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Mary Porter
b.1736
d.1814
Facts and Events
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Will
This may be a the will of a different person than Mary (98). Mary (98) married John Mitchell.
- Rockbridge County, VA Will Book 4, p. 31.
- Mary Mackey, alias Little, Will (abstract), Will written 3 Sep 1810
- Son Henry Mackey
- Son Wm. Mackey
- Daughter Mary Willson
- Daughter Esther Walkup
- Daughter Betsey Baily, wife of Wm. Baily
- Grandaughter Phebe Elliott
- Grandaughter, Nancy McCorkle
- Grandaughter, Polly Hamilton
- Grandaughter, Polly Davis
- Grandchildren: James, William, Graham Walkup and Polly Mackey Walkup
- Grandaughters Esther Porter and Elizabeth Taylor
- Also mentions Samuel McCorkle Mackey, Polly Baily and William McCorkle.
- Daughter Jean's sons: John, Alexander, Henry and Abner.
- Henry Mackey and Arthur Walkup executors.
- Proven 31 Jan 1814
- Signed: Mary Macky, alias Little (x her mark)
Records
From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:
- Vol. 2 - Mackey vs. Mackey--O. S. 296; N. S. 106--Will of Mary Mackey, alias Little, dated 3d September, 1810. Aged and infirm. Sons, Henry Mackey, William Mackey; daughter, Mary Willson, and her children; daughters, Esther Walkup and Betsy Bailey, and husband Wm.; granddaughter, Phoebe Elliott; granddaughter. Nancy McCorkle; granddaughters, Polly Hamilton and Polly Davis; grandchildren, James Wilson, Graham and Polly Mackey Walkup; granddaughters, Easter Porter and Elizabeth Taylor; two daughters-in-law; legatee, Saml. McCorkle Mackey; legatee, Polly Bailey; legatee, Wm. McCorkle; daughter Jean's sons, viz: John, Alexander, Henry and Abner. Executors, Henry Mackey and Arthur Walkup. Recorded in Rockbridge, 31st January, 1814.
Notes
- Mary Porter Mackey Little D/O Wm. and Jean Porter, b. 1736 d. 1814
- Her will was written in 1810 and recorded 1/31/1814.
- She was first married to John Mackey who died in 1773 in Augusta.
- Married (2) Joseph Little abt. 1785.
- Mother of: Henry, William, Jean, Esther, Betsy and Mary Mackey.
References
- Person:Mary Porter (98)
Mary Porter b.1736 d.1814
Red Flag note: See below: This is the correct will for Mary Porter Mackey Little. It was Margaret Porter(13) , sister of Mary(98) who married John Mitchell (178)
▼ Will
This may be a the will of a different person than Mary (98). Mary (98) married John Mitchell. Rockbridge County, VA Will Book 4, p. 31.
Mary Mackey, alias Little, Will (abstract), Will written 3 Sep 1810
Son Henry Mackey Son Wm. Mackey Daughter Mary Willson Daughter Esther Walkup Daughter Betsey Baily, wife of Wm. Baily Grandaughter Phebe Elliott Grandaughter, Nancy McCorkle Grandaughter, Polly Hamilton Grandaughter, Polly Davis Grandchildren: James, William, Graham Walkup and Polly Mackey Walkup Grandaughters Esther Porter and Elizabeth Taylor Also mentions Samuel McCorkle Mackey, Polly Baily and William McCorkle. Daughter Jean's sons: John, Alexander, Henry and Abner.
Henry Mackey and Arthur Walkup executors. Proven 31 Jan 1814 Signed: Mary Macky, alias Little (x her mark)
Also, under the children of John and Margaret Porter Mitchell, their daughter Mary Jane should be listed. Whoever transcribed the will to type, put a comma between Mary and Jane, when it should have been typed as just Mary Jane. She married Andrew McClure and should be linked to this Mitchell Family.
Written 20 Apr 1789
Beloved wife Margaret 1/3 of personal estate with house and furniture at her decease her 1/3 of land to go to my son Thomas, the personal estate at her own disposal. Son William land on North side of Buffelow Creek belonging to the plantation whereon I now live, he to pay his brother thomas and sister Hannah 1/6 of its value when sold, reserving to my son thomas plantation to be hereinafter mentioned the following land, beg. the old corner of the North side of the creek at a Button wood and running to a white oak from thence to a hopler from thence to the outside of a three acre field from thence up a Grassy ridge forty poles from thence taking in all the plough land on the fish dam hill. To son John the plantation that always went under his name, with the inclusive survey lately made to him his heirs and assigns forever, he to pay to his mother when demanded 20 lbs. Son Thomas plantation where on I live on the south side of Buffelow with 60 acres lying on the south side of Broad Creek with above described land to be taken of my son William, also 1/2 of cattle and sheep and 2 horses to work plantation and all farming tools now belonging to said Plantation and carpenter tools. Daughter Hannah a mare and saddle, one feather bed, and furniture. Daughter Mary, Jane and Margeret 5 shillings each to be paid out of personal estate. Son Thomas Mitchell executor.
(Signed): John Mitchell
Teste: J. Buchanan James Cassady William McCorkle Proven 2 Feb 1790
[Source: Rockbridge County, VA Will Book 1, pp. 360-361].
John MITCHELL(18) was born about 1720. Members of this Mitchell family were influential in the Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church, now known as the Old Stone Church near Lexington, Virginia.
In 1955 some of their descendants placed two plaques in this church as memorials to their forbears. One reads, in part, "In honor and love of John Mitchell and Margaret Porter Mitchell, his wife (1730-1795), daughter of William and Jean Porter. Also Scotch-Irish and early settlers in Rockbridge County. They inhabited, increased, and developed the estates on Buffalo and James and reared to maturity a family of three sons and three daughters. Members of Old Oxford Presbyterian Church." The Old Oxford Church is no longer in existence. The other plaque honors the father and mother of John Mitchell, Jr. who had come from Scotland by way of Ireland and had settled in the area in 1737.
Margaret and John had six known children, all born probably in Rockbridge County, Virginia. They were:
1. John Mitchell (III) who married Agnes ... before 1783 and migrated to South Carolina that same year. 2. Margaret Mitchell. 3. William Mitchell, who married Susanna ... before 1791 and migrated to Kentucky. 4. Mary Jane Mitchell, who married Andrew McClure in June, 1789 and migrated to Kentucky. 5. Thomas Mitchell who married Rachel Crawford in February, 1799 and migrated to Kentucky. 6. Hannah Mitchell.
John Mitchell was married to Margaret PORTER in 1755 in Augusta Co, VA.(405) Margaret Porter was the d/o William Porter Sr. and Gean Mackey Porter.
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