Margaret's husband John Rodgers wrote that Margaret's grandfather "Dougherty" immigrated to America with the John Caldwell family. [1]
Margaret was born in 1748. She passed away in 1808. == Margaret Dougherty was mentioned in her father’s Will as wife of John Rodgers == In John Rodgers letter to his cousin he made mention of his brother-in-law who had been a clerk in the lower House of Congress.
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== Will written May 22, 1789 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania
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