The McGaughey FamilyHow We Are Related:Willliam McGaughey 1686?-1750William McGaughey 1738-1804Samuel Alexander McGaughey 1763-1841Sarah McGaughey Ewing 1800-1857Rebecca Ewing Dulaney 1820-1894Elizabeth Buenvista Dulaney Brewer 1848-1935Holland Nathaniel Brewer 1871-1950Ina Beatrice Brewer Johnson 1900-1978
Marion Allan Johnson Speakman 1923-1998
Like the other Irish or Scots-Irish families in our ancestral tree, there is some confusion of names in the written accounts, probably, as mentioned in previous posts, because of the Irish naming patterns.
While researching your Irish ancestry, it's helpful to be aware of Irish customary naming patterns regarding given names:
- First born son named after his father's father
- Second born son named after his mother's father
- Third born son named after his father
- Fourth born son named after his father's oldest brother
- Fifth born son named after his father's 2nd oldest brother
or his mother's oldest brother
- First born daughter named after her mother's mother
- Second born daughter named after her father's mother
- Third born daughter named after her mother
- Fourth born daughter named after her mother's oldest sister
- Fifth born daughter named after her mother's 2nd oldest sister
or her father's oldest sisterThe book "History of New Haven County, Connecticut," edited by J. L. Rockey, published in 1892, contains some of the earliest history of the McGaughey Clan in America.From the website: "Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas" by Wallace L. McKeehan, ed.
"William McGaughey was the first of our line to settle in America. No primary records have been found concerning his birth and parentage; we only have information handed down that he was born in Northern Ireland and sailed from Glasgow, Scotland for America about 1738.
The first record of William is found in Delaware where the Wilmington Court records show he was executor for Patrick Cannon who had recently arrived in this country from Ireland. New Castle, Delaware was the disembarkation point for the colonists from Ireland going to the northern part of Pennsylvania. The next record of William's early activities in this country is a court indenture dated 1741 when land was purchased from Abigail Cannon of New Castle Co., Del. William apparently left Delaware sometime between 1741 and 1745 and moved on west into Pennsylvania."
A descendant of William applied for membership in the "Son's of the American Revolution." The membership record can be seen on Ancestry.com. A clip of the Ancestry index is below:
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
We are descended from William and Margaret McGaughey's son William who was born about 1738.
Margaret's maiden name is listed on some records as Margaret Boyd, born 1695, died 1804.
Check this website for more detailed information about the family:Most records list Willliam's birthplace as Scotland, but the FindAGrave website lists the birthplace as Ireland and gives the following account of his origins:
A timeline from "Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas" website follows William's family:
"On 28 Aug. 1757 a size roll of Col. Washington's Company was taken. On this roll was No. 68, Wm. McGaugh (possibly William McGaughey), 30 years old, 5' 7" in height, from Ireland, a planter, who enlisted Aug. 1756 in Frederick Co., VA.
In 1760 William was living in York Co., PA at the time of his marriage to Elizabeth Lackey.
In 1771 William lived in the Turkey Cove in Powell's Valley in present Lee Co., VA.
In 1774 William lived on Head Sugar Tree Draft in Washington Co., VA.
On 11 Aug 1775 the Provincial Convention of Virginia ordered Col. John Neville to march with his company and take possession of Ft Pitt (to later become Pittsburg, PA). William Magahey (McGaughey) was a soldier in this company. His name is on a list of troops paid at Rommey, VA.
On 10 Jun 1776 Wm. McGaughy was the 55th signer of a Fincastle Co., VA, petition.
The 1783 Tax List of Greene Co., NC (later TN.) had Wm. McGaughy listed.
On 1 Nov 1786 Wm. McGaughey received a land grant No. 1657 from the State of North Carolina of 200 acres on Limestone Fork of Lick River, Greene Co., NC (later TN).
In 1788 Wm. McGaughey provided provisions for the militia under General Joseph Martin for their expedition against the Chickamauga Indians for which he was paid 10 14 6.
On 26 December 1791 the State of North Carolina issued grant No. 952 to Samuel Mcgahey, William McGahey (McGaughey), and John McCroskey, 3,000 acres on Loyd's (Boyd's) Creek, according to Greene Co. records.
The earliest settlers of the Sevier Co area settled in the Boyd's Creek area along the Indian War Path which led to Knoxville. William McGaughey was one of these early settlers. He built a stockade on Boyd's Creek which the settlers used for protection against the Indians, known as McGaughey's Station. This station was built as early as 1785 and was still a strong station in 1793.
On 12 Apr. 1798 in Blount Co., TN, Wm. McGaughey was the bondsman when his son James McGaughey married Margaret McCain.
William's wife, Elizabeth Lackey, died in 1804 at Boyd's Creek. William moved to Maury County, Tennessee with two of his sons, George Washington McGaughey and James Harvey McGaughey. He died sometime after 1812 and was buried on the Duck River
Much of the above information was found in the DAR application of Nellie Head Fox, Nat No 293677."
Another story about William's military service in the Revolution comes from the Wiki Tree website:
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McGaughey-70
"Part of William M McGaughy service during the American Revolution was in the Army under General George Washington. At one point of the campaign Washington camped near Abingdon, Virginia. McGaughy was home to be with his wife during childbirth. According to family tradition, William sent word to General Washington of the birth of his namesake, George Washington McGaughy. Not having a more fitting gift Washington sent a little iron camp kettle to William as a gift for his new son. The kettle is no longer in existence.For many years the family used the kettle as a ceremonial bath to welcome new babies. -book of William and Margaret McGaughey 1740- 1983 by Polly Rachel McGaughey Sutton, copyright 1984."
Location of where William McGaughey is buried in Maury Co., TN is unknown.
The oldest child of William and Elizabeth Lackey McGaughey was Samuel Alexander McGaughey.
Samuel married Jane Laughlin in 1784 in North Carolina."
Some biographical information about Samuel is found in "History of New Haven County, Connecticut, Volume 1, ed. John L Rockey.
A private Family Tree on Ancestry.com contains this information:Capt Samuel McGaughey
.Samuel was living with his parents, William and Margaret, when the American Revolution began. When his father was called out for military service against the Indians on Clinch River in the Spring of 1778, Samuel, age 15, substituted for his father and served under Captain John Shelby. He served in the same capacity in August 1778 under Captain James Mongomery. On March 1, 1779 he volunteered for service in his own name. The pension record shows he served 12 months as a private in the North Carolina and Virginia Militia; 4 months as Lieutenant; and was promoted to Captain in 1781. At this same time his son George Washington McGaughy was born, and the camp kettle incident occurred. His total time of military service appears in the record as 35 months. He states that he was in the battle of Tiger River, Pacolat River, Eutaw Springs, and Kings Mountain.
"Samuel McGaughey (1760-1841) served at the battle of Kings Mountain in Capt. James Pemberton's company, Col. John Sevier's regiment at Eutaw Springs. He was born in Pennsylvania; died in Lawrence Alabama."
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Samuel McGaughey
D Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 097 : 1912
Samuel and Jane collected a government pension for a number of years because of his military service.
U. S. Pensioners, Alabama 1835-1850
"...at 55 years of age, with his entire family, with the possible exception of 2 daughters who had already married in Greeneville and his son John, he joined his 2 brothers in Maury County for the long trek to Alabama, going by way of the Natchez Trace, opened in 1806 and over the Tennessee River at present day Muscle Shoals, into the fertile, rolling lands off Lawrence Co, Alabama."Samuel died in Lawrence County, Alabama, on the 5th of January, 1841.Samuel's daughter Sarah married John Mose Ewing on December 2, 1816 in Blount County, Tennessee. They were the parents of 8 children. Margaret, the oldest was born in Tennessee. The next five were born in Lawrence County, Alabama. The two youngest were born in Itawamba County, Mississippi, where Samuel and Sarah are buried.Their daughter Rebecca Ewing, married Gilbert Dulaney in 1838 in Itawamba and they were the parents of 7 children. Elizabeth married John Mead Lesir Brewer in 1870 in Itawamba County, but by 1877 they were living in Johnson County, Texas. They are buried in the Cleburne Cemetery along with many of our relatives.How We Are Related:Willliam McGaughey 1686?-1750William McGaughey 1738-1804Samuel Alexander McGaughey 1763-1841Sarah McGaughey Ewing 1800-1857Rebecca Ewing Dulaney 1820-1894Elizabeth Buenvista Dulaney Brewer 1848-1935Holland Nathaniel Brewer 1871-1950Ina Beatrice Brewer Johnson 1900-1978
Marion Allan Johnson Speakman 1923-1998
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