Re: MacGowan Family Tree
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Re: MacGowan Family Tree
Sammye Lee 12/27/02
Hello: I have the following information in my wife's line.
Ebenezer Macgowan, b.17 Feb 1767, London, England, d. 30 Apr 1850. His occupation was "Reverend". He married Frances Baugh, b. abt 1747 in Mecklenburg, Va and her death was about 1827.
Ebenezer's father was John Macgowan Sr., b. 23 Oct 1726 in Edinburgh, d. 25 Nov 1780 in London, married Mary Harper, b. bat 1735, d. 6 Mar 1770 or Dec 4, 1815. Here are the notes I have on her:
Mary Harper: Daughter of Willaim and Mary Harper of Bookton, near Shiffnal in Shropshire, on May 15, 1766 in the Parish Church of Bridgenorth.
In another family document it is stated that the name of this second wife was Mary Nichols, not Mary Harper.Another note states that “Mary, my wife, died on March 6, 1779, of the Febricula”. However, in the Tennessee Marriage & Bible Records it states: “Mary, widow of John Macgowan, Sr. died Dec 4, 1815, in the 90th year of her age which would put her birth at 1725 not 1735.
More work to do.