Mary (Abernethy) Cargill (1692 - 1781)

Born 1692 in Coleraine, Londonderry, Ireland

Wife of David Cargill — married 21 Jun 1722 in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire

Descendants

Died Sep 1781 at about age 89 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Colonial America

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Biography

Father - John Abernethy , born - Scotland

From Find a Grave : "Mary is entombed with the other Melvilles in the rear wall of the Church, in an area not generally accessible to the public, per reference 1. The marker is now missing, per reference 2.

Per reference 3: Jean Cargill, memorial 44702592, was a daughter of Mary Cargill, and her husband David Cargill Jr. (1690-1748), who died at sea. One of Mary's grandsons was Major Thomas Melville (1752-1832) the Revolutionary War hero), whom she reared.

"She [Mary] was herself an old lady of very independent ideas about the universe, and her grandson, Thomas Melville [the Revolutionary War hero]...perpetuated much of her independence."

Sources

• Reference 1: "The Old Cemeteries of Boston". Dunkle and Lainhart, Pub. By the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
• Reference 2: "Patriots, Preachers, & Plain Folks" by Wells & Wells, available for sale at King's Chapel.
• Reference 3: "Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic", by Raymond Weaver, 1921, the first biography of Mary's famous great-nephew Herman Melville.
• Dowling, Tim. Tim Dowling's Family Tree."Jean Cargill." (Accessed 23 July 2015. Dowling does not cite sources.) - New Sources: Family information and from the book of Cargill, Cargile and Cargal of the South and Southwest. Compiled by Patty Barthell Myers, published First Printing, Sep 1997, Revised Edition First Printing, 2005.
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=61157&h=2182021&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2129
• Find a Grave Index - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120995600/mary-cargill