Person:John McQueen (22)

John McQueen, Esq., of Charleston, SC
b.Bef 1729 Ireland
  1. John McQueen, Esq., of Charleston, SCBef 1729 - Bef 1763
  • HJohn McQueen, Esq., of Charleston, SCBef 1729 - Bef 1763
  • WAnne DaltonBef 1732 - Aft 1766
  1. Ann McQueen1749 - 1788
  2. John McQueen1751 - 1807
  3. James McQueen1753 - 1760
  4. Alexander McQueen1755 - 1805
  5. George McQueen1758 - 1776
  6. William McQueen1760 - 1762
Facts and Events
Name John McQueen, Esq., of Charleston, SC
Alt Name[2] John Macqueen
Gender Male
Birth? Bef 1729 Ireland
Marriage to Anne Dalton
Occupation? South Carolina, United Statesowner, John McQueen and Company, mercantile firm
Property? South Carolina, United Statesplantation on Horse Savannah Creek, St. Paul's Parish
Death? Bef 4 Feb 1763 Charleston, South Carolina, United States[Will Proven]
Other? South Carolina, United Statesserved in the Commons House of Assembly

Will Abstract

Will of John McQueen of Charles Town, Esqr. Merchant
Names: John Beswicke of London Merchant and his two Partners Messrs. Greenwood & Higginson & the survivours & survivor of them and the Executors & Administrators of such survivor of them and the Executors & Administrators of such survivor all sums due to me or that I have a Right to charge for commissions on, and my Labour & trouble in ceciewing and remmitting the Estate and Produce of the Estate late of Alexander Levie of Charles Town Merchant deceased in trust that they the said John Beswicke & Messrs. Greenwood & higginson or the survivours or survivour of them shall put out the same to interest for the use & benefit of Robert Livie a minor son of the said Alexander Livie, & pay the same with Interest thereof to him the said Robert when he shall attain his age of Twenty one years.
Names "my dearly beloved Wife Ann McQueen", "my Daughter Ann McQueen upon her arrival at age or intermarriage and not before and to be paid her upon her arrival at age or within twelve months after her intermarriage".
Names "my brother Alexander Shaw", "James Brown of St. Pauls Parish", Elijah Harley", "Martha Newman the Wife of Thomas Newman"
Names "my Three Sons, John, Alexander and George McQueen"
"Lastly I do hereby Nominate, constitute and Appoint John Gordon of Savannah in Georgia Esqr.: George Sommers, Henry Lawrens and James Parsons of Charles Town Esqr: and Edward Newfrill of the same place Merchant, and the Survivors and Survivor of them Executors and Executor of this my last Will and Testament, and the Guardians and Guardian of the Persons and Estates of my Children respectively, untill they shall respectively become intitled to the Estate or Legacy hereby Devised or bequeathed to them respectively.
Dated 28 November 1760
[Signed] John McQueen [L.S.]
Witnesses: Alesander Tyffe, George Parker, Cha: Dudley
Proven 4 February 1763.
Recorded in Will Book 1760-1767, Recorded on Page 230.
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References
  1.   [1], in Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
  2. Salley, A. S. (Alexander Samuel). Marriage notices in the South-Carolina and American general gazette from May 30, 1766 to February 28, 1781 and in its successor the Royal gazette, 1781-1782: from the files in the library of the Charleston Library Society, Charleston, S.C. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1959).

    Mr. Thomas Netherclift, of Georgia, merchant, to Miss Nancy Macqueen, daughter of John Macqueen, Esq. deceased. Friday, February 27, 1767.