Margaret Chestnut
Margaret was born about 1740 in
Shenandoah County, Virginia
. Margaret's father was
James Chestnut
and her mother was
Margaret Cantey
. Her paternal grandparents were
Alexander Chestnut
and
Mary O'Draine
; her maternal grandparents were
John Cantey
and
Margaret McGrit
. She had two brothers named
John
and
James
. She is the oldest of the three children. She had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named
Son
,
Richard
and
Sally
.
Ancestor Pedigree Chart
Alexander Chestnut
- b.1672 in Ireland d.1749 in Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia)
James Chestnut
- b.~ 1717 in Ireland d.1755 in Winchester, Old Frederick County, Virginia
Mary O'Draine
- b.< 1690 in Ireland d.> 1717 in Virginia or West Virginia
Margaret Chestnut
- b.~ 1740 in Shenandoah County, Virginia
John Cantey
- b.< 1710 d.> 1723
Margaret Cantey
- b.Feb 1722/23 in Ireland d.> 1756 in South Carolina
Margaret McGrit
- b.< 1710 d.> 1723
Margaret's family with James Irvin
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