Margaret (Crowe) Huggins (abt. 1798 - 1833)

Born about 1798 in Ireland [uncertain]

Wife of Thomas Huggins — married 25 Mar 1823 in Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Died 6 Jun 1833 at about age 35 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Margaret Crowe was born about 1798, probably in Ireland.^[1]

On 25th March 1823, she married Thomas Huggins in Fayette County, Kentucky (probably at Lexington).^[2][3]

Margaret Huggins, née Crowe, was stricken by cholera and died on 6th June 1833 in Lexington. She was about thirty-five years old.^[4] Her body was buried in the Episcopal churchyard in Third Street.^[1][5]

Research notes

• Estimated year of birth:—A baptismal record has not been found. The year of birth was inferred from the age recorded on the gravestone.
• Family and place of birth of Margaret Crowe:—Many family trees show (without supporting source references) Margaret Crowe as an emigrant from Ireland, and as the sister of Catherine Crowe, wife of Thomas Huggins’ friend, Samuel Pilkington. Having undertaken a study to determine whether this relationship existed as just described, a wide range of records have borne out that Catherine was born in Ireland, the daughter of John Maxwell Crowe and Elizabeth Young of Legarhill, county Monaghan. While there were several key points of intersection between these four parties (Thomas Huggins, Margaret Crowe, Samuel Pilkington, and Catherine Crowe), and however plausible in the circumstances the assertions of relationship may appear, proximity and plausibility do not provide genealogical proofs. The sources reviewed and analyzed to date are insufficient to identify Margaret Crowe as a member of that family. (1) For this analysis, please refer to the first link in the "Links" section, below. (2) Recommend careful review of the Church of Ireland records for the parishes of Clones, Drumsnat, and Newbliss in county Monaghan, and of the parishes in the Rev. Mr. Crowe’s charge in county Fermanagh. The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (Belfast) holds a microfilm copy, i.e., Baptisms, 1682-1873; marriages, 1682­ 1788 and 1792-1912; burials, 1682­ 1704, 1709, 1722-25, 1733-34 and 1808-1901. PRONI ref. MIC1/147, CR1/58. Please note that the Church of Ireland records for the parish of Currin, county Monaghan (the site of Crowfort, and of Scotshouse burying ground, in Cavanreagh townland), commenced with the inception of the church, in 1810.—Kilpatrick-1128 (2018-09-01)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find-a-Grave Memorial no. 5220039. Margaret Huggins, born 1798 in USA [sic], died 1833; buried in Old Episcopal Third Street Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA. Memorial created by Anne Rupert, 20 February 2001. Online at www.findagrave.com (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2015-03-05).
2. ↑ Dodd, Jordan, compiler. Kentucky Marriages, 1802–1850 (database online). Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com, 1997. Extract: Thomas Huggins and Margaret Crowe, at Fayette, Kentucky, 25 March 1823. Original data: electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Kentucky. Index online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription, 2015-03-02.
3. ↑ Fayette County, Kentucky (USA). Marriages. Extract: “Know all men by these presents that we Thomas Huggins & Samuel Pilkington are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the Sum of Fifty pounds Current money of Kentucky to the payment of which well and truly to be made We bind ourselves Our heirs &c Jointly firmly by these presents seal’d and Dated this 25th day of January 1823. The Condition of the above obligation is such that Whereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be solemnised betwen [sic] the above bound Thomas Huggins and Margaret Crowe of the County of Fayette Now if it shall always hereafter appear that there is no legal obstruction to said marriage then the above obligation to be void else to remain in full force and Virtue [signed:] Thomas Huggins (Seal) Sam’l Pilkington (Seal).” Microfilm copy of original record held by the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (FHL film no. 9001). Digital image online at findmypast.co.uk (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2019-07-10).
4. ↑ The Kentucky Reporter (Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky), 22 August 1833 (pg. 1). "A List of Deaths by Cholera, in the CITY OF LEXINGTON, from the 1st of June to the 1st of August, as reported to the City Council by a committee appointed for that purpose, consisting of Messrs. Leavy, Layton, M'Kinney & Gough. Persons whose names are preceded by a star, died of other diseases.” Microfilm copy held by the Kentucky Room, Lexington Public Library, Lexington; transcript online at Fayette County Geanealogy and History, by Pam Brinegar 1999–2006 and Bill LaBach 2006–2014, at www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyfayett/1833_deaths_reporter.htm (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2015-03-05).
5. ↑ Trabue, Alice. “Inscriptions on Tomb Stones in Old Third Street Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky. (Partial List).” Register of Kentucky State Historical Society. Vol. 23, No. 67 (January 1925), pp. 100–108. Inscription: “Sacred to the memory of / MARGARET HUGGINS / who departed this life / June 6, 1833, aged 35 years.”

Links

• Arborealis: Crowe of Legarhill, county Monaghan – Research and analysis