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Archibald Clendenning^1,2,3,4,5

Parents

Key Events:

• Archibald Clendenning was born ca. 1685 in Staplegorton Parish, Scotland.⁶
• Archibald married first Nancy Ann Ewing.⁷
• Archibald married second Esther Mayse ca. 1743.^7,8
• Archibald died ca. 1749 in Augusta Co., Virginia, at age ~64.¹

Citations

1. Marlow, Carole Arbuckle, "Ancestors of Rebecca Davis", pg 3.
2. Chalkley, Lyman, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish, vol III pg 17, citing Will Book 1, pg 246, Archibald Clendenning's appraisement.
3. Chalkley, Lyman, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish, vol III pg 12, citing Will Book 1, pg 148, will of Archibald Clendenning.
4. Chalkley, Lyman, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish, vol III pg 14, citing Will Book 1, pg 189, Esther Clendenning's bond as administratrix, c. t. a., of Archd. Clendenning.
5. Chalkley, Lyman, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish, vol II pg 182-3, citing Circuit Court Judgments and Causes Ended (William Douglass vs. Davis--O. S. 232; N. S. 82), shows name as Archibald Clendennin.
6. Norman, Don, "Descendants Of Adam Clendenin", shows year, and place as Staplegorton parish near Dangholm, Scotland.
7. Marlow, Carole Arbuckle, "Ancestors of Rebecca Davis", pg 4.
8. Chalkley, Lyman, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish, vol III pg 12, citing Will Book 1, pg 148, will of Archibald Clendenning (of Cowpasture) names wife, Esther.

Nancy Ann Ewing¹

Key Events:

• Nancy married Archibald Clendenning, son of Adam Glendining.²

Citations

1. Marlow, Carole Arbuckle, "Ancestors of Rebecca Davis", pg 3.
2. Marlow, Carole Arbuckle, "Ancestors of Rebecca Davis", pg 4.

Margaret Sergeant^1,2

Key Events:

• Margaret Sergeant was born in 1702 in Ireland probably of Scotch ancestry.^3,4
• Margaret married first David McSwain.⁵
• Margaret married second James Ewing in Virginia.^6,7
• Margaret died Say 1802 at age ~100.⁸

Citations

1. Marlow, Carole Arbuckle, "Ancestors of Rebecca Davis", pg 3, shows name as Margaret Sergeant.
2. Price, William T, Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, pg 611, shows name as Margaret Sargent.
3. Marlow, Carole Arbuckle, "Ancestors of Rebecca Davis", pg 3, shows year, and country, as Scotland.
4. Price, William T, Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, pg 612, shows she was of Irish birth.
5. Marlow, Carole Arbuckle, "Ancestors of Rebecca Davis", pg 4.
6. Price, William T, Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, pg 611, shows they married after he came to Virginia, and does not mention a prior marriage for her.
7. Moses, Marsha, "The Clendenin Massacre", citing Ruth Woods Dayton, Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes (Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Publishing Company, 1942) pp. 225-235, shows Anne's mother re-married after death of Anne's father.
8. Price, William T, Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, pg 617, shows it is said she lived to be 100 years old.