Robert Cunningham, Brother of George
Indexed Cunningham wills and deeds through 1830 in Berkeley County and neighboring Frederick County, bordering the Mill Creek district where George’s family lived, and Orange County records through 1743 do not identify his parents.12 (Although Frederick County was formed in 1738 from Orange County, its court did not meet until 1743, suggesting Orange’s pre-1743 relevance to Frederick’s residents.)13 These sources do, however, establish other family relationships:
• The 1766 Frederick County will of Robert Cunningham names wife Ann and children including William Cunningham and youngest son Robert Cunningham who received the 318-acre tract surveyed in 1750, for which George Cunningham acted as chain carrier.14
The 1785 Berkeley will of Robert Cunningham identifies his stepfather as William Slaughter and names his brother William Cunningham and uncle George Cunningham as executors.15
• The 1786 Berkeley will of William Cunningham names numerous family members including his mother Ann Slaughter and stepfather William Slaughter. It bequeaths personal property to his cousin Robert Cunningham, son of George Cunningham “Esquire].”16
These probates indicate George and Robert, husband of Ann, were brothers.
Robert and Ann Cunningham’s eldest child was born in 1748.17 This suggests Robert was born in the mid-1720s or earlier and could have been the elder of the two brothers.
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