Job Siddle and Sarah Hudson

Sarah Hudson

Children

Note: All children appear to have been born before the move to Tennessee, Sarah was probably the mother of all although it is possible Patsy and others may be the daughter of Job's second wife, Lydia. I have found no record of Sarah's death or of the marriage to Lydia. For all the children for whom I have good estimates of ages, the order named in the will appears to be from oldest to youngest, and I assumed this was correct for the others also.

Job Siddle

Late in the year 1812, Job and his family were preparing to move from Caswell County, North Carolina, to Tennessee, and he appointed an agent to sell a tract of land for him. A transcription of the record reads "Job Siddall of CC (Caswell County) about to remove to Tenn. to Thomas Donoho to sell tract of land in CC on Rattlesnake Creek adj James Montgomery, & widow Morton. 24 Oct 1812."
Ancestry.com, database online: Caswell County, NC Will Books, 1777-1843; 1784 Tax List; and Guardians' Accounts, 1794-1819
Book R, page 66

Job died shortly after making his will in 1820, and his estate sale was held in Robertson County in 1821. Family members including inlaws purchased many of the items.

Sally Siddall/Siddle was born about 1800, based on 1820 census and implied birth between Elizabeth and Job. I have found nothing certain about her, but there are claims that she married Kindred Rose and moved with him to the area around Springfield, Missouri. She was about the correct age for Sarah Rose, Kindred Rose reported his birthplace as Springfield, TN. Also, one of their sons was named Job. One of several legends about the naming of Springfield, MO, is that Kindred Rose suggested it and got friends to vote in its favor.

Esther Siddall/Siddle was also known as Hester, and her family used Sidwell for her maiden name and for the middle name of a son. She was born about one year after Sally. Esther/Hester married James Alexander, either in Robertson County or across the border in Kentucky. I have addressed the family of James Alexander and Hester Sidwell in some detail in my Alexander family history, and the HTML file on the web has clickable links. Do not mistake James Alexander for James C. Alexander of about the same age and also married to one of Job's daughters.

Judith Siddle/Siddall married James C. Alexander (double first cousin of James Alexander), almost certainly in Robertson County although few records exist for such early Tennessee marriages. James C. and Judith are addressed in detail in my Alexander history.

Elizabeth "Betsey" Siddall/Siddle married Elijah Henly. Children include George, Joshua, Elijah, Job, John, and Elizabeth [1850 federal census, Fayette Co., TN, page 249B]. There may be children older than Joshua, who was born when his mother was 25 or 26. She died 29 June 1856, aged 58 years, 2 mon., 25 days, if the inscription on her gravestone is correct. That would mean her birth date was 4 April 1798.

Nancy Siddall/Siddle must have been unmarried in 1820. It is rumored that she was married to Levi Holland.

Samuel Siddall/Siddle was born about 1800, and I have no addition data.

Job Siddall/Siddle was born about 1801. The Texas death certificate of his son James Siddall [#7101 filed 12 Mar 1925, Johnson Co, TX] gives James's parents as Job Siddal and (First Name Don't Know) Steele. The 1850 census, when James was 6 years old, states that 49-year-old Jobe's 40-year-old wife was named Louvinia. [White Co., AR, page 451B] Job's and Louvinia's children included Elizabeth, James, John, Sarah Ann, Job, and Ira. Ira was born after the 1850 census. [1860 Federal Census, White Co., AR, page 846]

Patsy Siddall/Siddle was born about 1805. She was probably Sarah's daughter but may have been Lydia's.