Mary DeJarnette McGehee^[1]

1743 - 1817  (74 years)

• Name	Mary DeJarnette McGehee  [2]
  Birth	10 Nov 1743	, Cumberland, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1782	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [4]
  Death	28 Nov 1817	Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I48041	Master
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Edward McGehee,   b. 10 Oct 1689, , King William, Virginia, USA d. 4 Apr 1770, , Cumberland, Virginia, USA (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Katrenia Dejarnette,   b. 5 Feb 1709, Abingdon, Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. 1783, , Prince Edward, Virginia, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	4 Apr 1734	, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F10937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ayres Brooks Hodnett,   b. 9 Apr 1733, , County Cork, Ireland d. 21 Sep 1779, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	9 Apr 1760	, Cumberland, Virginia, USA   [5]
  Children	1. Benjamin Franklin Hodnett, Sr,   b. 10 Mar 1761, , Cumberland, Virginia, USA d. 11 Oct 1820, , Jasper, Georgia, USA (Age 59 years)   2. Jane Hodnett,   b. 1763, , Cumberland, Virginia, USA d. 1797, Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, USA (Age 34 years)   3. Sarah Hodnett,   b. 13 Mar 1765, , Cumberland, Virginia, USA d. 2 Dec 1782, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 17 years) + 4. John Hodnett,   b. 30 Jun 1767, Whittles, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 19 Nov 1807, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 40 years)   5. James Victor Hodnett,   b. 20 Mar 1769, , Buckingham, Virginia, USA d. 1816, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 46 years)   6. Daniel Hodnett,   b. 21 Nov 1773, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 1825, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 51 years)   7. Nancy Hodnett,   b. 25 Jan 1775, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 1795 (Age 19 years)   8. Lucy McGehee Hodnett,   b. 20 Nov 1775, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 22 Nov 1848, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 73 years)   9. Ayers Hodnett, II,   b. 11 Dec 1779, Virginia Beach, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA d. 22 Jan 1857, Caswell, Albemarle, Virginia, USA (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F10940	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 10 Nov 1743 - , Cumberland, Virginia, USA Marriage - 9 Apr 1760 - , Cumberland, Virginia, USA Residence - 1782 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Death - 28 Nov 1817 - Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Royal Scots Change Name Found this information in an online book, and the author traces the family of the MackGeehees back to the DeClare family members, who were "a Surety for the Magna Charta", and on to Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, and to titled MacDonnalds. One of the MacDonnald daughters, Marian, married Patrick MacGregor, "Chieftan of teh Ilk" who led his clansmen under Montrose in 1645 and was outlawed in Scotland and left Scotland to settle in Virginia. Marian and Patrick's son took the name of John Murray and the second son became Thomas MackGehee. Here is the text: Elizabeth DeJarnette married in 1735, Virginia Edward McGehee, born ca 1702, died January 1771, Cumberland County, VA (Son of Thomas and Ann(Bastrop) McGehee.) The following is said to be the descent of the McGehee line from the Sureties for the Magna Charta: 1. Richard DeClare, Earl of Hereford a Suret for the Magna Charta, had 2. Richard DeClare, Earl of Herefore, a Surety for the Magna Charta had 3. Isabel DeClare, married Robert De Brus, 5th Earl of Annandale, had 4. Robert DeBrus, Earl of Annandale, and Carrie, who had 5. Robert Bruce, Kind of Scotland, who had 6. Marjory Bruce, married Walter Stewart, Lord High Stewart of Scotland, had 7. Robert II, King of Scotland, who had 8. Marjory Stewart, married Eoin-Mor MacDonald, 7th Lord of the Isles, who had 9. Donald MacDonnell, Lord of Isled, had 10. Alexander Mac Donnell, Lord of the Isles, and Earl of Ross, had 11. Hugh MacDonnell, of the Isles, 2nd son, died 1498, had 12. Donald Galloch McDonnall of the Isles, died 1506, had 13. Donald Grammach MacDonnall, of the Isled, died 1534, had 14. Donald Gorun MacDonnall, heir Titular Lord of the Isles, died 1537, had 15. Donald Gorun MacDonnall, Lord of the Isles and of State, died 1587, had 16. Archibald MacDonnall, Lord of State Manor, Autrin, had 17. Sir Donald MacDonnald, Lord of State, First Baronet, died 1643, had 18. Sir james MacDonnald, of State, Second Baronet, died December 8th, 1678, had 19. Marian MacDonnald, married Patrick MacGregor, Chieftan of the Ilk, who led his clansmen under Montrose in 1645 and was outlawed with his son; his estates were confiscated, and he and his son were commanded to assume other surnames. When John MacGregor, his heir became John Murray , his second son became Thomas MackGehee. It was before 1701 that he and the other outlawed Scotsmen petitioned for land in Virginia. He moved his family, and he was granted land in St. John’s Parish, King William County, Virginia. 20. Thomas MackGehee was born (presumably) about 1645, and died after July 27th, 1724. He married Ann Bastrop, Daughter of Thomas Bastrop, in 1676. Their children were 1. William MackGehee of New Kent County 2. Anna MackGehee, married William Butler 3. Dianh MackGehee, married J. Lipscomb 4. Mary MackGehee, married William Dickinson 5. Abraham MackGehee, born about 1700 6. Edward MackGehee, born about 1702, married Elizabeth DeJarnatte 7. Samuel MAckGehee , born about 1704 8. Sarah MackGehee, b about 1706, married Thomas Lipscomb 9. Jacob MackGehee, born about 1708, married Eleanor DeJarnette DeJarnette and Allied Families in America, part 1, : pages 35-36 ff http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=17730&iid=dvm_GenMono003526-00023-0 Birth: 1737 Cumberland County Virginia, USA Death: 1817 Pittsylvania County Virginia, USA Married 04/19/1760 in Cumberland Co., VA to Ayres Brooks Hodnett. Pittsylvania County Will and Deed Bk. 11, pg.488: Will of Mary Hodnett In the Name of God Amen November 28, 1817 I Mary Hodnett being very sick but of sound memory and calling to mind the mortalityof the body that it is appointed for all once to die and knowing not when it may Please the Almighty God to call me unto eternity do Constitute Ordain this my Last & Testament and first of all I give my Soul unto the Almighty God that gave my body to the Earth from whence it came to be buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my Executor. And what worldly goods the Almighty has been pleased to bless me with I do distribute in the following manner. Item I give and will to my daughter Lucy Davis, wife of Joseph Davis . her lawful heirs of her body forever all my part that is coming from my son James Hodnett's Estate together with what I had on hand at the time I went to live with the said James Hodnett, my son.Given under my hand the day and the year above written. Witnep: her Jr. White Mary X Hodnett Jepee Woodson mark At a Court held for Pittsylvania County the 19th day of January 1818 The within Last Will and Testament of Mary Hodnett Dec. d was presented in Court and proved by the Oaths of the two Subscribing Witneses and ordered to be recorded. And at another Court held for said County the18th day of May in the Year aforesaid the Same was again presented in Court and Upon the motion of William Davis who made Oath thereto accordingto the Law and together with Joel Willis and Ayres Hodnett his securities entered into acknowledged their bond in the penalty of $500 conditioned as the Law directs Certificate is granted for obtaining the letters ofadministration and the Estate of Mary Hodnett with her Said Will annexed in due form. Teste: Will Tunstall C .P.C. Pittsylvania County Records. Court Record Book. Record Book 34, pg. 184: Dated July 12, 1838 Satisfactory evidence being produced to the Court of Pittsylvania County now sitting it is ordered to be certified that Mary Hodnett, widow of Ayres Hodnett, deceased, late of Pittsylvania Co. State of Virginia, was formerly Mary MeGeehee and sister to the late William McGeehee of Boulden County, State of Georgia; that she departed this life in the year 1817; that Benjamin Hodnett, Sally Terry now the wife of John Terry, Lucy Davis now the wife of Joseph Davis; John Hodnett, Daniel Hodnett,Nancy Davis now the wife of John Davis, James Hodnett, and Ayres Hodnett were the children of the said Mary Hodnett; and only children; that Benjamin Hodnett her son removed to the State of Georgia, that John Hodnett departed this life in the year 1807 and left 5 children, to wit, James, Elizabeth, John, Asa and Philip; that all of them are above the age of twenty-one years; that James Hodnett son of Mary Hodnett departed this life about the year 1816 and left no child or widow; that Daniel Hodnett departed this life in the year 1825 and left 8 children to wit: Letty now the wife of Jeremiah White, Mary, William, James, Jincy now the wife of Morton McHodge, Nancy, Philip and Daniel, and that they are the heirs, and only heirs of the said Mary Hodnett deceased. (Copy of a letter written by Mrs. George L. Corbin, 3 Oak Lane, Hampton Gardens, and Richmond, Virginia to Mildred Keeling, Keeling, Virginia).1939 "This couple must have spent most of their lives in Halifax but mama and Aunt Mary Sue remember their grandmother telling them of howshe and her mother and brother, went back to see her people in Cumberland. They went back on horseback and only intended staying a short while but Lucy,the daughter, must have had a good time for she spent the better part of a year with her relatives. The McGehees were reputed very wealthy. I think they owned a lot of land and left the biggest part to the sons as was the old English custom. Mama said her grandmother used to talk about having slaves to do everything needed so she did not have to work. Unfortunately the Cumberland Court House records have been burned to we arenot able to secure copies of old wills, etc.there. The McGehees have always been important people in their communities. The family which went to Mississippi were fabulously rich. At the time Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation Edward McGehee of Mississippi, owned a million dollars worth of slaves. He built the fifth railroad in the United States. He also built the first cotton mill in the South and operated it with the labor of his own slaves. He was a friendof Zachary Taylor and was offered a cabinet post by him, but declined it because he had too vast an estate of his own to look after. Through a cousin of Stark Young I have come into possession of papers which prove that the McGregors who called themselves McGehees were descendants of royalty, coming by directline from Robert Bruce of Scotland, and, through him, from Alfred I of England. Oh we have a lot to be proud of!" Spouse: Ayres Brooks Hodnett (1733 - 1779)* Children: John McGehee Hodnett (1767 - 1807)* Burial:Hodnett Cemetery Pittsylvania CountyVirginia, USA

  
  

• Sources

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