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About Mary McDowell
"James was married to Mary Irvine. She was James’s first cousin named after her Aunt, his mother that was married to Ephraim. This is mentioned on page 17 in the book published in 1981 named McDowell’s in America by Dorothy Kelly MacDowell.] (Contributor: S McDowell, Aug 2018)"
There is confusion as the James son of Margaret is James McDowell, of Augusta County and not the same man as Lt. James McDowell, of Derry Township , the husband of Mary McDowell. It was Mary’s sister Margaret McDowell who married Ephraim.
However, DNA matches suggest this Mary is an Irvine and NOT a Davies.~ CHCurtis January 2023.
From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Davies-4883
Mary's maiden has been listed as Davies or Irvine.
DNA studies of Irvine descendants agree she was an IRVINE.
She is NOT the same person as Mary Ann Mcpheeters (McDowell)
From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59566920/mary-mcdowell
Mary Irvine and James McDowell were married in Williamsburg, James City, VA, and they were the parents of:
- Helen/
- Mary/ (Mrs John Martin)
- Jane/
- Elizabeth/1738 (Mrs Col Samuel Watson)
- Abigail/5 Oct 1740 (Mrs Gen Robert McCleary)
- Sarah/1742
- John/1743 m. Jane Parks
- Margaret/1745 in Lancaster, PA
Notes
Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, p 343, database of On-Line Genealogy Library:
Orphans Court held at Lancaster the Eighth day of August 1751. Before Emanuel Carpenter, James Whithill, James Galbraith, Thomas Foster and James Smith, Esqrs., Justices.
Mary McDowell, Widow and Executrix of James McDowell, Exhibited an Inventory and being about to remove with her Family to the Colony of Carolina and her children desirous she should have the Guardianship over them. It appears the said Mary is a discreet and prudent Woman and fit to be Intrusted with the Guardianship. It is adjudged she have the sole Guardianship over John, Margaret, Helen, Mary, Jane, Elizabeth, Abigail and Sarah McDowell, children by the said James McDowell, deceased. And that Thomas Black and David Shields discharge her Bail."
"My McDowell Family," Leo McDowell: "(b. 1707 d. 1747 in Pennsylvania) of Derry Township, Donegal, Lancaster (Chester) County, Pennsylvania
"...James "died young in Philadelphia...James' widow Mary moved her family to join [his] brothers in North Carolina."
Father: John MCDOWELL b: about 1670 in Gleno, Raloo Parish, co. Antrim, Ireland
Mother: Jane (?) UNKNOWN
Marriage 1 Mary UNKNOWN b: in PA Married: before 1743 in Lancaster Co., PA
Sources: Title: Pennsylvania Vita Records, Vol 1, p 343
Publication: On-Line Genealogy Library Note: Lancaster Co. Will Book I-1, p 329
Note: Per 23&me cousin line, Mary is expected to have a mitochondrial haplo of J1c3 ~CHCurtis
"You (my third cousin) and King Richard III are descendants of a European woman who lived around 13,000 years ago.
J1c common ancestor 13,000 years ago
The much-maligned English Monarch, King Richard III, died in the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 – likely the result of a severe blow to the back of his head. Richard’s body was buried in a friary church in Leicester, but the structure was demolished less than 100 years later thanks to the dissolution of the Catholic Church in England, and many thought his skeleton lost to time.
In 2012, a team of researchers decided to launch a hunt for the monarch’s remains. On the first day of excavations, archaeologists uncovered a human skeleton with signs of scoliosis and severe head wounds, which matched descriptions of the English King. To confirm his identity, scientists tested the skeleton’s mitochondrial DNA and found an exact match with a documented maternal-line descendant of Richard’s sister, Anne of York. In early 2013, the University of Leicester announced that the skeleton undoubtedly belonged to Richard."
per 23&me Maternal Haplogroup report.
Mary and James were married in Williamsburg, James City, VA, and they were the parents of:
Helen/
Mary/ (Mrs John Martin)
Jane/
Elizabeth/1738 (Mrs Col Samuel Watson)
Abigail/5 Oct 1740 (Mrs Gen Robert McCleary)
Sarah/1742
John/1743 m. Jane Parks
Margaret/1745 in Lancaster, PA
Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, p 343, database of On-Line Genealogy Library:
Orphans Court held at Lancaster the Eighth day of August 1751. Before Emanuel Carpenter, James Whithill, James Galbraith, Thomas Foster and James Smith, Esqrs., Justices.
Mary McDowell, Widow and Executrix of James McDowell, Exhibited an Inventory and being about to remove with her Family to the Colony of Carolina and her children desirous she should have the Guardianship over them. It appears the said Mary is a discreet and prudent Woman and fit to be Intrusted with the Guardianship. It is adjudged she have the sole Guardianship over John, Margaret, Helen, Mary, Jane, Elizabeth, Abigail and Sarah McDowell, children by the said James McDowell, deceased. And that Thomas Black and David Shields discharge her Bail."
[James was married to Mary Irvine. She was James’s first cousin named after her Aunt, his mother that was married to Ephraim. This is mentioned on page 17 in the book published in 1981 named McDowell’s in America by Dorothy Kelly MacDowell.]
(Contributor: S McDowell, Aug 2018)
Inscription
Mary McDowel who died Oct 6, 1789, Aged 80 years
References
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38378757/mary-martin
- "McDowell’s in America" by Dorothy Kelly MacDowell.
- https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/15672882
- "My McDowell Family," Leo McDowell: "
- Pennsylvania Vita Records, Vol 1, p 343; Publication: On-Line Genealogy Library Note: Lancaster Co. Will Book I-1, p 329
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Mary McDowell's Timeline
| 1709 |
October 16, 1709
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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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| 1724 |
1724
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Clover, York County, South Carolina
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1728
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| 1734 |
1734
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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| 1738 |
1738
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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1740 |
October 5, 1740
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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
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| 1743 |
1743
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Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
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| 1744 |
1744
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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
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| 1789 |
October 6, 1789
Age 79
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Steele Creek, Mecklenburg County, NC, United States
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