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Mary Margaret Witherspoon 1697–1785 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 02 Mar 1697

Birth Location: Knockbracken, Drumbo, County Down, Northern Ireland

Death Date: 1785

Death Location: Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States

Father: James Witherspoon

Mother: Janet Witherspoon

Spouse(s): Pvt Sr

Children(s): James Jr

Mary Margaret Witherspoon was born in 1697 in Knockbracken, Drumbo, County Down, Northern Ireland, the child of James Witherspoon And Janet Witherspoon. Mary Margaret Witherspoon married Pvt James Bradley 3D Regt Sc Cavalry Sr, and had children including James Bradley Jr. Mary Margaret Witherspoon passed away in 1785 in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • Mary Margaret Witherspoon was born in 1697 in Knockbracken, Drumbo, County Down, Northern Ireland, the child of James Witherspoon And Janet Witherspoon.
  • Mary Margaret Witherspoon married Pvt James Bradley 3D Regt Sc Cavalry Sr, and had children including James Bradley Jr.
  • Mary Margaret Witherspoon passed away in 1785 in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mary Witherspoon's Ancestors

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Mary Witherspoon
1697–1785
Birth Place: Knockbracken, Drumbo, County Down, Northern Ireland
Parents
James Witherspoon
1675–1759
Begardie, Glasgow, Scotland
Janet Witherspoon
1670–1734
Scotland
Grandparents
Charles Kelly
1635–1675
Brighouse, Ayrshire, England, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Gordon
1637–1674
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Helen Witherspone
1639–1702
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George Gordon
1612–1651
Sarah Gordon
1617–1657
Johan Welsch
1612–1681
Elizabeth Somerville
1624–1662
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Gordon
1590–1631
Patricia Beckett
1598–1640
Joseph Herndon
1587–1641
Mary Boswell
1593–1636
Rev. Ayr
1568–1622
Margaret Knox
1569–1625

Mary Witherspoon's Descendants

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Mary (Margaret) Witherspoon (02 Mar 1697–1785) m. Pvt (James Bradley, 3d Regt SC Cavalry) Sr (1690–22 Apr 1775)
  1. 1. James (Bradley) Jr 1734–1790 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Gordon 1730–1804
    1. 1. John (Samuel) Bradley 1756–1853 m. Mary Prestwood 1759–1854
      1. 1. Sherrod (Delaney "Laney") Bradley 1780–1855 m. Elizabeth Parker 1782–
        1. 1. Quincy (Adam) Bradley 1814–1867 m. Elizabeth (Betsy) Merritt 1820–1892

Mary Witherspoon's Timeline

2 Records

1697
02 Mar 1697
Birth of Mary Margaret Witherspoon in Knockbracken, Drumbo, County Down, Northern Ireland
Knockbracken, Drumbo, County Down, Northern Ireland
1785
1785
Age 88
Death of Mary Margaret Witherspoon in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States
Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 02 Mar 1697
    Event Place: Knockbracken, Drumbo, County Down, Northern Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Illinois
    Record Source: U.S., Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: The Riars, Soordington Nr. Cheltenham
    Record Source: New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1785
    Event Place: Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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