Family:John Caldwell and Martha Calhoun (1)

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Genealogy Report and Notes for John Caldwell:

Descendants of John Caldwell

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN1 CALDWELL was born Bef. 1721. He married MARTHA CALHOUN Abt. 1739 in Prob. Virginia, daughter of HUGH CALHOUN and AGNES MCCLEARY. She was born 1719 in Drummontolen, Ireland, and died in South Carolina.

Notes for JOHN CALDWELL: There is conflicting information on this John Caldwell. Some sources claim he married Jane Kennedy (probably a different John Calhoun), and other sources claim he married Martha Calhoun abt. 1739 and later married Margaret Ewing. Many dates seem to be mixed up between the other John Caldwell. More research is necessary.

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East of the Blue Ridge Other Ulster Scots settled east of the Blue Ridge. John Caldwell, the grandfather of U.S. Senator John Caldwell Calhoun, led a group of settlers initially to Albemarle County in 1738 and then to Cub Creek in Charlotte County in 1741.

John Caldwell, an elder from Chestnut Level, instigated the letter to the Governor of Virginia in 1738. The Caldwells and others from the congregation settled on Buffalo Creek in Prince Edward County. Thomson joined them in 1744 and served congregations on Cub Creek in Charlotte County, Buffalo Creek and Walker’s in Prince Edward County. He also founded a grammar school and published The Explication of the Shorter Catechism (Williamsburg, 1749). As the nearest minister to the Scotch-Irish settlements on the Haw and Eno rivers in North Carolina, he was appointed to visit them in 1751. He died in North Carolina in 1753 on a pastoral visit.

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John CALDWELL BIRTH: 20 MAR 1715, VA DEATH: 30 OCT 1795, Maury Co. TN Father: John CALDWELL Mother: Margarette PHILLIPS

Family 1: Martha CALHOUN MARRIAGE: 1739

Family 2: Margaret EWING MARRIAGE: 11 JUN John CALDWELL

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Husband: John CALDWELL (C434)

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Father:Hugh CALHOUN
Mother:Agnes Jane MCCLEARY
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  Born: ABT 1745         at: Charlotte Co., VA  

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  Born: 1750             at: Charlotte Co., VA  

Married: 2 JUN 1770 at:

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Spouses: Patrick CALHOUN

Children of JOHN CALDWELL and MARTHA CALHOUN are: i. JOHN2 CALDWELL, b. 1741, Charlotte County, Virginia; d. 1776. ii. UNKNOWN CALDWELL, b. 1743, Charlotte County, Virginia. iii. UNKNOWN CALDWELL, b. 1745, Charlotte County, Virginia. 2. iv. MARTHA CALDWELL, b. 1750, Charlotte County, Virginia; d. May 1802.

Generation No. 2

2. MARTHA2 CALDWELL (JOHN1) was born 1750 in Charlotte County, Virginia, and died May 1802. She married PATRICK CALHOUN 02 Jun 1770, son of JAMES CALHOUN and CATHERINE MONTGOMERY. He was born 11 Jan 1726/27 in County Donegal, Ireland, and died 15 Feb 1796 in Abbeville District, South Carolina.

Children of MARTHA CALDWELL and PATRICK CALHOUN are: i. JAMES3 CALHOUN, b. 1771. ii. CATHERINE CALHOUN, b. 1775; d. Mar 1796; m. DR. WADDELL.

Notes for CATHERINE CALHOUN: Headstone inscription:

Catherine the daughter of Patrick & Martha Calhoun, and the first wife of the Reverand Doctor Waddel Died in March 1796, in the 21st year of her age, without issue.

iii. WILLIAM CALHOUN, b. 1775. iv. PATRICK CALHOUN, b. 1777. v. JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE US, b. 18 Mar 1782; d. 31 Mar 1850; m. FLORIDE CALHOUN; b. WFT Est. 1784-1786.