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The Ewing Family, continued (page 6)

The Early Ewing’s....

Anne Ewing, daughter of William II. Ann Ewing was born about 1707/1708 in Ulster, Ireland. She was the daughter of William Ewing and his second wife. She married George Gillespie . He was born about 1700.

Known children of Ann are:    (note:   I have not personally researched Anne.   This information is from others, and is all I have about Ann and her family. )

i.   George Gillespie, Jr., born about 1725. He married (1) Martha Cooper - 9 Feb 1759.      George, Jr. married (2) Elizabeth DeNormandie -- 8 Jun 1775.    George, Jr. died 12 Dec 1781 in New York, NY, and was buried in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His will was probated in New York City.

ii.   Samuel Gillespie, born about 1727. He married Mary Ewing. She was the daughter of John Ewing and Hannah Sargeant. Samuel died about 1787 in Cecil County, Maryland. His will was probated 13 Sep 1787 in Cecil County, Maryland. Mary also married (2) James Simms. He was born about 1764.

iii.   Robert Gillespie, born about 1729/1730. He married Jane Bone 1752 in Little Britain, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Robert died intestate about 1785 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and the accounting was recorded 3 May 1785.

iv.   William Gillespie, born about 1736, died about 1802 in Cecil County, Maryland. His will was probated on 18 Dec 1802 in Cecil County, Maryland.

v.    Stephen Gillespie, born about 1739.

vi.   Nathaniel Gillespie, born about 1743. He married Martha [———?———] . Nathaniel died about 1796 in Cecil County, Maryland. His birth is based on a Cecil County, Maryland Commissions records BW #2 in a deposition dated 13 Dec 1788 he is about 45 years old. His will was probated 7 Mar 1796 in Cecil County, Maryland.

vii.   Eleanor Gillespie. She married James Ewing 18 Jun 1776 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. James also married (1) Jane Lindsay.

viii.   Margaret Gillespie.

ix.   Anne Gillespie. She married James Simms 11 Mar 1790. He was born about 1764. James also married (2) Mary Ewing on 6 Jan 1792. She was the daughter of John Ewing and Hannah Sargeant. Anne died before 1792 when her husband married his second wife.
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Capt. James Ewing. James Ewing was born about 1712 in Ulster, Ireland. Have seen other sources that date his birth closer to 1703. He was the son of William Ewing and his second wife. James Ewing emigrated with his brothers, and took up his abode in what became Prince Edward County, Virginia. James died 1788 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He married Anne Dunn. The birth of James is estimated based on a deposition recorded in the Cecil County, Maryland Land Commissions records 1724-1751 dated October 28, 1736 where he states his age as about 24 years.

It is said that a Charles and Robert Ewing, brothers, born in County Londonderry, Ireland about 1715-1725, were cousins of Nathaniel Ewing, and on their arrival in America they went first to his home in Cecil County, Maryland, but shortly after accompanied their cousin, the emigrant James Ewing, Nathaniel's half-brother, to what became Prince Edward County, Virginia, and later they joined a new adventurous colony and settled near the Peaks of Otter in Bedford County, Virginia, where they remained until they died. At least some of the Ewings remained there until they died. James, however, either himself or his offspring ended up in Monroe County, Virginia [now West Virginia]. Early on, this part of Virginia was a portion of Augusta County, then became Greenbrier County, and finally was set off as Monroe County. James was a witness to a will in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1741/42. James purchased land in Amelia County, Virginia on 16 May 1746 (Deed Book 2 page 315).

1777: James Ewing was a Captain in the Augusta County, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution. See "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley: Volume I, Order Book VII, Page 253 [Court Grants Qualification of Captain] & Order Book IX, Page 344 [allowing claim for provisions] & Order Book XVI, Page 191 [Captain James Ewing resigned].

Known children of James are:

i.   Samuel Ewing, born about 1747 in Amelia County, Virginia. He married Eleanor Gillespie. She was the daughter of Patrick Gillespie and Isabell Ritchie. Samuel died before 24 Feb 1805 in Clarke County, KY. They had no children. His will was recorded 24 Feb 1805 in Clarke County, Kentucky.
ii.   William Ewing, born about 1749 in Amelia County, Virginia. He married Florence Porter {4353} about 1770. She is the daughter of John Porter and Mary Anthony. William died before 1799 in Logan County, Kentucky.
iii.   Eleanor Ewing, born about 1755. She married John Davidson 4 Dec 1778 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
iv.   Elizabeth Ewing, born about 1758/1759. She married William Davidson 21 Jan 1782 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

Eleanor and Elizabeth were added to this family based on the research information sent by Congressman Tom Ewing a descendant of James Ewing.             I have not further researched this family; any information welcomed.
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George Ewing was born about 1715 in Ulster, Ireland. He was the son of William Ewing and his second wife. George died 1798 in Spartanburg County, SC. He married Catherine Lawson about 1752. She was born about 1738. She was the daughter of Hugh Lawson. George died at the age of 80 between 20 Aug 1797 the date of his will and 1 Nov 1798 when his will was recorded for probate. He lived in Prince Edward County, Virginia, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

Known children of George are:

i.    Mary Ewing, born about 1754 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. She married Richard Davidson about 1768.
ii.   Catherine Ewing, born about 1757 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
iii. Hugh Ewing, born 2 Mar 1762 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He married Sarah Armstrong 2 Feb 1786.
iv.   Ann Ewing.
v.    Margaret Ewing.

I have not further researched this family; any information welcomed.
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Henry Ewing, last child of William Ewing, II: The only information I can find about Henry states: Henry also lived in East Nottingham, and had three sons: John, Moses and James. John died in the 94th year of his age. Moses, the only one that married, left one daughter - who lived on the old family residence.

Perhaps that is the reason there is very little information about Henry.... if only his son Moses married, and he left only one daughter, about whom little is known?

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Resumed information about the children of William Ewing (originator)

Patrick Ewing was born 11 Nov 1657.    Patrick's birth was also registered in Derry Cathedral Register.   That is all I know about Patrick.   Any information welcomed!

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John EWING - "Of Carnshanaugh" was born about 1648 in Carnshanaugh Parish of Gahan City, Donegal, N. Ireland. He died 1745.   Several sources claim that William Ewing & Elizabeth Milford had a son named John.    John Ewing was an official in Londonderry at the time King James II besieged the city in 1689.      One account of the siege states:    "Unable to take the place (Londonderry) by storm, the leaders of the Irish Catholic army resorted to a most brutal plan by which they hoped to break the resistance of the city. They gathered hundreds, some writers tell us thousands, of children, women and old men, and drove them, all Protestants, shelterless and foodless, under the walls of Derry, giving notice that they would be left to starve there unless the city surrendered. "This fiendish device failed. The victims exhorted the defenders to stand firm, and instant death was proclaimed by any one uttering the word surrender. May a man saw his aged father and mother forced up to the walls by the soldiers at the point of the pike and was powerless to help."   Fortunately the defenders of the town had captured some of the important men of the Jacobites.   Preparations were made to hang these on the walls of the town in full sight of the Catholic army, unless the dying men, women and children without the city should be permitted to return home at once. This threat produced the hope for result; but not before many Protestants died of exposure, disease and hunger.   The sufferings of those victims were intense, and all the details of the harrowing story have never been recorded."

"Macaulay wrote: "The number of men within the walls capable of bearing arms was seven thousand (including able bodied citizens who fought with the soldiers) and the whole world could not have furnished seven thousand men better qualified to meet a terrible emergency with clearer judgment, more dauntless valor, and more stubborn patience.

"As civilians and in the military ranks several of the ancestors of the American Ewing's participated in this defense of Londonderry. There is a tradition in the James L. Ewin family, Washington, DC, that an ancestor was in command of troops in that battle. Nearly every branch has some tradition of ancestral participation in that memorable defense. Unfortunately history and military rosters are so incomplete upon this subjected that we are left largely to tradition."

Notes on John Ewing and Descendants (pdf)

1. John EWING - "Of Carnshanaugh" (b.Abt 1648-Carnshanaugh Parish of Gahan City,Donegal,N. Ireland d.1745)

sp: Jannett WILSON (m.3 Dec 1683)
|-2. Alexander EWING (no children) (b.Abt 1685)
|-2. Nancy EWING (Mrs. Houston)
|-2. Jane (Jean) EWING - Mrs. Vance (b.1694-Donegal,Ulster,Ireland)
| sp: Andrew VANCE
|-2. Thomas EWING (no children)
| sp: Nancy CAMPBELL
|-2. John (Jr.) EWING (bu.Mar 1698/1699-Donegal,Ulster,Ireland)
|-2. Martha EWING (died a baby) (d.1691-Donegal,Ulster,Ireland)
|-2. Sarah EWING (died a baby) (d.1693-Donegal,Ulster,Ireland)
|-2. James EWING (died young) (bu.Apr 1697)
|-2. Thomas EWING (b.1699/1700 d.Abt 1783-Chester County,PA)
sp: Jannett MCELVANEY/MCILVENNY
|-2. John (Jr.) EWING (b.14 Jan 1701-Carnshanaugh Parish of Gahan City,Donegal,N. Ireland d.Little Britian,Chester,PA)
| sp: Sarah JENKINS
| |-3. Thomas EWING (b.1732/1736)
| +-3. Joshua EWING (b.1733 d.4 Dec 1810-Bath County,VA)
|    sp: Eleanor
  |-2. Mary EWING - Mrs. Collins (b.20 Jan 1704-Carnshanaugh Parish of Gahan City,Donegal,N. Ireland)
|-2. William EWING (Frederick County, VA - Ewings) (b.1711 d.27 Dec 1781-Frederick County,VA)
| sp: Elizabeth THARP (bu.Ewing Cemetery - Stephens City)
| |-3. John EWING (b.10 Apr 1754)
| |-3. William EWING (b.26 Apr 1758 d.Sep 1825-Muskingum County,near Zanesville,Ohio)
| |-3. Robert EWING (b.28 Feb 1761)
| | sp: Margaret Ewing (dau of Samuel & Margaret) EWING - CARR (a widowed cousin)
| | |-4. Elizabeth EWING (b.28 Oct 1793)
| | | sp: Moses NELSON
| | |-4. Margaret EWING (b.15 Mar 1796)
| | | sp: William B. WALTERS
| | +-4. Robert (Jr.) EWING (b.11 Dec 1790)
| |    sp: Mary WHITE
| |     +-5. Robert Warner EWING
| |-3. Elizabeth EWING (b.2 Mar 1763 d.7 Dec 1820)
| | sp: John MCGINNIS
| |-3. Mary EWING (b.31 Mar 1765 d.17 Sep 1825)
| |-3. Samuel EWING (b.28 Feb 1767)
| | sp: Barbara SHIPE
| | +-4. John Samuel EWING (only son)
| |-3. Jane (Janet) EWING (b.20 Sep 1770)
| +-3. Thomas EWING (b.3 Feb 1773)
|-2. Samuel EWING (b.Abt 1712/1718 d.24 Aug 1798-Frederick Co.,VA)
| sp: Margaret MCMICHAEL
|-2. James EWING (b.14 Feb 1721/1722 d.1801-Virginia)
+-2. Margaret EWING
   sp: Josiah PORTER
    +-3. Rachel PORTER (a 2nd cousin) (b.1706-County Donegal,Ireland d.1771-/on their plantation - Cecil County,MD)
      sp: Nathaniel EWING (b.Cal 1693 m.2 Mar 1721/1722 d.6 Sep 1748-Cecil Co.,Maryland)
       |-4. Sarah EWING (Mrs. Robert Potts) (b.Abt 1722-Coleraine,County Londonderry,Ireland)
       | sp: Robert POTTS
       |-4. William (son of Nathaniel & Rachel Porter) EWING (b.Abt 1723-Coleraine,County Londonderry,Ireland d.10 Sep 1788-Cecil Co.,Maryland)
       | sp: Catherine EWING (b.Abt 1735 d.1794)
       | |-5. Rachel EWING (b.Abt 1762)
       | | sp: Stephen DORSEY (m.22 Apr 1787)
       | |-5. Nathaniel EWING (b.Abt 1765-Cecil County,Maryland d.1812-Fort Meigs in the War of 1812)
       | | sp: Jane Elinor EWING (b.2 Apr 1778 m.Bef 1795 d.10 Oct 1810)
       | |-5. William (Jr.) EWING
       | +-5. Alexander EWING
       |-4. Anne EWING (b.Abt 1727-/at Sea on the Atlantic Ocean d.1809)
       | sp: James BREADING
       |-4. Dr./Rev. John EWING (twin) (b.21 Jun 1732-Little Britain Township,Lancaster County,Pennsylvania d.8 Sep 1802-Montgomery County,PA)
       | sp: Hannah SERGEANT - of Philadelphia, PA (m.1758)
       | |-5. Mary EWING (b.1 Dec 1759)
       | | sp: James SIMMS
       | |-5. Sarah EWING (b.21 Dec 1761)
       | | sp: John HALL
       | |-5. William EWING (b.21 Dec 1763)
       | |-5. Ann EWING (b.29 Jan 1766)
       | |-5. Rachel EWING (died in infancy)
       | |-5. James Sargeant EWING (b.16 Sep 1770)
       | |-5. Elizabeth EWING (b.3 Sep 1772)
       | |-5. Samuel EWING (b.16 Aug 1776)
       | |-5. John EWING (twin (b.16 Aug 1776)
       | |-5. Margaret EWING (b.27 Oct 1779)
       | |-5. Amelia EWING (b.22 Oct 1782)
       | +-5. Hannah EWING (b.13 May 1786)
       |-4. James EWING (twin) (b.21 Jun 1732-Little Britain Township,Lancaster County,Pennsylvania d.Bet 1818 and 1819 )
       | sp: Margaret EWING (no children) (b.30 Dec 1730)
       | sp: Mary VENABLE - Widow of Jacob Venable (m.30 Dec 1800)
       | +-5. John-James EWING (b.Prince Edward Co,VA)
       |-4. Rachel Margaret EWING (b.2 Jan 1734-St. Anne's Parish,Cecil Co.,MD d.16 Jul 1823-Blount Co.,TN)
       | sp: Alexander EWING (marries a "cousin") (b.Cal 1724/1733-Cecil Co.,Maryland d.2 Apr 1826-Maryville,Blount Co.,TN)
       | |-5. Samuel (son of Alex. & Rachel) EWING (b.Cal 1755/1757)
       | | sp: Diana BIRD
       | | |-6. Rachel EWING
       | | |-6. Margaret EWING
       | | |-6. Mary EWING
       | | |-6. Nancy EWING
       | | |-6. Samuel (Jr.) EWING
       | | +-6. Phillip EWING
       | |-5. George EWING (b.3 Feb 1760 d.4 Jul 1840-Blount County,TN)
       | | sp: Margaret CALDWELL (a "cousin") (b.13 Feb 1765 m.3 Jun 1785 d.4 Mar 1849)
       | | |-6. John EWING (b.27 Feb 1786 d.7 Oct 1819-Blount Co.,TN)
       | | |-6. Rachel EWING (b.15 Aug 1788 d.20 Aug 1826)
       | | | sp: Alexander EAGLETON (m.9 Feb 1813)
       | | |-6. Alexander EWING (b.25 Feb 1791)
       | | | sp: Jane WARNER (m.9 Dec 1817)
       | | | sp: Sally CALDWELL (m.20 Jan 1824)
       | | |-6. Eleanor EWING (b.4 Nov 1792)
       | | | sp: Samuel MCCULLOCH (b.Abt 1778-Augusta County,VA m.20 Jan 1824 d.13 Feb 1845-Blount Co.,TN)
       | | |-6. Margaret "Peggy" EWING (had 9 children) (b.4 Aug 1795)
       | | | sp: Rev. William E. EAGLETON (b.25 Mar 1796-Blount Co.,TN m.2 Apr 1816 d.28 Mar 1866-Murfreesboro,TN)
       | | | |-7. Margaret Angeline EAGLETON (b.27 Jan 1817-Blount Co.,TN d.18 Aug 1895-Rutherford Co.,TN)
       | | | |-7. George Ewing EAGLETON (d.12 Apr 1899)
       | | | | sp: Ethlinda FOUTE
       | | | |-7. John A. EAGLETON
       | | | |-7. Samuel Ewing EAGLETON
       | | | |-7. Edward H. EAGLETON
       | | | |-7. Elvira H. EAGLETON
       | | | +-7. William Clark EAGLETON
       | | +-6. Samuel EWING (never married) (b.27 Jan 1797 d.16 Dec 1822)
       | |-5. James EWING (b.6 Apr 1766-Prince Edward Co,VA d.11 Nov 1856-Monroe Co.,TN)
       | | sp: Mary THOMPSON (m.30 Apr 1798 d.25 Dec 1835-Blount Co.,TN)
       | | |-6. Alexander EWING (b.13 Feb 1799 d.10 Feb 1866)
       | | | sp: Margaret MCCULLOCH (m.14 Sep 1824)
       | | |-6. Samuel EWING (b.Cal 1801-Blount Co.,TN d.22 Jun 1858-Edgar County,IL)
       | | | sp: Mary MCCULLOCH
       | | |-6. George EWING (called "Jr." - Uncle was "Sr.") (b.22 Oct 1802 d.25 Jun 1866-near Neoga,IL)
       | | | sp: Eleanor PARKER (m.13 Sep 1827)
       | | |-6. James EWING (b.3 Nov 1804-Blount Co.,TN d.1 Mar 1889-Neoga,IL)
       | | | sp: Rachel EWING (dau of Nathaniel & Eliz. McCulloch Ewing) (d.1834)
       | | | sp: Mary ALEXANDER (m.1837)
       | | |-6. Nathaniel EWING (b.10 Feb 1809-Blount Co.,TN d.29 Dec 1866-Monroe,TN)
       | | | sp: Margaret CALDWELL (m.16 Mar 1837)
       | | +-6. Margaret EWING (b.Cal 1816)
       | |    sp: Matthew MCSPADDEN (m.Cal 1829)
       | |     |-7. James MCSPADDEN
       | |     +-7. Mary MCSPADDEN
       | |-5. Rachel EWING (b.1767)
       | |-5. William EWING (b.Cal 1770/1771)
       | | sp: Elizabeth MCNUTT (d.8 Jul 1817-Blount Co.,TN)
       | | +-6. Mary EWING
       | |    sp: James M. EWING (son Of Nathaniel Ewing)
       | |-5. Margaret EWING (b.Abt 1770)
       | |-5. John EWING
       | | sp: Mary CAMPBELL (m.6 Nov 1797)
       | +-5. Nathaniel EWING (b.1777 d.23 Mar 1853)
       |    sp: Elizabeth MCCULLOCH (m.16 Oct 1805)
       |-4. George EWING (b.1 Sep 1737-Little Britain Township,Lancaster County,Pennsylvania d.Apr 1785-Peach Bottom Township,York County,Pennsylvania)
       | sp: Mary PORTER (m.8 Apr 1766)
       | |-5. William EWING (b.19 May 1769)
       | +-5. Mary EWING (b.1 Apr 1767)
       |-4. Alexander (son of Nathaniel) EWING (b.Abt 1739-Cecil Co.,Maryland d.3 Jun 1799)
       | sp: Jane KIRKPATRICK
       | +-5. James EWING (b.Abt 1776-Cecil Co.,Maryland)
       +-4. Samuel EWING (died a child) (b.1741 d.Abt 1750)
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