Person:Martha McPheeters (1)
Martha McPheeters
b.Abt 1719 Ireland
d.Bef 31 Jan 1801 Clark County, Kentucky
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1716
  1. Mary McPheeters1716 - 1764
  2. Martha McPheetersAbt 1719 - Bef 1801
  3. Annie McPheetersEst 1723 -
  4. David McPheetersEst 1725 -
  5. John McPheeters1727 - Bef 1796
  6. William McPheeters, Jr.1729 - 1807
  7. Samuel McPheeters1740 - 1830
  8. Janet McPheetersBef 1743 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Samuel Downey1722 - Bef 1773
  • W.  Martha McPheetersAbt 1719 - Bef 1801
  1. Janet DowneyAbt 1738 - 1817
  2. Miriam DowneyEst 1740 -
  3. Mary Ann Downey1742 -
  4. Elizabeth DowneyEst 1744 -
  5. Rebecca DowneyAbt 1747 - 1820
  6. William DowneyEst 1750 -
  7. Margaret DowneyAbt 1755 -
  8. Rachel Downey1759 - 1816
  9. Samuel DowneyAbt 1765 - Aft 1832
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Facts and Events
Name Martha McPheeters
Married Name _____ Downey
Gender Female
Birth? Abt 1719 IrelandCitation needed; source = OLT, needs verification
Marriage to Samuel Downey
Residence[2] Bef 1774 Augusta, Virginia, United States
Will[1] 20 Jan 1801 Clark, Kentucky, United States
Death[1] Bef 31 Jan 1801 Clark County, Kentucky[probate]

Contents
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McPheeters Tapestry
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Analysis
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McPheeters's in Augusta
……………………..The Tapestry
Families Old Chester OldAugusta Germanna
New River SWVP Cumberland Carolina Cradle
The Smokies Old Kentucky

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Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's Augusta County, VA records:

Page 126.--14th April, 1791. Martha Downey, wife to Samuel Downey, deceased, Samuel Downey and Rachel to John Shuye of Washington County, Maryland, tract willed by Samuel to his son. Samuel, 2d January, 1773, in Beverley Manor; corner land laid off for William Blair and John Wilson; corner William Downey. Teste: Patrick Buchanan, Robert Donaldson, Godlib Harfman, Augustine Argenbright.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Will Abstract - pending better citation.

    DOWNEY, MARTHA. Clark County. 20 Jan 1801. Jan 1801.
    Sons: Samuel, William
    Daus: Mariah, Rebeckah, Janet, Margaret, Elizabeth, Rachel
    [Clark County, Kentucky WB 1:202]

  2. ↑ Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800. (Rosslyn, Virginia: The Commonwealth Printing Company, 1912-1913 in Three Volumes).

    Vol 2, p 118 -
    Downey's heirs vs. Blair--O. S. 125; N. S. 43--
    Orators are Samuel and William Downey of Kentucky, executors of will of Martha Downey, deceased. Samuel Downey, father of orators, died in Augusta in 1773 testate. Daughter Margaret, now wife of James Trotter. Daughter Elizabeth married William Blair. Rachel married John Wilson. Sons orators; Martha, the widow, died testate; James Trotter and wife moved to Kentucky in 1784; Martha Downey's will of Cleark County, Kentucky; sons Samuel and William Downey; children Mariam, Rebeckah, Jenet, Margaret, Elizabeth, Rachel, Saml., William.
    Dated 20th January, 1801; recorded Clarke County, Ky., January, 1801.

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