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Rachel Downey

Female 1759 - 1816  (57 years)


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  1. 1.  Rachel Downey was born 1759 (daughter of Samuel Downey and Martha McPheeters); died 27 Oct 1816; was buried Raphine, Rockbridge, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    She was an unmarried minor at the time of father Samuel Downey's death; a guardian was appointed

    Buried:
    New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery

    Rachel married John Willson 18 Mar 1779. John was born 1753; died 19 Jun 1826; was buried Raphine, Rockbridge, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Samuel Downey died 3 Jan 1773 - 15 Aug 1773, Augusta Co., Virginia.

    Other Events:

    • Probate: 16 Aug 1773, Augusta Co., Virginia; Appraisers for estate appointed
    • Will: 2 Jan 1773, Augusta Co., Virginia; Will Book 5, page 110.--2d January, 1773. Samuel Downey's will--To wife; to daughter, Margaret; to four youngest children, viz: Elizabeth, Rachel, Samuel, William; to daughters, Mary Ann, Rebecca, and Janet. Executors, wife, William McPheeters, and Charles Campbell. Teste: Charles Campbell, Saml. McPheeters. Proved, 17th August, 1773, by the witnesses. Martha Downey and William McPheeters qualify with Robt. Thompson, and Saml. McPheeters.

    Samuel — Martha McPheeters. Martha (daughter of William McPheeters and Rebecca Thompson) was born Abt 1720, Ireland; died 21 Jan 1801 - 31 Jan 1801, Clark Co., Kentucky. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Martha McPheeters was born Abt 1720, Ireland (daughter of William McPheeters and Rebecca Thompson); died 21 Jan 1801 - 31 Jan 1801, Clark Co., Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Probate: Jan 1801, Clark Co., Kentucky
    • Will: 20 Jan 1801, Clark Co., Kentucky; To sons Samuel and Wm: £22 "apeas" as a part of their father's legacy; to my children Mariam, Rebeckah, Janet, Margaret, Elizabeth, Samuel, and William: the balance of my estate except; to daughter Margaret: my body close; executors, sons Samuel and Wm

    Children:
    1. Janet Martha Downey was born Abt 1738; died 4 Oct 1817, Scott Twp., Brown, Ohio.
    2. Mary Ann Downey was born 1742; died 1824.
    3. Rebecca Downey was born 1747, Virginia; died 10 Jun 1820; was buried Swoope, Augusta, Virginia.
    4. Margaret Downey was born 1755; died 19 Apr 1816, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky; was buried Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky.
    5. Samuel Downey died Aft 20 Jan 1801.
    6. William Downey died Aft 20 Jan 1801.
    7. Elizabeth Downey was born 1756; died 1836, Virginia; was buried Middlebrook, Augusta, Virginia.
    8. 1. Rachel Downey was born 1759; died 27 Oct 1816; was buried Raphine, Rockbridge, Virginia.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  William McPheeters was born Ireland; died Abt Feb 1773, Augusta Co., Virginia.

    Other Events:

    • Probate: 16 Mar 1773, Augusta Co., Virginia
    • Will: 21 Jan 1773, Augusta Co., Virginia; Will Book 5, Page 61.--21st January, 1773. William McPheeter's, Sr. will (signed also by Mary McPheeters), farmer--To wife. Mary; to "dearly beloved John McPheeters"; to dearly beloved daughters, Martha and Jannet, 1 book "Willison on Affliction," 1 book "Rise and Progress of Religion"; to heir of daughter Mary's estate; to sons, William and Samuel, executors. Teste: William Brownlee, Robert Peerie, John Moffett. Proved, 16th March, 1773, by Brownlee and Moffett. William McPheeters, Jr., qualified with George Berry, John Findly (Friedly).

    Notes:

    Appears as an estate appraiser in Augusta Co., Virginia on 7 Mar 1745/6

    William — Rebecca Thompson. Rebecca died Bef 1765, Augusta County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Rebecca Thompson died Bef 1765, Augusta County, Virginia.
    Children:
    1. Mary McPheeters was born Abt 1716, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom; died Oct 1764, Buffalo Gap, Augusta, Virginia; was buried Swoope, Augusta, Virginia.
    2. 3. Martha McPheeters was born Abt 1720, Ireland; died 21 Jan 1801 - 31 Jan 1801, Clark Co., Kentucky.
    3. William McPheeters was born 28 Sep 1729, Pennsylvania; died 28 Oct 1807, Augusta Co., Virginia; was buried Swoope, Augusta, Virginia.
    4. Jannet McPheeters died Aft 21 Jan 1773.
    5. Samuel McPheeters died Aft 21 Jan 1773.


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