Margaret Kenner

Children of George Eskridge & Rebecca Bonum were:

8. Margaret ESKRIDGE b 1715 VA d 8 Oct 1801 VA m Maj Howson KENNER 1732 (son of Francis KENNER & Hannah HOWSON) d 24 May 1778

DAR Ancestor #: A064850

PATRIOT AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1776. Furnished supplies and shelter to George Washington's Soldiers. Her father, George Eskridge, was guardian for Mary Ball, George Washington's mother at an early age. Margaret Eskridge shared a home base with Mary Ball, thus was "kind of a step-aunt" to General George Washington. She is believed to be buried in Warrenton, Virginia.

Margaret Eskridge was born 19 May 1711-1714 at Sandy Point, Westmoreland County, Virginia, a daughter to George Eskridge and his wife Rebecca Bonum (Eskridge Family). She married Howson Francis Kenner in Stafford County, Virginia in the year 1732 (Barnes, 733). Her husband preceded her in death in 1778. After the war, she submitted a number of claims as authorized by Congress for support given the Patriot forces. In current times, she has a number of descendants using those records for membership in the DAR and SAR (Daughters & Sons of the American Revolution). Margaret Kenner died 8 October 1801 in Fauquier County, Virginia. The Howson Kenner grave site is at Somerville, Fauquier County, Virginia--located 1/2 miles North of Somerville, WRT 610 in woods about 300 yards down trail (Baird 299).

Howson Kenner, in his will, named his wife and youngest daughter as executrix of his estate: It is my will that my wife have the whole of my estate for all of her natural life . . . and the rest of my Estate . . . that my wife of living and daughter Susannah have the whole management of my Estate paying off and receiving. . . my good friend Joseph Blackwell as Executor with my wife and Daughter Susannah (dated 9 April 1778) (Howson Kenner Will).

Court Fauquier County 28 Sep 1778: the motions of Margaret Kenner and Susannah Kenner Executrix's . . . granted probate (28 Sept 1778). Photo copy of original will attached. Margaret Kenner, surviving wife of Howson Kenner, died 8 October 1801 in Fauquier County, Virginia.

MARRIAGE RECORD:

Barnes, Robert and Catherine; Editors, Gildart - Pettus, Genealogies of Virginia Families from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume II, Geneaological Publishing Company, Baltimore: 1981, Volume II, page 733, Family History Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, Genealogy.com On-Line / CD162. "Howson Kenner married 1732 at Stafford County, Virginia to Margaret Eskridge."

BURIAL:

Baird, Nancy Chappelear, Fauquier County, Virginia Tombstone Inscriptions, N. C. Baird, @1970, page 299, 975.5275 V3. Kenner Grave, Somerville, VA, located 1/2 miles North of Somerville, W RT 610 in woods about 300 yards down trail.

DAR & SAR PATRIOTS: Margaret Eskridge Kenner furnished 625 lbs of beef for Revolutionary Troops. (The claim submitted after the war was in pounds, shilling, and penneys.) See notes for DAR & SAR applications under Elizabeth Kenner, Francis Kenner, Margaret "Peggy" Kenner, Catherine Elizabeth Kenner. These are not necessarily all the applications. These applications could be evidenced from the Abercombie source below:

Abercrombie, Janice L., and Richard Slatten, Virginia Revolutionary Publick Claims, Iberian Publishing Company, Athens, Georgia , 1992, Volume I, page 346-47, 354; Vol 2 p. 284. Fauquier County Court Booklet, 25 March 1782 to 3 May. ". . . valued in specie Beef at the rate of 3p per pound, Margaret Kenner 625. Margaret Kenner for 4th Reg. LD, 1/2 bu oats cert. by J. Sullivan Lt. 4th Reg LD £1-7-3. Volume 2, September 2, 1783, Margaret Kenner (?forage) 8.8.6 pds., shillings, pence. {Note: Probably worth 20 shillings to a pound, 12 pence per shilling. (submitter)}

THE ESKRIDGE FAMILY ASSOCIATION, Archives, depository Virginia Historical Society. Harry Eskridge, President; O. B. Bonham (Eldred "Obie"). Archival data from information provided by Coz. Floyd Wickenkam: "Rebecca Bonum," first wife of George Eskridge, was the mother of all but one (Elizabeth Eskridge) of George's children.

Brown, H. Andrew. HISTORY OF THE BROWN/BRANN--GAFFNEY FAMILIES OF NORTHEAST IOWA, published by H. Andrew Brown, Los Angeles, 1987. Page 1526-B. WILL OF GEORGE ESKRIDGE--. . . I give unto my son-in-law Howson Kenner and his wife (Margaret) and their heirs eight hundred acres of Land at the Marsh before given to Robert which the said Howson already has possession of and also five hundred acres more of said Land . . . .

Spouse:

Howson Francis Kenner (1712 - 1778)
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Margaret Eskridge Birth: About. 1712-1715, Sandy Point, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Death: 8 Oct 1801, Faquier County, Virginia, about age 86 years.

Father: Colonel George Eskridge. Mother: Rebecca Bonum.

Note: Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Patriot. General Notes: From Volume I of -- A Roster of Revolutionary Ancestors of The Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution, published in 1976 --- Margaret Eskridge was recognized as a Revoluitionary Patriot by the Daughters of the American Revolution with the following justification: SERVICE: Claims allowed for articles impressed during the Revolution - pg. 359 - Fauquier Historical Society Bulletin 3 - 4 - in supplies given in the year 1782 Fauquier Co. Va. Margaret Eskridge Kenner supplied 625 pounds of beef for the Revolutionary Army.

Married: Major Howsan Francis Kenner. He was born 12 May 1711, St. Stephen's Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia; and died 24 May 1788, in Somerville, Fauquier County, Virginia, at age 67 years.. Marriage: Jun 1732, Sandy Point, Westmoreland County, Virginia.

Children of Howsan Francis Kenner and Magaret Eskridge:

1. Elizabeth Kenner. Born: 1731-1736, in Fauquier County, (OR Prince William County OR Northumberland County), Virginia. Died: About 1800 in Washington County, North Carolina (Green County, Pennsylvania). Buriel: Carmichael Cemetery, Green County, Pennsylvania. Married: James Jr. Seaton, in 1749-1756, Prince William County, Virginia. He was born about 1723, in Stafford County, Virginia and died after 1782 in Washington County, North Carolina.

2. Francis Kenner. Born: About 1734, in Prince William, (OR Westmoreland County), Virginia. Died: 1784, in Washington County, North Carolina, (now Hawkins County, Tennessee. Married: Elizabeth Howard, in 1756 in New Hanover County, North Carolina.

3. George Turberville Kenner. Born: 1736-1746 , in Fauquier County, Virginia. Died: 05 Sep 1810, in Fauquier County, Virginia. Married: Martha Maiden Name Unknown. She died 1822, in Virginia.

4. Rebecca Kenner. Born: about 1738/1739, in Fauquier County, Virginia, (OR Bardstownk Kentucky). Married: Burdett Clifton, Jr. in Fauquier County, Virginia. He was born 1736, and died 1793., More About Burdett Clifton, Jr.: Probate: Jan 1799, Rebecca still alive.

5. Mary Ann Kenner. Born: 1742, in Fauquier County, Virginia. Married 1: William Seaton;. Married 2: Jonathon Brown, 4 Feb 1764.

6. Rodham Kenner. Born: About 1747-1749, in Fauquier County, Virginia. (Alternate birth year: 1740.) Died: Jun 1793, in Fauquier County, Virginia. Married: Elizabeth Plater.

7. Margaret "Peggy" Kenner. Born: 1748, Fauquier County, Virginia.born 1748. Died: Before 1819, Fredrick County, Virginia. Married: Stephen Pritchard.

8. Catherine "Kate" Kenner. Born: 1748-1752 in Stafford, Virginia. Married: Sea Captain, James Markham, Nov 1770, in Fairfax County, Virginia.

9. Susannah Kenner. Born: About 1750, in Fauquier County, Virginia. Married 1: Samuel Eskridge. Married 2: Spencer Morgan, 1780.

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Margaret ESKRIDGE, daughter of Colonel George ESKRIDGE and Rebecca BONUM, was born about 1715 in Sandy Point, Westmoreland County, Virginia and died on Oct 8, 1801 in Fauquier County, Virginia about age 86.

General Notes: From Volume I of -- A Roster of Revolutionary Ancestors of The Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution, published in 1976 --- Margaret Eskridge was recognized as a Revoluitionary Patriot by the Daughters of the American Revolution with the following justification:

KENNER, MARGARET ESKRIDGE, b. ca 1715, Westmoreland Co., Va., d. Oct 1801 , Fauquier Co., Va., m. ca 1732, Housan Kenner, b. 12 May 171 1, d. ca 1788. SERVICE: Claims allowed for articles impressed during the Revolution - pg. 359 - Fauquier Historical Society Bulletin 3 - 4 - in supplies given in the year 1782 Fauquier Co. Va. Margaret Eskridge Kenner supplied 625 pounds of beef for the Revolutionary Army. CHILDREN: Francis, b. 1734, m. Elizabeth Howard; Elizabeth, b. 1736, m. James Seaton; Rebecca, b. 1738, m. Burdette Clifton Jr.; Rodman, b. 1740, m. Elizabeth Plater; Mary, b. 1742, m. William Seaton; Catherine (Kate), b.1744, m. James Markharn; George Tuberville, b. 1746, m. Martha; Margaret (Peggy), b. 1748, m. Stephen Pritchard; Susanna J., b. 1750, m. (1) Eskridge, (2) Spencer Morgan. DESCENDANT: VANN, Susie Mae, No. 21 1644.

Margaret married Major Howsen Francis KENNER about 1732. Howsen was born on May 12, 1711 in St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia and died on May 24, 1778 in Somerville, Fauquier County, Virginia at age 67.

Kenner Eskridge Chromosome Map:
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References

• https://eskridgefamilyassociation.com/firstfour.html
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I7408...
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