pounds on 24 November 1792. The LDS Ancestral File has a death date for Richard of 22 April 1782. This is obviously incorrect. The deed to David was proven in February 1808 "by acknowledgement of Richard Faucett the subscriber thereto," so Richard did not die until after that date. He also sold for twenty pounds, 275 acres of land by deed book 10 page 87, to his sons, Samuel (5-16) and Richard (5-17) on 29 August 1803. This deed allowed Richard (Sr.) "to live on as long as he lives." In the 1781 tax list of Orange county, Richard was assessed at 4125 pounds. This ranked him at #8, well up in the list of landholders, one of whom, Alex Mebane, was top with an assessment of 8895 pounds. In the 1800 census of Orange County, North Carolina, Richard "and son" are listed with 10 slaves. The son is probably Richard (5-17). Our Richard was a fairly wealthy man by the standards of the time. Only one Richard Faucett is listed in the Orange County census of 1810. By then, Richard (6-4) had moved to Tennessee and Richard (4-6) had died leaving only Richard (5-17). [S2] Fausett/McKee Family History, Robert Bruce Dunbar, Jr., 8 (Reliability: 3), 27 Nov 2012. David was born 29 April 1747 in Lambton, Durham, England, the sixth child of Richard Fawcett (4-6) and Elizabeth Brown. He was married about 1763 to Ellen (Eleanor) Sutton. They had four children: Sarah (6-3), Richard (6-4), William (6-5) and Abram (6-6). Ellen was born in Orange County, North Carolina, in 1745 and died before 1783. David then married Elizabeth Davis on 9 November 1783 in Orange County. Elizabeth was born in 1762 and died before February 1831 in Orange County. David and Elizabeth had three children: James Henderson. (6-7), Elizabeth (6-8) and Joseph (6-9). David died in April 1824 and is buried in the cemetery of the Old Eno Presbyterian Church in Orange County, North Carolina. David died without leaving a will and his heirs had to file a petition with the court for their inheritance. Elizabeth made her will of book E page 235 on 21 March 1825 which was proved in February 1831. David owned and operated Faucette's mill (or Upper Mill) on the Eno River about six miles north and a little west of Hillsborough, North Carolina. David obtained the mill from his father, who deeded it to him along with two tracts of land for fofour hundred pounds 24 November 1792. The entire history of this mill along with information on other property owned by David is discussed in the following Chapter III. David appears in the tax list of 1780 with 22 pounds cash, 70 acres land, onone horse and six head of cattle. In 1781 he lists $30 cash, 70 acres of land, two horses and three cattle. In 1783 he has 75 acres, one Negro, four horses and six cattle. In 1791his holding has increased to 150 acres. In the 1800 census he lists nine slaves. In 1810 he is down to eight slaves, and by 1820 to five according to census figures. In 1822 David was listed as an elder of the Eno Presbyterian Church. [S2] Fausett/McKee Family History, Robert Bruce Dunbar, Jr., 8 (Reliability: 3), 27 Nov 2012. David was born 29 April 1747 in Lambton, Durham, England, the sixth child of Richard Fawcett (4-6) and Elizabeth Brown. He was married about 1763 to Ellen (Eleanor) Sutton. They had four children: Sarah (6-3), Richard (6-4), William (6-5) and Abram (6-6). Ellen was born in Orange County, North Carolina, in 1745 and died before 1783. David then married Elizabeth Davis on 9 November 1783 in Orange County. Elizabeth was born in 1762 and died before February 1831 in Orange County. David and Elizabeth had three children: James Henderson. (6-7), Elizabeth (6-8) and Joseph (6-9). David died in April 1824 and is buried in the cemetery of the Old Eno Presbyterian Church in Orange County, North Carolina. David died without leaving a will and his heirs had to file a petition with the court for their inheritance. Elizabeth made her will of book E page 235 on 21 March 1825 which was proved in February 1831. David owned and operated Faucette's mill (or Upper Mill) on the Eno River about six miles north and a little west of Hillsborough, North Carolina. David obtained the mill from his father, who deeded it to him along with two tracts of land for four hundred pounds 24 November 1792. The entire history of this mill along with information on other property owned by David is discussed in the following Chapter III. David appears in the tax list of 1780 with 22 pounds cash, 70 acres land, one horse and six head of cattle. In 1781 he lists $30 cash, 70 acres of land, two horses and three cattle. In 1783 he has 75 acres, one Negro, four horses and six cattle. In 1791his holding has increased to 150 acres. In the 1800 census he lists nine slaves. In 1810 he is down to eight slaves, and by 1820 to five according to census figures. In 1822 David was listed as an elder of the Eno Presbyterian Church.