Margaret (Willis) Terrill (1741 - 1812)

Born 25 Feb 1741 in Orange, Orange, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Edmund Terrill Terrill Sr — married 24 Nov 1760 in Orange, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1812 at about age 70 in Boone, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Margaret Peggy ^[1]Willis^[2] was born on February 25, 1741, in Orange, Virginia, the child of John Willis and Elizabeth Plunkett. She married Edmund Terrill^[3] in 1760^[4]. She died in 1812 in Boone, Kentucky.

One source references that Elizabeth also married John Shropshire. One source mistakes Elizabeth's parents as Lawrence Washington and Mildred Warner. Another source suggests that Elizabeth may have been the daughter of Alexander Plunkett - an Episcopal clergyman who had married a Miss Monroe.

The indenture (not will) from Elizabeth, relict of John Willis deceased to heirs of John Willis dated 22 November (a Steinert note gives the date as 19 November) 1764. (Ref: Orange County Virginia Deed Book 13, pg. 484). Madison County where Elizabeth and her son Joshua both died was formed from Culpeper County in 1792.

"I, Elizabeth Willis, Relict of John Willis deceased of Orange County, Virginia - Wheras the said John Willis did by his last will and testament dated November 21, 1761 give legacies to his children and left the rest of the estate in my possession and at my decease the said estate to be divided equally among my nine youngest children viz: John, Benjamin, Joshua, James, Reuben, Frances, Lewis, Moses and Mary - and I, being willing that the children be assured of their property and for the love and affection which I have for them do hereby give them their parts. Witnesses: James Pollard, William Willis, Edmund Terrill and David Hudson.

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR46-J94 : 11 February 2018), Edmund Terrill and Peggy Willis, 24 Nov 1760; citing Orange, Virginia, reference P1; FHL microfilm 33,031.
2. ↑ pg. 230. Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 040. Published: [Washington, D.C.] Daughters of the American Revolution, 1895-1921. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3024170;view=1up;seq=258
3. ↑ "Virginia, Orange County Marriage Records, 1757-1938", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP1G-LJ5 : 11 May 2018), Edmund Terrill and Peggy Willis, 1760.
4. ↑ pg. 359. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 069. Published: [Washington, D.C.] Daughters of the American Revolution, 1895-1921. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3024192;view=1up;seq=789