Avent - Person Sheet
Avent - Person Sheet
NameHICKS, Martha Hill 
Birth Date23 Aug 1785
Birth PlaceChatham County, North Carolina
Death Date02 May 1809 Age: 23
Death PlaceChatham County, North Carolina
Spouses
1AVENT, Rev. William B. 
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, G GrandsonBirth Date08 Aug 1775
Birth PlaceAvents Ferry, Chatham County, North Carolina
OccupationMethodist Circuit Minister
Death Date15 Dec 1841 Age: 66
Death PlaceChatham County, North Carolina
FlagsClergy, Convaluted Cousin
FatherAVENT, Rev. John Robert (1734-1821)
MotherMOORE, Mary Margaret (~1735-1801)
Misc. Notes
William became a Methodist Circuit Rider at the age of fourteen.
In the early 19th century Rev. William Avent founded Buckhorn Methodist Church in Corinth, Chatham Co NC. church still stands, and its vesibule displays the tombstone of Rev. William Avent.
Three of the 12 children of William and Esther Watts Clegg became Methodist ministers. Rev. Isaac Watts Avent was the one who remained in North Carolina.
In the early 19th century Rev. William Avent founded Buckhorn Methodist Church in Corinth, Chatham Co NC. church still stands, and its vesibule displays the tombstone of Rev. William Avent.
Three of the 12 children of William and Esther Watts Clegg became Methodist ministers. Rev. Isaac Watts Avent was the one who remained in North Carolina.
Marr Date29 Sep 1807
Marr PlaceChatham County, North Carolina
ChildrenThomas (Died as Child) (1809-1814)