Margaret Richey

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This seems clearly to indicate that her sons and grandsons and almost all family members had already gone, joining the great trek about the close of the Revolution southward and westward, in search of new lands. We know that James Richey, who by Alexander Richey's will was to inherit the homeplace at his mother's death, did not arrive in South Carolina to live until about 1785. Perhaps he lingered in VA until after her death and went to South Carolina before her will was probated, or he may have gone before her death and did not return to settle the estate. Unlike many of the pioneer wives and mothers who followed their husbands and sons to the end of their days, Jeanne chose to remain at the place where Alexander died. Who can say which ones are more worthy of respect and honor: those who go on or those who stay? Perhaps she had grown weary of the search for the perfect place and decided that VA was good enough. She lived a long and useful life and is worthy of a place amon! g the honored pioneers. A memento of Jeanne's industry as a housewife is a flaxwheel which she and Alexander brought with them from Ireland. It was given to James Richey, Sr. who brought it to SC and gave it to his son, James Richey. Jr. who gave it to his daughter, Elizabeth Wyatt, who gave it to her daughter, Mary Jane Andrea, who gave it to her granddaughter, Miss Connie Lee Andrea, the daughter of Redmond Leonardo Andrea. This wheel was on exhibit at the 46th annual Wyatt Reunion at Greenville Presbyterian Church, Donalds, SC, June 15, 1952, and is still in existence today (1986).

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Margaret <i>Caldwell</i>  Richey </b>BIRTH 4 Jan 1729 Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA DEATH 12 Sep 1802 (aged 73) Donalds (or Donnalds), Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA BURIAL Greenville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Donalds,  Abbeville County,  South Carolina,  USA MEMORIAL ID 23057343  ·   View Source Wife of James Richey, Sr. Margaret Caldwell Richey is the sister of Martha Caldwell Calhoun, mother of John Caldwell Calhoun, the illustrious statesman. <b>Family Members Parents </b>William Findley Caldwell 1704–1761 Rebecca <i>Park</i>  Caldwell 1710–1806 <b>Spouse </b>James Richey 1724–1808 <b>Siblings </b>John Caldwell 1728–1781 Eleanor <i>Caldwell</i>  Vernon 1746–1813 Rebecca <i>Caldwell</i>  East 1747 – unknown William Thomas Caldwell 1748–1814 Martha <i>Caldwell</i>  Calhoun 1750–1802 James Caldwell 1755–1813 Ann Elizabeth <i>Caldwell</i>  Gillam 1757–1851 David Caldwell 1759–1855 <b>Children </b>John Caldwell Richey 1750–1808 James Richey 1752–1833 Robert Richey 1754–1828 Ann Margaret <i>Richey</i>  Wilson 1758–1799 Nancy Agnes <i>Richey</i>  Purdy 1763–1847 William Richey 1775–1846

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Margaret Caldwell (1829-1802) was a daughter of William Findley Caldwell & Rebecca Park.

Wife of James Henderson Richey (1724-1808).

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Biography

Margaret was the eldest daughter of William Caldwell and Rebecca Walkup and she married Major John Ritchie/Richey, who fought with Margaret's brothers John, William, and James in Colonel Thomson's regiment of South Carolina rangers. This much of Margaret's life comes from three early sources:

John Belton O'Neall, brother-in-law of Margaret's nephew John Caldwell, Esq. and author of the 1859 Annals of Newberry [1]
The Newberry Observer 1887 story on "The Caldwells of Mill Creek" [2]
Margaret's niece, Elizabeth Ann (Caldwell) Higgins, in her memoir about her grandparents and their families [3]

Elizabeth Higgins tells the story of Margaret and four of her five sisters -- all but Martha -- being married on the same day shortly after the end of the Revolution (about 1783/84). They had each been engaged during the war to men from Newberry, Laurens, and Abbeville who had served with her brothers in Colonel Thomson's regiment.

Margaret's husband John was the son of Robert and Margaret Richey of Laurens, South Carolina. John Richey had a brother William and a sister Mary who married William Goodman, all of Laurens. William Goodmand was first cousin to the Elizabeth Ann Williams who married Margaret's brother William Thomas Caldwell. [4]

Margaret's husband John's will was proved 08 Nov 1819 in Laurens County, and his executors were his son William and his friend Martin Shaw. William reported to the court on 07 Oct 1820 that his mother Margaret was deceased, [5] placing her date of death sometime before that.

Muss identifies Margaret and John's children as: [4]

John, Jr.
Samuel
William
Jane, m. ____ Harris
Rebecca, m. ____ Graves

Note: Rebecca Graves is mentioned in her grandmother Rebecca (Walkup) Caldwell's will.

Research Notes

Later and less reliable accounts such as Ann Calhoun McMath Roy's article for the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Magazine [6] and Thomas Arrington Stallworth's genealogy of the Caldwell family [7] incorrectly identify this Margaret Caldwell's husband as a James Ritchie/Richey, apparently based on an Abbeville County, South Carolina grave for a "Margaret Caldwell, born in Pennsylvania, 4 Jan 1729 - 12 Sep 1802, wife of James Richey, Sr." [8]

The children that Thomas Stallworth (probably incorrectly) attributes to Margaret Caldwell and James Richey are: [7]

John, b. abt. 1750, m. Nancy Brownlee
James, Jr., b. 1752, m. Elizabeth Dunn
Robert, b. 1754, m. Mary (Stewart) Wein
Andrew, b. ____, m. Elizabeth Webb
Agnes, b. 1763, m. Henry Purdy
William, b. 1769, m1. J. Stone, m2. E. Richey
Ann, b. abt. 1770, m. George Wilson
Alexander, died young
Jeanne, died young
Margaret, died young

Sources

↑ The Annals of Newberry, by John Belton O'Neall, LL.D. Charleston, S.C.: S. G. Courtenay and Co., publishers, 1859.
↑ "The Caldwells of Mill Creek, Newberry," the Newberry Observer, 27 Apr 1887
↑ History of My Grand Parents and There (sic) Families, by Elizabeth Ann (Caldwell) Higgins, Newberry, South Carolina, Aug 1887.
↑ 4.0 4.1 Genealogy.com: “Discrepancies Re: Caldwell Family of VA (Cub Creek) & SC (96 District)”, by Anoni Muss, 28 Sep 2014.
↑ South Carolina Archives, Bundle 62, Package 15, on Microfilm C157, frames 6592-6613.
↑ "Rebecca Parks Caldwell", by Ann Calhoun McMath Roy, DAR Magazine, National Association of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Nov 1974, pp. 860-862
↑ 7.0 7.1 History of the Brooks Family, Butler Family, Caldwell Family, and Descendants of Margaret Rebecca (Caldwell) Stallworth, by Thomas Arrington Stallworth, Chester, South Carolina: published by the author, 1992
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #23057343 for Margaret Caldwell Richey (4 Jan 1729-12 Sep 1802), citing Greenville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Donalds, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Patricia (contributor 46777948).

See also:

Letter from John Rodgers to Elias Boudinot Caldwell, written about 1824/25, and reprinted in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 19, 1911, pp. 92-94
Letter from Judge James Sproull Cothran of Greenville, South Carolina dated 26 Jun 1895 to Gilbert Cape (sp?) of Newchurch (sp?), Pennsylvania.
Elaine Randal, eng4@alltelnet Letter
HAWTHORNE, James Everette (my father)
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