The Givens family with father Samuel Givens (1667-1741) and mother Sarah Cathey (1667-unknown) including nine children, came to America from Antrim, Ireland, in 1735 along with the John Lewis Family and other Protestants from Northern Ireland, first to Pennsylvania. Then they made their way on foot to what became Augusta Co., VA, prior to 1738. Samuel Givens made out record of Importation in Orange Co., VA, and then died in the late fall of 1740 after making out his Will.
"Headrights of Orange Co., Virginia" file. Samuel made oath on 28 Feb 1739 that they came to US from Ireland and that he brought his wife and children (named below):
Marriage to Sarah I CATHEY (born 1697) in Antrim, Ulster, Ireland in 1718 in Ireland.
Children:
ï‚§ John GIVENS b: 1719 in Ulster, Ireland
ï‚§ Samuel III GIVENS Jr. b: 1721 in Antrim, Ireland
ï‚§ James I GIVENS Sr. b: 1723 in Ulster, Antrim, Ireland
ï‚§ Martha GIVENS b: 1725 in Ulster, Antrim, Ireland
ï‚§ Elizabeth GIVENS b: 1728 in Antrim, Ireland
ï‚§ William GIVENS b: 18 MAY 1729 in Ulster, Antrim, Ireland
ï‚§ Margaret GIVENS b: 1731 in Ulster, Antrim, Ireland
ï‚§ Sarah II GIVENS b: 1733 in Antrim, Ireland
ï‚§ Jane GIVENS b: 1735 in Ulster, Antrim, Ireland
ï‚§ George GIVENS b: DEC 1740 in Orange Co., VA (first American Born Givens from this tree)
John Givens (born 1719) would be the first Giveans/Givens grandfather in my personal tree to be married in America.
** All persons on this list have been verified by birth/death dates, spouse names, marriage dates, children’s names and birth dates etc.
GIVEANS or GIVENS?
The “A†in the name Giveans was either omitted or added, either by mistake in records or on purpose as a name change when the family came to this country from Ireland. Since I can find duplicate records on some ancestors using “both†spellings and even triplicate records with the spelling “GIVANS†I am not sure at this point whether is was by mistake or not, BUT I am sure beyond any doubt that these are all from the same family by simply cross referencing birth/death dates, children, marriage dates, etc.