Archibald MacGregor (1720 - 1758)

Born 1720 in Scotland

Husband of Edith (MacAlpine) Langley — married 14 Feb 1756 in North Carolina, Colonial America

Descendants

Died 1758 at about age 38 in Guilford County, North Carolina

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Biography

Archibald MacGregor migrated from Scotland to United States.

The Founding of Harmon's station quotes: Archibald MacGregor, of the Clan MacGregor, High- lands of Scotland, espoused the cause of Charles Edward, the Young Pretender, in 1745, as did his clan and his country. He was a young man of fine stature and immense physical strength. His clan was not in the battle of Culloden Moor, having been stationed at another point, so it is said in the traditions of our family, but he had been sent to the commander of the Pretender forces with despatches, and so was on that disastrous field. There he was dread- fully wounded, being left on the gory field for dead, and his body stripped by the Royalist looters. He, however, revived and with great difficulty and much sutfering reached his own country. There he was concealed until he had recovered somewhat from his wounds, when he succeeded in escaping to the colony of North Carolina, where so many of his countrymen were then living. There he married Edith MacAlpine, the daughter of a Highland- er who had also been in the battle of Culloden Moor, and who had with great difficulty escaped with his family to America.

MacGregor never fully recovered from his wounds. His daughter Ann was born February 14, 1756, and some two years later he died. His widow married a Scotchman named Langley, and by him had several children. Ann MacGregor, growing up with these Langley children, was, it is said, always called Ann Langley by her friends and ac(iuaintances. Some of these Langleys moved from North Carolina to the Big Sandy region of Kentucky at an early day, and their descendants may be yet found there.

Sources

• Founding of Harman’s Station by William Elsy Connelly

• Colonial Families of the United States 1607-1775 Families of the United States of America, in which is given the history, genealogy and armorial bearings of colonial families who settled in the American colonies from the time of the settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775; by George Norbury Mackenzie.[1]

• North Carolina marriage records Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 23892.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 3.

• History of Kentucky by Lewis & Richard Collin page 49

• Mentioned on his daughter's profile Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 08 June 2020), memorial page for Ann MacGregor Connelley (14 Feb 1756–1830), Find A Grave: Memorial #166626332, citing Captain Henry Conley Cemetery, Oil Springs, Johnson County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Bobby Davis (contributor 46856118) .

• Source: S1707290705 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Family Tree 30949451.