Husband William McDowell 1 2
Born: 1720 or 1722 - Peters Twp, Franklin Co, PA 1 3
Christened:
Died: 17 Sep 1812 - Peters Twp, Franklin Co, PA 1 3
Buried: - Waddell Cemetery, near Mercersburg, Franklin Co, PA
Father: William McDowell (1680-1759) 2 4
Mother: Mary [Unk] ( -1782) 3 4
Marriage:
Wife Mary Maxwell 1 3
Born: 1728 3
Christened:
Died: 9 Apr 1805 1 3
Buried: - Waddell Cemetery, near Mercersburg, Franklin Co, PA
Father: William Maxwell ( - ) 1
Mother: Susanna [Unk] ( - ) 1
Children
1 M William McDowell 3 5
Born: 1749 or 1750 3 5
Christened:
Died: 19 Jun 1835 3 5
Buried:
Spouse: Elizabeth Van Lear ( -1814) 3 6
Marr: 8 Feb 1786 6
2 M John McDowell, LL.D. 1 3
Born: 11 Feb 1751
Christened:
Died: 22 Dec 1820 - Peters Twp, Franklin Co, PA 1 3
Buried: - Waddell Cemetery, near Mercersburg, Franklin Co, PA
Spouse: Did Not Marry
3 F Susan McDowell 3 7 8
Born: 1752 3 8
Christened:
Died: 17 May 1839 3 8
Buried:
Spouse: John Martin ( - ) 7
Marr: 5 Feb 1778 8
4 M James McDowell 3 8
Born: 1754 8
Christened:
Died: while young
Buried:
5 F Mary McDowell 3 8
Born: 1756 8
Christened:
Died: 9 May 1799 3 8
Buried:
Spouse: Dr. William Magaw (1740-1829) 8
Marr: Oct 1790 8
6 M Nathan McDowell 3 6
Born: 1758 or 1759 3 6
Christened:
Died: 1 Feb 1830 3 6
Buried:
Spouse: Mary McLanahan ( -1818) 3 9
7 M Col. Alexander McDowell 10
Born: 1760 - Conococheague Valley, Franklin Co, PA 10 11
Christened:
Died: 4 Jan 1816 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 10 12
Buried: - Old Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 13
Spouse: Sarah Parker (1763-1865) 14
Marr: 1795 10
8 M Andrew McDowell, M.D. 3 10 15
Born: 1761 or 1762 3 10
Christened:
Died: 10 Jan 1846 or 13 Jan 1846 - ? Mercersburg, Franklin Co, PA 3 10
Buried:
Spouse: Nancy McPherson (1765-1827) 3
Marr: 9 May 1793 16
9 F Margaret McDowell 3 8
Born: 1765 3 8
Christened:
Died: 17 Feb 1853 3 8
Buried:
Spouse: Matthew Maris (1747-1811) 3
Marr: 6 May 1806 8
10 F Nancy McDowell 3
AKA: Agnes McDowell 8
Born: Aug 1767 8
Christened:
Died: 6 Jun 1848 3
Buried:
11 M Patrick McDowell 3 16
Born: 10 Feb 1769 or 1770 3 16
Christened:
Died: 24 Apr 1846 3 16
Buried: - Waddell Cemetery, near Mercersburg, Franklin Co, PA
Spouse: Elizabeth Davidson (1780-1851) 3 17
Marr: 22 Nov 1803 16
12 M Thomas McDowell 3
Born: 1772 3
Christened:
Died: 4 Aug 1851 3
Buried: - Waddell Cemetery, near Mercersburg, Franklin Co, PA
Spouse: Mary Craig Davidson (1784-1854) 16
General Notes: Husband - William McDowell
He was an early settler at the base of Mt. Parnell, in the Conococheague valley, in an area that later became Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Although sometimes driven from his home he remained on his farm during the greater part of the French and Indian War. His name figures in a curious transaction with Lieut. Charles Grant, commandant at Fort Loudon, in 1765. On the 18th of November, while the fort was besieged by the "Black Boys," he was given the custody of the arms taken from the country people, and gave a receipt for five rifles and four smooth bore guns to be held by him until the Governor's pleasure in their disposition was known. At the same time Thomas Orbison, William Marshall, John Welsh and Jonathan Smith executed a bond in two hundred pounds, Pennsylvania currency, to protect McDowell against arrest or actions at law. He was appointed a justice of the peace for Peters township, Nov. 3, 1778. He was a ruling elder of the Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church from Dec. 19, 1767, until his death.
He lived and died at Parnell, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the vast estate which had been his father's before him; this was at or near Bridgeport, in Peters township. He was a colonial recruiting officer; was appointed ensign, August 13, 1776, under Captain Whitesides, in Colonel Thomas Porter's battalion; and in 1778 became justice of the peace for Peters township, being a man of great prominence in the county. In 1765, during an uprising of the "Black Boys," who besieged Fort Loudon, he was given by Lieutenant Grant, commandant of the fort, the custody of the arms taken from the country people, and rendered a receipt for five rifles and four smooth-bore guns to be held by him until the governor's pleasure in their disposition could be known. At the same time four men executed a bond in £200 Pennsylvania currency to protect him against arrest or action at law. He died and was buried at Waddell's graveyard at Lebinarten, Pennsylvania, near the old estate. By his will dated in 1807 and probated in 1812, he left several large plantations to his sons. [GPHAV, 370]
General Notes: Wife - Mary Maxwell
She was born in 1737. [BAFC, 82] Seems unlikely given the date of birth of her children.