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Note: Some notes on Hannah Wallace - Reavis - Maynard, from Sue Bassett Folawn, Ann Kilgore, Amma Crum, myself and others:
Benjamin�s wife was born Hannah Wallace, daughter of John Wallace. She had a brother Edward Wallace and John Wallace Jr.. Hannah was first married to Isaac Reavis in Brunswick Co. Virginia on 24 October 1784. She had two children from this marriage; William Wallace Reavis, (b. 1785) and John Hanner Reavis. Isaac Reavis died in 1790 and so Hannah was the widow of Isaac when she married Benjamin Maynard. Benjamin and Hannah had one, possibly two children together. One of the sons was definitely Elijah Maynard who was born in 1799. There may have been a second son named John Maynard based on the will of Mary Wallace.
She is accounted for in the 1800 Census of Wake County, NC. On Census, Page 750, Line No. 946, Benjamin Maynard is listed in age group between 25 and under 45. With him is 1 male under 10, 1 male 10-16, and 1 female 26-45.
Benjamin died in 1808. Hannah and her sons remained in Wake Co. for a number of years, with two of the boys.
Elijah and his half brother William Reavis (born 1785) moved to Monroe County Georgia in 1825. Elijah�s other half-brother, John Hanner Reavis, married Elizabeth Parham, believed to be a cousin to Sarah and Fanny Parham. They migrated to Weakley County Tennessee and appear in census records there through 1860.
There are 3 wills that spell out the relationship of Hannah Wallace Reavis (also spelled Rives in some old documents) and her children to the Wallace family;
In 1811 in Hancock County, Georgia, the will of John Wallace, Jr. states in part "I give to my sister's sons, William W. Rives and John H. Rives and Elijah Mainyard an equal share of my estate.
In 1815, the will of John Wallace, Sr., also Hancock County, Georgia states in part "I give to my daughter Hannah Manyard an equal portion....."
In the will of a Mary Wallace dated 28 November 1833 in Monroe County, Georgia, she makes bequeaths, along with others, to "my sister Hannah Menyard's two children, Elijah Menyard and John Menyard". The tone of the will seems to indicate that Ms Wallace was a spinster and that Wallace was her maiden name.
Isaac Reavis died in 1790, his will probated 24 January 1790. In it, (dated 28 November 1788) he names his wife Hannah and sons, William Wallis Reavis and John Hanner Reavis.
Therefore it would seem that Hannah, wife of Benjamin Maynard, was likely Hannah Reavis, widow of Isaac Reavis and the mother of William Wallace Reavis and John Hanner Reavis. It would certainly explain the lifetime close relationship between Elijah Maynard and William Reavis. They were half brothers...same mama. They also married sisters, Fanny and Sarah Parham, daughters of William Parham and Hanner Perry. Elijah's other half-brother, John Hanner Reavis, married Elizabeth Parham, believed to be a cousin to Sarah and Fanny Parham. That couple migrated to Weakley County, Tennessee where they are mentioned among some of the early settlers and show up in census records there through 1860.
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