Alexander was born before 1691. He is the son of John Waugh and Elizabeth Madison. [1] He married Catherine Webb. The had a son Alexander Waugh (d. 1792) who married Sarah (unknown LNAB).[2] He died in 1744 in Orange County, Virginia.[3]
Abner Waugh born Jan 17, 1746 is the great grandson of John Waugh and Elizabeth Madison, the grandson of Alexander Waugh (d. 1722) and Catherine Webb, and the son of Alexander (d. 1792) and Sarah Waugh. The father (Alexander Waugh II) was a landowner and prosperous planter in Orange County, a vestryman of St. Thomas’ Parish and a justice of the peace of Orange County. The mother, identified as Sarah by her husband in his will was “connected either to Battaile or Taliaferro families or both”. The two clans were recognized members of the gentry.
1 John Waugh
married Elizabeth Madison
2 Son: Alexander Waugh married Catherine Webb
3 Alexander d. 1792 married Sarah
4 Abner Waugh
Marriage
Husband: Alexander Waugh
Wife: Catherine Webb, d. Aft 1703, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia
Children:
Alexander Waugh, b. Abt 1707, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia d. 1793, Orange County, Virginia (Age ~ 86 years)
Solomon Waugh, b. Bef 1728, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia
Land Ownership
1735: Its ordered that Alexander Waugh with the tithables in his precinct clear the Road from the Island ford into the Mountain Road that leads to the Mountain Church.[4]
↑ Lohrenz, Otto (2003) "The Reverend Abner Waugh: The "Best Dancer of the Minuet in the State of Virginia"," The Kentucky Review: Vol. 15 : No. 2 , Article 3. found at:
Abner Waugh
↑ ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 {Ann Brush Miller}16 September 1735, O.S. p. 36
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