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Mary Margaret (Troxell) Wotring (1744 - 1814)

Mary Margaret "Maria Margaretha" Wotring formerly Troxell aka Trachsel
Born in Egypt, Bucks County, Colony of Pennsylvaniamap
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Wife of — married about 1766 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 69 in Aurora, Preston, Virginiamap
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Biography

Mary (Troxell) Wotring lived in Appalachia, in Virginia.
Mary Margaret Troxell was born Oct. 25, 1744, Bucks County (now Lehigh County), Pennsylvania . Daughter of Johann Trachsel and Anna Fraudhueger.

She was baptized at the Egypt Reformed Church.[1]

1744, Baptism of Margaretha Traxel, dr. Peter Traxel and w. Juliana Catharina; b. Oct. 25, 1744; bap. Dec 21, 1744; sp. Georg Kern, Lorentz Guth, Michel Hoffman, Anna Barbara Neuhart, Apolonia Toeschle, Maria Margaretha Neuhart

By 1766, Margaret's parents had moved to Frederick, Maryland. Margaret's father wrote a will in April 1766 that included a bequest for Margaret.[2]

Bequests to: {wife} Julianah Catherinath; eight children: Peter, Daniel, David, John, Christian, Frederick, Julianah, Margaretha

She married 2LT John Abraham Wootring, Sr in 1766 in Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland

Children of Abraham and Mary Margaret (there may be more):
  1. JOHN NICHOLAS WOTRING, b. April 06, 1767, Northhampton, Lehigh, PA; dod Unknown, Preston Co., Aurora, WV; m. MARGARET, 1789; b. 1768; dod Unknown.
  2. PETER WOODRING, b. 1768, Whitehall, Northhampton Co., PA; d. January 1852, Bordley, Union Co., KY.
  3. JOHN ABRAHAM WOTRING, JR, b. January 09, 1770, Whitehall, Lehigh Co., PA; d. 1817, Preston Co., Aurora, VA.
  4. CATHARINE ELIZABETH WOTRING, b. March 03, 1772, Whitehall, PA; d. Aft. 1834, Preston Co., Aurora, WV.
  5. JOHN DANIEL WOTRING, b. January 09, 1774, Northhampton, Lehigh, PA; d. December 25, 1844, Williams Twp., Northhampton, PA.
  6. DANIEL WOTRING, b. June 28, 1776, Whitehall, Lehigh Co., PA; d. April 15, 1839, Aurora, Preston Co., WV.
  7. MARY SUSANNA WOTRING, b. June 18, 1778, Whitehall, Lehigh Co., PA; dod Unknown; m. ALEXANDER BINGAMON; dod Unknown.
  8. WILLIAM F. WOTRING, b. 1780, Northhampton, Lehigh, PA; d. September 25, 1848, NY, NY.
  9. JACOB WOTRING, b. May 08, 1783, Hagerstown, Washington, MD; d. after September 15, 1850, Preston Co., Aurora, WV.

She died on Apr. 2, 1814 Aurora, Preston County, West Virginia, USA [3]

Both Abraham and Mary Margaret are buried in the Pioneer Cemetery in Aurora, Preston County, West Virginia.

Sources

  1. From "Records of Egypt Reformed Church: Lehigh County – 1734-1834", included as part of "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BD-L64B?cc=1589502 : 8 July 2020), > image 1 of 1; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.
  2. Will of Peter Troxell in "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9T1P-9BJF?cc=1803986&wc=SNYC-C6X%3A146535301%2C147297001 : 20 May 2014), Frederick > Wills 1744-1777 vol 1 > image 119 of 315; Hall of Records, Annapolis.. Signed 16 April 1766. Proved 8 May – (1766)
  3. Find A Grave Memorial# 76533469




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