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Bessie Pendergrast
1903 - 1978 (74 years)1. Bessie Pendergrast was born 21 Jul 1903, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Adolphus Lee Pendergrast and Lucy Jane Jones); died May 1978. Bessie married Jasper Rufus Ashworth 29 Mar 1926, Lillington, Harnett, North Carolina, USA. Jasper (son of Edgar Stroney Ashworth and Pearly Jane Baker) was born 8 Nov 1905, Harnett, North Carolina, USA; died 30 Aug 1983, Perquimans, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
Children:- William Henry Ashworth was born 29 Feb 1936, Harnett, North Carolina, USA; died 18 Jul 1996, Virginia, USA.
2. Adolphus Lee Pendergrast was born Abt 1872, Wake, North Carolina, USA (son of Nathaniel Pleasant Pendergraft and Polly Walker Gooch); died 16 Jun 1940, Wake, North Carolina, USA. Adolphus married Lucy Jane Jones 25 Oct 1894, Cary, Wake, North Carolina, USA. Lucy (daughter of Merritt Ross Jones and Mary Frances Martin) was born 3 Nov 1873, Wake, North Carolina, USA; died 10 Sep 1925, White Oak, Wake, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
3. Lucy Jane Jones was born 3 Nov 1873, Wake, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Merritt Ross Jones and Mary Frances Martin); died 10 Sep 1925, White Oak, Wake, North Carolina, USA. Children:
- 1. Bessie Pendergrast was born 21 Jul 1903, North Carolina, USA; died May 1978.
Generation: 3
4. Nathaniel Pleasant Pendergraft was born 17 Aug 1839, Orange, North Carolina, USA (son of Peter Pleasant Pendergrass and Frances Coulter); died 3 Jul 1915, Wake, North Carolina, USA. Nathaniel married Polly Walker Gooch. Polly (daughter of William Gooch and Susan May) was born Abt 1854, Orange, North Carolina, USA; died 18 Feb 1932, Cary, Wake, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
5. Polly Walker Gooch was born Abt 1854, Orange, North Carolina, USA (daughter of William Gooch and Susan May); died 18 Feb 1932, Cary, Wake, North Carolina, USA. Children:
- 2. Adolphus Lee Pendergrast was born Abt 1872, Wake, North Carolina, USA; died 16 Jun 1940, Wake, North Carolina, USA.
6. Merritt Ross Jones was born Abt 1849, North Carolina, USA (son of William Jones, Jr. and Nancy Hawkins Alford); died Abt 1879, North Carolina, USA. Merritt married Mary Frances Martin. Mary (daughter of Gibson Martin and Jackie Howell) was born 19 Jan 1858, Wake, North Carolina, USA; died 26 Dec 1942, Apex, Wake, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
7. Mary Frances Martin was born 19 Jan 1858, Wake, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Gibson Martin and Jackie Howell); died 26 Dec 1942, Apex, Wake, North Carolina, USA. Children:
- 3. Lucy Jane Jones was born 3 Nov 1873, Wake, North Carolina, USA; died 10 Sep 1925, White Oak, Wake, North Carolina, USA.
Generation: 4
8. Peter Pleasant Pendergrass was born Abt 1811, Orange, North Carolina, USA (son of James Edward Pendergrass and Mary White); died 19 Jul 1892, Wake, North Carolina, USA. Peter married Frances Coulter. Frances was born Abt 1802, Orange, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
9. Frances Coulter was born Abt 1802, Orange, North Carolina, USA. Children:
- 4. Nathaniel Pleasant Pendergraft was born 17 Aug 1839, Orange, North Carolina, USA; died 3 Jul 1915, Wake, North Carolina, USA.
10. William Gooch was born Abt 1817, Orange, North Carolina, USA (son of Pomphret Gooch and Rebecca Williams); died Aft 1880, North Carolina, USA. William married Susan May. Susan was born Abt 1815, Orange, North Carolina, USA; died Aft 1880, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
11. Susan May was born Abt 1815, Orange, North Carolina, USA; died Aft 1880, North Carolina, USA. Children:
- 5. Polly Walker Gooch was born Abt 1854, Orange, North Carolina, USA; died 18 Feb 1932, Cary, Wake, North Carolina, USA.
12. William Jones, Jr. was born Abt 1807, North Carolina, USA (son of William Jones and Dorothy Hampton); died Aft 1880, Wake, North Carolina, USA. William married Nancy Hawkins Alford 8 Oct 1832, Wake, North Carolina, USA. Nancy (daughter of Nathaniel Green Alford and Nancy Rose Liles) was born Abt 1814, Wake, North Carolina, USA; died Aft 1870, Wake, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
13. Nancy Hawkins Alford was born Abt 1814, Wake, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Nathaniel Green Alford and Nancy Rose Liles); died Aft 1870, Wake, North Carolina, USA. Children:
- 6. Merritt Ross Jones was born Abt 1849, North Carolina, USA; died Abt 1879, North Carolina, USA.
14. Gibson Martin was born Abt 1815, North Carolina, USA. Gibson married Jackie Howell. Jackie was born Jul 1822, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
15. Jackie Howell was born Jul 1822, North Carolina, USA. Children:
- 7. Mary Frances Martin was born 19 Jan 1858, Wake, North Carolina, USA; died 26 Dec 1942, Apex, Wake, North Carolina, USA.