Capt.
Joseph
J
McDowell
Sr
Born in Raloo, Larne, County Antrim, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of John McDowell
and Jane (Unknown) McDowell
Brother of
Charles McDowell, John McDowall jr, Robert McDowell, James McDowell and William Eddie McDowell
Husband of
Margaret O'Neil
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John McDowell
Died
at about age 56
in Quaker Meadow Township, Burke, North Carolina
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| Created 6 Sep 2021
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Biography
Capt Joseph McDowell Sr. Joseph McDowell Sr. was born in Antrim county North Ireland in 1715. It was there that he met his wife Margaret O'Neil and they were married about 1739. They first settled in Pennsylvania, but soon moved to the Shenandoah Valley near Winchester, Virginia. It was there in what is now Frederick County, Virginia, that their sons were born: Hugh in 1742, Charles in 1743, John in 1751 and Joseph Jr. in 1756.
He was a Lt. of Colonial troops and later earned his title as Captain in the French and Indian War. Early records indicate that he served with Virginia troops under George Washington in Braddocks disastrous campaign.
He settled in an area called Quaker meadows in 1761 now Burke County, North Carolina.
Joseph McDowell Sr. died in Nov. of 1771 in Burke County, North Carolina .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
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~0.78%
Rob Melton
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member robmelt
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~0.78%
Lucy (Harding) Schumer :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Hardy Pottinger :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A203793 [compare]
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