Edward Thomas McGhee

  General Notes:

ID: I8402
Name: Edward Thomas McGhee
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1702 in King William Co., Virginia
Death: BEF 28 JAN 1771 in Cumberland Co., Virginia
Note: Edward was a large land owner and planter. He had 2,830 acres ofland in Amelia Co., Virginia in 1746 and 5,788 additional acres in 1748.In the Amelia Co. books his name is spelled "MackGehee". He served in theFrench and Indian War. He enlisted in Frederick Co., Virginia. Willabstract of Edward McGehee, Cumberland Co., Virginia, Will Book 1,1749-1792, page 23: Dated April 4, 1770, Pr 28 Jan 1771 son John McGhee -700 acres of land in Prince Edward Co., adjoining lands of Jacob McGheedau Mary Hodnett 5 shillings dau Elizabeth Wright - 400 acres of landbeing part of tract whereon I now live and adjoining land of ThomasWright Charles Lee and Frances Apperson son-in-law Thomas Wright Half ofmy grist mill, also half of the land purchased adjoining the mill sonMicajah McGhee 700 acres of land in Prince Edward County whereon he nowlives son Mumford McGhee 700 acres in Prince Edward Co whereon he nowlives son Jacob McGhee 700 acres in Prince Edward County son WilliamMcGhee - 700 acres of land in Prince Edward Co son Samuel McGhee - negroboy, 700 acres of land in Prince Edward Co daughter Anna McGhee- 400acres of land, adjoining the mill wife, Elizabeth - lend her land andplantation whereon I live with 450 acres Ex: wife Elizabeth McGhee andson Mumford & son-in-law Thomas Wright and Henry Mason Wit: Nathan Glenn,James Glenn and Nehemiah Glenn
Change Date: 8 DEC 2001

Father: Thomas McGhee Mackghee b: ABT 1658 in Loch Katrine, Scotland
Mother: Ann Bastrop Baytop b: ABT 1664 in County Kent, England

Marriage 1 Elizabeth DeJarnette b: 1709 in Abingdon Parish, GloucesterCo., Virginia
Married: 4 APR 1735 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia
Children
John McGhee b: 14 NOV 1735 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia
Elizabeth McGhee b: 1739 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia
Micajah McGhee b: ABT 1745 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia
Mary McGhee b: 10 NOV 1742 in Cumberland Co., Virginia
Mumford McGhee b: 1744 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia
Daniel McGhee b: ABT 1747 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia
William McGhee b: ABT 1749 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia
Jacob McGhee b: ABT 1751 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia
Anna McGhee b: 23 JUL 1755 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia
Samuel V. McGhee b: 23 JUN 1759 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia

  Noted events in his life were:

• Marriage Contract, 1709, Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co., Virginia. Y

Edward married Elizabeth Dejarnette, daughter of Jean John Dejarnette and Mary Mumford. (Elizabeth Dejarnette was born in 1709 in Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co., Virginia and died in 1783.)