Margaret Tredwell (Iredell) Shipp (1833 - 1903)

Born 27 Nov 1833 in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Marcus Shipp — married 6 Nov 1872 in Wake, North Carolina, United States

Died 3 Dec 1903 at age 70 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Margaret Tredwell Iredell was born 1833 in Raleigh, Wake County, NC, to NC Governor and U.S. Senator, James Iredell Jr. and his wife, Frances Johnston Tredwell.

Margaret was raised in Raleigh, the capital city, where her family had located soon after birth as her father's political career started to rise.

Margaret was 20 years old when her father died in 1853, and she remained in Raleigh with her widowed mother until war's end. During the war, she lost 2 of her 3 brothers that fought with the Confederacy. Brother, Capt. Campbell Tredwell Iredell was killed at Gettysburg in 1863; and Maj. James Johnston Iredell was killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 10, 1864. She would lose her mother in October, 1865; and a third brother, Dr. Samuel Tredwell Iredell died in November 1865. Her youngest brother, Capt. Cadwallader Jones Iredell, was he only brother to survive the war.

On November 6, 1872, the 39-year old became the 2nd wife of 53-year old widower and CSA veteran, Hon. William Marcus Shipp, a Charlotte attorney and future Judge of the Superior Court of North Carolina. The widower had 5 children from his previous marriage to Kate Cameron, to whom Margaret became stepmother.

The couple would have 2 known children, both daughters: Frances Johnston Shipp (c. 1873), who died in infancy; and Mary Preston Shipp (1875-1969).

Margaret was widowed in 1890 when her husband of 18 years passed at age 71. She survived him 13 years, passing in 1903 at age 70.

Notes

Iredell Family Bible Records^[1]

-Margaret Iredell, daughter of James and Frances I. Iredell, was born on Wednesday the twenty seventy day of November 1833, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, at five oclock in the afternoon, and was baptized at Raleigh, where she was born, by the Revd W. Freeman on the day of

Married

-Margaret Tredwell Iredell daughter of James and Francis J. Iredell, and William M. Shipp son of Barth and Susan Shipp were married on Wednesday November 6th 1872 by Rev. D.V. Mason at Raleigh N.C.

-Helen Blair Iredell at the residence of her brother-in-law, Judge Shipp, in Charlotte N.C. on December 10th 1888 Aged 65 yrs. 2 mos 7 days Buried in Raleigh N.C. in the family burying ground. A great suffers in body, with mind clear and bright, giving pleasure to all around her, by her high intel[l]ctual abtainments [sic]. C.J.I.

Wake Co., NC Marriages^[2]

76 Nov 1872, Maggie T Iredell of Wake Co., Age 38 married to William M. Shipp of Mecklenburg Co., NC. Performed by R S Mason, Epis. Minister, at Dr. Johnson Res. Witnesses: W S Mason, A S Merrimon, Seaton Gale

Will of Helen B Iredell, Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NC, 2 Jul 1888^[3]

I Helen B Iredell of the City of Charlotte and State of North Carolina. declare this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other wills by me heretofore made.

I. To my sister Margaret T. Shipp, wife of W M Shipp, I devise and bequeath all my share, right, title and interest in and to the house and lot in the City of Raleigh, now held jointly between us with remainder to the survivor, to her and her heirs foreevr _ And if the said Margaret T Shipp shall not be living at my death, I devise and bequeath the whole property in said house and lot to my neice Mary P Shipp, to her and her heirs forever.

II To my sister Margaret T Shipp I devise and bequeath all my share right title and interest in and to all propert of whatever description whether real or personal in possession or in action, or in the hands of a trustee, all notes, stocks, bonds, evidences of debt and all (chases?) in action and silver or other ware which shall be held jointly or in common between us or held for our joint or common benefit at the time of my death to her and her heirs, executors, adminsitrators and assigns absolutely forever_ And in case the said Margaret T Shipp shall not be living at my death, I give and bequeath to my neice Mary P Shipp the whole of all property now held jontly or in common between the said Margaret T Shipp and and myself including all my rights, title and interest in and to said property and all the rights title and interest of the said Margaret T Shipp in and to said joint or common property which may fall to me as survivor and all accretions to said propperty and all investments made arising from any moneys or in any other manner derived from the share of said Margaret T Shipp cast upon me at her death and all increase or investments made by me out of any propperty which was joint or common property with Margaret T Shipp before her death or at any time after the death of said Margaret T Shipp, to the said Mary P Shipp and her heirs absolutely forever.

III All the rest, residue and remainder of my real and personal Estate I devise and bequeath to my sisters living at my death and my brother C J Iredell to them and their heirs foreevr, to be divided equally between them. I hereby appoint Margaret T Shipp Sole executrix of this my last will and testament_ In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal this 2nd day of July A D 1888

Signed Helen B Iredell

Wit: B Shipp, A D Johnson

Prob 26 Dec 1888

Margaret T Shipp appeared... Mrs. Annie I Jones, Mrs. Francis L Johnston & Mrs. M T Shipp and C J Iredell are the parties entitled ... to the said property.

James J. Iredell Estate Papers, 1864^[4]

Personally appeared before me Charles E. Johnson who maketh oath that since the year 1853 Mrs. Frances J. Iredell was possessed of an estate for life of certain lots in the city of Raleigh, known in the plan of said City as lots No. 216 and 232. That her son James J Iredell owned the (several?) of said lots in fee simple. That said lots were so conveyed to Mrs. Frances J. Iredell and James J. Iredell by their kinsman James C. Johnston. That James J. Iredell entered the Confederate Army in the latter part of the year 1861 or first part of 1862. That subsequent thereto, viz. in the latter part of May 1863, Mr. James C. Johnston communicated with James J. Iredell to the effect that having entered the Army, his life was in constant danger; that he owed debts; that if he should be killed, his two unmarried sisters Helen B. and Margaret T. Iredell would be left without a home, after the death of their mother and offered to buy his reversionary interest in said lots, for the benefit of said unmarried sisters, jointly and for the one shall survive the other. To this proposition the said James J. Iredell acceded. That he executed a power of attorney, dated June 27th 1863, from the army of Northern Virginia, where the said James J. Iredell then was with his command, to this affiant, authorising him to convet said lots according to the proposition of the said James C. Johnston. That thereupon this affiant requested Messrs. George W. Mordecai and John H. Bryan, men of high business standing in the community, to value the reversionary interest of the said James J. iredell, which they did, assessing the same at the sum of ($9850); that he then, as attorney of the said James J. Iredell, executed a deed for said property, to the said Helen B. and Margaret T. Iredell, in accordance with the powers vested in him by the said power of attorney, which deed is dated Sept. 7th 1863 and is duly registered in the Registers Office of the county of Wake, and received the said sum of $9,850 from one Wm. R. Richardson, then a broker, and the financial agent of the said James C. Johnston, in the city of Raleigh. That owing to some inadvertance or neglect the said power of attorney was not registered as it should have been, and in the spring of 1865, when the Federal army occupied this City, was stolen from the office of this affiant, along with another valuable paper, the property of the affiant. - Chs. E. Johnson

Sworn and subscribed before me this 19th December 1872

J W Bunting

Clerk Superior Court of Wake Co.

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State of North Carolina, Wake County

Superior Court, Spring Term 1873

Helen B. Iredell et al vs. James G McRae et al

This cause coming on to be heard on the complaint and answer of the parties; And it appearing to the Court that James J. Iredell was owner in fee simple of the lots in question namely lots 217 and 233 situate in the City of Raleigh: in the year 1863. And that in said year of 1863 being then in the military service of the Confederate States he agreed to sell said lots to the plaintiffs Helen B. Iredell and her sister Margaret T. Shipp at that time Margaret T Iredell, And that in order to perfect such sale he executed to one Charles E. Johnson a full and sifficient power of attorney fully empowering him to sell and convey said lots to the plaintiffs above named, and that under and by virtue of said power of attorney he did sell and convey said lots of land on the day of _ 1863 receiving in payment therefor a full and valuable consideration; and that by some omission said power of attorney was never registered: and that said James J Iredell died intestate leaving his heirs at law the Plaintiff Helen B and Margaret T. together with the Defendants - Frances T wife of Charles E. Johnson, Annie wife of Cadwallader Jones, Saml J Iredell Mrs Jane Meares and the Defendants - James, Penelope, Annie and William McRae children of his sister McRae.

Therefore it is adjudged by the Court that the power of attorney is declared to have been duly executed by the said James J Iredell to Charles E Johnson therein authorizing and empowering him to convey said lands to the Plaintiffs Helen B and Margaret T

That the Defendants be perpetually enjoined and restrained from setting up any title or claims to said lots of land by reason of any alleged informality in the execution or registration of said Power of Attorney

That the judgement of this have all the force and effect of a conveyance in fee simple of the Defendants several interests inn said lands and that the same is duly registered according to the statute in such case provided

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Note: Lots 216 and 232 described as Bounded on the North by Jones Street, on East by Dawson Street, on the South by Edenton St. and on the west by Lots 217 and 233.

Sources

1. ↑ Iredell Family Bible Records, North Carolina Digital Collections, State Archives of North Carolina
2. ↑ Marriage Register - White Female, Wake Co. Register of Deeds, Wake Co., NC. On Ancestry.com
3. ↑ Will of Helen B Iredell, Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NC, 2 Jul 1888. Mecklenburg Co. Wills, Book L., pg 343. Archived on Ancestry.com: Mecklenburg Wills, Vol K-L, 1869-1891, Img 532. Original document at NC State Archives, Raleigh, NC. Copy Recorded in Wake Co., Will Book C, Pg 460, Recorded 24 Nov 1896 and Archived on Ancestry.com: Wake Wills, Inventories and Estates, Book C-D, Img 583.
4. ↑ James J. Iredell Estate Papers, 1864. Original Docs - Wake Co. Boxed Estate Records - Iredell, James J., NC State Archives, Jones St., Raleigh, NC. Archived on Ancestry.com: [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9061/images/004848705_01334?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=b680fd1869e17828b6d8a10a66ea206b&usePUB=true&_phsrc=QSp974&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.10964660.1268991343.1605151208-1050459034.1593032318&pId=84771 Wake - Wills and Estate Papers, Img 102587]