Charles McDowell

Charles McDowell

• Birth: 1690 - Tyrone, , Ulster, Ireland
• Death: June 4 1754 - Anson, North Carolina, USA
• Parents: John McDowell (1670-1736) * Jane / Abraham MacDowell & Ann Colquhoun/Calhoun
• Married: Rachell Cathey
• Children: Joseph, John

"At least three of Abraham's sons, Ephraim, Charles, and John were present at the Siege of Londonderry."

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• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59650775

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• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via daughter Mary Ann Mcpheeters (born Mcdowell) by SmartCopy: Apr 17 2015, 19:00:36 UTC
• Updated from FamilySearch Family Tree by SmartCopy: Apr 17 2015, 19:08:39 UTC
• Updated from WikiTree Genealogy by SmartCopy: Apr 17 2015, 19:16:23 UTC

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His parents were Abraham MacDowell & Ann Colquhoun/Calhoun of Ulster, Northern Ireland

Biography: "At least three of Abraham's sons, Ephraim, Charles, and John were present at the Siege of Londonderry."

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 9 2017, 4:48:48 UTC

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Ephriam McDowell, who came to America at age 62 with his nephews, Hunting John & Joseph--Ephriam McDowell was born in the north of Ireland. When only sixteen years old he distinguished himself as a soldier in the siege of Londonderry. He emigrated to America at the age of sixty-two, and, after a short sojourn in Pennsylvania, moved with his sons to the old McDowell home in Rockbridge County, Virginia. The McDowells were descended from Someril, Lord of the Isles, through his son, Dougald, who founded the clan of MacDougald. Ephraim married Margaret Irvine (1), also of Scotch [sic] descent. His son, Captain John McDowell, fell in repelling a Shawnee incursion, and was the first white man killed by the Indians in the valley of Virginia. His daughter, Mary, married George Greenlee and was the mother of Grizzell, or Grace Greenlee. She first married Captain Bowman, who fell at Ramseur's Mill, and, after the war, her cousin, General Charles McDowell, of Burke County, who had inherited Quaker Meadows in 1775, at the death of his father, Joseph McDowell, the elder, the first settler on that place was born in the north of Ireland. When only sixteen years old he distinguished himself as a soldier in the siege of Londonderry. He emigrated to America at the age of sixty-two, and, after a short sojourn in Pennsylvania, moved with his sons to the old McDowell home in Rockbridge County, Virginia. He was descended from Someril, Lord of the Isles, through his son, Dougald, who founded the clan of MacDougald. Ephraim married Margaret Irvine (1), also of Scotch [sic] descent. His son, Captain John McDowell, fell in repelling a Shawnee incursion, and was the first white man killed by the Indians in the valley of Virginia. His daughter, Mary, married George Greenlee and was the mother of Grizzell, or Grace Greenlee. She first married Captain Bowman, who fell at Ramseur's Mill, and, after the war, her cousin, General Charles McDowell, of Burke County, who had inherited Quaker Meadows in 1775, at the death of his father, Joseph McDowell, the elder, the first settler on that place.

"The McDowells emigrated to Ireland from Scotland, thence to America. landing in Penn. From there went to Winchester, VA. The two brothers born in Ireland, John 1713, and Joseph 1715 came here with a large number of " Scots Irish. Joseph had married Margaret O'neal in Ireland. John married Annie Edmonston of Rockbridge, VA. About 1743 John, now called Hunting John, with Henry Weidmer, crossed the Catawba River together at Sherrill's Ford. Only Adam Sherrill's family had ventured this far before.They went west and discovered the south fork of the Catawba River. They ventured farther and found a splendid body of land that each wanted. They had a good natured wrestling match and Hunting John McDowell won, naming it Pleasant Gardens. Not long after Hunting John settled at Pleasant Gardens, his brother Joseph settled at Quaker Meadows. --Alphonse C. Avery

• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Nov 10 2022, 22:57:27 UTC

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His parents were Abraham MacDowell & Ann Colquhoun/Calhoun of Ulster, Northern Ireland

Biography: "At least three of Abraham's sons, Ephraim, Charles, and John were present at the Siege of Londonderry."

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 29 2021, 19:21:12 UTC

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