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Margaret Elizabeth (Maxwell) Barrett (abt. 1798 - 1876)

Margaret Elizabeth "Peggy" Barrett formerly Maxwell
Born about in Baptist Valley, Tazewell Co, VAmap
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Wife of — married 1823 in Tazewell Co, VAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 78 in Baptist Valley, Tazewell Co, VAmap
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Biography

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.

Sources


  • The Coal Exchange
  • Ancestry.com entries for "Margaret Maxwell" and "Margaret Peggy Maxwell".
  • Ancestry.com, Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 (database on-line), Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
  • Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census (database on-line), Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. (Census Year: 1840; Census Place: Tazewell Co, VA; Roll: 579; Page: 66; FHL Film No.: 0029693).
  • Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (database on-line), Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. (Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Western District, Tazewell Co, VA; Roll: M432_979; Page: 297A; Image: 172; Family No.: 1117). Listed as "Magaret Barrett", age 57 (!sic; should be 52), living in the household of her husband, "Robet Barrett".
  • Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (database on-line), Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. (Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Western District, Tazewell Co, VA; Roll: M653_1381; Page: 890; Family No. 1364; FHL Film No.: 805381). Listed as Margaret Barrett, age 61, living in the household of her husband, Robert Barrett.
  • John Newton Harman, Sr., Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia from 1800 to 1922, Vol. I (Richmond, VA: W. C. Hill Printing Co., 1922 ), page 71; Mary Ann Fields, article entitled "Maxwell-Witten," in Vol. II (1925), pages 374-380. Mrs. Fields’ article is an important source for information about her great-grandfather, James Maxwell, and his descendants.
  • Larry E. Smith, “McDowell and Wyoming Co, WV Families and Individuals,” at URL http://www.coalexchange.com/ smith/, accessed 17 Oct 2016.
  • Ancestry.com, Catherine Beavers search, 23 Nov 2000, submitted by glenn@carolsweb.com. (Incorrectly gives Margaret's first husband as David Whitley, a confusion with Peggy).




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Maxwell-5972 and Maxwell-3918 appear to represent the same person because: Vera:

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

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