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Martha (Gordon) Hogshead (1744 - aft. 1818)

Martha "Mattie" Hogshead formerly Gordon
Born in Augusta, Colony of Virginiamap
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Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , , , and
Wife of — married about 19 Feb 1759 in Augusta, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Mother of
Died after after age 73 in Augusta, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Martha Gordon was baptized on 10 Mar 1744 in Augusta, Virginia to parents Thomas Gordon and Sarah (Poage) Gordon.[1]

She married Michael Hogshead on 19 Feb 1759 in Augusta, Virginia.

Children:

  1. John M 1764-1844
  2. Thomas 1764-1844
  3. Sarah 1767-1847
  4. David 1767-1814
  5. Rebecca 1768-1854[2]
  6. Martha 1770-1787
  7. Mary Polly 1772-1847
  8. Margaret 1776-1859[3]
  9. Jane 1780-1847
  10. Ann 1784-1824
  11. William 1784
  12. Nancy 1785-1855

She died after 1818 in Augusta, Virginia. She was listed in her husband's will in 1818.[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ "105. Martha Gordon, bap. Mar. 10, 1744." Woodworth, Robert Bell. "The descendants of Robert and John Poage, Pioneer Settlers in Augusta Co., VA" Volume I, Published: 1954, McClure Print Co, Staunton, Virginia, Page 4
  2. ↑ "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5TT-17C : 29 January 2020), Martha Hogshead in entry for Rebecca Hogshead, death 1854; parents Michael and Martha Hogshead.
  3. ↑ "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5RK-1SK : 29 January 2020), Hogshead in entry for Margarett Armstrong, 1859.
  4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43187896/michael-hogshead: accessed 18 August 2023), memorial page for Michael Hogshead (1738–20 Apr 1818), Find A Grave: Memorial #43187896, citing Hogshead Family Cemetery, Parnassus, Augusta County, Virginia.

See Also:

  • Wilson, Howard McKnight. Martha' father Thomas Gordon sold land on the south side of Lewis Creek to Rev John Craig in 1755. "The Tinkling Spring, headwater of freedom; a study of the Church" The Church in Augusta, Virginia, 1740s




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