William McPheeters is believed to be the son of William McPheeters, Sr. and Janet McClellan. It's unknown exactly when they left Scotland, but it is believed William McPheeters, Jr, was born in (current day) Northern Ireland. They left there, settling first in Pennysylvania, before making their home in Augusta County, Virginia.
William married Rebecca Thompson in about 1716 and had known McPheeters children:
Mary, about 1716, (Alexander Crawford), below
Martha, 1719 - 1726 to 1801, (Saml Downey), below
Rev. William, III, 28 Sep 1729 to 28 Oct 1807, below
Samuel, abt 1740, below
Hebron Presbyterian Church, 1746 - 1996, compiled in 1996 for the 250th Anniversary of the Church, page 24 says William McPheeters, Rebecca McPheeters and (daughter in law) Rachel (Moore) McPheeters are all buried at the Glebe Cemetery. They have no markers. No dates are given for them. They are not listed here in other surveys in the 1900's.
=Augusta Co., Deed Book 1, p 1 (2nd entry), 9th December, 1745. Andrew Pickens to William McFeeters, £6, 12 1/2 acres Wm. McFeeters' old survey. Witnesses, Thos. Chew, James Trimble, Jno. Madison. Acknowledged, 10 December, 1745. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 251. It was the 2nd deed down admitted to record in newly formed Augusta Co., Virginia, not the 1st (John Madison, 4 Nov 1745 was the 1st).
=18 Nov 1747. (318) Wm. McFeeters has leave to build a mill. Augusta County Court Records, Order Book #1. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 1, p 32. Same p 56: 21 Nov 1752 (410) Wm. McFeeters to work the road under Saml. Wallace from top of North Mountain to this Co. Ho. Same, p 57: 21 Mar 1753 (414) William McFeeters to keep road formerly laid off from James Young's Mill to said Buchanan's MIll. Same p 68: 25 Oct 1755 (491) Wm McFeeters, for patrolling. Same p 75: 3 Dec 1756: (302) Claims, propositions and grievances: Wm. McFeeters, for horse impressed. Same p 80: (147) Wm. McFeaters appointed guardian to Andrew Crockett, orphan of Robert Crockett.
=Page 516 — 17th March, 1755. Wm. McPhatters (McFeeters). Sr., to William, Jr., his son, natural love and affection. 322 acres where William, Sr, now lives in Beverley Manor; John Trimble's corner; corner Wm. Vance, now John McPheeters. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 332.
=Page 244. —18th May, 1758. Wm. McFeeters' bond ( Jno. McFeetes, Jno. Elliot) as guardian (appointed) to Andrew Crockett, orphan of Robert Crockett. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 48.
=Page 708.—20th July, 1764. William McPheeters, Cenor. (senior?)to Samuel McPheeters. his son. £_?_. natural love and affection and for better maintenance. 400 acres on Mossey Creek, branch of North River of Shanando. Delivered: Samuel, March, 1768. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 415.
=Page 159.—21st August, 1765. William McFeeters and Mary ( ) alias Mary Perey, executors of Thomas Peary (Peery), to Samuel McNab (Mary was widow of Thomas but is now married to William), £42, 225 acres on Middle River of Shanandore; corner John Campbell's land. Teste: John Malcom, John Jameson, David Frame. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 429.
CW adds: "... his 1773 will names his wife as "Mary," who he apparently married later, after Rebecca Thompson. She was widow of Thomas Peary/Peery/Percy. (Augusta Deed Book 12, p 159, Will Book 5, p 61, and Chalkley's Abstracts Vol 1 p 429.)."
That's Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. Various Old Papers, 1760 - 1770, Commission for privy examination of Mary McPheeters, Executrix of Thomas Peevy, deceased, and wife of William McPheeters... Commission dated 21 - 28 Aug 1765.
Augusta Co., Virginia Will Book 5, page 61 says: 21 Jan 1773, William McPheeter's, Sr... will (signed also by Mary McPheeters), farmer - To wife Mary; to dearly beloved John McPheeters; to dearly beloved daughters, Martha and Jannet. Probated 16 Mar 1773, by Wm Brownlee and John Moffett. William McPheeters, Jr., qualified with George Berry, John Findly (Friedly).
Augusta Co. Will Book 5, 16 Nov 1773, Wm McPheeters' appraisement was recorded, by John Moffett, James McCleerey, John Young. Abraham Jenkin's account, Duval Bosanques account.
I requested a photo of his gravestone, with my fingers crossed, hoping for a miracle due to graves age and received this note: "I have walked and photographed entire cemetery and cleared each grave, and this stone cannot be located. The cows have been in the cemetery for years and have decimated many stones." Few stones this old would survive the outdoor elements alone.
According to Families of McPheeters, Moore, Walker, McDowell and McDaniel, presented to the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 34, #108, July 1936, p 279-299. McPheeters or Mac Peters, son of Peter was actually related to Peter Hume. His first wife died and he remarried and the son of the former wife's surname was altered. Full details in the article.
"...During this barbarous treatment she got her thigh bone dislocated. But her husband, providentially returning home at the time, fell upon the savages, killed one or two of them, put the rest to flight, and rescued his wife. After her death, which it is supposed took place some years after, he married a second time, when considerably advanced in years. He is said to have lived to a great age. His second wife's name was Janett McClellen. By her he had four children, three daughters and one son. The son was the youngest child of the farail)", and was named WILLIAM, after his father. At the time of his father's death he is said to have been about eight years old. This William was my grandfather. He married in Ireland, and after marriage lived there about seven years previous to his emigration to America, State of Pennsylvania. His first wife was REBECCA THOMPSON, by whom he had ten children. My grandfather, after living several years in Pennsylvania, removed to Augusta county, Virginia. Martha, his second daughter, while living in Pennsvlvania, married Samuel Downey, and afterward removed with her husband to Augusta county, Va. She was the mother of fourteen children. Rebecca Donney married a Mr. McCutchen, of Augusta county, and had a numerous family..." Memoir of Rev Samuel B. McPheeters, D. D. by Rev. John S. Grasty, St Louis, 1871, p 11. More family data in this source.
Bio researched and written by LSP, all rights reserved
William married Rebecca Thompson in about 1716 and had known McPheeters children:
Mary, about 1716, (Alexander Crawford), below
Martha, 1719 - 1726 to 1801, (Saml Downey), below
Rev. William, III, 28 Sep 1729 to 28 Oct 1807, below
Samuel, abt 1740, below
Hebron Presbyterian Church, 1746 - 1996, compiled in 1996 for the 250th Anniversary of the Church, page 24 says William McPheeters, Rebecca McPheeters and (daughter in law) Rachel (Moore) McPheeters are all buried at the Glebe Cemetery. They have no markers. No dates are given for them. They are not listed here in other surveys in the 1900's.
=Augusta Co., Deed Book 1, p 1 (2nd entry), 9th December, 1745. Andrew Pickens to William McFeeters, £6, 12 1/2 acres Wm. McFeeters' old survey. Witnesses, Thos. Chew, James Trimble, Jno. Madison. Acknowledged, 10 December, 1745. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 251. It was the 2nd deed down admitted to record in newly formed Augusta Co., Virginia, not the 1st (John Madison, 4 Nov 1745 was the 1st).
=18 Nov 1747. (318) Wm. McFeeters has leave to build a mill. Augusta County Court Records, Order Book #1. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 1, p 32. Same p 56: 21 Nov 1752 (410) Wm. McFeeters to work the road under Saml. Wallace from top of North Mountain to this Co. Ho. Same, p 57: 21 Mar 1753 (414) William McFeeters to keep road formerly laid off from James Young's Mill to said Buchanan's MIll. Same p 68: 25 Oct 1755 (491) Wm McFeeters, for patrolling. Same p 75: 3 Dec 1756: (302) Claims, propositions and grievances: Wm. McFeeters, for horse impressed. Same p 80: (147) Wm. McFeaters appointed guardian to Andrew Crockett, orphan of Robert Crockett.
=Page 516 — 17th March, 1755. Wm. McPhatters (McFeeters). Sr., to William, Jr., his son, natural love and affection. 322 acres where William, Sr, now lives in Beverley Manor; John Trimble's corner; corner Wm. Vance, now John McPheeters. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 332.
=Page 244. —18th May, 1758. Wm. McFeeters' bond ( Jno. McFeetes, Jno. Elliot) as guardian (appointed) to Andrew Crockett, orphan of Robert Crockett. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 48.
=Page 708.—20th July, 1764. William McPheeters, Cenor. (senior?)to Samuel McPheeters. his son. £_?_. natural love and affection and for better maintenance. 400 acres on Mossey Creek, branch of North River of Shanando. Delivered: Samuel, March, 1768. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 415.
=Page 159.—21st August, 1765. William McFeeters and Mary ( ) alias Mary Perey, executors of Thomas Peary (Peery), to Samuel McNab (Mary was widow of Thomas but is now married to William), £42, 225 acres on Middle River of Shanandore; corner John Campbell's land. Teste: John Malcom, John Jameson, David Frame. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 429.
CW adds: "... his 1773 will names his wife as "Mary," who he apparently married later, after Rebecca Thompson. She was widow of Thomas Peary/Peery/Percy. (Augusta Deed Book 12, p 159, Will Book 5, p 61, and Chalkley's Abstracts Vol 1 p 429.)."
That's Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. Various Old Papers, 1760 - 1770, Commission for privy examination of Mary McPheeters, Executrix of Thomas Peevy, deceased, and wife of William McPheeters... Commission dated 21 - 28 Aug 1765.
Augusta Co., Virginia Will Book 5, page 61 says: 21 Jan 1773, William McPheeter's, Sr... will (signed also by Mary McPheeters), farmer - To wife Mary; to dearly beloved John McPheeters; to dearly beloved daughters, Martha and Jannet. Probated 16 Mar 1773, by Wm Brownlee and John Moffett. William McPheeters, Jr., qualified with George Berry, John Findly (Friedly).
Augusta Co. Will Book 5, 16 Nov 1773, Wm McPheeters' appraisement was recorded, by John Moffett, James McCleerey, John Young. Abraham Jenkin's account, Duval Bosanques account.
I requested a photo of his gravestone, with my fingers crossed, hoping for a miracle due to graves age and received this note: "I have walked and photographed entire cemetery and cleared each grave, and this stone cannot be located. The cows have been in the cemetery for years and have decimated many stones." Few stones this old would survive the outdoor elements alone.
According to Families of McPheeters, Moore, Walker, McDowell and McDaniel, presented to the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 34, #108, July 1936, p 279-299. McPheeters or Mac Peters, son of Peter was actually related to Peter Hume. His first wife died and he remarried and the son of the former wife's surname was altered. Full details in the article.
"...During this barbarous treatment she got her thigh bone dislocated. But her husband, providentially returning home at the time, fell upon the savages, killed one or two of them, put the rest to flight, and rescued his wife. After her death, which it is supposed took place some years after, he married a second time, when considerably advanced in years. He is said to have lived to a great age. His second wife's name was Janett McClellen. By her he had four children, three daughters and one son. The son was the youngest child of the farail)", and was named WILLIAM, after his father. At the time of his father's death he is said to have been about eight years old. This William was my grandfather. He married in Ireland, and after marriage lived there about seven years previous to his emigration to America, State of Pennsylvania. His first wife was REBECCA THOMPSON, by whom he had ten children. My grandfather, after living several years in Pennsylvania, removed to Augusta county, Virginia. Martha, his second daughter, while living in Pennsvlvania, married Samuel Downey, and afterward removed with her husband to Augusta county, Va. She was the mother of fourteen children. Rebecca Donney married a Mr. McCutchen, of Augusta county, and had a numerous family..." Memoir of Rev Samuel B. McPheeters, D. D. by Rev. John S. Grasty, St Louis, 1871, p 11. More family data in this source.
Bio researched and written by LSP, all rights reserved
William McPheeters is believed to be the son of William McPheeters, Sr. and Janet McClellan. It's unknown exactly when they left Scotland, but it is believed William McPheeters, Jr, was born in (current day) Northern Ireland. They left there, settling first in Pennysylvania, before making their home in Augusta County, Virginia.
William married Rebecca Thompson in about 1716 and had known McPheeters children:
Mary, about 1716, (Alexander Crawford), below
Martha, 1719 - 1726 to 1801, (Saml Downey), below
Rev. William, III, 28 Sep 1729 to 28 Oct 1807, below
Samuel, abt 1740, below
Hebron Presbyterian Church, 1746 - 1996, compiled in 1996 for the 250th Anniversary of the Church, page 24 says William McPheeters, Rebecca McPheeters and (daughter in law) Rachel (Moore) McPheeters are all buried at the Glebe Cemetery. They have no markers. No dates are given for them. They are not listed here in other surveys in the 1900's.
=Augusta Co., Deed Book 1, p 1 (2nd entry), 9th December, 1745. Andrew Pickens to William McFeeters, £6, 12 1/2 acres Wm. McFeeters' old survey. Witnesses, Thos. Chew, James Trimble, Jno. Madison. Acknowledged, 10 December, 1745. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 251. It was the 2nd deed down admitted to record in newly formed Augusta Co., Virginia, not the 1st (John Madison, 4 Nov 1745 was the 1st).
=18 Nov 1747. (318) Wm. McFeeters has leave to build a mill. Augusta County Court Records, Order Book #1. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 1, p 32. Same p 56: 21 Nov 1752 (410) Wm. McFeeters to work the road under Saml. Wallace from top of North Mountain to this Co. Ho. Same, p 57: 21 Mar 1753 (414) William McFeeters to keep road formerly laid off from James Young's Mill to said Buchanan's MIll. Same p 68: 25 Oct 1755 (491) Wm McFeeters, for patrolling. Same p 75: 3 Dec 1756: (302) Claims, propositions and grievances: Wm. McFeeters, for horse impressed. Same p 80: (147) Wm. McFeaters appointed guardian to Andrew Crockett, orphan of Robert Crockett.
=Page 516 — 17th March, 1755. Wm. McPhatters (McFeeters). Sr., to William, Jr., his son, natural love and affection. 322 acres where William, Sr, now lives in Beverley Manor; John Trimble's corner; corner Wm. Vance, now John McPheeters. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 332.
=Page 244. —18th May, 1758. Wm. McFeeters' bond ( Jno. McFeetes, Jno. Elliot) as guardian (appointed) to Andrew Crockett, orphan of Robert Crockett. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 48.
=Page 708.—20th July, 1764. William McPheeters, Cenor. (senior?)to Samuel McPheeters. his son. £_?_. natural love and affection and for better maintenance. 400 acres on Mossey Creek, branch of North River of Shanando. Delivered: Samuel, March, 1768. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 415.
=Page 159.—21st August, 1765. William McFeeters and Mary ( ) alias Mary Perey, executors of Thomas Peary (Peery), to Samuel McNab (Mary was widow of Thomas but is now married to William), £42, 225 acres on Middle River of Shanandore; corner John Campbell's land. Teste: John Malcom, John Jameson, David Frame. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 429.
CW adds: "... his 1773 will names his wife as "Mary," who he apparently married later, after Rebecca Thompson. She was widow of Thomas Peary/Peery/Percy. (Augusta Deed Book 12, p 159, Will Book 5, p 61, and Chalkley's Abstracts Vol 1 p 429.)."
That's Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. Various Old Papers, 1760 - 1770, Commission for privy examination of Mary McPheeters, Executrix of Thomas Peevy, deceased, and wife of William McPheeters... Commission dated 21 - 28 Aug 1765.
Augusta Co., Virginia Will Book 5, page 61 says: 21 Jan 1773, William McPheeter's, Sr... will (signed also by Mary McPheeters), farmer - To wife Mary; to dearly beloved John McPheeters; to dearly beloved daughters, Martha and Jannet. Probated 16 Mar 1773, by Wm Brownlee and John Moffett. William McPheeters, Jr., qualified with George Berry, John Findly (Friedly).
Augusta Co. Will Book 5, 16 Nov 1773, Wm McPheeters' appraisement was recorded, by John Moffett, James McCleerey, John Young. Abraham Jenkin's account, Duval Bosanques account.
I requested a photo of his gravestone, with my fingers crossed, hoping for a miracle due to graves age and received this note: "I have walked and photographed entire cemetery and cleared each grave, and this stone cannot be located. The cows have been in the cemetery for years and have decimated many stones." Few stones this old would survive the outdoor elements alone.
According to Families of McPheeters, Moore, Walker, McDowell and McDaniel, presented to the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 34, #108, July 1936, p 279-299. McPheeters or Mac Peters, son of Peter was actually related to Peter Hume. His first wife died and he remarried and the son of the former wife's surname was altered. Full details in the article.
"...During this barbarous treatment she got her thigh bone dislocated. But her husband, providentially returning home at the time, fell upon the savages, killed one or two of them, put the rest to flight, and rescued his wife. After her death, which it is supposed took place some years after, he married a second time, when considerably advanced in years. He is said to have lived to a great age. His second wife's name was Janett McClellen. By her he had four children, three daughters and one son. The son was the youngest child of the farail)", and was named WILLIAM, after his father. At the time of his father's death he is said to have been about eight years old. This William was my grandfather. He married in Ireland, and after marriage lived there about seven years previous to his emigration to America, State of Pennsylvania. His first wife was REBECCA THOMPSON, by whom he had ten children. My grandfather, after living several years in Pennsylvania, removed to Augusta county, Virginia. Martha, his second daughter, while living in Pennsvlvania, married Samuel Downey, and afterward removed with her husband to Augusta county, Va. She was the mother of fourteen children. Rebecca Donney married a Mr. McCutchen, of Augusta county, and had a numerous family..." Memoir of Rev Samuel B. McPheeters, D. D. by Rev. John S. Grasty, St Louis, 1871, p 11. More family data in this source.
Bio researched and written by LSP, all rights reserved
William married Rebecca Thompson in about 1716 and had known McPheeters children:
Mary, about 1716, (Alexander Crawford), below
Martha, 1719 - 1726 to 1801, (Saml Downey), below
Rev. William, III, 28 Sep 1729 to 28 Oct 1807, below
Samuel, abt 1740, below
Hebron Presbyterian Church, 1746 - 1996, compiled in 1996 for the 250th Anniversary of the Church, page 24 says William McPheeters, Rebecca McPheeters and (daughter in law) Rachel (Moore) McPheeters are all buried at the Glebe Cemetery. They have no markers. No dates are given for them. They are not listed here in other surveys in the 1900's.
=Augusta Co., Deed Book 1, p 1 (2nd entry), 9th December, 1745. Andrew Pickens to William McFeeters, £6, 12 1/2 acres Wm. McFeeters' old survey. Witnesses, Thos. Chew, James Trimble, Jno. Madison. Acknowledged, 10 December, 1745. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 251. It was the 2nd deed down admitted to record in newly formed Augusta Co., Virginia, not the 1st (John Madison, 4 Nov 1745 was the 1st).
=18 Nov 1747. (318) Wm. McFeeters has leave to build a mill. Augusta County Court Records, Order Book #1. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 1, p 32. Same p 56: 21 Nov 1752 (410) Wm. McFeeters to work the road under Saml. Wallace from top of North Mountain to this Co. Ho. Same, p 57: 21 Mar 1753 (414) William McFeeters to keep road formerly laid off from James Young's Mill to said Buchanan's MIll. Same p 68: 25 Oct 1755 (491) Wm McFeeters, for patrolling. Same p 75: 3 Dec 1756: (302) Claims, propositions and grievances: Wm. McFeeters, for horse impressed. Same p 80: (147) Wm. McFeaters appointed guardian to Andrew Crockett, orphan of Robert Crockett.
=Page 516 — 17th March, 1755. Wm. McPhatters (McFeeters). Sr., to William, Jr., his son, natural love and affection. 322 acres where William, Sr, now lives in Beverley Manor; John Trimble's corner; corner Wm. Vance, now John McPheeters. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 332.
=Page 244. —18th May, 1758. Wm. McFeeters' bond ( Jno. McFeetes, Jno. Elliot) as guardian (appointed) to Andrew Crockett, orphan of Robert Crockett. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 48.
=Page 708.—20th July, 1764. William McPheeters, Cenor. (senior?)to Samuel McPheeters. his son. £_?_. natural love and affection and for better maintenance. 400 acres on Mossey Creek, branch of North River of Shanando. Delivered: Samuel, March, 1768. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 415.
=Page 159.—21st August, 1765. William McFeeters and Mary ( ) alias Mary Perey, executors of Thomas Peary (Peery), to Samuel McNab (Mary was widow of Thomas but is now married to William), £42, 225 acres on Middle River of Shanandore; corner John Campbell's land. Teste: John Malcom, John Jameson, David Frame. Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 429.
CW adds: "... his 1773 will names his wife as "Mary," who he apparently married later, after Rebecca Thompson. She was widow of Thomas Peary/Peery/Percy. (Augusta Deed Book 12, p 159, Will Book 5, p 61, and Chalkley's Abstracts Vol 1 p 429.)."
That's Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. Various Old Papers, 1760 - 1770, Commission for privy examination of Mary McPheeters, Executrix of Thomas Peevy, deceased, and wife of William McPheeters... Commission dated 21 - 28 Aug 1765.
Augusta Co., Virginia Will Book 5, page 61 says: 21 Jan 1773, William McPheeter's, Sr... will (signed also by Mary McPheeters), farmer - To wife Mary; to dearly beloved John McPheeters; to dearly beloved daughters, Martha and Jannet. Probated 16 Mar 1773, by Wm Brownlee and John Moffett. William McPheeters, Jr., qualified with George Berry, John Findly (Friedly).
Augusta Co. Will Book 5, 16 Nov 1773, Wm McPheeters' appraisement was recorded, by John Moffett, James McCleerey, John Young. Abraham Jenkin's account, Duval Bosanques account.
I requested a photo of his gravestone, with my fingers crossed, hoping for a miracle due to graves age and received this note: "I have walked and photographed entire cemetery and cleared each grave, and this stone cannot be located. The cows have been in the cemetery for years and have decimated many stones." Few stones this old would survive the outdoor elements alone.
According to Families of McPheeters, Moore, Walker, McDowell and McDaniel, presented to the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 34, #108, July 1936, p 279-299. McPheeters or Mac Peters, son of Peter was actually related to Peter Hume. His first wife died and he remarried and the son of the former wife's surname was altered. Full details in the article.
"...During this barbarous treatment she got her thigh bone dislocated. But her husband, providentially returning home at the time, fell upon the savages, killed one or two of them, put the rest to flight, and rescued his wife. After her death, which it is supposed took place some years after, he married a second time, when considerably advanced in years. He is said to have lived to a great age. His second wife's name was Janett McClellen. By her he had four children, three daughters and one son. The son was the youngest child of the farail)", and was named WILLIAM, after his father. At the time of his father's death he is said to have been about eight years old. This William was my grandfather. He married in Ireland, and after marriage lived there about seven years previous to his emigration to America, State of Pennsylvania. His first wife was REBECCA THOMPSON, by whom he had ten children. My grandfather, after living several years in Pennsylvania, removed to Augusta county, Virginia. Martha, his second daughter, while living in Pennsvlvania, married Samuel Downey, and afterward removed with her husband to Augusta county, Va. She was the mother of fourteen children. Rebecca Donney married a Mr. McCutchen, of Augusta county, and had a numerous family..." Memoir of Rev Samuel B. McPheeters, D. D. by Rev. John S. Grasty, St Louis, 1871, p 11. More family data in this source.
Bio researched and written by LSP, all rights reserved
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