One Line of Descent from Theresa O’Sheal, aka Treecy or Tracy O’Shields, and her Daughter, Elizabeth O’Sheal Hewitt, and her son, Daniel O’Sheal
Theresa O’Sheal, b. sometime between 1756-1775, had a daughter, Elizabeth. This Elizabeth, b. bet. 1790-1793, married James Hewitt in Spartanburg or Union Counties, South Carolina. James Hewitt and Elizabeth O’Sheal moved to Gordon County, Georgia, and lived near Ranger, Georgia. They had a daughter, Sharlotte Letitia (Lettie) Hewitt, who married William Cowan. William was born abt. 1812 in Ireland. This couple had a daughter, Clarinda Caledonia Cowan, b. 29 January 1847. Clarinda married William Monroe Harris, b. 6 August 1846, in Georgia. They had a son, Boss Hewitt Harris, b. 11 July 1888.
Sharlotte Letitia (Lettie) Hewitt Cowan and William Cowan had these children: ADELINE, Joseph, William, Clarinda, Monroe, Leander, RHODA, Sylvanus, and PATRICK.
Sharlotte Letitia (Lettie) Hewitt Cowan’s children’s names match some of the names within the family of one Daniel O’Sheal. This Daniel O’Sheal was NOT the son of Jethro O’Sheal, and this Daniel O’Sheal’s parents are unknown. However, one can feel safe at saying Lettie Hewitt Cowan’s children carried some of the same names as this Daniel O’Sheal’s wife, children, and grand-children.
Daniel O’Sheal’s wife, children, and grand-children: RHODY (Rhoda), ADELINE, and PATRICK are some names Lettie Hewitt Cowan chose for her own children.
Whether the Daniel O’Sheal mentioned in this Post was the brother of Elizabeth O’Sheal Hewitt has not actually been proven; however, because Sharlotte Letitia (Lettie) Hewitt Cowan chose names from Daniel O’Sheal’s family, it is very likely their was a close family connection. Names such as ADELINE, PATRICK, and RHODY, were not the most common names to have chosen. And, because Daniel O’Sheal’s children were born before Lettie Hewitt Cowan’s children, Lettie chose these names out of her relative Daniel O’Sheal’s family.
A researcher has stated that Theresa O’Sheal had a son named, Daniel. As I’ve stated, I haven’t found proof, but it is very tempting to believe this is true since S. Letitia (Lettie) Hewitt Cowan did take names from Daniel O’Sheal’s family. This Daniel O’Sheal would have been the uncle of Lettie Hewitt Cowan.