Person:Margaret Allen (29)

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Margaret Allen
b.22 Feb 1759 Augusta County, Virginia
d.20 Jun 1844 Augusta County, Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1739
  1. Rachel Allen1740 - 1773
  2. Margaret AllenAbt 1742 - Bef 1770
  3. James AllenAbt 1744 -
  4. Isabel AllenAbt 1746 -
  5. William Allen1750 -
  6. Francis Allen1752 -
  7. Nancy 'Agnes' Allen1756 -
  8. Rebecca Allen1758 -
  9. Margaret Allen1759 - 1844
  10. Mary 'Polly' Allen1760 - Bef 1788
  11. Elizabeth 'Betty' AllenAbt 1766 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 27 Feb 1790
  1. Margaret BellAbt 1800 -
  2. Susan BellAbt 1801 - 1821
  3. Julia Henderson Bell1815 - 1887
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Facts and Events
Name Margaret Allen
Gender Female
Birth? 22 Feb 1759 Augusta County, Virginia
Marriage Bond 17 Feb 1790 Augusta County, Virginiato Maj. William Bell
Marriage 27 Feb 1790 Augusta County, Virginiato Maj. William Bell
Death? 20 Jun 1844 Augusta County, Virginia
Burial? 1844 Stone Church Cemetery, Augusta, Virginia, United States
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Parentage

Margaret Allen is mistakenly identified as a daughter of James Allen (1716-1810) and Margaret Anderson, but she is listed in the will of another James Allen (1716-1791), husband of Mary 'Mollie' Hogshead:
  • Page 422.--28th April, 1788. James Allen's will (Sr.), farmer--To children of daughter, Rachel Thomson, 5 shillings each; to daughter, Margaret Bell, 5 shillings; to daughter, Agnes Shields, 6 shillings to son, William Bell, 5 shillings; to daughter, Rebecca McClure, 5 shillings; to daughter, Elizabeth McNair, 5 shillings; to daughter, Mary Allen, 5 shillings; to son, Francis Allen, 50; to son, James, home plantation. Executors, wife Mary, son-in-law David McNaire, son James. Teste: Wm. Wilson, James Allen, John Hartsook, Wm. Baker. Codicil, 24th March, 1789. Teste: Wm. Wilson, John Hartsook, Wm. Baker. Proved, 18th October, 1791, by Hartsook and Baker.
Marriage Bond: 1790--February 17, William Bell and Peggy Allen, daughter of James Allen (consent); surety, James Allen; witnesses, David Hanna, James Allen, Jr.
Also, two other facts rule out this Margaret Allen as a daughter of James Allen, who married Margaret Anderson:
James Allen and Margaret Anderson had a daughter Ann Allen that was born on 25 January 1759, which was less than a month away from the birthdate of Margaret, which again rules her out as their daughter.
The "James Allen, Jr." that witnessed this Margaret Allen's marriage bond [listed above] could only have been the son of James Allen, Sr. (1716-1791), as the other James Allen's son James Jr., born 1771, would not quite been old enough to witness their marriage bond [had to be an adult [age 21] to sign legal documents in colonial Virginia.
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Gravestone Inscription

Stone Church Cemetery, Ft. Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia:

Bell, Margaret
22 Feb 1759 - 20 June 1844
w/o William Bell
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