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Ruth (Owens) McGilvary (1780 - 1839)

Ruth McGilvary formerly Owens
Born in Edenton, Chowan Co., North Carolinamap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 16 Jul 1809 in Chowan Co., North Carolinamap
Descendants descendants
Mother of
Died at about age 59 in Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Kentuckymap
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Biography

Ruth Owens was born in 1780 in Edenton, Chowan Co., North Carolina, the daughter of Edward Owens and Anna Phelps. When she was 29, she married John McGilvary, son of Martin (McGilvary) MacGillivary and Mary Dalrymple, on 16 Jul 1809 in Chowan Co., North Carolina. John and Ruth had the following children: Alexander, Martin, John Camel, Mary, Christina, Angus L., Willis, Catherine and Helen Almira McGilvary.

Ruth lived in Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States in 1820. She lived in Christian, Kentucky in 1830.

Ruth was the great aunt and mother-in-law of Anna Owens who married her son, Alexander and also to Susan Owens who married her son, Martin. Ruth was aunt to Edmond Owens, father-in-law of Alexander and Martin Mcgilvary - She was of Welsh descent. Her father was a Tory and was shot in the Revolutionary War, but not fatally.

Ruth died in Mar 1839 in Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Kentucky.

Sources

  • link to Ancestry.com, 1820 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky; Page: 42; NARA Roll: M33_20; Image: 52.
  • link to Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, 1830; Census Place: Christian, Kentucky; Series: M19; Roll: 35; Page: 10; Family History Library Film: 0007814.




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