Margaret Maxwell was born 1750 in Pennsylvania, United States and died 1810 Monroe County, West Virginia, United States of America of unspecified causes. She married Thomas Steele (1748-1846) .
"MAXWELL This is of interest in Monroe from the circumstance that four sisters of this name - Margaret, Isabella, Elizabeth and Hannah - married respectively Thomas Steele, Owen Neel, Andrew Crosier and Robert Dunbar, and came to Gap Valley about 1790 to live as neighbors. The four sisters and their husbands, except Andrew Crosier, are buried in the graveyard on Harvey Neel's farm. Crosier was on a visit in Greene county, Tenn. at the time of his death. Tradition avers that the sisters were red-haired, but this trait does not generally appear among the very numerous progeny of the later generations. Their father sold his land near Lancaster, Penn., for Continental paper money, and this was nearly equivalent to giving it away. The heirs lost in a suit with the city of Lancaster, as we are informed. They were married in Pennsylvania, but whether the Maxwell family came to Gap valley is both affirmed and denied. At all events we find no titles in the Maxwell name. There was, however, an Audley (Ann) Maxwell owning land on Wolf in 1807. A relationship with the Maxwells of Hardy county is claimed. One of the latter connection is Hu. one of the authors of a school history of this state." A History of Monroe County, West Virginia By Oren Frederic Morton
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Robert H Steele (c1778-) | |||
George Steele (1780-1853) | 1780 Pennsylvania, United States of America | 24 March 1853 Gap Mills, Monroe County, West Virginia, United States of America | Sarah Campbell (c1782-) |
Thomas Steele (1783-1846) | |||
Elizabeth M Steele (1785-1853) | 1785 Pennsylvania, United States of America | 10 June 1853 Monroe County, West Virginia, United States of America | Samuel Campbell (1783-1866) |
Jane Maxwell Steele (1785-1842) | 1789 | 1847 | Isaac Campbell (1786-1860) |
John Steele (1798-1850) | |||
Samuel Steele (1800-1880) |
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