Utley Family

Utley Family

We have been able to reach back five generations from Cynthia UTLEY with information supplied by a distant cousin. I am waiting to get her permission to use her name.

The earliest UTLEY for whom we now have a record is Richard UTLEY.

The line of direct descendants from him to Jim is:

  1. Richard UTLEY
    +Mary HEYWOOD

    1. Mary UTLEY, b 1621
    2. John UTLEY, b 1627
    3. Infant(1) UTLEY, b 1629
    4. Infant(2) UTLEY, b 1630
    5. Samuel UTLEY, b 1632

  2. Samuel UTLEY, b 1632, Thorne, York, England, d 1662, Scituate, Plymouth, MA
    +Hannah HATCHE, b 1637

    1. Lydia UTLEY, b 28 Dec 1659
    2. Samuel UTLEY, b 9 Sep 1662

  3. Samuel UTLEY, b 9 Sep 1662, Scituate, Plymouth, MA, d 9 Feb 1721/22, Stonington, New London, CT
    +Sarah ASHBY, b 15 Dec 1672, Bradford, Essex Co, MA, d 14 Apr 1740, Stonington, NC

    1. Abigail UTLEY, b 13 Jan 1691/92
    2. James UTLEY, b 24 Sep 1695
    3. John UTLEY
    4. Sarah UTLEY
    5. Samuel UTLEY
    6. Mary UTLEY
    7. Jeremiah UTLEY
    8. Lydia UTLEY
    9. Japth Japbeth UTLEY

  4. James UTLEY, b 24 Sep 1695, Stonington, New London, CT
    +Annah, b 1698

  5. William UTLEY, b abt 1721, Wake Co, NC, d 7 May 1794, near Raleigh, Wake Co, NC
    +Elizabeth TURNER, b abt 1723, VA, d 6 Aug 1801, Wake Co, NC

    1. John UTLEY, b abt 1739
    2. Lucy UTLEY, b abt 1746
    3. William UTLEY, b 3 Jan 1749/50
    4. Jacob UTLEY, b abt 1752
    5. Isham UTLEY, b abt 1754
    6. Cynthia UTLEY, b 1756
    7. David UTLEY, b abt 1758
    8. Hezekiah UTLEY, b abt 1760
    9. Littleton UTLEY, b abt 1762

  6. Cynthia UTLEY, b 1756, near Raleigh, Wake Co, NC, d 1829, Dickson Co, TN
    +Matthew Walter MYATT, b 1747, NC, d 1817, NC

  7. Reddick MYATT, b 1785, NC, d 1853, Graves Co, KY
    +Elisabeth Ann WILEY, b 1807, d 1852. Her father was William WILEY, a Revolutionary War soldier.

    1. William MYATT, b 1831
    2. Elizabeth Ann MYATT, b 1834
    3. Alsey Utley MYATT, b 1834
    4. James A. MYATT, b 29 Dec 1836

  8. Elizabeth Ann MYATT, b 1834, Dickson Co, TN, d about 1863, Dickson Co, TN. She stayed in Dickson Co when her parents and three brothers moved to Graves Co, KY.
    +Robert A. HUDSON, b 1824, NC, d 1901, Dickson Co, TN, m 6 Nov 1850, Dickson Co, TN. He was in 59th Tennessee Infantry, CSA; was captured at Missionary Ridge and spent year and a half in POW camp at Rock Island, IL

    1. Nancy J. HUDSON, b 14 Jul 1851
    2. Becky HUDSON, b abt 1853-1857
    3. Fanny HUDSON, b abt 1853-1857
    4. Thomas HUDSON, b abt 1853-1857

  9. Nancy J. HUDSON, b 14 Jul 1851, Dickson Co, TN, d 30 Apr 1919, Fulton, KY, bur Fairview Cem, Fulton, KY
    +Thomas Jefferson JAMES, b 15 Jul 1849, Dickson Co, TN, d 9 Aug 1903, Fulton, KY, bur Fairview Cem, Fulton, KY, m 24 Nov 1870, Dickson Co, TN. He was a lay preacher, Disciples of Christ (Christian Church). Their children migrated: J.F. & Albert, Miami; Ella JOHNSON, Gary, IN; Nora BAKER, southern CA; Beulah STEVENSON & Maggie ENGLISH, Chattanooga; Oscar, Memphis; George, Fulton, KY. Four grandsons and one greatgrandson became military pilots: George's Tom, Jim, & Joe; J.F.'s son Grady's son James W (Bill) JAMES, and Maggie JAMES ENGLISH's Bud ENGLISH (Navy).

    1. Ada Luella JAMES JOHNSON, b 14 Sep 1871, Dickson Co, TN
    2. James Franklin JAMES, b 1877, Dickson Co, TN Photograph of four brothers
    3. Nora JAMES BAKER, b 28 Jan 1880, Dickson Co, TN
    4. Albert R. JAMES, Sr, b 24 Dec 1882, Texas
    5. Oscar JAMES, b 18 Feb 1887, Graves Co, KY
    6. Beulah JAMES STEVENSON, b 24 Apr 1889, Graves Co, KY
    7. George Thomas JAMES, Sr, b 21 Jan 1891, Graves Co, KY
    8. Maggie JAMES ENGLISH, b 1893, Graves Co, KY

  10. George Thomas JAMES, b 21 Jan 1891, Graves Co, KY, d 10 Nov 1968, Fulton, KY, bur Fairview Cem, Fulton, KY. Served in Corps of Engineers railroad battalion, France, WWI.
    +Anna Verna KENDALL, b 29 Aug 1893 Hickman Co, KY, d 12 Apr 1982, San Antonio, TX, bur Fairview Cem, Fulton, KY, m 27 Nov 1919. She had three sons; all three became Air Force pilots; she lived through it; they did too.

    1. George Thomas JAMES, Jr
    2. James Kendall JAMES
    3. Joseph Rankin JAMES

  11. James Kendall JAMES
    +Martha Lou CHAMBERS
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Revised 14 Jan 2001