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Elizabeth Moorhead (Dunn)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Drumsnatt, Monaghan, County Monaghan, Ireland
Death: January 28, 1827 (90)
Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States
Place of Burial: Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Dunn; Elizabeth Dunn and Elizabeth Dunn
Wife of John "Torey" Moorhead, Sr.
Mother of William Moorehead; William Moorhead; John Moorhead, Jr.; Eleanor "Nellie" Robinson; James L. Moorhead and 5 others
Sister of Hugh Dunn and James Andrew Dunn, Sr.

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About Elizabeth Moorhead

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Name: Elizabeth Dunn 1 2 Sex: F Birth: 1736 in Drumsnatt, Ulster, Monaghan, Ireland 2 Burial: Pendleton, Anderson, Sc, Concord Presby 2 Death: 28 JAN 1827 in Pendleton, Anderson, Sc, South Carolina 2

Father: William Dunn b: ABT 1710 in <Drumsnatt, Monaghan, Ireland, Ireland> Mother: Elizabeth McMullan b: ABT 1714 in <Drumsnatt, Monaghan, Ireland, Ireland>

Marriage 1 John Torey Moorhead b: SEP 1730 in Tullykinny, Monaghan, Ireland, Parish Drumsnatt

   Married: 1761 in , Ulster, Monaghan, Ireland 2 2

Children

   Has Children Elizabeth Dunn Moorhead b: 23 SEP 1780 in Union, Union, South Carolina, United States
   Has Children Jane "Jennie" Moorhead b: 1775 in Union District, South Carolina
   Has Children Eleanor "Nellie" Moorhead b: 09 JAN 1765 in York, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
   Has Children Joseph Moorhead b: 1772 in Union District, South Carolina
   Has Children Alexander Moorhead b: 30 NOV 1777 in Union District, South Carolina
   Has Children James Moorhead b: 02 SEP 1770 in York, , Adams Co., , Pa.
   Has Children John Moorhead b: 13 APR 1764 in York, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
   Has Children William Moorhead b: 09 JUL 1762 in On Board Ship, Bermuda Isl, Atlantic Ocean

Sources:

   Author: Elliott M. Cathey
   Title: From Scotland To Middle Tennessee
   Publication: Name: www.rootsweb.com;
   Text: Date of Import: 16 Jul 2007
   Author: Paul A. Moorhead
   Title: The John Moorhead family of South Carolina: A Short History and Genealogy 

Elizabeth was the 2nd Wife of John Moorhead. They married in Ireland in 1761. In 1762, Elizabeth, with her husband John, his son Robert, and a nephew John Moorhead immigrated from Londonderry, Ireland to New Castle, Delaware arriving in August after a passage of 6 weeks and 3 days. Elizabeth gave birth to a son William on board ship near the island of Bermuda on 09 Jul 1762.

Elizabeth and John had at least 8 children together:

William Moorhead Eleanor "Nellie" (Moorhead) Robertson John Moorhead, Jr. James L. Moorhead Joseph Moorhead Alexander Moorhead Elizabeth Dunn (Moorhead) Lewis Jane/Jean (Moorhead) Jolly

Source: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Moorhead&GSim...

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GEDCOM Source

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Elizabeth Moorhead's Timeline

1736
December 1736
Drumsnatt, Monaghan, County Monaghan, Ireland
1762
July 9, 1762
Monaghan, Monaghan, County Monaghan, Ireland
1762
Born on Ship near Bermuda
1764
April 13, 1764
York, Adams Co., PA
1765
January 9, 1765
York, Adams, Pennsylvania
1770
September 2, 1770
York, Adams Co., PA
1772
1772
York, Pennsylvania, USA
1775
1775
Union, South Carolina
1777
November 30, 1777
Union District, South Carolina