Ann (Kennedy) McGinty (1735 - 1815)

Born 1735 in Ireland [uncertain]

Wife of William Poage — married 17 Apr 1762 in Augusta, Virginia

Wife of Joseph Lindsay — married 18 Jun 1781 (to 19 Aug 1782) in Harrodsburg, Lincoln County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 11 Nov 1815 at about age 80 in Harrodsburg, Mercer, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Evidence suggests that Ann Kennedy was born around 1735 ^[1] possibly in Ireland or as as suggested by Waddell, born in Augusta, Virginia.^[2] When her family came to the U.S. is currently unknown.^[3] Her parents are currently unknown.

Ann (Kennedy) Wilson Poage Lindsay McGinty brought the first spinning wheel to Kentucky. Widowed three times out of four marriages, her second husband made the first loom in Kentucky, and her third husband was killed in the Battle of Blue Licks.

Ann Kennedy Wilson Poage wove into cloth the first linen in Kentucky on a loom built by her husband Wiliam.^[4]

Ann Kennedy first married John Wilson, who lived a short time and died by 1762. Ann married a second time to William Poage on 16 November, 1762. After he was killed by Indians in 1778, she married Colonel Joseph Lindsay on June 18, 1781. Lindsey and five other family members were killed at the Battle of the Blue Licks, Virginia, at the end of the Revolutionary War. She married a fourth time, to James McGinty. She died November 11, 1815 in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.^[3][1]

Marriages and Children

• In 1759 Ann Kennedy married John Wilson. Their first child, Martha, was born on January 20, 1760. Martha died 3 years later and her husband John died a short time later.^[3]

• On 17 April 1762, Ann married William Poage.^[5] Together they had 7 children^[3][5]:

1. Elizabeth (Sept 4, 1764)
2. Robert (Oct. 6, 1766)
3. Joseph (May 8, 1770)
4. Martha (1772)
5. Mary (May 10, 1775)
6. Ann (born in Kentucky Aug. 12, 1777)
7. Amaziah (born in Kentucky 17 Aug 1778)

• On 18 June 1781 in Lincoln County, KY, Ann married Joseph Lindsay. ^[6]

• On 24 July 1787 in Mercer County, KY Ann married James McGinty.^[7]

Parentage

Currently, her parents are unknown.

According to the Annals of Augusta County, page 476:

"The maiden name of William Poage's wife was Ann Kennedy. She is presumed to have been a native of Augusta. In 1750, Joseph Kennedy bought a lot in Staunton (see page 46), and the deed-books show that he owned various tracts of land in the county. One of the spurs of the Blue Ridge is still called Kennedy's mountain. In 1784, a citizen of the county, named Matthew Kennedy, died intestate, and he may have been Mrs. Poage's father or brother." ^[2]

Patriot Status of Husband

As of 2001 "SERVICE NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. IT APPEARS TO BE BASED SOLELY ON TRADITION. Children validated by DAR sources are Robert, Elizabeth, Joseph and Mary. "^[8]

Other information or stories

This is a link to a great story of the Bio of Ann Kennedy with illistrations about Fort Amanda, which was named after William Poague and Ann Kennedys daughter.^[3]

Genealogy of Kentucky Families

According to Genealogies of the Kentucky families : ^[9] "After the death of Wm. Poage, the attorneys who settled the estate &c. in their papers spelled the name Pogue, according to the sound, as they were ignorant of the true spelling, hence the spelling of the name of that branch of the family to which Wm. L. Pogue belongs."

William’s widow, Ann Kennedy Poage, first married a John Wilson, who lived a short time and died by 1762. Ann then married William Poage, 16 November, 1762, and after he was killed in 1778, married Colonel Joseph Lindsay, June 18, 1781, and he, together with five others of her family was killed at the Battle of the Blue Licks, Virginia, at the end of the Revolutionary War. She married a fourth time to James McGinty. She died November 11, 1815 in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.

John and Ann Kennedy Wilson had one daughter named Martha, who is said to have died at 3 or 4 years of age.

Ann was certainly not lucky with husbands. Joseph Lindsay, however, must have been quite a man to not only marry the widow, but to take on her house full of children. Colonel Lindsay took on seven Poages to raise, ages 17 to 4, only to be killed three years later, leaving Ann a widow yet again.

The eldest Poage child, Elizabeth, was about thirteen years old when her father was killed. She was eleven years old at the time of the family’s migration from Virginia to Kentucky when she wrote the following, according to the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Volume 6. It is from The Draper Collection of Kentucky manuscripts, owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society. It has been published in Bulbert’s Historic Highways, Vol. 6, pp. 117-118.

Kentucky Sugar Chest

1792- Kentucky Sugar Chest, Used by Ann Kennedy and made in Harrod county, Kentucky by william poague. ^[10][11]

Sources

See also:

• Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society-Vol. 12, No. 35, (May, 1914), pp. 61-64 on "Colonel Joseph Lindsay" by Martha T. Nuckols. It has within its four pages is a section called, History of Col. Joseph Lindsay. URL: https//www.jstor.org/stable/23368586
• Genealogies of Kentucky Families from The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. II Pages 91 - 92 "The Pogues" by H. H. Williamson.
• Completely Kentucky Wiki
• Ironton, Ohio, Register for Thursday, February 3, 1853

Name: Ann McGinty. Given Name: Ann. Surname: McGinty. ^[12] Ann Kennedy. Given Name: Ann. Surname: Kennedy. ^[13] Found multiple versions of name. Using Ann McGinty.

Born 1735 Ireland ^[12]

Died 11 November 1815. Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA. ^{[12] [13]}

Buried Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA. ^[12]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #28790640 accessed 03 November 2019, memorial page for Ann Kennedy McGinty (1735–11 Nov 1815), citing Fort Harrod Pioneer Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Waddell, Joseph A. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia. Page 476
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Biography from Ft Amanda Blog, Unsourced.
4. ↑ Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Volumes 11-12 Pp 101, 102
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Woodworth, Robert Bell. "The descendants of Robert and John Poage, Volume I, Published: Staunton, Virginia, Priv. print. by the McClure Print. Co., 1954. Page 3. Page 930.
6. ↑ Dodd, Jordan. Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850, Name: Joseph Lindsey; Marriage Date: 18 Jun 1781; Marriage Place: Lincoln, Kentucky, USA; Spouse. Anne Poage, Viewed in Ancestry.com Ancestry Record 2089 #39835.
7. ↑ Mercer County, Kentucky: Marriages (1786-1800) & Wills (1786-1801). Viewed in Ancestry.coml; Note url link to Ancestry was broken.
8. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 20 Jul 2019), "Record of Ann Poage", Ancestor # A089864.
9. ↑ "The Register of Kentucky Historical Society, Vol.II, pages 91-94, of the Poague and Ann Kennedy, Wilson, Poague, Lindsey, McGinty.
10. ↑ Sugar Chest Antiques Roadshow
11. ↑ Sugar Chest photo attached
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3} Source: S-609967082 Ancestry Record 60525 #74692641
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Source: S-609357866 Ancestry Record 9289 #10085186

• Source: S-609357866 Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2014 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 9289

• Source: S-609967082 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2012 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 60525