James Grodon Waddel

Male 1770 - 1857  (87 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James Grodon Waddel was born 1770, Lancaster Co. VA (son of James Waddel and Mary Gordon); died 1857.

    James married Lucy Gordon. [Group Sheet]

    James married Mildred Thornton Lindsay. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Waddel was born Jul 1739, Newry, Ulster Ireland; died 17 Sep 1805, Louisa Co. VA.

    Notes:

    He was an Irish presbyterian minister known for his powerful sermons. He became blind about 1787 due to cataracts, but continued his labors without interruption, writing as well as preaching with great industry, and was known as "the blind preacher.

    James Madison, who had been his pupil, said: "He has spoiled me for all other preaching," and Patrick Henry classed him as one of the two greatest orators he had ever heard.

    For more information:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Waddel

    James married Mary Gordon 1767, Verville, Lancaster Co. VA. Mary (daughter of James Gordon and Mary Harrison) was born , Lancaster Co. VA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Gordon was born , Lancaster Co. VA (daughter of James Gordon and Mary Harrison).
    Children:
    1. Nathaniel Waddel was born ca 1768, Lancaster Co. VA.
    2. 1. James Grodon Waddel was born 1770, Lancaster Co. VA; died 1857.
    3. Elizabeth Waddel was born 1777, Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co. VA; died 1851.
    4. Isaac Waddel was born , Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co. VA.
    5. Janetta Waddel was born ca 1780, Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co. VA; died 1852, Princeton, Mercer Co. NJ; was buried , Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ.
    6. Ann Harrison Waddel was born 1783, Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co. VA; died 1853.
    7. Dr. Addison Waddel was born 1785, Louisa Co. VA; died 1855.
    8. Sarah Waddel was born 1789, Louisa Co. VA; died 1865.
    9. Lyttleton Waddel was born 1790, Louisa Co. VA; died 1869.
    10. Harrington Waddel


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  James Gordon

    James married Mary Harrison. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Mary Harrison
    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Gordon was born , Lancaster Co. VA.