Robt Cunningham Ireland-Scot?-VA (1709-aft 1767)
Looking for info on Robert, my 5th great grandfather, and any of his ancestors or descendants.TIA.
Bob Reeves
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Descendants of Robert Cunningham
Generation No. 1
1.ROBERT1 CUNNINGHAM was born 1709 in Northern Ireland orScotland, and died Aft. 1767 in Virginia.He married WIDOW MARTHA UNKNOWNMAIDEN HAMILTON.She was born in probably Northern Ireland, and died 1759 in Augusta Co., VA.
Robert's family is descended from the Cunninghams of Scotland.They were Presbyterians.
Immigrated probably from Northern Ireland about 1720. Indications he was in PA until circa 1835 when he settled in the Rock/Tinkling Spring neighborhood of Augusta Co. it was almost a wilderness.
Gov. Gooch appointed him to the Augusta County Court in 1745.
land on Cheat River, now known as Sim's Bottom & formerly called Cearl's bottom. Robert formerly lived on the South Branch below the Gap & joined lands with his brother, William Cunningham
Children of ROBERT CUNNINGHAM and WIDOW HAMILTON are:
2. i. UNKDAU1 HAMILTON OR2 CUNNINGHAM, b. Bef. 1725.
ii. UNKDAU2 CUNNINGHAM, b. Bef. 1726; m. ARTHUR CAMPBELL.
3. iii. MARTHA CUNNINGHAM, b. 1735, probably in PA, immigrated to VA at 9 (abt 1735); d. January 12, 1806, will probated in Staunton, VA 12/6/1805.
iv. ROBERT UNPROVED CUNNINGHAM, b. 1735, Augusta Co., VA; d. 1815.
v. UNKDAU3 CUNNINGHAM, m. UNK3 CAMPBELL.
Lived in and around Muhlenburg Co., KY.
Generation No. 2
2.UNKDAU1 HAMILTON OR2 CUNNINGHAM (ROBERT1) was born Bef. 1725.She married WILLIAM CAMPBELL.
Child of UNKDAU1 CUNNINGHAM and WILLIAM CAMPBELL is:
i. WILLIAM3 CAMPBELL, JR.
Notes for WILLIAM CAMPBELL, JR:
A General who fought in the King's Mountain Battle of the Revolutionary War.
3.MARTHA2 CUNNINGHAM (ROBERT1) was born 1735 in probably in PA, immigrated to VA at 9 (abt 1735), and died January 12, 1806 in will probated in Staunton, VA 12/6/1805.She married WALTER DAVIS Abt. 1750 in Augusta Co., VA, son of JOHN DAVIS and POSSIBLY WHO?.He was born 1730 in Northern Ireland; ran away @ 14; immig ?, and died March 20, 1803 in Rock Spring, Augusta Co., VA.
The dates for her and her husband's death are found in the record of the old cemetery at Twinkling Spring (Wilson, page 461).
More About MARTHA CUNNINGHAM:
Burial: Tinkling Springs Cemetery, Augusta Co., VA
More About WALTER DAVIS:
Burial: Aft. March 20, 1803, Tinkling Springs Cemetery, Augusta Co, VA
Occupation: Civil Office
Children of MARTHA CUNNINGHAM and WALTER DAVIS are:
4. i. MARGARET 'PEGGY'3 DAVIS, b. 1751, Rock Spring Farm, Augusta Co., VA; d. 1805.
5. ii. MARTHA DAVIS LONG SMITH, b. January 09, 1754, Rock Spring Farm (near Staunton), Augusta Co., VA; d. September 09, 1839, Near Fayette, Howard Co.,MO; home of Hon. Abiel Leonard (son-in-law).
6. iii. EUPHEMIA DAVIS, b. Abt. 1756, Rock Springs, Augusta Co., VA; d. Abt. 1835, Russellville, KY at her son's (William) home.
7. iv. JAMES DAVIS, b. 1755, Rock Spring Farm, Augusta Co., VA; d. 1797, Christian ? Co., KY.
8. v. SARAH 'SALLIE' DAVIS, b. Abt. 1761, Rock Spring Farm, Augusta Co., VA; d. 1805, Kentucky.
9. vi. WILLIAM (BILLY) DAVIS, b. December 16, 1765, Augusta Co., VA; d. February 09, 1852, Augusta Co., VA.
vii. JOHN DAVIS, b. 1770.
10. viii. ELIZABETH "BETSY" DAVIS, b. September 30, 1770, Rock Spring Farm, Augusta Co., VA; d. 1844, Christian County,KY.
ix. AGNES DAVIS, b. Augusta Co., VA; d. 1825, Augusta Co., VA.
Notes for AGNES DAVIS:
lived with her brother, William, in Augusta County.She was an epiletic.
11. x. POLLY DAVIS, b. Aft. 1754.
Generation No. 3
4.MARGARET 'PEGGY'3 DAVIS (MARTHA2 CUNNINGHAM, ROBERT1) was born 1751 in Rock Spring Farm, Augusta Co., VA, and died 1805.She married (1)JOHN SMITH.She married (2) JOHN SMITH Abt. 1776 in Augusta or Rockingham Co., VA, son of JUDGE SMITH and JANE HARRISON.He was born Abt. 1750 in Rockingham Co., VA.
Children of MARGARET DAVIS and JOHN SMITH are:
12. i. MARGARET READ4 SMITH, b. Abt. 1777.
13. ii. DANIEL SMITH II, b. 1779; d. November 08, 1850.
5.MARTHA DAVIS LONG3 SMITH (MARTHA2 CUNNINGHAM, ROBERT1) was born January 09, 1754 in Rock Spring Farm (near Staunton), Augusta Co., VA, and died September 09, 1839 in Near Fayette, Howard Co.,MO; home of Hon. Abiel Leonard (son-in-law).She married (1) DR. WILLIAM LONG Abt. 1771 in ?.She was about 17.He died Abt. 1772.She married (2) DANIEL SMITH Abt. 1776, son of JUDGE SMITH and JANE HARRISON.He was born Abt. 1752, and died in ?? from an epidemic with his three daughters and his brother John (husband of Margaret Davis ) and.She married (3) BREWER REEVES April 21, 1782 in Rockingham, Augusta Co., VA, son of THOMAS REEVES and SARAH UNKNOWN.He was born September 14, 1745 in Spotsylvania or Augusta County, VA, and died Abt. November 29, 1799 in Christian County, KY.
There is a lot of confusion about Brewer Reeves because his grandnephew (listed in this file as Brewer2, born after 1800; grandson of John, assumed herein as Brewer's brother) lived in the same Rockingham County.
Child of MARTHA SMITH and DR. LONG is:
i. WILLIAM4 LONG, JR, b. Abt. 1771; d. Abt. 1791.
Children of MARTHA SMITH and DANIEL SMITH are:
ii. CHILD14 SMITH, d. Died young.
iii. CHILD2 SMITH, d. Died young.
iv. CHILD3 SMITH, d. Died young.
Children of MARTHA SMITH and BREWER REEVES are:
v. RICHARD WISE4 REEVES, b. January 24, 1783; d. March 14, 1784, Virginia.He died as an infant..
vi. MARGARET 'PEGGY' REEVES, b. December 17, 1784; d. August 30, 1799, Virginia or Kentucky. She died in early girlhood shortly after her father died..
14. vii. COL. BENJAMIN HARRISON REEVES, b. January 21, 1787, Augusta County VA; d. April 16, 1849, Hopkinsville, Todd County, KY--a part of Christian County.
viii. ARCHIBALD STUART REEVES, b. August 23, 1789, Augusta Co., VA; d. Abt. 1819, Lincoln or Christian Co., KY.
15. ix. OTWAY OR OTTAWAY CURRY REEVES, b. June 19, 1792, Christian or Lincoln Co., KY.
16. x. WILLIS LONG REEVES, b. February 09, 1793, in Christian or Lincoln Co., KY; d. Abt. 1867, in Christian or Lincoln Co., KY.
6.EUPHEMIA3 DAVIS (MARTHA2 CUNNINGHAM, ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1756 in Rock Springs, Augusta Co., VA, and died Abt. 1835 in Russellville, KY at her son's (William) home.She married (1) CHARLES MILLER.He was born 1762.She married (2) CHARLES DONNELLY DONLEY Abt. 1776 in Augusta Co., Virginia.He was born Abt. 1758, and died 1810 in area of Stanford, Ky.
EUPHEMIA DAVIS: some records have it spelled Euphrosine or Euphonia.
CHARLES DONNELLY DONLEY: They moved from VA. to Lincoln Co., KY; as did his brothers-in-law Brewer Reeves and James Davis.Charles settled on the Hanging Fork of the Dick River, about 4 miles from the town of Stanford.
Children of EUPHEMIA DAVIS and CHARLES DONLEY are:
i. SALLIE OR SALLY4 DONLEY, b. Abt. 1764; d. Ky? " Died when young.".
17. ii. MARY DONLEY, b. Abt. 1765; d. Abt. 1835.
iii. CHARLES DONLEY, JR, d. Abt. 1833, New Orleans, LA? possibly of cholera.
18. iv. WILLIAM DONLEY, d. Abt. 1831.
19. v. JAMES DONLEY, d. Abt. 1855, TX.
20. vi. MARY 'POLLY' DONLEY, b. July 20, 1780; d. Abt. 1819.
21. vii. MARTHA 'PATSY' DONLEY, b. Abt. 1790; d. 1835.
7.JAMES3 DAVIS (MARTHA2 CUNNINGHAM, ROBERT1) was born 1755 in Rock Spring Farm, Augusta Co., VA, and died 1797 in Christian ? Co., KY.He married DEBORAH "DEBBIE" MILLER January 03, 1786 in Augusta Co., Virginia, daughter of ABRAHAM MILLER.She was born Abt. 1760.
Children of JAMES DAVIS and DEBORAH MILLER are:
22. i. WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM4 DAVIS, d. 1826, the Spring from pneumonia.
23. ii. ELIZABETH DAVIS.
iii. MARTHA DAVIS, d. childless, soon after her marriage; m. UNKNOWN ELLIOT UNKNOWN.
iv. ABRAM MILLER DAVIS, d. a youth, 18-20.
8.SARAH 'SALLIE'3 DAVIS (MARTHA2 CUNNINGHAM, ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1761 in Rock Spring Farm, Augusta Co., VA, and died 1805 in Kentucky.She married ROBERT HARRISON April 11, 1811 in VA.He was born in Rockingham Co., VA.
Child of SARAH DAVIS and ROBERT HARRISON is:
i. 7CHILDREN4 HARRISON.
9.WILLIAM (BILLY)3 DAVIS (MARTHA2 CUNNINGHAM, ROBERT1) was born December 16, 1765 in Augusta Co., VA, and died February 09, 1852 in Augusta Co., VA.He married (1) MARY HOLMES July 24, 1789 in Augusta Co., VA.She was born 1766.He married (2) ANNIS REEVES? CALDWELL April 05, 1799 in Augusta Co., VA, daughter of WILLIAM CALDWELL and ANIS.She was born 1764 in Augusta Co., VA, and died April 24, 1837 in Augusta Co., VA.
ID I215; alt dob=Dec 1765 same GEDCOM as Mother
Children of WILLIAM DAVIS and ANNIS CALDWELL are:
24. i. WALTER4 DAVIS, b. 1791, Augusta Co., VA; d. August 04, 1869.
25. ii. WILLIAM CALDWELL DAVIS, b. 1793; d. Abt. 1857, Saline Co., MO.
26. iii. MARTHA ANN DAVIS, b. 1803.
10.ELIZABETH "BETSY"3 DAVIS (MARTHA2 CUNNINGHAM, ROBERT1) was born September 30, 1770 in Rock Spring Farm, Augusta Co., VA, and died 1844 in Christian County,KY.She married JOSEPH PARKS July 24, 1795.He was born 1772, and died 1823 in Christian County,KY.
28. ii. WALTER PARKS.
iii. PHILANDER? PARKS.
iv. REBECCA CLARK PARKS, b. Abt. 1834; d. December 1894.
v. MARTHA CUNNINGHAM PARKS, m. WILLIAM HARVEY MOORE?.
vi. WILLIAM AUGUSTA PARKS.
11.POLLY3 DAVIS (MARTHA2 CUNNINGHAM, ROBERT1) was born Aft. 1754.She married (1) UNKNOWN EWIN.She married (2) JOHN EWING OR EWIN 1788, son of HENRY EWING and JANE RODGERS.He was born 1761 in Augusta Co., VA, and died August 14, 1796 in Hardin Co., VA.
Children of POLLY DAVIS and JOHN EWIN are:
29. i. JEANETTA4 EWIN, b. Bet. 1780 - 1790; d. Bet. 1820 - 1850.
30. ii. WATTS DAVIS EWING OR EWIN, b. Abt. 1765.
31. iii. HENRY CLAYTON EWIN, b. 1788; d. 1815.
iv. JOHN EWING.