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Mary Margaret Allen (Cunningham)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Abingdon Parish, Gloucester, Virginia, Colonial Territories
Death: after March 19, 1767
Botetourt County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of James Cunningham of Kerr’s Creek and Margaret “Mattie” Cunningham
Wife of Malcolm Allen
Mother of Rebecca Worley; Mary McClure; Martha Caldwell; Hugh Allen; Robert Allen and 5 others
Sister of Hugh Cunningham; Jacob Cunningham; Isaac Cunningham; Elizabeth Cunningham; Moses Cunningham and 1 other

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About Mary Margaret Allen

• ID: I5301 • Name: Mary * CUNNINGHAM • Sex: F • Birth: Est 1719 [SIC] in Augusta County,Virginia • Death: Aft 19 MAR 1767 • _PRIMARY: Y • Note:

MARY CUNNINGHAM (JAMES3, ALEXANDER2, DAVID1) was born Abt. 1719, and died Aft. March 19, 1767.

  • She married (1) HUGHS.
  • She married (2) MALCOM ALLEN Bef. 1740 in Prince Edward Co., VA, son of MALCOLM ALLEN and MARY DEAN. He was born April 27, 1712 in Kilbirnie, County Ayr, Scotland, and died Bet. December 12, 1791 - February 15, 1792 in Botetourt Co., VA. Source: Chalkley's Chronicles of Scotch-Irish Settlers in Virginia, Hampton Library Virginiana Room.

Mary is named as a daughter of James and Margaret, in James Cunningham's will in 1760: daughter Mary, as wife of Malcolm who witnessed the will of Mary Cunningham's father James. Source: Allen Bible Records [VaStLib] [Library of Virginia, Richmond] Page: Bk. 13, pg. 198-199 [VaStLib, microfilm 7]

Father: James * CUNNINGHAM b: Aft 1701 in Dublin,or Drumbo,Down,Ireland Mother: Margaret "Mattie"

Marriage

1 Malcolm ALLEN b: 27 APR 1712 in Kilbirnie,County Ayr,Scotland •	Married: Bef 1740 in Prince Edward County,Virginia  •	Note: _UID980FBFC8C73DC348BDA62BCA702AA5EABEEC 

Children

  • 1. Rebecca ALLEN b: 29 MAY 1740 in Botetourt County,Virginia
  • 2. Mary ALLEN b: 10 NOV 1741 in Augusta County,Virginia
  • 3. Martha ALLEN b: 19 NOV 1743
  • 4. Hugh * ALLEN b: 4 SEP 1745 in Prince Edward County,Virginia
  • 5. Robert ALLEN b: 26 NOV 1748 in Augusta County,Virginia c: 9 MAR 1749 in James River,Augusta County,Virginia
  • 6. Moses ALLEN b: 9 OCT 1750
  • 7. Elizabeth ALLEN b: 9 OCT 1750
  • 8. Sally "Lelly" ALLEN b: 12 MAR 1753 in Augusta County,Virginia
  • 9. John ALLEN b: 17 AUG 1759

Source: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kings-hig...

James Cunningham’s Will in 1760

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Jacob_Cunningham_%285%29

Page 382.—16th January, 1760 (33d year of Reign). James Cunningham's will, of Colony and Dominion of Virginia—To wife Margaret; to son Moses, infant; to Hugh Cunningham, 1 shilling; to daughter Elizabeth, 1 shilling; to James Cunningham, son to son Jacob; to John Cunningham, son to son Isaac; to daughter Mary; to daughters, each and every of them, 1 shilling. Executors, wife and son Moses. Teste: Malcom Allen, Robt. Bowen, Lilly Bowen. Proved, 19th March, 1765, by Malcom Allen and Lilly Bowen. Margaret is dead. Moses qualifies, with Hugh Cunningham, Geo. Dougherty.

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Mary Margaret Allen's Timeline

1730
1730
Abingdon Parish, Gloucester, Virginia, Colonial Territories
1740
May 29, 1740
Botetourt County, Virginia
1741
November 10, 1741
Augusta County, Virginia
1743
November 19, 1743
1745
September 4, 1745
1748
November 26, 1748
Augusta County, Virginia
1750
October 9, 1750
October 9, 1750
Prince Edward County, VA, United States
1753
March 12, 1753
Augusta County, Virginia
1759
August 17, 1759
Augusta County, Virginia, British Colonial America