Missing Pieces
I have a bare-boned family tree I've created on Ancestry.com, but I'm wanting to delve deeper into the lives of my ancestors. Of especial interest is my 6th great grandmother on my mother's side of the family; her name is Anne Floating Cloud (Vest?). From a quick research, this is the theory; Ann is the daughter of William Turner Vest and Lucretia Lucy Alford. Apparently, Ann was half-Cherokee, one of her parents was of French descent and the other was Cherokee. I believe William Turner Vest was Native American, as he lived in Powhatan, Virginia. William was born in 1735 and around that time (according to Wikipedia) the land there was being settled by the French, but previously was inhabited by Native American tribes. Powhatan was named after Pocahontas' father...just an interesting tidbit, I thought.
Ann was married to Phillip Williams, who was supposedly a quarter Cherokee. I need to print all of this out as I'm just going by memory right now.
This is the lineage I've traced back to Moses Vest, if the Vests are in fact relatives of Ann Floating Cloud. Moses would be my 10th great grandfather and lived between 1650 and 1735.
Moses Vest (1650-1735)
John Valentine Vest (1679-1735)
John Daniel Vest (1705-1765)
William Tunwell Vest (1735-1812)
Anne Floating Cloud Vest (1754-1840)
Thomas Williams (1781-?)
Phillip Williams (1814-1888)
Joseph A. Williams (1853-1902)
Elsie Roberts (1879-?)
Alma M. Roberts (my great grandmother) (1911-2000)
Anita Mae Hanks (my grandmother) (1934-2006)
Roberta Lanham Payne (1952 - current) my mother)
Rebecca Coursey (me)(1978-current)
If anyone has any additional information about Anne or Phillip Williams, I'd appreciate it.
Hi are you sure Phillip Williams was her husband the dates don't match up, Ann 1754 - 1840, Phillip 1814 - 1888; she would have been 60 years older than him, could Thomas born 1781 have been the husband and Phillip the son? William Tunwell Vest was my GGGGGreat Uncle. geneingram1942@gmail.com
Philip Williams was undoubtedly wed to Ann Vest in 1808. There may have been an offspring from successive generations given his same name. The record of their marriage was in Surry county NC, I believe and it was in February of the above year. My problem is what Vest line she fits. She named children after the Tunwall Vest line, but I cannot find her listed on the actual Vest family tree, which is online at Tribal Pages. I too want more info. But my latest info indicates that it is not actually Ann Vest who was Floating Cloud, but Philip's Grand Mother or Mother.
Any help appreciated.
Hi
Ann “Floating Cloud” Vest was my 5th Great Grandmother.
According to my records she was born in 1754 in Powhatan, VA to William Tunwell Vest Sr of Powhatan, Virginia Colony & Lucretia Alford.
She married Phillip “Buck Spike” Williams in 1779.
Phillip Williams was born in 1753.
I am trying to track down any more information & link with relatives as I was raised by my paternal grandfather but as he had remarried i kept away from my paternal grandmother’s family.
It is her bloodline that is descended from Ann.
She died when my birth father was 4. And now all of her nearest family are dead. I am trying to learn who I am using Ancestry DNA. And welcome anyone who knows anything else🙏
Oh and William Tunwell Vest Sr according to my records was born 1735 Powhatan, Colony of Virginia, he married Lucretia Alford, 1754- she was 17, he was 19 & Ann “Floating Cloud” Vest was born that same year 1754.
He died in 1812 in Surrey, Stokes, North Carolina.
I don’t if that helps anyone but hopefully 🙏