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Mary Magaw[1, 2]

Female Est 1695 - 1757  (~ 62 years)


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  • Name Mary Magaw 
    • Brother David Magaw mentioned in Will of Mary Reynolds (Magaw)
      Francis Campbell is witness to the Will of Mary Reynolds [1757] and Executor of the Will of William Reynolds [1769]

      Francis Campbell, Birth: 1737 - Carlisle, Cumberland, Pa
      Death: Aug 8 1790-Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
      Parents:
      John Ii Campbell, Martha Mary Campbell (born Simpson)
      Siblings: Agnes Campbell, Daniel Campbell, Barbara Campbell, Alexander Campbell, Margaret Campbell, John Campbell
      Wife:Elizabeth Campbell (born Parker)

    Born Est 1695  Cumberland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1757  Shippensburg, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8264  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2022 

    Father William [99NL-ZHX] Magaw,   b. Est. 1675, Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1752, Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth [LZ8R-J17] Symonds/Simons,   b. 1675, Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F8526  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Reynolds, Sr.,   b. Est 1720, Hopewell Township, Cumberland, then Lancaster Co., Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1756, Jessamine Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 36 years) 
    Married 1724  West Nottingham, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Children mentioned in the Will of Mary Reynolds, widow [nee Magaw]
      Dau. Mary Reynolds.
      Son Samuel.
      Jean Reynolds, Willm. Reynolds, dau. Agness Reynolds, dau. Mary Reynolds. Sons Robert and James Reynolds, Son David Reynolds.
    Children 
    +1. Robert [Magaw] Reynolds,   b. 1725, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1760, Shippensburgh, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
     2. Mary Margaret [Magaw] Reynolds,   b. Est 1727, Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Samuel [Magaw] Reynolds,   b. Est 1729, Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +4. Jean/Jane/Joan [Magaw] Reynolds,   b. Abt 1730, Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1767, Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 37 years)
    +5. Lt. William [Magaw] Reynolds,   b. 1732, Hopewell, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1769, New London Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
     6. Agness [Magaw] Reynolds,   b. Est 1734, Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. James [Magaw] Reynolds,   b. 1739, Hopewell, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1769, Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)
     8. David [Magaw] Reynolds,   b. Est 1735, Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2022 
    Family ID F4435  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Reynolds Family Data - John Reynolds of Lancaster
    Reynolds Family Data - John Reynolds of Lancaster
    10802ReynoldsFamily Data HarrisburgTelegraphApr29,1899.jpg
    WILL
Mary Reynolds (nee Magaw
    WILL Mary Reynolds (nee Magaw
    w8264MaryMagawReynolds.jpg
    Index Queries for Early Pennsylvania Residents
    Index Queries for Early Pennsylvania Residents
    IndexQueriesPA-003980-415.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S47] Newspaper Article, Reynolds Family Data Harrisburg Telegraph 29 Apr 1899.
      William Reynolds was the eldest son of John and Mary Magaw Reynolds and was born in Hopewell Township, Cumberland, then Lancaster Co., in 1730. He was commissioned a lieutenant on Dec 19, 1757 in Colonel James Burd's battalion; was wounded at Fort Duquesne Sept 17 1758, and resigned 17 Mar 1760. He died in February, 1769. Married to Margaret Williamson and had issue, Mary, Agnes, Margaret and one dead (name unknown). "Notes and Queries, " Third Series, Vol. III, p.233.
      David Magaw, brother of Mary Reynolds (nee Magaw), is mentioned as brother, in his sister's Will, and in the Will of his relative, John Williamson in whose will he is named Guardian of Williamson's infant children. Reference is also made to David Magaw in the will of Robert Reynolds in 1760. David Magaw is also foundin the list of Landowners at Shippensberg, Cumberland County in 1763. The Will of David Magaw of Shippensburg is probated 5 Apr 1770 and was written 23 Jan of the same year.

    2. [S40] Will, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8802/images/005534167_00041?usePUB=true&_phsrc=nde78&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=1036926.
      Will of Mary Reynolds-Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
      mentions children-Samuel/Jean/William/Agnes/David/Robert/James/Mary
      Mary's will is on page 46

    3. [S84] Rootsweb, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~deschart/z0000827.html.
      WDC GenWeb - Descendants of Samuel Perry
      Samuel Perry b. abt 1760 Westmoreland Co PA?
      m. Mary McGrew bef 1787, b. abt 1760 Westmoreland Co?
      Samuel Perry is witness to the will of Mary Magraw; likely the relative of the Magraws of Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania where we find David Magraw, brother of Mary Magraw who married John Reynolds. He is called Son in the will of Mary Reynolds (nee Magraw)

    4. [S40] Will, http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/cumberland/wills/willbka-b.txt.
      Will,
      Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Colony
      REYNOLDS, GEORGE.
      October 31, 1752 24 November 1752.
      Wife, Sarah, only son John. Daus., Mary and Elizabeth.
      Exs: wife Sarah, John Reynolds Senr., and John Reynolds Junr.
      Wit: John Boyd, Wm. Carr, Jas. Carr. A. 16.

      WILLIAMSON, JOHN, cloathier.
      May 21, 1757 20 July 1757.
      Wife Mary, Negro slave, Cesar.
      Sons, Hugh and John, plantation of the estate of executors of George
      Reynolds, in Lurgan Township.
      Other two sons, David and Samuel, plantation purchased of Col. John Armstrong on Cannadoguin Creek, near to John Mitchells.
      Daus. Rachel, Marget, and Mary.
      Thomas Willson, Esq., and David Magaw of Shippensburg, guardians over
      infant children.
      Exs: wife Mary and son Hugh Williamson.
      Wit: Isaac Miller, Fras. Campble. A. 43

      REYNOLDS, MARY, Shippensburg, widow.
      February 17, 1757 8 November 1757.
      Dau. Mary Reynolds.
      Son Samuel.
      Jean Reynolds, Willm. Reynolds, dau. Agness Reynolds, dau. Mary Reynolds. Sons Robert and James Reynolds.
      Son David Reynolds.
      Exs: son Robert Reynolds, son Samuel Perry and bro. David Magaw.
      Wit: Fras. Campble, Wm. Lowry, Jas. Dunlap. A. 46-8.

      REYNOLDS, ROBERT, Shippensburgh.
      July 8, 1760 4 November 1760.
      Wife Jean.
      Son Robert.
      Dau. Mary Reynolds.
      Bros. William Reynolds and James Reynolds.
      Exs: wife, Jean Reynolds and bro.-in-law Saml. Perry.
      Wit: Jas. McCall, Andw. Boyd, David Magaw. A. 69.

      REYNOLDS, WILLIAM, Hopewell.
      February 26, 1769 3 March
      Wife. unnamed
      Children, Mary, Agness and Margaret Reynolds, all minors.
      An unborn child.
      Bro. James Reynolds.
      Exs: Francis Campbell and Benjamin Blyth.
      Wit: John Stevenson, James Reynolds, Jno. Colhoon. B. 9-11.

      MAGAW, DAVID, Shippensburg.
      January 23, 1770 5 April 1770.
      Nephew Dr. William Magaw.
      Sister's son, James Reynolds and his children.
      Niece Sarah Magaw.
      Bro. Robert Magaw.
      Dau, Jean, now in Strabane, Ireland.
      Bro. William Magaw's widow, Elizabeth Magaw.
      Bro.'s son, Robert Magaw.
      Revd. Samuel Magaw.
      Bro. Robert and his wife, Mary Magaw.
      Exs: Saml. Perry, Esq., and Robert Magaw of Carlisle.
      Wit: Benjn. Blyth, Jno. Reynolds, Jno. Stevenson. B. 37-38.

      BROWN, THOMAS, Shippensburg.
      June 9, 1774 22 June 1774.
      Wife Jemima.
      To William Bedford.
      To James Reynolds, Jr.
      Ex.: James Reynolds, senior.
      Wit: Jno. Alexander, Jane Bedford. B. 171.

    5. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50419537/thomas-reynolds.
      Pvt Thomas Reynolds
      Birth 1762, Culpeper County, Virginia
      Death 4 Jun 1850 (aged 87?88)
      Jessamine County, Kentucky
      Burial
      Reynolds Cemetery
      Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky
      Pvt. Thomas Reynolds
      s/o Mary Magaw and John Reynolds, married in Garrard Co., Ky October 27, 1800

      Spouse: Catherine Willis Reynolds, 1778?1859

    6. [S18] Family Search, LDS, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/find/name?search=1&gender=female&birth=%7C1700-1700%7C0&self=Mary%7CMagaw%7C0%7C0&spouse=John%7CReynolds%7C0%7C0.
      Mary Magaw KCGM-ST5
      Birth Abt 1738 of Hopewell Twp. Cumberland, PA
      Death November 1757 Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Colony
      Husband: John Reynolds (1704-1756) Marriage 1729 West Nottingham, Pennsylvania
      Children:
      James Reynolds MD6B-R6J 1736-Deceased
      John Reynolds 99NL-Z43 (1749-1789)

    7. [S107] Family Histories, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/List_of_Landowners_at_Shippenberg%2C_Cumberland_County%2C_1763.
      List of Landowners at Shippenberg, Cumberland County, 1763
      John Reynolds
      William Reynolds
      James Reynolds
      James Reynolds
      James Lowery
      David Magaw
      Joseph Campbell
      William Campbell
      Francis Campble
      Francis Campble
      Robert Brown

    8. [S100] Internet Source, https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffnt&q=James+McCall+%2B+Cumberland+Co.%2C+Pennsylvania+%2B+1760&ia=web.
      1751 Tax Record for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
      Freemen: (over 21 but not property owners)
      John Reynolds Antrim Twp
      Wm. Grimes - Antrim Twp
      Samuel Smith
      John Mitchell
      Thomas Brown
      John Moorhead
      Thomas Patterson
      James McClanahan
      James Blair

      Individuals on the Cumberland County Tax List for 1751 known associates of the Reynolds of Lancaster, Cumberland, PA., south to Virginia and North Carolina.

    9. [S245] Vital Record (Ancestry), https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2497/images/33020_254649-00264?treeid=81505390&personid=30439953037&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=nde61&_phstart=successSource&pId=1297643.
      John Reynolds Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801
      Name; John Reynolds Esquire
      Year 1786
      Town or Ward Shippensburg
      County: Cumberland
      Archive Roll name 326

    10. [S245] Vital Record (Ancestry), https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2497/images/33020_254649-00964?treeid=81505390&personid=30439953037&hintid=&queryId=b71f2b0de96857fc32345e157d7e1a00&usePUB=true&_phsrc=nde63&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.94862044.1394691235.1621264198-2088184006.1390585727&pId=1368618.
      Jno ReynoldsPennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801
      Name
      Jno Reynolds Esquire
      Year 1789
      Town or Ward Shippensburg
      County Cumberland
      Archive Roll name 326

    11. [S40] Will, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/107355398/person/342177368102/facts.
      Name: Mary Reynolds
      Gender: Female
      Probate Date: 17 Feb 1757
      Probate Place: Cumberland, Pennsylvania
      Inferred Death Year: Abt 1757
      Inferred Death Place: Pennsylvania
      Item Description
      Wills, Vol A-C, 1750-1779
      (See Documents)