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Margaret Wakefield 1745–1815 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 FEB 1745

Birth Location: Pennsylvania

Death Date: 1815

Death Location: Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States

Father: Bridget Banks

Mother: MATTHEW WAKEFIELD

Spouse(s): Johannes Bell

Children(s): Catherine Bell, George Bell

Margaret Wakefield was born in 1745 in Pennsylvania, the child of Bridget Banks And Matthew Wakefield. Margaret Wakefield married Johannes V John Slaveowner Bell, and had children including Catherine A Bell, George Bell. Margaret Wakefield passed away in 1815 in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States.

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Biography

  • Margaret Wakefield was born in 1745 in Pennsylvania, the child of Bridget Banks And Matthew Wakefield.
  • Margaret Wakefield married Johannes V John Slaveowner Bell, and had children including Catherine A Bell, George Bell.
  • Margaret Wakefield passed away in 1815 in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Wakefield's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Wakefield
1745–1815
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Parents
Bridget Banks
1716–1810
Aughrim, County Galway, Ireland
MATTHEW WAKEFIELD
1712–1797
Aughrim, Clare, Ireland
Grandparents
Robert Wakefield
1682–1677
Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth Blaney
1686–1805
Wellingore, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Wakefield
1661–1720
Dorothy Troth
1661–1728
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Wakefield
1630–1688
Mary (Wakefield)
1634–1661
John Troth
1628–1721
Jane Ainscough
1634–1691

Margaret Wakefield's Descendants

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Margaret Wakefield (2 FEB 1745–1815) m. Johannes (V 'John' "SLAVEOWNER") Bell (09 Janury 1747–30 March 1825)
  1. 1. Catherine (A.) Bell 1767–1842 m. John (William) Shoptaugh 1764–1851
    1. 1. Thomas Shoptaw 1790–1850 m. Rachel (Welch Shoptaw) Hashfield 1794–1852
      1. 1. William (J) Shoptaw 1822–1896 m. Mary Carr 1817–1870 m. Franky (A. Yancey or) Yancy 1830–
        1. 1. John (Westley) Shoptaw 1850–1933 m. Alvaretta (Bettie) Garrett 1860–1920
        2. 2. Cassie Shoptaw 1849–
        3. 3. David Choctow 1838–
        4. 4. Caroline Choctow 1846–1882
        5. 5. Rebecca Choctow 1847–1916
        6. 6. Sarah (J) Shoptaw 1847–
        7. 7. William Shoptaw 1853–
        8. 8. Louisa Yancy 1869–
      2. 2. Adam (Hoke) Shoptaw 1820–1886
      3. 3. Elizabeth Shoptaw 1818–1911
      4. 4. Jane Shoptaw 1837–
      5. 5. Jeremiah Shoptaw 1829–
      6. 6. Rebecca (A) Shoptaw 1825–1852
      7. 7. Susan (M) Shoptaw 1835–1887
  2. 2. George Bell 1772–1819

Margaret Wakefield's Timeline

2 Records

1745
2 FEB 1745
Birth of Margaret Wakefield in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
1815
1815
Age 70
Death of Margaret Wakefield in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States
Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 FEB 1745
    Event Place: Pennsylvania
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1815
    Event Place: Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Place: Hardin, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records

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