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Reuben Fitzgerald

Male 1777 - 1846  (69 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Reuben Fitzgerald was born on 21 Nov 1777 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (son of Edmond Fitzgerald and Millicent "Mildred" Payne); died on 28 Dec 1846 in Wetumpka, Coosa, Alabama, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Edmond Fitzgerald was born on 18 Mar 1745 (son of James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald and Lady Mary O' Brien); died on 6 Jun 1848 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Shockoe, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1830, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
    • Residence: 1840, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

    Notes:

    There is a family tradition among the descendants of Edmond Fitzgerald 1745 (who married Millicent Payne) that Edmond was born on the "high seas” and it is presumed that John, Sr., Matthew, Christopher, and Garrett Fitzgerald of Pittsylvania and Halifax Cos, Va are brothers or close relatives of Edmond. It is possible this group of Fitzgerald’s descended from Garrett Fitzgerald, Sr. first mentioned in Rappahannock Co records (later Essex and Richmond Cos.) as early as the 1680s.

    In the family records for Edmund, born 1745, at sea, it mentions that he was from the House of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. And that the family migrated to this country due to oppression. That history mentions that they first came to New York, then went to VA, settling near the Peaks of Otter in Bedford County VA, then went to Pittsylvania County VA, settling on the Bannister River there. Pittsylvania was not even formed until 1766/7.

    -- "The Virginia Fitzgerald’s, Descendants of Edmund Fitzgerald", pages 491-506.

    1782 Census of Pittsylvania County, Virginia
    Head of Household White
    Fitzgerald, Edmond 5 1 (Edmond was John’s brother. John’s first son was also named Edmond. John’s son would have been 13 at the time of this census, so this is definitely his brother)
    Fitzgerald, John 9

    Pittsylvania County, VA MARRIAGES 1700-1799
    28 Dec 1790 Fitzgerald, Edmund Dodson, Sarah

    Birth:
    Born at sea

    Edmond married Millicent "Mildred" Payne in 1774 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA. Millicent was born in 1752 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Mar 1832 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Shockoe, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Millicent "Mildred" Payne was born in 1752 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Mar 1832 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Shockoe, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. 1. Reuben Fitzgerald was born on 21 Nov 1777 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 28 Dec 1846 in Wetumpka, Coosa, Alabama, USA.
    2. Nancy W Fitzgerald was born on 16 Jun 1780 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1852 in , Ouachita, Arkansas, USA.
    3. James Fitzgerald was born on 13 Dec 1782 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 25 Mar 1871 in , Terrell, Georgia, USA.
    4. Elizabeth Fitzgerald was born on 21 Jun 1785 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Oct 1865 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    5. Edmund Fitzgerald was born on 1 May 1788 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 5 Apr 1869 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    6. William Buck Fitzgerald was born on 21 May 1791 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 26 Jun 1866 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    7. Samuel Fitzgerald was born on 8 May 1794 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 10 May 1862 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Shockoe, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald was born in 1720 in , , , Ireland; died in 1822 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    House Lord Edward Fitzgerald

    James married Lady Mary O' Brien in 1740 in , , , Ireland. Lady was born on 12 Jan 1720 in , , , Ireland; died on 10 May 1790 in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Lady Mary O' Brien was born on 12 Jan 1720 in , , , Ireland; died on 10 May 1790 in , , Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. John Bannister Fitzgerald was born in 1735 in , , , Ireland; died on 19 Jul 1824 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    2. Garrett Fitzgerald was born in 1740 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 16 Nov 1810 in Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA.
    3. Patrick Fitzgerald was born in 1745 in , , , Ireland.
    4. 2. Edmond Fitzgerald was born on 18 Mar 1745; died on 6 Jun 1848 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Shockoe, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    5. Christopher Fitzgerald was born in 1750 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died on 5 Sep 1835 in , Maury, Tennessee, USA.
    6. William Fitzgerald was born in 1751; died in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
    7. Abigail Fitzgerald was born in 1760 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    8. Frances Fitzgerald was born on 12 Jan 1771 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in , Maury, Tennessee, USA.