Margaret (Phillips) Caldwell (1685 - 1748)

Born 6 Sep 1685 in Londonderry, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of John Caldwell — married 4 Jan 1704 in Londonderry, Ireland

Descendants

Died 1748 at about age 62 in Lunenburg, Virginia

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Myths Busted

01 - This Margaret Caldwell DID NOT marry John Caldwell 1769-1747 who died in Somerset Co., MD. She married John F. Caldwell 1682-1750 who died at Cub Creek, Lunenburg County, VA.

Biography

According to the unsourced imported Ancestry profile, Margaret married about 04 Jan 1703/04 in Derry, Cavan, Ireland to John Caldwell.

Margaret Blackburn White's research shows that Margaret and her husband John Caldwell immigrated to America with their five children William, Thomas, David, Margaret, and John; and with her husband John's sisters Catherine and Elizabeth, and their husbands Richard (or John) Dudgeon and Alexander Ritchie, respectively. Also accompanying them was Margaret's sister Jane (or Janet) and her husband George Ritchie, brother of Alexander Ritchie. ^[1]

Margaret is presumed to have died in Lunenburg County, Virginia and to have been buried there in the Cub Creek Presbyterian Cemetery in what is now Charlotte County, Virginia. ^[2]

• • John and Margaret (Phillips) Caldwell had seven children, 5 born in Ireland and 2 born in Virginia.

• • Margaret Phillips was the daughter of Griffiths Phillips and Janet McCoullough

Sources

1. ↑ Becoming White: My Family’s Experience as Slave Holders—and Why It Still Matters by Margaret Blackburn White, Author House, 19 Mar 2009, pg. 60-61
2. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 16085656, Maintained by: Michael Bell, Originally Created by: cathy powers, Record added: Oct 09, 2006

See also:

• Letter from John Rodgers to Elias Boudinot Caldwell, written about 1825, and reprinted in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 19, pp. 92-94
• Author: Donna Mendelsohn, Box 98, Fort Assiniboine, Alberta, Canada TOG 1A0
• Source: S03354 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Repository: Note: #NS33543

Acknowledgements

• Phillips-3640 created on Aug 2, 2011 by Ty Richey. Phillips-3995 created on Sep 17, 2011 by Kim Richey. Phillips-4096 created on Oct 10, 2011 by Kay Haden See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kim & Ty and others.
• ** Caldwell Genealogy