Sarah (McChesney) Moffett (bef. 1783)

Born before 1783 in Augusta, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Moffett — married 23 Dec 1806 in Augusta, Virginia

Biography

Sarah "Sally" McChesney^[1][2] was born before 1783,^[3] the sixth of eight children and the fourth of six daughters of James (Sr.), and Rebecca Crawford McChesney.

On 23 December 1805 or 1806 in Augusta County, Virginia, when she was about twenty-three, she became the second wife of William Moffett,^[4][5][6] who was about twenty-five years her senior, and would become the first cousin once removed of James McDowell (1795-1851), governor of Virginia from 1843 to 1846.

She would bear him nine known children, four sons and five daughters.

Note NI36Adam McChesney, in his will mentions "sister, Sally (now Sally Moffett), the legacy she fell heir to by her grandfather's (Patrick Crawford's) will."

Citations

1. ↑ Source: #S-1468752678 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note:
2. ↑ Source: #S5
3. ↑ Source: #S55
4. ↑ Source: #S55
5. ↑ Source: #S-1468752660 Note: Data: Text: Marriage date: 23 December 1806 Marriage place: Augusta, Virginia APID: 1,3723::161987
6. ↑ Source: #S-1468752660 Note: Data: Text: Marriage date: 23 December 1806 Marriage place: Augusta, Virginia APID: 1,3723::161987

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile McChesney-54 was created through the import of McChesney_Susan Berry m Abram McConnell.ged on Oct 16, 2012 by Patricia Hickin.

• WikiTree profile McChesney-137 was created through the import of McChesney Extended Decision Tr.ged on Jan 11, 2013 by Grace McChesney.

Sources

• Source: S158 Abbreviation: 4wikitree Title: P_McC_McCHESNEY_Susan_Berry Ancestors Author: Hickin, Patricia Prickett, compiler Publication: Winchester, VA 20121016 Date: 16 Oct 2012

• Source: S42 Abbreviation: My guesstimate Title: My guesstimate

• Source: S55 Abbreviation: INET - INDIV ENTRY - P_McC_McCh_MOFFETT Title: "William Moffett, b c1758-1765," database, werelate.org/wiki, William Moffett   Author: Anon.werelate.org/wiki Publication: (http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:William_Moffett_and_Sallie_McChesney_(1) : 9/22/2012) Date: 06 Sep 2012 Repository: #R19 Repository: R19 Name: WeRelate.org Address: WeRelate.org Name: WeRelate.org URL: http://www.werelate.org/wiki

• Source: S60 Abbreviation: PRIVATE PAPERS - Anderson Family Title: Papers of the Anderson Family, 1824-1924. Text: A Guide to the Papers of the Anderson Family, 1824-1924 Accession Number 12553 A Collection in Special Collections CONT The University of Virginia Library. Repository: #R28 Repository: R28 Name: University of Virginia Library Address: University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, VA.

• Source: S98 Media: Estimate Abbreviation: My guess Title: My guesstimate

• Source: S-1468752660 Repository: #R-1590737790 Title: Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers.Original data: Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early Amer Note: Repository: R-1590737790 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:

• Source: S-1468752678 Repository: #R-1590737790 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.