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Frances Maddox (Posey)

Also Known As: "Wheeler"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Charles County, Maryland, Colonial America
Death: January 21, 1771 (64-65)
Port Tabacco, Charles County, Maryland, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Posey and Lydia Posey
Wife of Benjamin Abbeville Maddox, I
Mother of Benjamin Abbeville Maddox, II; Thomas Maddox; Cornelius Maddox; Lydia Maddox; Richard D. Maddox and 5 others
Sister of Richard Posey; Capt. John B. Posey, III; Mary Whaling; Lydia Stewart; Thomas Shuttleworth Posey, Sr. and 6 others
Half sister of Margaret Reeder

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About Frances Maddox

"related to her parents by adoption."
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124705559/frances-maddox
children:

  • F i Mary Ann Maddox was born in 1725. She died before Aug 1785.
  • F ii Elizabeth Maddox was born in 1727.
  • M iii Jonatius Maddox was born in 1730.
  • M iv Ignatius Maddox was born in 1730. He died on 19 Jan 1777.
  • F v Phoebe Maddox was born in 1732.
  • M vi Thomas Maddox was born about 1733.
  • M vii Benjamin Maddox "II" was born in 1735. He died in 1811.
  • M viii Cornelius Maddox was born in 1736 in Charles City, Charles, Maryland. He died on 5 Oct 1797.
  • M ix Leonard Maddox was born about 1738. He died after 1784.
  • F x Lydia Maddox was born in 1740.
  • M xi George Maddox was born in 1741 in Charles City, Charles, Maryland. He died about 1784.
  • M xii Richard D. Maddox was born in 1742. He died in 1820.
  • M xiii Walter Maddox "Sr" was born in 1744. He died on 28 Jun 1778.
  • F xiv Mary Ann Maddox was born in 1746.

d/o John POSEY and Lydia SHUTTLEWORTH or d/o Benjamin Wheeler (? - 1741 Charles Co, Md)


Father possible Benjamine Wheeler d. 1741 in Charles Co MD. She inherted one third of his estate. She and Thomas were the executor of his will. her middle name was perhaps from the family of Winifred Wheeler Speake who marred Edward Maddox prior to 1731

Husband Benjamin left her two negro men Boson and Will. Ancestry.com Has a Frances Wheeler Posey b. 1716 Maryland d 1784 parents John PoseyIII and Lydia Elizabeth shuttleworth 1680-1744 Do NOT know if this is correct or???? Under Yates Family Tree

Listing says: Francis Wheeler was wife of Benjamin Maddox. Her father was Benjamin Wheeler who was born 1685 in Charles Co Maryland and died 12 Oct 1741 in Baltimore, Maryland. No mother is listed no other relatives. Has Frances Wheeler born 1696 Charles Co Maryland married 1719 Charles Co Maryland died 1784.

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Frances Maddox's Timeline

1706
1706
Charles County, Maryland, Colonial America
1726
1726
Charles County, MD, Colonial America
1730
1730
1732
1732
Charles, Maryland
1732
Maryland
1733
1733
Charles County, MD, British Colonial America
1736
1736
1742
1742
Charles, MD
1744
1744
Charles, Maryland