This Early Settlers of Craven County, North Carolina, database was created by Susan M. Benning, a former Reference Assistant in the Kellenberger Room, and now Librarian at the Lee County Public Library. She graciously allowed the Kellenberger Room to add this database to our site.
The information in the database contains names, dates, and event information on over 13,000 individuals, chiefly living in the 1700s. It has been expanded to include some individuals in the early 1800s by Victor T. Jones, Jr.
By clicking on the Source number, you will obtain a bibliographical note about the source from which the information on the individual was found. Check your local library for some of these items, as they often come from widely available sources.
| Thomas | Webber | 1772 | p. 32 | /esreferences#30 | Entries of Lots New Bern |
| Thomas | Webber | 1772 | p. 35 | /esreferences#30 | Entries of Lots New Bern |
| Wm | Weblin | 1769 | p. 1558 | /esreferences#34 | Taxables Craven,Pamlico |
| Tho. | Weeber | 1706 | p. 9 | /esreferences#7 | 1706 Land List |
| Thomas | Weeks | p. 661 | /esreferences#59 | Rev. War Pay Voucher | |
| Archd | Weeks | 1778 | p. 160 | /esreferences#23 | Petition to form Jones Co. |
| Archibald | Weeks | 1776 | p. 225 | /esreferences#80 | Battle Moores Creek |
| Leopold | Weil | 1859 | 3076 | /esreferences#94 | native of Ellerstadt, Province of Frankenthal, Bavaria |
| Andreas | Weinman | S# 2 | /esreferences#2 | Letter to Switz Swiss Palatine | |
| William | Weinstein | 1853 | 3075 | /esreferences#94 | native of Warstein, Westphalia (see also 1855) |
| William | Weinstein | 1855 | 3075 | /esreferences#94 | native of Warstein, Westphalia, Prussia (see also 1853) |
| Mear | Weinstein | 1855 | 3075 | /esreferences#94 | native of Warstein, Westphalia, Prussia |
| Levi | Weinstein | 1858 | 3076 | /esreferences#94 | native of Warstein, Westphalia |
| Levi | Weinstein | 1860 | 3077 | /esreferences#94 | native of Westphalia, Germany |
| Weizer | 1710 | S# 2 | /esreferences#2 | Map Swiss Palatine | |
| Weizer(Werger) | 1710 | S# 11 | /esreferences#11 | DeG's1710 Map | |
| Eleanor | Welch | 1757 | p. 26 | /esreferences#30 | Entries of Lots New Bern |
| Eleanor | Welch | 1757 | p. 27 | /esreferences#30 | Entries of Lots New Bern |
| Martin | Welles | 1788 | p. 1481 | /esreferences#68 | Apprentice/ship carpenter |
| Francena (?) | Wells | 1759 | 2975 | /esreferences#92 | Duplin County, executor of Charles Cox |
| Jacob | Wells | 1746 | p. 125 | /esreferences#84 | NC Land Entries 1735-1752 |
| Samuel | Wells | 1790 | S# 76 | /esreferences#76 | 1790 US Census NC |
| Rebecca | Wells | 1797 | p. 105 | /esreferences#51 | Marriage Bonds |
| James | Welsh | 1782 | p. 119 | /esreferences#51 | Marriage Bonds |
| Th | Welson | p. 820 | /esreferences#4 | Petition for Aid Tuscarora War |