1. Joseph Bevins was born about 1751 in County Antrim (Ulster) Belfast, Ireland. He died in 1824 in Lawrence, KY. Joseph immigrated in 1774 to Ireland.
Joseph married Mary Ann Noblett about 1783. Mary was born about 1765 in Newberry, Lancaster Co. PA. She died about 1812 in Kentucky.
They had the following children:
2 F i Arena Bevins was born in 1772. She died in 1777. 3 M ii Joseph Bevins Jr. was born in 1774 in Russell (Scott) Co., VA. + 4 M iii John Bevins Sr. was born on 3 Jun 1786. He died about 1866. + 5 M iv Thomas H. Bevins Sr. was born on 22 Aug 1788. He died on 11 May 1847. 6 M v George Bevins. 7 M vi William Bevins. William married Mary Jane Jones on 23 Oct 1810 in Floyd Co., KY. 8 M vii James Smith Bevins. James married Margaret Ann Elizabeth Byrd on 9 Feb 1821 in Scott Co., VA. 9 F viii Mary "Polly" Bevins. Mary married Abraham Compton. 10 F ix Rebecca Bevins. Rebecca married Charles Franklin Bond. + 11 M x David Bevins was born about 1806. He died about 1879.