Born in Frederick, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Robert Bruce Sr.
and Margaret Ann Purdie (McMahon) Bruce
Sister of
Mary Elizabeth (Bruce) Anderson, William A. Bruce, Rachel Bruce, Nancy (Bruce) Percifull, Jane (Bruce) Wiley, Ann Bruce [half], James G Bruce [half], James Robert Bruce II, George Bruce and Sarah (Bruce) Carman [half]
Wife of
David Cox
— married
21 May 1768 in Hampshire Co, Virginia, British America
Descendants 
Mother of
James Cox, Jane Virginia (Cox) Chaffin, Margaret Leona (Cox) McMahon, Isaac Cox, Jonathan Cox, Gabriel Cox and George Cox
Died before
before age 57
in Coxs Creek, Nelson, Kentucky, United States
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Biography
Margaret Bruce was born in 1750, in Frederick County, Virginia, a daughter of James Bruce, Sr. born circa 1720, in Scotland, and his wife, Margaret McMachen. James Bruce "suffered depredation" (i.e. damage or loss to property) during the American Revolutionary War, and is honored for his Patriotic Service by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution as DAR patriot #A016110. Applications for membership in the Society of the DAR have been made by the descendants of his daughter, Margaret and her husband, David Cox. [1]
On March 21, 1768, in Hampshire County, Virginia, Margaret Bruce married David Cox, born 1745, in Prince George's County, Maryland, a son of Friend Cox, born before 1720, in Switzerland. Margaret died before July, 1808, in Kentucky and David married secondly, Susannah Martin. [2]
Children of Margaret and David are:
- Brigadier General James Cox, born 29 Jun 1769 in Romney, Hampshire County, Virginia, married Mary Cox, daughter of Gabriel Cox and Sarah Enoch
- Jane "Ginny" Cox, born circa 1771, married 1) Abner Chalfont and 2) William McDonald
- Friend Cox, born circa 1773, died 1816
- Mary Cox, born circa 1775 married James Pursell
- David, Jr, born circa 1777 married Mehitabel Boyd
- Margaret "Peggy" Cox, born 20 Aug 1781, in Nelson County, Kentucky, married William Friend McMahon, Jr.
- Susanna Cox, born circa 1783, married James Reed
- Isaac Cox, born circa 1785, married Jane McGee, a daughter of John McGee
- Jonathan M Cox, born circa 1787, married Mary McGee a daughter of John McGee
- Gabriel Cox, born circa 1789, married Ruthy Swearingen
- George Cox, born 17 Aug 1792, married Ellen 'Eleanor' Conner, a daughter of Richard Conner
Margaret (Bruce) Cox is buried in the churchyard of the Cox Creek Baptist Church, of Coxs Creek, Nelson County, Kentucky. [3]
Sources
- ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A016110
- ↑ https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I43624&tree=Tree1
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151972651/margaret-cox
Acknowledgements
- Bruce-2314 was created by Bryant McAllister through the import of Bryant Fulton McAllister family tree_2014-03-29.ged on Apr 22, 2014
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
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~1.56%
Pamela (Cox) Criswell
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZQ2725507 [compare], yourDNAportal PAMed0a0bfe, Ancestry member pamelacriswell98
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~1.56%
Ellen Ruth Taylor :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T328568 [compare], FTDNA kit #160923
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~0.78%
Jim (Dunn) Carnathan :
23andMe, GEDmatch A849255 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A849255 [compare], Ancestry member CarnathanJ
-
~0.78%
Judy Lane :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A394609 [compare], Ancestry member jamc1940
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~0.78%
Gail O'Neill :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A049282 [compare]
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
G Ireland :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A909282 [compare], Ancestry member KevinMIreland
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~0.78%
Linda (Emery) Bro :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lemerybro
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Christopher (Wilson) Dawson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A862955 [compare], Ancestry member NUNYA_BIZNASS
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~0.78%
Crystal (Carrington) Amirkhanian :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member amirkhanianc
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~0.78%
William Taylor :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jim Ward :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UQ4397833 [compare], yourDNAportal JIM752d2723, Ancestry member JamesWard
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch AK6485320 [compare]
+
Living DNA, GEDmatch MU2625134 [compare], yourDNAportal JIMa451bb39
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Dennis Bowers :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member denniebow123
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~0.78%
Amy Percefull :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
~0.78%
Nikki Sanford :
23andMe, GEDmatch HZ796844C1 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HZ796844C1 [compare], Ancestry member Sanford_Nikki
-
~0.39%
Bryant McAllister :
23andMe, GEDmatch M351300 [compare]
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~0.39%
Noah Birdwell :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Lea (Hemmenway) Moore :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lnmtrucking_lm
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~0.39%
Joshua Johnson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member NexExUmbra
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Haskell Jackson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member budjacksondna
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Bruce-7467 and Bruce-2314 appear to represent the same person because: same same
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Bryant McAllister
Bruce-3787 and Bruce-2314 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate profiles
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Rejected matches › Margaret (Unknown) Lister (abt.1750-)
Margaret is 20 degrees from Emeril Lagasse, 20 degrees from Nigella Lawson, 21 degrees from Maggie Beer, 44 degrees from Mary Hunnings, 24 degrees from Joop Braakhekke, 21 degrees from Michael Chow, 18 degrees from Ree Drummond, 21 degrees from Paul Hollywood, 19 degrees from Matty Matheson, 21 degrees from Martha Stewart, 28 degrees from Danny Trejo and 26 degrees from Molly Yeh on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.