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William Clayton Avent

William Clayton Avent

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Clayton Avent was born on 16 Nov 1912 (son of Edward White Avent and Margaret Exam Hamlet).

    William married Rebecca Raye Finch [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Edward White Avent was born on 3 Jul 1880 in Chatham Co., North Carolina (son of William Alfred Avent and Mary Ann Cotton); died on 20 Jun 1943 in Durham, Durham Co., North Carolina.

    Edward married Margaret Exam Hamlet about 1904 in Burlington, North Carolina. Margaret (daughter of Richard Raymond Hamlet and Elizabeth Burns) was born on 30 Apr 1885 in Chatham Co., North Carolina; died on 12 May 1948 in Burlington, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Margaret Exam Hamlet was born on 30 Apr 1885 in Chatham Co., North Carolina (daughter of Richard Raymond Hamlet and Elizabeth Burns); died on 12 May 1948 in Burlington, North Carolina.
    Children:
    1. Ruth Avent was born in 1904 in Harnett Co., North Carolina.
    2. Edward White Avent, Jr. was born on 24 Aug 1906 in Harnett Co., North Carolina; died in 1992.
    3. Clyde Brown Avent was born on 10 Oct 1910 in Chatham Co., North Carolina; died on 12 Dec 1949 in Nash Co., North Carolina.
    4. 1. William Clayton Avent was born on 16 Nov 1912.
    5. Jesse Douglas Avent
    6. Staley Allison Avent was born on 29 Nov 1925; died on 8 Jul 1994 in Newport News, Virginia.
    7. Raymond Richard Avent was born on 12 Nov 1908.
    8. Margaret Hazel Avent
    9. Howard Foster Avent was born on 10 May 1921 in Chatham Co., North Carolina; died on 15 Sep 1987 in Granite Falls, North Carolina.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Alfred Avent was born on 30 Aug 1854 in Corinth, Chatham Co., North Carolina (son of Henry Evans Avent and Mary Ann Elizabeth Buchanan); died on 16 Sep 1945 in Chatham Co., North Carolina; was buried in Christian Light Baptist Church Cemetery, Harnett Co., North Carolina.

    William married Mary Ann Cotton on 2 Feb 1875 in Chatham Co., North Carolina. Mary (daughter of Rev. John Wesley Cotton and Jane Christina Ausley) was born on 7 Nov 1856 in Chatham Co., North Carolina; died on 14 Apr 1900 in Chatham Co., North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Ann Cotton was born on 7 Nov 1856 in Chatham Co., North Carolina (daughter of Rev. John Wesley Cotton and Jane Christina Ausley); died on 14 Apr 1900 in Chatham Co., North Carolina.
    Children:
    1. 2. Edward White Avent was born on 3 Jul 1880 in Chatham Co., North Carolina; died on 20 Jun 1943 in Durham, Durham Co., North Carolina.
    2. Cora Adeline Avent was born on 12 Apr 1875 in Buckhorn Township, Harnett Co., North Carolina; died on 24 Dec 1955.
    3. Annie Georgia Avent was born on 2 Oct 1881 in Buckhorn Township, Harnett Co., North Carolina; died on 30 Nov 1945.
    4. Eula Avent was born in 1885 in Buckhorn Township, Harnett Co., North Carolina; died in 1931.
    5. Henry Lee Avent was born on 7 Feb 1890 in Buies Creek, Harnett Co., North Carolina; died on 26 May 1971 in Buies Creek, Harnett Co., North Carolina; was buried in Harnett Memorial Park Cemetery, Lillington, Harnett Co., North Carolina.
    6. Ola Cotton Avent was born on 14 Jan 1893 in Harnett Co., North Carolina; died on 17 Aug 1920 in Harnett Co., North Carolina; was buried in Cokesbury Methodist Church Cemetery, Cokesbury, Harnett Co., North Carolina.
    7. Jessie Esther Avent was born on 9 Jul 1895; died on 19 Aug 1988 in Linden, Cumberland Co., North Carolina.

  3. 6.  Richard Raymond Hamlet was born between 30 Dec 1834 and 1836 in Chatham Co., North Carolina; died on 29 Apr 1908 in Chatham Co., North Carolina.

    Richard married Elizabeth Burns about 1883. Elizabeth was born on 24 Jun 1850; died on 29 Jan 1922 in Chatham Co., North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Burns was born on 24 Jun 1850; died on 29 Jan 1922 in Chatham Co., North Carolina.
    Children:
    1. 3. Margaret Exam Hamlet was born on 30 Apr 1885 in Chatham Co., North Carolina; died on 12 May 1948 in Burlington, North Carolina.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Henry Evans Avent was born on 27 Feb 1829 in Chatham Co., North Carolina (son of Rev. William Avent and Esther Watts Clegg); died on 18 Jul 1901 in Chatham Co., North Carolina.

    Henry married Mary Ann Elizabeth Buchanan on 11 Nov 1853 in Chatham Co., North Carolina. Mary (daughter of Alfred Buchanan and Mary Smith) was born on 27 Feb 1832 in Chatham Co., North Carolina; died on 30 Jul 1909 in Harnett Co., North Carolina; was buried in Cokesbury Methodist Church Cemetery, Cokesbury, Harnett Co., North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary Ann Elizabeth Buchanan was born on 27 Feb 1832 in Chatham Co., North Carolina (daughter of Alfred Buchanan and Mary Smith); died on 30 Jul 1909 in Harnett Co., North Carolina; was buried in Cokesbury Methodist Church Cemetery, Cokesbury, Harnett Co., North Carolina.
    Children:
    1. 4. William Alfred Avent was born on 30 Aug 1854 in Corinth, Chatham Co., North Carolina; died on 16 Sep 1945 in Chatham Co., North Carolina; was buried in Christian Light Baptist Church Cemetery, Harnett Co., North Carolina.
    2. James H. Wesley Avent was born on 22 Apr 1856 in Chatham Co., North Carolina; died on 12 Dec 1935.
    3. Leonidas Hillary Avent was born on 28 Jul 1857 in Avents Ferry, Chatham Co., North Carolina; died in 1939 in Chatham Co., North Carolina; was buried in Cokesbury Methodist Church Cemetery, Cokesbury, Harnett Co., North Carolina.
    4. Nathaniel Gaston Avent was born on 16 Jan 1866 in Chatham Co., North Carolina; died on 3 Mar 1930 in Sanford, Lee Co., North Carolina; was buried in Christian Light Baptist Church Cemetery, Harnett Co., North Carolina.
    5. Sarah Adelaide Avent was born on 22 Feb 1868 in Avents Ferry, Chatham Co., North Carolina; died in 1950.
    6. Annie Cora Avent was born on 9 Nov 1869 in Corinth, Chatham Co., North Carolina; died on 7 Jul 1939 in Chatham Co., North Carolina.
    7. Susan Ella Avent was born on 12 Oct 1871 in Avent's Ferry, Chatham Co., North Carolina; died in 1957.
    8. Mary Loula Avent was born on 21 May 1873 in Avents Ferry, Chatham Co., North Carolina; died in 1944.

  3. 10.  Rev. John Wesley Cotton was born in 1829 in Chatham Co., North Carolina (son of Avent Cotton and Winifred Goodwin); died after 1893 in Chatham Co., North Carolina.

    John married Jane Christina Ausley about 1855. Jane was born in 1830; died after 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Jane Christina Ausley was born in 1830; died after 1880.
    Children:
    1. Laura Jane Cotton was born on 1 Jul 1855 in Chatham Co., North Carolina; died on 31 Jul 1910 in Harnett Co., North Carolina; was buried in Cokesbury Methodist Church Cemetery, Cokesbury, Harnett Co., North Carolina.
    2. 5. Mary Ann Cotton was born on 7 Nov 1856 in Chatham Co., North Carolina; died on 14 Apr 1900 in Chatham Co., North Carolina.
    3. Sally Cotton was born in 1858 in Chatham Co., North Carolina.
    4. John H. Cotton was born in 1861 in Chatham Co., North Carolina; died in Truth, Chatham Co., North Carolina.
    5. Martha Cotton was born in 1868 in Chatham Co., North Carolina.
    6. Nolar Cotton was born in 1868 in Chatham Co., North Carolina; died before 1880 in Chatham Co., North Carolina.
    7. Dora Cotton was born in 1873 in Chatham Co., North Carolina.
    8. Louzela Cotton was born in 1875 in Chatham Co., North Carolina.