Person:William McMahon (7)

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William McMahon
b.1724 Delaware
d.27 Nov 1797 Ohio County, Virginia
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m. Bef 1724
  1. William McMahon1724 - 1797
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m. Abt 1744
  1. James McMahon1748 - 1825
  2. William McMahon1749 - 1794
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m. Bef 1772
  1. William McMechen1772 - 1832
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Name William McMahon
Alt Name William McMechen
Gender Male
Birth? 1724 Delaware
Marriage Abt 1744 to Rachel Rosanna Nivens
Marriage Bef 1772 to Sidney Johnson
Death? 27 Nov 1797 Ohio County, Virginia
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Will of William McMahon (McMechen)

  • William McMECHEN 05 Jun 1795
Bequeathed to: My wife Sidney, my eldest son James, my son William, and my son Benjamin. My daughter Agnes McCollock, my daughter Sarah McMechen, and my daughter Sidney. My daughter Jeney (Jane). My grand son David McMechen Broom and my grand daughter Frances Broom.
Witnessed: David Williams, Benjamin McMechen, and Thomas Morton.
Executors: Wife Sidney, sons William and Benjamin.
Note: Negro’s named: Woman named Sarah, boy named Jed, girl called Beck daughter of Cloe. Negro girl named Sue. A Negro girl called Beck daughter of Poll. Negro boy named Ben son of Sam.
William McMechen states in his will any Negro set free shall have six acres of land for his or her use during The term of their natural life.
Addition to the Will of William McMechen was made 18 Oct 1797 where he bequeathed to Nancy McCollock, but no relationship is stated.

Source: http://www.lindapages.com/wags-ohio/willabs.htm


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Records in Virginia

  • O-318: The Hon. George William Fairfax Esq. of Fairfax County, 2,080 acres on Dry Marsh of Opeccon (including improvement formerly Nicholas Mercer's) in Frederick Co, Surv. Thomas Rutherford. Adj. William McMachon, David Brown, Mr. Charles Dick, John Nickland's Heirs, Samuel Littler, Andrew Milburn, Milburn's Heirs, land formerly Peter Falkner dec'd., Joseph Darrall, Richard Colbert, Benjamin Blackburn, the Waggon Road, Capt. Angus McDonald, Henry Heth. 1 Oct. 1770. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 206].


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Information on William McMahon (McMechen)

From Marshall County, WV Genealogy Page:

WILLIAM McMECHEN, b. 1724, DE, d. 11/27/1797, Ohio County, VA/WV, married (1)Rachel Rosanne Nivens, (2) -- Halnsley, (3) Sidney Johnson. Captain, VA. Commanded a company in the Virginia militia, 1775. Came from South Branch of the Potomac River about 1773. Was the first settler on a bottom five miles below Wheeling, now McMechen, Marshall County, WV. At "first siege"* of Fort Henry. Listed in D.A.R. Patriot Index.

(Sources: D.A.R. Lineage Book, Vol. 160, page 104; Lewis Wetzel, The Life and Times of a Frontier Hero, by C. B. Allman, 1939; History of Marshall County, by Scott Powell, 1925.)

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