Nancy Thompson

  General Notes:

Family legend says that Thomas went hunting for food and never returne d. It was believed that he had been killed by Indians. After severalm onths, Nancy Thompson Cash and her baby, Warren, went to live with Nan cy's sister (believed to be twins and to have the name of Elizabeth). When Nancy arrived at the home of her brother-in-law and sister (Franc is and Elizabeth Fidler), she was ill, starving and destitute. Shesoo n died, leaving young Warren to live with his Aunt Elizabeth. He was raised as Warren Fidler. The Fiddlers had a daughter, Alsie, who late r married David Humphrey.

Elizabeth Fidler died when Warren was about 9 years old. Francis rema rried and the step-mother was mean to Warren and Alsie. It was notedi n "History of Virginia" that Warren beat his uncle's wife with a potat o sack for being abusive to Alsie. A marriage for Francis Fidler and Sarah Stringer is recorded in Louise County, Nov 23, 1779.

The Virginia 1790 Census shows:
P. 25 - Edward Fiddler; White: 3
P. 27 - George Fiddler; White: 3
P. 71 - Jacob Fiddler; White: 1
P. 71 - George Fiddler; White: 3, Black: 1
http://library.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/fo...nfo/query+Fiddler/doc/{@1}/hi ts_o nly

Nancy married Thomas Cash, son of William Cash and Elizabeth Skinner, in 1753 in Virginia. (Thomas Cash was born on Aug 2, 1697 and died in 1782 in Essex Cty, VA.)