William Feagan and Manoah Stone

Question

Does anyone have any further information on William Feagan and Manoah Stone? I'm currently trying to tidy up the Feagan/McClanahan line.

William Feagan was married to Jane McClanahan and WIlliam's parents may not seem correct and I'm trying to remedy that after reading on familysearch-

Surname could also be spelled "FAGAN" "FEGAN" "FIGAN" "FEAGIN""FIGGIN". After his father died, 26 Feb 1781, William FEAGAN was orphaned. Manoah STONE was chosen guardian. Ref: Fauquier County VA Guardian Bonds 1759-1871. Abstracted & Compiled by John K. GOTT. MARR: Fauquier Co., VA, Marriage Book 2, page 152. 18 Dec 1798 Fauquier Co., VA. Marriage bond for William Feagan and Jennie McClanahan of age, daughter of James McClanahan. Bondsman was David McClanahan. According to son's, James Richeson Feagan, obit, "Father (no name given) died 1817, mother (no name given) 1866." This data from Coles County History, published 1887.

Familysearch is giving me mixed information on who William Feagan's true parents are. :(

Answer 1

Any Stone family members know anything?

Answer 2

There is a profile for Manoah Stone on WikiTree. See Stone-11054. But there doesn't appear to be any information on that profile that could help you.

Question: William Feagan-77 was born in 1747. If his father died in 1781, William would have been 34 years old. Why would he have been considered an orphan and needed a guardian at age 34?

More possible clues: William Feagan-77 had a sister Mary Feagin-70 who married William Foley-24 in 1783. They had a daughter, Charlotte Foley-138 who married Manoah Stone-9791 (1782-1868).

Comments

Indeed, hence why I was trying to untangle the mess- at that age why be "orphaned". Strange and simply too old for a guardian and I thought maybe someone of the Stone bloodline might know something and maybe clarify.

Thank you Kay!