Robert Caldwell, Sr.

Not the husband of Winifred Tull or father of Spencer Caldwell, Sr

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A018255

Robert Caldwell, Sr.

• Birth: 6 Jun 1732 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• Death: 30 Jun 1806 (aged 74) Mercer County, Kentucky, USA
• Burial: Caldwell-Irvine Cemetery Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 46565744 ·
• Parents: John Caldwell and Margaret Phillips
• Spouse: Mary Logan - Married on Jan 1, 1755 in Lunenburg, Va

Robert Caldwell served as a private in Captain James Keen's Co. Col. Daniel Morgan's Rifle Regiment, Continental troops

CALDWELL, ROBERT Ancestor #: A018255
Notice: PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED WITH AT LEAST ONE PREVIOUSLY VERIFIED PAPER - SEE ANCESTOR’S FULL RECORD (WHY?)
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 7-9-1732 LANCASTER CO PENNSYLVANIA
Death: 7-30-1806 DANVILLE MERCER CO KENTUCKY
Service Source: HARDING, GEORGE ROGERS CLARK & HIS MEN, PP 120, 121
Service Description: 1) CAPT WILLIAM MCBRIDE, LINCOLN CO MILITIA

COMMENTS (Overview)
1) ROBERT WHO MARRIED HANNAH WILLIS WAS NOT THE SON OF THIS PATRIOT. 4/1986
2) LINEAGES THROUGH JAMES, SAMUEL, AND DAVID QUESTIONED AND FURTHER PROOF IS NEEDED. SEE DATACF. 6/2018

RESIDENCE
1) County: CHARLOTTE CO - State: VIRGINIA
2) County: LINCOLN CO - District: KY DIST - State: VIRGINIA

SPOUSE
Number Name: 1) MARY LOGAN - Married on Jan 1, 1755 in Lunenburg, Va.

Child [Spouse #] Spouse
ROBERT [1] HANNAH WILLIS [DISPROVEN]
JAMES [2] PHEBE HENDERSON
SAMUEL [1] ANNE BALCH
DAVID [1] X X
ROBERT [1] FANNY IRVIN
WILLIAM T [1] MARY WICKLITFE
JOHN [1] JUDITH SMITH

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Caldwell-404

Robert Caldwell was the sixth son of John Caldwell and Margaret Phillips. He moved to Kentucky and "became prominent in the affairs of that state." Caldwell County was named for him, and he is buried with a monument in Frankfort.[1]

Note that Wikipedia shows that Caldwell County Kentucky is named for Robert's son John. [2] [3]

Family

Updated 1 November 2023

Robert Caldwell married Mary Logan, daughter of David Logan and Martha Dudgeon, on 01 Jan 1755 at Lunenburg County. She was born 11 Dec 1734 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and died 01 Jul 1815 in Boyle County, Kentucky.

The 12 children of Mary Logan and Robert Caldwell were:

1. Margaret P., b. 1755, , d. 1844. Married John Cook.
2. John, b. 1758, d. 1804. Married Judith Smith.
3. David, b. 1760, d. Aft 1807 in KY.
4. William Thomas, b. 1762, d. 1827. Married Mary Wycliffe.
5. Robert, b. 1764, married Fannie Irvine (the Robert who married Hannah Willis is not accepted by the DAR anymore)
6. Phillips, b. 1767, d. aft 1817.
7. Jane, b. 1770, m1. Robert Logan, m2. Samuel Pottinger, d. 1827
8. Samuel, b. 1771, d. 1835 m. Ann Balch
9. Mary Steele, b. 1773, m. Henry Palmer, d. 1836
10. Elizabeth, b. 1776, m. Samuel Grundy, d. 1807
11. James Logan, b. 1778, d. 1850 m1. Sarah Slaughter m2. Phoebe Henderson m3.Phoebe Caldwell
12. Richard, b. 1781

Family notes

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LVSK-3CB

Robert Caldwell & Mary Logan had TWELVE children. Their birth records have been preserved and are correct.

Robert Caldwell and wife Mary Logan were first cousins, once removed - their common grandparents being Joseph Caldwell and Jane McGhie.

Robert Caldwell said to have been in Albemarle Co VA. They moved to Cub Creek Charlotte Co VA about 1741/42 [this would have been Lunenburg at the time, Charlotte was not formed until 1764 and he would have been only a child unless he was born much earlier, which I suspect]. He was on a tax list in Mercer Co KY in 1795 with 18 slaves, 19 horses and 67 head of cattle. He died there 30 Jul 1806 and willed his plantation to son James; to his son Robert he gave 200 acres of improved land or its value. WB 3, p.190, Mercer Co KY

Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Caldwell-342

John Caldwell, his wife Margaret Phillips, and five of their children emigrated from Ireland to New Castle, Delaware on 10 December 1727. Of their two youngest children, Robert was born in Pennsylvania, and James at Cub Creek, Virginia.

John Rodgers (son of the Wm. Rodgers & Margaret Caldwell ) in an 1825 letter to his cousin Elias Caldwell in Washington, DC listed the children of John and Margaret (Phillips) Caldwell when he stated: "Our grandfather's children were Win. , Thomas, David & Margaret, John, Robert & James. " John Rodgers as a nephew / grandson had first hand knowledge of his ancestry.

John was leader and founder of the little colony known for many years as "The Caldwell Settlement." [In Cub Creek, Virginia]. He was Justice of Peace, and Ruling Elder of the Rev. John Thompson's Cub Creek Church. He encouraged the settlement in four counties of Scotch Presbyterians, under authority of Governor Gooch, given in 1738.

References

1. http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full...
2. Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 15 2020, 21:26:50 UTC
3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46565744/robert-caldwell
4. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Caldwell-404
   1. Cub Creek Church: Its Place in History, by Rev. W.L. Lingle, D.D., LL.D., p.9.
   2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Kentucky.
   3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Caldwell_(Kentucky_politician).
5. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Logan-57 cites
   1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46565745
   2. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/MGJ8-VLL/mary-polly-logan-173...
6. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LVSK-3CB
7. “The McChords of Kentucky and some related families” Page 37. “The Caldwell Table.” https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/89024544?cid=mem_copy
8. “Family Bible.” https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/89024544?cid=mem_copy