Voiles/Voyles Family Crest
Voiles Family Tree
Jacob Voiles was born about 1718 in Pembrokeshire, Wales he died about 1789 on South Carolina. His wife's name may be Martha
Jacob came from Wales about 1755/56 with his four sons, William, Thomas, John and James Voiles.
William Voiles was about fourteen years of age when his father incurred unexpected debts on the trip over. William was indentured to a ship's captain for four years to help pay off the debt. William was very upset about this, he settled in North Carolina instead of South Carolina. William has been found in the DAR records and the National Archives listing him as a soldier of the American Revolution in the North Carolina Militia.
Sometime later William's brothers followed him to Mecklenburg County, and Carabuss County North Carolina. Carabuss County was carved out of Mecklenburg County in 1792.
In the 1790 census William and Thomas are in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. James was in Rowan County, North Carolina and John was in South Carolina.
Thomas Voiles is listed as receiving pay from the state of North Carolina for services during the Revolutionary War
Thomas Voiles pay voucher
Generation one
Jacob Voiles b 1718 Pembrokeshire, Wales d about 1789 in South Carolina. married about 1740 in Wales to Martha
Children of Jacob Voiles and Martha
1. William Voiles b 1741 Pembrokeshire, Wales d January 18, 1798 in Concord, Carabuss County, North Carolina m Hannah Rhodecia Bundy b 1748 Italy d 1809 Carabuss County, North Carolina
2. Thomas Voiles b 1745 Pembrokeshire, Wales d 1816 Washington County, Kentucky m 1770 North Carolina, Sarah Shinn b 1750 New Jersey, daughter of Samuel Shinn and Abigail Urie
3, John Voiles b 1747 Pembrokeshire, Wales d between 1820 and 1830 in Greenville, South Carolina m Mary Elizabeth Bowman b 1754.
4. James Voiles b 1755 Pembrokeshire, Wales d after March 3, 1803 in Rowan County, North Carolina m Agnes Corzine b 1751
