Born about in St. Mary's, Maryland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Gilbert Ireland
and Ann (Dent) Ireland
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Richard Hooe
— married
1760 in Stafford, Virginia
Wife of
Alvin Moxley
— married
1772 in Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Catherine Taliaferro (Hooe) Meek and Gilbert Ireland Moxley
Died [date unknown]
in Stafford, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Apr 2012
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Biography
"In 1779 Alvin Moxley bought 320 acres from Robert Warren, executor for Charles Thornton, deceased, and Alexander Keith and his wife, Mary, formerly the wife of Charles Thornton, Alvin Moxley married Anne Dent Ireland, whose first husband was Richard Hooe.
The Grove was subsequently owned by Gilbert Ireland Moxley (1778-1811), B. G. D. Moxley, and Lucy Douglas Moxley Washington. Miss Louisa Scott Moxley, now (1941) living with her half-sister, Mrs. Washington, was born February 1841."[1]
Anne's father was Gilbert Ireland, as per his 1755 will: IRELAND, GILBERT, St Mary's. 17 Jan, 1755; 6 Mar., 1755 " ... I give to my eldest dau. Anne Ireland my plantation lying near to Walter Davis's called "Charing Cross" or "Swillenham." ... "[2]
Sources
- ↑ “Prince William the Story of Its People and Its Places” by The Virginia Writers Project – Originally compiled in 1941 and later sponsored by The Bethlehem Good Housekeeping Club of Manassas, Virginia in 1961, page 122. - Ancestry Sharing Link
- ↑ Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland website [1]
- “Prince William the Story of Its People and Its Places” by The Virginia Writers Project
- "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR29-DHQ : 6 January 2021), Alvin Moxley, 1772.
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Nancy Thomas
Nancy Thomas
Ireland-2709 and Ireland-504 appear to represent the same person because: I believe these are the same woman. Anne Dent Ireland was fist married to Richard Hooe and then to Oliver Moxley.
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