"(Benjamin) Rounsavill migrated from Hopewell township, Hunterdon County,
New Jersey and established his home on the banks of the Yadkin near the
trading camp ford.  It is evident that Edward Hughes, Isaac Feree, and
Rounsavill operated the first ferry crossings north of the Granville line for,
in September 1753, each of the three petitioned the newly established
Rowan County court for a license to keep a ferry over the Yadkin River...
(Rounsavill) is probably of Huguenot origin...
Benjamin Rounsavill originated in New Jersey...."
                   ~"Carolina Cradle: Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier,
1747 -  1762" p. 112, by Ramsey

Rowan County, North Carolina

             
 Re: Research

My desire in creating this Rounsaval site is to prove the parentage
of Mary Rounsaval who married Leonard Marbury.
It's my belief that Josiah and Sarah Conger Rounsaval were
her parents but no proof has been forthcoming.    

 

Benjamin

1750 -1753 Benjamin and family migrated from Hopewell
Township in Hunterdon Co. NJ to Rowan Co. NC.

The children of Benjamin and his first wife are unknown, but two sons are
believed to be Josiah and David who received acreage from Benjamin in 1767.

No ideas as to when Benjamin's first wife died but we know that he married
a second time to Margaret Enochs.

Marriage Bond - Benjamin Rounsavall & (2) Margaret Enochs

*Richard Enoch's Research - Rowan Co. Register, Vol. 2, No.2  -  "John, the
youngest, (Enoch) married 1729, Margaret VanNimmen...Their first home in old Rowan
was near the Jersey Settlement in present Davidson Co. NC. They finally settled
on the southwest bank of the Yadkin and north of present Advance in
Shady Grove Township, Davie County...."

Benjamin Died

Benjamin died early May 1778.  He left a sizeable estate (for the times.)
 The size indicates that it was not accumulated in a few short years,
but in an extended time frame.   Written at the top of the Inventory page:
"Devided Between the Widdow and the Heirs According to praisement."

Were these the parents Of Mary Rounsaval Marbury &
Jane Rounsaval? Hoodenpyl?
NOTE: Still unproven!


Josiah spelled his name Rounsavall.

Born abt 1730, probably New Jersey, son of Benjamin and his
first wife.  Josiah and his brother David, received 230 acres each on the
Yadkin River from their father 10 Apr 1767.

 He first shows up in Rowan Co. NC records 25 Jun 1755,
where he, his father and others were involved in a riot.

In the early 1750's, Josiah married Sarah Conger, daughter of
John and Zipporah Moores Conger of Rowan Co. NC.  John Conger
had migrated to Rowan Co. about 1750 where he and his sons
eventually purchased land on both sides of Abbott's Creek.  This land
now lies in Davidson County.

Possible Children of Josiah & Sarah

NOTE:  The creator of this site has a two fold interest in the Rounsaval lineage.
 The above Mary and Jane are my Great Great Great Grandmother's.

Note: Josiah & Sarah Conger Rounsaval's son John Rounsaval,
married Sarah Randall, daughter of Jacob & Phoebe Conger Randall.
Thus John Rounsaval & Sarah Randall were first cousins!
                                            ~ Teresa Randall Bransby
 

Josiah's Death

Josiah served in the Revolutionary War, was captured 21 Jun 1780 at
Camden, SC where he died later that year.  6 Nov 1780 Letters
of Administration were filed on his Estate.

State Records of North Carolina - Vol. 18 - 1786

Sarah's Death

Probably died in Rowan Co. NC.

 "Settlers on the Nortwest Carolina Frontier Whose Names Indicate French
Origin Including Alsace-Lorraine,"  Ronce(ville) Ronce(valle)
        ~"Carolina Cradle: Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier,
1747 -  1762" p. 111, by Ramsey

  THANX
No research is accomplished without contributions from others.
 I have many individual researchers who have, for years,
contributed to my genealogy files.
In regard to the Rounsaval researchers, I wish to thank the following: 
Richard A. Enochs
Betty Miller
Barbara B. "Bebe" Platt
Mark Rounsavall
Vicki Rounsavall

   Betty and Bebe are two of our first research forerunners.  I dare say their
findings have been the backbone of the Rounsaval lineage research
and all of our files contain somewhat of their discoveries. 

"And he said to them all, If any man will come after me,
let him deny himself,
and take up his cross daily, and follow me."

ST LUKE 9:23 King James Holy Bible

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