Benjamin Hadley married first, Elizabeth King of North Carolina. There were two children to this marriage, Joshua and Mary Hadley. Joshua married Obedience Grantham and remained in North Carolina until 1830 and then moved to Washington County, Texas, where he was made the first alcalde or governor of the county in 1835. His sister Mary married Captain James Thompson of the Revolution and moved to Sampson County, North Carolina, where some of their descendants lived until after the Civil War. Several moved to Texas before the Civil War. The descendants of Joshua Hadley still reside in Washington County, Texas. Mrs. John Martin and her daughter, Mrs. Stella Martin Brosig, and sisters reside in Navasota, Texas. The descendants of Benjamin Hadley by a second marriage reside near Clare and Summerdale, Alabama.970