John Profitt and Susannah Arrington
Rev John Profitt b 28 Aug 1727 St.
James Northam Parish, Goochland Co VA d 15
Nov 1813 Wilkes Co NC s/o
Sylvester Profitt
(aka Prophet)
and Alice Pleasant. Reb John Profitt m. 10 Mar 1757 St James Northam
Parish, Goochland Co VA to Susannah Arrington b about 1739 Goochland Co VA
d after 1814 Wilkes Co NC d/o William Arrington and Mary Susannah Unknown. Children of
Rev John Profitt and
Susannah Arrington;
Sylvester Profitt b 18
Apr 1758 d after 1850 Camp Branch, Perry Co KY m. 26 Apr 1782 Wilkes Co NC to Nancy Tompkins
b about 1760 Wilkes Co ND d about 1814 Camp Branch, Letcher Co KY, d/o James Tompkins and Elizabeth Coleman.
William Profitt
b 8 Jul 1759 Goochland Co VA
d 7 Jul 1823 Wilkes Co NC m. Elizabeth Elmore b 20 Jun 1771 d Jun 1862,
d/o Thomas Elmore and Rhoda Thornton.
Pleasant Profitt
b about 1760 Goochland VA d 8 Aug 1818 Madison Co KY m. 19 Dec 1792 Madison Co
KY to Mary Martin d about 1839 Chariton Co MO.
Mary Elizabeth Profitt
b 31 Jan 1764 Goochland Co VA m. Jesse
Sperry.
James Profitt b 26 Jan 1766 Goochland Co VA
d 20 Nov 1846 Elk Shoales, Yancey Co NC m. Mary Polly Clawson (aka Lawson) b 19
Sept 1774 Halifax Co VA d 22 Nov 1850 Elk Shoals, Yancy Co NC.
David Profitt b 31 May 1769 Goochland Co VA
d young.
Martha Profitt
b 7 Aug 1771 Goochland Co VA.
Nancy Profitt b 10 Oct 1780 Wilkes Co NC m. 10 Oct
1799 to James Fletcher.
Lydia Profitt b about 1782
NC m. 7 Sept 1801 NC to Joshua Suther.
Samuel Profitt
b about 1784 NC m. 31 Aug 1804 NC to Lucy
Shumate.
Sarah Profitt b about 1786 NC
m. 9 Nov 1804 NC to William M Badger.
Mary Polly Profitt
b about 1788 NC m. 3 Nov 1811 NC to Coleman Ferguson.
More about Rev John Profitt
(Source) John moved to Wilkes Co,
NC from
Goochland Co VA in 1772. He was a minister of the Old Roaring River
Baptist Church. Pastor, Cub Creek Church, Wilkes, NC from 1796-1811 and lived on
the Yadkin River near Wildesboro, NC. John's will was probated in
May 1814.
Source: Ashe Co NC Heritage Book, Profitt Families in Ashe Co NC
descended from John Proffitt, Federal census of Ashe & Wilkes County and court
house records of Ashe & Wilkes Co., NC.[winch2.FTW]

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