Ellen (Nelson) McAdoo (aft. 1733 - abt. 1770)

Born after 1733 in Guilford, North Carolina [uncertain]

Wife of John McAdow — married 1753 in Guilford County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died about 1770 before about age 37 in Guilford, North Carolina

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Biography

"The Reverend Samuel McAdow (1760-1844) [the proper spelling of the name is evidently McAdoo, but I follow the usage of the Church Records.] was born, April 10, 1760, in Guilford county, North Carolina. He was the youngest of eight children, four of whom were boys; the four others were girls. His father, John McAdow (abt.1732-abt.1800), emigrated from Ireland when young, and settled in Guilford. He there married Ellen Nelson, who had also crossed the Atlantic. The father was a farmer, and both the parents were Presbyterians, members of the old Buffalo Presbytereian Congregation, which was at the time under the pastoral care of the Rev. Dr. David Stewart Caldwell (1725-1824). The mother seems to have been a very pious woman, and Rev. McAdow often spoke of her in his subsequent life, bearing testimony to the great excellences of her character and piety of her life. He did not enjoy the benefit of her counsel and watchful care long, as she died when he was about ten years of age."

Ellen McAdoo was born from about 1733 to 1736 in Guilford, North Carolina, the daughter of Alexander Nelson and Margaret Moore. She married John McAdoo in about 1753 in Guilford County, North Carolina.

Their children are listed as:

• Sarah McAdoo - b. 1753
• James McAdoo - 1754-1799
• David McAdoo - 1758-1815
• Samuel McAdow - 1760-1844
• John McAdoo Jr. - 1762-1818
• William McAdoo - b. 1764

Ellen died in about 1770 in Guilford County, North Carolina.

Sources

Foote, Reverend William Henry. 1846. Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical: Illustrative of the Principles of a Portion of Her Early Settlers. New York: Robert Carter Printers. 570p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Download HERE

Biographical Sketch of Sameul McAdow, Cumberland Presbyterian Minister 1760-1844. Link Here

Beard, R. 1874. Brief Biographical Sketches of Some of the Early Ministers of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Second Series. Nashville, Tenn.: Cumberland Presbyterian Board of Publication, pages 7-26

Acknowledgments

Stewart/McAdoo Forum Discussion on Genealogy.com

(http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/mcadoo/441/)