Margaret "Peggy" Maxwell was born about 1798 in Tazewell Co,VA. She married Robert Harvey Barrett Sr in 1823 in Tazwell, VA
They had the following children:
F i Rebecca M. Barrett was born about 1825 in Tazewell Co,VA. M ii Robert Harvey Barrett Jr was born in Mar 1829. He died on 24 Nov 1883. F iii Elizabeth McIntosh Barrett was born in 1831. M iv John Thomas Barrett was born on 28 Jul 1833. F v Susan Barrett was born in 1835 in Tazewell Co,VA. F vi Margaret Barrett was born in 1838 in Tazewell Co,VA. M vii James M. Barrett was born in 1840. He died in 1889/1894.
1. "1854 Register of Tazewell County, (VA) Marriages", Tazewell Co, VA Genweb
Site"
John Thomas Barrett, age 20, born in Tazewell Co, VA, son of Robert and
Marquerite (sic Margaret) Barrett, married on 1 Mar 1854 Catherine Beavers,
age 20, born in Tazewell Co, VA, daughter of William and Nancy Beavers.
2. "Annals of Tazewell...", Harman, Vol I, page 71.
Robert Barrett married in 1823 Peggy Maxwell.
3. Ancestry.com Web Site, Catherine Beavers search, 23 Nov 2000, submitted by
glenn@carolsweb.com
Margaret Maxwell was born abt 1798 in Tazewell Co, VA; married first David
Whitley; second Robert Harvey Barrett in 1823.
4. 1850 Census, Tazewell Co, VA, page 297A, Family #1117.
Listed as Margaret Barrett, age 52, born in VA, in household of husband,
Robert H. Barrett.
Daughter of James “Great White Chief” Maxwell, Sr. (1745-1821) and Jane Roberts (1745-1820).
Margaret Elizabeth Maxwell married Robert Harvey Barrett, Sr. (1803-1863) in 1823 in Tazewell Co, VA. They had seven children: Rebecca M. (1825-?); Robert Harvey, Jr. (1829-1883); Elizabeth McIntosh (1828-?); John Thomas (1833-1930); Susannah Ellen (1835-?); Margaret R. (1838-?); James M. (1840-1889).
NB: Some confusion is caused by the fact that James Maxwell, Sr., and Jane Roberts had two daughters named Margaret: Margaret "Peggy" (1777-1851) who married David Rufus Whitley on 24 Jan 1797 in Washington Co, VA, and Margaret Elizabeth (1798-1863) who married Robert Harvey Barrett, Sr., in 1823 in Tazewell Co, VA.
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Margaret is 24 degrees from Herbert Adair, 20 degrees from Richard Adams, 19 degrees from Mel Blanc, 21 degrees from Dick Bruna, 20 degrees from Bunny DeBarge, 31 degrees from Peter Dinklage, 17 degrees from Sam Edwards, 16 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin, 16 degrees from Marty Krofft, 13 degrees from Junius Matthews, 14 degrees from Rachel Mellon and 16 degrees from Harold Warstler on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
Please merge the two profiles for Margaret Elizabeth Maxwell (yours=Maxwell-3918 and mine=Maxwell=5972. I would suggest that you reverse the merge inasmuch as my profile is somewhat more organized.
Thanks,
Reg Shrader