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April 13, 2012. JEROME BONAPARTE ETHERIDGE Life-Saving Service

April 9, 2012. By Melinda Lukei.

Updated April 8, 2016 - by Dexter Trump. See 1A(7) Bertie Mae Etheridge for the correction.

Updated April 25, 2016 - by Melinda Lukei.

JEROME BONAPARTE ETHERIDGE and MELISSA ANN WHITSON

Jerome - Born 23 Aug 1848. Died 2 Jul 1933. (Father: Josiah P. Etheridge, Mother: Frances Lee) married 23 Dec 1869 Melissa Whitson – Born 15 Jul 1852. Died 3 Oct 1902. Father: Isaac Whitson, Mother: Mary Ann Woodhouse. They raised ten children on Caffee Inlet, Penny’s Hill, Deal's Island located at the north end of Knotts Island: (Jerome was brother to Sarah Ann Etheridge born 25 Sept 1836 died 24 May 1907 married James Foster Owens born 28 Mar 1828 died 8 July 1883, John Thomas Etheridge born 13 April 1839 died 7 Oct 1842, and William Alfred Etheridge born 8 April 1844)

1. William Alfred Etheridge. Born 24 Jan 1871. Died 15 Apr 1935. Married 22 Jun 1892 Georgia Madora Newman born 2 April 1869 died 5 Mar 1960 , 2 children:
    A. Eva E. Etheridge b 10 April 1893 Corolla, NC d 3 Feb 1966 Virginia Beach, VA married 30 Oct 1912 Princess Anne Co., VA Vernon Ackiss Etheridge b 7 Oct 1891 d 19 Dec 1959 son of Thomas Knox Etheridge and Ada Jane Ackiss, 13 children:
        (1) Mildred Etheridge Wilson born 8 April 1914 Princess Anne Co., VA died 6 Mar 2012 Virginia Beach, VA married 20 April 1935 John Wesley Wilson b 9 Sept 1906 d 16 Oct 1996
        (2) William Thomas"Tony" Etheridge born 22 Feb 1916 Princess Anne Co., VA d 28 July 1983 Virginia Beach, Va married 7 Mar 1937 Princess Anne Co., VA Pauline Agnes Litchfield born 26 Dec 1915 Princess Anne Co., VA died 17 Sept 2001 Virginia Beach, VA
        (3) Vernon Alfred "Jack" Etheridge born 3 Feb 1918 Princess Anne Co., VA died 1997 Virginia Beach, VA married 5 Oct 1940 Princess Anne Co., VA Maribell Malbon born 14 Feb 1919 Princess Anne Co., VA died 1 Jan 2003 Virginia Beach, VA daughter of David Yeatman Malbon and Fannie Bake Lane
        (4) Rosa Jane "Polly" Etheridge born 11 Mar 1920 Princess Anne Co., VA married 26 Jan 1942 Curtis Neighbors (one son Ronald Wilson Neighbors b 29 Oct 1942) married 2nd May 1946 Garnett Riley, married 3rd after 1946 Thomas C. Flora born 17 Dec 1930 Princess Anne Co., VA
        (5) Wilson “Dick” Edward Etheridge born 22 Jan 1922 Princess Anne Co., VA died 15 May 1992 Virginia Beach, VA married 25 Nov 1945 Princess Anne Co., VA Doris Wadsworth born 25 Nov 1925 daughter of George and Alice Wadsworth
        (6) Harrison "Harry" Lee Etheridge born 31 July 1924 Princess Anne Co., VA died 6 Feb 1983 Virginia Beach, VA married June 1945 Morgans Corner, NC Inez Nosay
        (7) Bertie Mae Etheridge born 6 Aug 1926 Princess Anne Co., VA. died 17 January 2016 Franklin, VA married 20 April 1948 Salt Lake City, UT Rev. Donald Ellsworth Trump born 17 Dec 1913 Allentown, PA died 16 Oct 2000 Franklin, VA son of Julius A. Trump and Katie Erdell
        (8) Lina Elizabeth “Betty” Etheridge born 31 Oct 1927 Princess Anne Co., VA married 23 Nov 1946 Dam Neck, VA Robert Edward “Junie” Henley, Jr. born 29 Dec 1921 Princess Anne Co., VA
        (9) Florence Virginia Etheridge born 7 Sept 1929 married 26 July 1952 Princess Anne Co., VA William Conrad Nicklas, Jr. born 28 April 1924 Baltimore, MD son of William Conrad Nicklas, Sr. and Estelle Brown
        (10) Nelson Jerome "Jerry" Etheridge born 14 Feb 1932 Princess Anne Co., VA died 27 Nov 2008 married 11 April 1951 Mary Elizabeth Rowland born 2 Feb 1936 died ca 2003 Virginia Beach, VA
        (11) Ada Anita Etheridge born 23 Nov 1933 Princess Anne Co., VA married 5 June 1955 Princess Anne Co., VA Leonard “Pete” McCoy Harrell born 11 Feb 1933 Hertford, NC
        (12) Georgia “Louise” Etheridge born 21 Sept 1935 Princess Anne Co., VA married 26 Feb 1955 William Lyle Pugh born 1 Aug 1935 Camden, NC married 2nd 28 Dec 1970 Rufus Harrell born 5 Jan 1915 Hertford, NC
        (13) Benjamin "Bennie" James Etheridge born 17 Oct 1937 Princess Anne Co., VA married 27 Feb 1960 Princess Anne Co., VA Barbara Jane Rumley born 23 Aug 1937 Princess Anne Co., VA daughter of Robert W. Rumley and Lillian Gladys Evans
(Note: Cliff and Vernon were brothers and married sisters Eva and Annie.)

    B. Mary Anne “Annie” born 23 Oct 1897 Corolla, NC died 1 Nov 1992 Virginia Beach, VA married 8 Dec 1915 Clifford Thomas Etheridge born 19 Dec 1895 died 14 June 1972 son of Thomas Knox Etheridge and Ada Jane Ackiss, two children:
        (1) Beulah Frances Etheridge born 15 Oct 1916 married 19 Oct 1940 Clyde Otha Freeman, Sr. born 1904 died ca 1968 three children:
            a. Gerald Lee Freeman born 1 April 1943 married 10 Aug 1963 June Kay Robinson: two children:
                1. Tracy Lee Freeman born 19 Oct 1954: two children
                2. Karen Elizabeth Freeman born 15 May 1956
            b. Gary E. Freeman born 8 Nov 1945: no children
            c. Marvin Glenn Freeman born 24 June 1953: md Yvette Bucklar, no children
        (2) Marvin Clifford Etheridge born 1 Aug 1920 Princess Anne Co., VA married 11 June 1955 Frances Mae Williams born 2 Sept 1935: four children:
            a. Ann Meredith Etheridge: born 11 July 1956 married 4 Aug 1974 Edwin Richard Ansell son of Melvin A. Ansell, Sr.
                1. Brian Ansell
                2. Meredith Ansell
            b. Thomas Keith Etheridge born 20 April 1959 married 29 Jan 1984 Sharon Dee Davis son of Forest Davis and Gloria H. one son
            c. Marvin Clifford, Jr “Marty” born 31 Dec 1961 married Elizabeth Ann McCullough one son and one daughter
            d. Kenneth Rae/Ray born 26 Oct 1964: unmarried
        (3) Infant Child born 18 May 1929 died 18 May 1929 Norfolk, VA

2. Mary Frances Etheridge. Born 24 Oct 1872. Died 6 Feb 1967. Married 22 June 1892 Thomas H. Delon born 9 Dec 1872 died 18 Nov 1933; two children:
    A. Son Nathan who died at birth.
    B. Beulah Virginia Corbell born Feb 1898 died 1972 she was adopted at 18 months., the natural daughter of John Corbell and Cordie Sawyer (from Camden, NC) Cordie died young. John Corbell married Sadie, Mary's sister.

3. Napoleon Etheridge. Born 23 Jul 1874 Point Harbor, Dare Co., NC. Died 14 Feb 1956. Knotts Island, NC married 8 June 1896 Currituck, NC Betty O'Neal born 29 Mar 1878 died 22 Oct 1930 Knotts Island, NC Seven children:
    A. Ora Etheridge born 2 Oct 1898 False Cape, VA died 22 June 1899
    B. Napoleon Bonaparte Etheridge, Jr. born 19 Nov 1900 False Cape, VA died 4 Oct 1976 married Sadie Bell Sterling, Vice Mayor of Norfolk, VA
    C. Jerome Howard “Jerry” Etheridge: born 12 Mar 1902 Penny’s Hill, NC married 27 Mar 1926 Mary Reber born 5 Oct 1904 two children:  Joyce and Betty
    D. Annie Elizabeth Etheridge born 31 May 1906 died 29 Feb 1988 married 4 Oct 1930 Wendell Clyde Williams born 6 Mar 1899 died April 1982 one son
        (1) Donald born 4 Sept 1931
    E. Lionel Harvey Etheridge born 12 Sept 1910 Penny’s Hill, Co., NC died 20 Dec 1995 Virginia Beach, VA married 8 June 1930 Camden, NC Catherine Mary Williams: born 29 Oct 1914 died 4 Aug 2011 two (2) daughters:
        (1) Carole Fay Etheridge born 20 April 1937 married 4 Jan 1954 Rudolph Whitehurst born 11 Sept 1934 died 9 June 1985: two children.
        (2) Marylin “Gayle” Etheridge born 15 July 1948 Norfolk, VA married ca 1974 Joseph Ray Simons. , Jr. born 24 Feb 1946. 2 children Brian Earl & Becky Lynn
    F. Nathan Delon Etheridge born 13 Aug 1913 Penny’s Hill, NC married ca 1935 Beulah Shores: one child:
        (1) Nathan, Jr. born ca 1936
    G. William Scott Etheridge: born 24 Sept 1916 Caffee Inlet, NC died 21 Mar 2000 married 1 Sept 1940 Ruth H. Brumley born 1 April 1918 Knotts Island, NC died 30 July 1967 married 2nd 18 April 1971 Elizabeth Love Ballance 2 children:
        (1) Larry O’Neal Etheridge b 7 Feb 1942 married 12 April 1963 Jane Marie Bonney born 19 Feb 1945 daughter of Floyd Emerson Bonney and Cynthia Marie Land
        (2) Alice Joy Etheridge born 28 June 1949 Norfolk, VA died 22 Sept 2005 Wilmington, NC married Horace Lyle

4. Isaac Etheridge. Born 19 Dec 1875. Died 14 Apr 1941. Married Mary Martha “Mattie” Bunch born 6 May 1891 Princess Anne Co., VA died 14 April 1941 Princess Anne Co., VA (lived at False Cape.) 4 Children:
    A. Cecelia Etheridge born 5 Jan 1911 Deals Island, NC died 27 May 2002 Elizabeth City, NC married 11 Sept 1926 Elsworth Morse born 20 June 1904 Penny’s Hill, NC. 4 children.
    B. Gertrude Moore Etheridge born 24 Aug 1913 Deals Island, NC married 4 June 1932 Phillip Dexter Waterfield. Born 30 Aug 1911 died 13 Nov 1978
    C. Edna Etheridge born 19 Jan 1916 Deals Island, NC married 5 Sept 1931 Princess Anne Co., VA William Washington Hooper born 18 Feb 1909 Manns Harbor, NC died 22 Nov 1995 Norfolk, VA. 4 children.
    D. Isaac Etheridge, Jr. born 7 April 1924 False Cape, VA married Eleanor

5. Josiah Etheridge. Born 20 Feb 1877. Died 23 Mar 1966. Married before 1908 Ethel Gray (one child Anne Gray). He married 2nd ca 1914 Irene Elizabeth Ewell born 3 Oct 1897 died 2 Aug 1970 (2nd & 3rd child)
    A. Anne Gray Etheridge born 1908.
    B. Lillian born 4 June 1914 False Cape, VA. Died 4 Jan 2003 Portsmouth, VA. Married Thomas C. Jones. 2 children: Alfred and Barbara
    C. Ann “Annie” Etheridge born 8 July 1917 False Cape, VA. Married Andrew E. Mast born 28 July 1919 Hutchinson, KS died after 24 Aug 2004. 3 children.

6. Missouri Anne Etheridge. Born 19 Nov 1878 Deals Island. Died 19 Dec 1962. Married 8 July 1896 Oswald E. Bright born 30 Sept 1874 Princess Anne Co., VA died 21 Nov 1949 Princess Anne Co., VA. Sixteen children:
    A. Bernice Frances “Bertie” Bright born 12 Jan 1898 Princess Anne Co., VA died 24 June 1979 married 5 June 1917 Princess Anne Co., VA Henry Robert Edward Lee Woodhouse born 2 April 1878 Princess Anne Co., VA died 10 Dec 1951 Princess Anne Co., VA : four children:
        (1) Melvin Edward Woodhouse born 2 June 1918 married 18 Jan 1947 Lillie Mae West born 1929 died 12 June 1994 daughter of Orion L. West and Grace Stevens: four children:
            a. MelvaWoodhouse born 2 Jan 1948 married 19 Nov 1965 Bernard Lee Brown born 8 June 1945 son of Fitzhugh Lee Brown and Ruby Moseley: two sons.
            b. Bonnie Sue Woodhouse born 15 Sept 1952 married 23 July 1979 Ralph Beren Crane: no children
            c. Dianne Kay Woodhouse born 29 Aug 1955 married 7 Dec 1973 David Earl Tarkington divorced 22 Dec 1982 married 2nd 29 Sept 1985 Chris Harper: two daughters.
            d. Melvin Edward Woodhouse Jr. born 22 July 1961 married Joyce Alman/Alderman: divorced 13 June 1987 one child.
        (2) Lucy Elizabeth Woodhouse born 25 Dec 1920 married 21 Nov 1937 Lloyd Alva Murden born 16 Dec 1908 Princess Anne Co., VA died ca 2003 son of Ryland J. Murden and Margaret Jane Smith: three children:
            a. Joyce Elizabeth Murden born 16 Oct 1938 married 1 Sept 1957 Ray Edward Newman b 1935 son of George Alfred Newman and Elby Widgeon: children Mark and Betsey
            b. Barbara Jane Murden born 1 Sept 1942 married 31 Dec 1963 Winston “Winky” Grandy Henley son of Grandy Shipp Henley and Bernice Whitehurst: children Jeffrey and Bruce.
            c. Lloyd Alva Murden, Jr. born 11 July 1949 married 10 Aug 1975 Barbara Ann Strawhand daughter of Garland Strawhand and Cordie West : children Julie and Steven.
        (3) Alice Virginia Woodhouse born 30 Jan 1922 died 3 June 1994 married 15 Feb 1939 Melvin Lee Kight born 9 Dec 1908 died 13 June 1975 son of William D. Kight and Mamie Austin: three children and an adopted child:
            a. James Wesley Kight adopted born 23 Nov 1942 married Geri Harris 2 children
                1. Tricia Gail Kight born 2 May 1973
                2. Julia Marie Kight born 26 Nov 1975
            b. William Edward Kight born 9 Dec 1945 married 1 April 1963 Betty Estelle Smith
                1. Rose Ann Kight adopted Betty’s child
                2. William Edward Kignt born 22 Feb 1964
                3. Richard Allen Kight born 10 Sept 1965
            c. Juanita Lee Kight born 30 April 1948 married Paul Stevenson: two children
                1. Nicholas Allen Kight born 30 Sept 1968
                2. Michelle Lynn Stevenson. Born 26 Dec 1969
            d. Naomi Faye Kight born 2 July 1951 unmarried
        (4) Robert Woodhouse: married Dorothy Elizabeth Parker, no children
    B. Carl Julius Bright born 29 Jan 1899 died 21 Feb1975 married Vivian Freeman born 12 Nov 1902 died 6 May 1964 daughter of Harrison C. Freeman and Lydia H., no children
    C. Mary Love Bright born 13 Aug 1900 died 2 Sept 1986 Chesapeake, VA married 14 Sept 1920 Richard Wesley Brown, born 1899 died 27 Nov 1982 son of Cary W. Brown and Mary Susan Keen married 2nd 26 Jan 1933 Marvin Lee Everton born 11 Oct 1911 died 12 Jan 1949 son of George Nelson Everton and Blanche E. Bruce: two children:
        (1) Evelyn Gladys Brown born 24 July 1922 married 16 Feb 1944 Langley Morrisette born 14 Aug 1921 son of William Henry Morrisett and Pauline Widgeon: one son Alan Carlie Morrisett born 13 Feb 1945.
        (2) Roger Lee Everton born 11 April 1936 married 1958 Barbara Broyles. One son Roger Clyde Everton. married 2nd after 1959 Sara Lee Sawyer.
    D. Annie Anne Bright born 20 Mar 1902 Princess Anne Co., VA died 25 Mar 1981 married 3 times. (1) 5 Sep 1920. Pricess Anne Co, VA. Victor Bonney James born 22 Dec 1899 Princess Anne Co. Died 1953. Three children. (2) John Wilson. (3) 15 Jan 1933 Jesse Bright b 20 April 1872.
        (1) Dorothy Estelle James born 27 June 1921 Princess Anne Co., VA died 21 April 2009 Virginia Beach, VA married 27 Aug 1939 Marvin Edward Lovett born 23 Dec 1916 Princess Anne Co., VA died 21 Aug 1999 Virginia Beach, VA son of Andrew Lovett and Effie Mae Miller: one daughter
            a. Brenda Joyce married 24 Oct 1959 Virginia Beach, VA Leo G. Blank, Jr. born 7 Feb 1937.Died 23 Feb 2016 Newhall, CA.
        (2) Hoyt Bright James born 15 Mar 1925 Princess Anne Co., VA married 15 Dec 1947 Dizzy Gray born 23 Jan 1916: two sons:
            a. Hoyt Bright ”H. B." James born 12 Aug 1953 unmarried
            b. Terry Michael James born 16 Sept 1955: one son
        (3) Ray Victor James 26 July 1930 Bessie Shiel Ewell two daughters:
            a. Sheila Ray James born 8 Dec 1952 married Larry Foster, married 2nd Russell Duncan: one child Andrea Alexie Foster born 8 Nov 1970
            b. Audrey Kay James born 1 Jan 1954 married Dec 1972 Oscar Dozier: three sons.
        (3a) Ray Victor James married 2nd Dorothy Dickson
            c. Unknown James Addie Bright married (2) 15 Jan 1938 Jessie Bright: one son.
        (4) Shelton Early Bright born 19 Mar 1939 married 15 June 1958 Margaret Ann Gregory born 1 Mar 1939 daughter of Ackiss Love Gregory and Margaret Geneva Ownley: two children
            a. Kimberly Ann Bright born 21 April 1966
            b. Susan Michelle Bright born 11 Oct 196
    E. Alva Earl Bright born 15 May 1903 died 9 Feb 1985 Woodbridge, VA married 27 Nov 1929 Evelyn Martha Clark born 16 Feb 1907 Fairfax Co., VA: daughter of Charles Augustus Clark and Martha Columbia Abel: one daughter:
        (1) Peggy Jean Bright born 25 Feb 1934 married 5 Sept 1953 William Simmons: one daughter:
            a. Tracy Jean Simmons born 10 Mar 1964: two children
            b. Unnamed Boy Simmons died at birth
    F. Hattie Delon Bright born 23 Nov 1904 married 4 Feb 1926 Stanley Robert Spence born 4 June 1901 died 4 Aug 1962 son of John Wesley Spence and Lee Anna Waterfield. two daughters:
        (1) Roberta Lee Spence born 4 Nov 1926 married George Kennedy Bryan: one son and twin daughters:
            a. George Kennedy Bryan, Jr. born 16 Oct 1956: one daughter: Brittany
            b. Peggy Jo Bryan born 1 Sept 1957 unmarried
            c. Betty Bryan born 1 Sept 1957 married William H. Martin born 16 Jan 1960. One son and one daughter
        (2) Joyce Bright Spence born 2 Feb 1931 married Ralph Joseph Morrison born 29 Nov 1931: 2 children
            a. James “Jim” Stanley Morrison born 24 Oct 1954
            b. Dawn Leigh Morrison born 7 Mar 1957
    G. Harold Jerome Bright born 6 Mar 1906 died 19 Jan 1907
    H. Oswald Early Bright, Jr. born 23 April 1907 d 5 Mar 1993 Virginia Beach, VA married 3 July 1947 Rosa Lee Stillman died 16 April 1987: no children
    I. Mark Hannah Bright born 18 Feb 1909 died 19 June 1961 married Marguerite Lingo: one son:
        (1) James William Bright born 24 Dec 1941 married 11 July 1964 Rebecca “Ann” Fentress born 13 Sept 1943 daughter of Curtis Fentress and Julia Etta Rowland: one daughter
            a. Julie Ann Bright born 28 Jan 1966 married 7 Oct 1995 Virginia Beach, VA Timothy J. Hillegass.
    J. Unnamed Boy Bright born 4 Feb 1910 died 11 Feb 1910
    K. Elvin Emerson Bright born 23 Dec 1911, unmarried
    L. Garland Leonard Bright born 1 Dec 1913 Princess Anne Co., VA died 2 Dec 1994 Virginia Beach, VA married ca 1935 Essie Marie Bonney born 6 Oct 1916 Princess Anne Co., VA died 18 Oct 1995 daughter of Edwin Bateman Bonney and Sarah Elizabeth Eaton, children:
        (1) Unnamed Girl Bright born 29 Jan 1937 died 29 Jan 1937
        (2) June Gail Bright born 11 Jan 1939 died 19 Dec 1942
        (3) Bonney Garland Bright born 18 July 1942, married Unknown no children
        (4) Bruce Early Bright born 5 Jan 1944 married 15 Nov 1968 Mary Sue Ballance: three children:
            a. Michael Andrew Bright born 5 May 1971 died 19 Feb 1975
            b. Sarah “Catherine” Bright born 10 Feb 1973
            c. Jeremy Bonney Bright born 9 May 1977
        (5) Gayle Vivian Bright born 8 Sept 1946 married 8 Sept 1964 Marvin Monroe Rollins II: two children:
            a. Patty Ann Rollins born 17 July 1966
            b. Marvin "Marty" Monroe Rollins, III born 10 July 1971
    M. Elsie Missouri Bright born 9 May 1915 Princess Anne Co., VA died 19 Mar 1996 Virginia Beach, VA married Sept 1936 Clarence Alfred Boyce married 2nd 30 Dec 1939 Claude Edward Hobbs born 13 Feb 1911 died 7 Dec 1967: two daughters:
        (1) Marlyne Page Hobbs b 8 June 1941 married 23 Dec ? John W. Alley born 22 June 1941: two Children:
            a. John Patrick Alley born 29 Dec 1967
            b. Amy Elizabeth Alley born 4 May 1970
        (2) Susan Marie Hobbs born 13 April 1947 married Unknown Stone: no children
    N. Page Holt Bright born 28 Sept 1917 died 1 Jan 2007 Virginia Beach, VA  married 30 Mar 1941 Johnnie Royal Hartley, son of Henry Royal Hartley and Rosa Land. Born 14 Jan 1921, died 27 Sept 2000. One daughter:
        (1) Judy Evelyn Hartley born 1 Jan 1943 married 1st 18 Feb 1967 Wayne A. Dailey divorced, no issue married 2nd 26 Nov 1983 Virginia Beach, VA Fred David White born 4 Dec 1939 son of Woodrow Wilson White and India Bonney : no children, Fred had 2 sons born of his 1st marriage to Paula Hamlin.
    O. Gladys Luxford Bright born 30 Jan 1919 married 19 Sept 1936 Wilmer Thomas Pritchard born 6 Nov 1913 died 30 Jan 1986 South Mills, NC son of Peter Pritchard and Nancy Alice Munden: one daughter:
        (1) Ann Sarah Pritchard born 20 Dec 1937 died 18 Oct 1998 Camden Co., NC married 27 Aug 1954 Daniel D. Hewitt born 18 Dec 1932 died 19 Jan 1960, married 2nd 23 Mar 1962 Charles Edward Sawyer born 13 Mar 1932 son of James Fred Sawyer and Olethia Cartwright: two children:
            a. Mark Daniel Hewitt born 29 June 1955 married 26 June 1976 Annie Marie Hardee born 19 Sept 1953 daughter of Roland Davis Hardee and Anotoniette Marie Casillo Ann’s second husband Charles Edward Sawyer
            b. Charlene Ann Sawyer born 29 May 1964
    P. Lankford Livius Bright born 10 Mar 1921 died 9 April 1946 married Pauline Davis, one daughter:
        (1) Joan Lankford Bright born 17 Oct 1946 married Unknown Hand, married 2nd William Louis Grimstead born 9 Nov 1922 died 30 June 1992. Son of Louis Elmer Grimstead and Beulah Virginia Corbell.

7. Sadie Etheridge. Born 7 Jul 1880. Died 10 Mar 1966. Married 5 July 1899 John W Corbell born 5 Jul 1866 died 28 Oct 1942. (John married first Cordie Sawyer born ca 1878, died 1898 and had a daughter Beaulah Virginia Corbell). Two children:
    A. Blanche Frances Corbell born 2 June 1901 Popular Branch, Currituck died 9 May 1972 in Virginia Beach, VA. She married 11 Jan, 1919 in Princess Anne County, VA George Washington Pallett born 5 Nov 1896 in Princess Anne County. 4 children.
        (1) Ernest L. Pallette. Born 15 jan 1920. Died 24 Mar 1994 Grandy, Currituck.
        (2) George Washington Pallette, Jr. Born 9 Oct 1926 Norfolk, VA. Died 2 Dec 2010 Portsmouth, VA
        (3) Catherine Pallett born 5 Aug 1923 died 10 Aug 2011. Married Julien Rae Ansell. Born 22 August Knotts Island. Died 13 April 2007 Virginia Beach.
        (4) Shirley Mae Pallett born 15 June 1925 Norfolk, VA Died 17 Oct 1954 Norfolk, VA  
    B. Isaac Tunis Corbell born 3 Feb 1903 died 23 May 1962 Knotts Island. Married Sarah Lane born 1905 Princess Anne County died 7 july 1970 Knotts Island
        (1) Isaac Tunis Corbell, Jr. born 25 Oct 1923 Back Bay Princess Anne County died 28 Feb 2007 Garden Grove CA
        (2) Betty Corbell
        (3) Margie Estelle Corbell born 2 Oct 1925 Knotts Island. Died 22 May 1998
        (4) Florence Virginia Corbell born 25 Mar 1930 Knotts Island. Died 27 Jan 2011

8. Bertha Etheridge. Born 2 Jul 1884. Died 12 Jul 1971. Married Charlie Newman: one daughter, Bertha married 2nd Orlander L.Lane.
    A. Mary who marrried Luther Caffee and after his death married Vernon Batten.

9. Benjamin Etheridge. Born 31 Jan 1882. Died 12 Jul 1967. Married 8 Aug 1907 Emma Geneva Williams born 2 Feb 1873 died 2 Oct 1942. She married 2nd William Lewellyn Grimstead and was the mother of Louis Elmer Grimstead born 27 Mar 1893, died July 1972 who married 6 April 1917 in Princess Anne County Beulah Virginia Corbell Delon born Feb 1898 died 1972 daughter of John W. Corbell and Cordie Sawyer and adopted by Thomas H. Delon and Mary Frances Etheridge.

10. Emily Etheridge. Born 19 May 1891. Died 18 Sep 1957. Married 20 Nov 1922 Oscar Lee Simpson born 1 Jan 1873 d 21 Feb 1942 son of Henry Hardy Simpson and Mary Jane Waterfield (native of Knotts Island): children:
    A. Oscar Lee Simpson born 14 Oct 1923 died 29 April 1977 never married
    B. Henry Jerome Simpson born 3 Oct 1926 died 21 May 1989 married Lucetta Waterfield born 20 Dec 1920 died 6 Oct 2006. 2 adopted children Patricia born 1957 and Henry Lee Simpson born 1968
    C. Charlie Wilson Simpson born 5 Aug 1929 died 17 July 1991 Virginia Beach, VA married 16 June 1956 Currituck Co., NC Elizabeth Ann “ Mamie E.” Ferebee daughter of Mitchell Ferebee and Mamie: 2 children.
        (1) Charles Wilson Simpson, Jr born 28 Mar 1957
        (2) Elizabeth Ann Simpson born 8 Aug 1969

This line goes back to Thomas Etheridge born 15 Nov 1564 in Tottanham Manor, Middlesex in England. He died 16 Feb 1611/12 in All Hollows Parish in Tottanham. He married Ann Pate. Their son Thomas Etheridge was born in 1604 and died 1 Dec 1671 in Norfolk County, Virginia married Christian Warrington. Norfolk County consisted of all Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Princess Anne or Virginia Beach and parts of North Carolina at that time. His will was in Norfolk County but I don’t know where he lived.