Letitia 'Lettice' Breckenridge^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1728 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Letitia 'Lettice' Breckenridge
  	Daughter of Alexander Breckenridge
  Born	Abt 1728	Ireland
  Gender	Female
  Died	Yes, date unknown	Augusta County, Virginia
  Person ID	I19131	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Alexander Breckenridge,   b. 1670, Ireland ,   d. 1743, Staunton, Augusta Co., Virginia Colony  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Jane Preston,   b. 1680, Ireland ,   d. 1748, Staunton, Augusta Co., Virginia Colony  (Age 68 years)
  Notes	(627) Samuel Gist vs. Thomas Reed and George Brackenridge. ? ^Alexr, Breckenridge, security. (512) Hemp certificates: Thomas Stuart, James Ewing, James Greenlee, Rob. Breckenridge. James Davis vs. David Morgan. ? Attachment 17th July, 1746. George Breckenridge, surety. George Brackenridge vs. Robert Rennick. ? Petition August, 1746. William Lewis vs. James Brackenridge. ? ^Attachment. 19th June, 1746. Defendant absconded. Attachment levied in hands of Robert McClenachan and George Brackenridge. Note of James Breckenridge to Wm. Lewis, £3, 2, 8. Dated 23d December, 1744. JUDGMENTS AT RULES. 1751. Bell vs. Borden's executor. ? ^James Bell (one entry for himself and one for John MulhoUand, his servant) prior to 1738, and on February 21, 1738, Alex. Breckinridge, George, James, Robert and Adam Breckenridge, John Moore, Quantin Moore, George Henderson, Thomas Armstrong, John Bell, John Walters, William McCanless, Robert Poage, Seth Poage, Daniel Mc- Anaire and John Grove entered each 100 acres with Benjamin Borden, but got no deed. Suit by James Bell to get deed. Benjamin Borden, Jr., charges in answer that James Bell caused a servant wench of his to be dressed in man's clothes and made an entry in her name as a man, and also caused another woman, the wife of William McKenless, to appear in her proper person on a different part of land as the wife of another settler and thereby obtained another entry. [3]
  Family ID	F7605	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elijah McClanahan, Jr.,   b. Est 1728, Augusta County, Virginia Colony ,   d. 1794, Augusta Co., Virginia  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Married	Sep 1749	Augusta Co., Virginia Colony
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F8949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Map of Part of Augusta County, Colony of Virginia 1755-1760; Shows Tinkling Spring Church, Fort Chiswell, and Fort Dickinson Map_of_Augusta_County_1755-1760.jpg
  		Marriage Records (John Dean and Thomas Poage)[Poague] Marriage Records (John Dean and Thomas Poage).pdf

  
  

  Histories

  The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol.XXVII The Breckenridge Family 01-15-2019-004.pdf

  
  

• Sources

  [S245] Vital Record (Ancestry), https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/48003988/person/13744129216/media/1abb0085-3af5-4c32-8f79-50a0cbf4e936?_phsrc=Tkn324&_phstart=successSource. 4. ELIJAH3 MCCLANAHAN (JOHN2, THOMAS1) was born 1718 in Bath, Alleghany County, Virginia, and died 1794 in Augusta County, Virginia. He married (1) ANN EWING Abt. 1735, daughter of WILLIAM EWING and ANN SHANNON. She was born Abt. 1714 in Belfast, Ireland, and died Mar 1767. He married (2) LETITIA BRECKENRIDGE Sep 1749 in Augusta County, Virginia. She was born Abt. 1728 in Derry, Ireland. Notes for ELIJAH MCCLANAHAN: From: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mabry/collins/np61.html#iin1312 [this link does not work] Elijah McClenachan (ca 1713 - 1789) was likely born in County Antrim, Ireland, as was his older brother, Robert. Records show Elijah's parents were John and Agnes (McChubit/McCubbins) McClenachan. Speculation is that Elijah's parents left County Ayrshire, Scotland sometime prior to 1700 and migrated to County Antrim, Ireland where John McClenachan was a merchant. Elijah, or "Olde Elijah" as he became known, came to America with his older brother Robert in 1727. Tradition states they came through Philadelphia. Accompanying them was Robert's father-in-law, Alexander Breckenridge and his family. The Breckenridge reference is included only because "Olde Elijah's" first born son, also named Elijah, married Letitia Breckenridge, daughter of Alexander, about 1749. There has been much confusion on this marriage, as many people feel that Letitia was "Olde Elijah's" second wife. The Indian massacre in 1764, described below, negates this speculation. At this time, there is very little known of the time "Olde Elijah" spent in Pennsylvania and he apparently came to Virginia around 1740, again traveling with his brother Robert, who bought considerable acreage in the Beverley Patent in what is now the area in and around Staunton in Augusta County "Olde Elijah", unlike his brother Robert, did not leave much of a paper trail and as far as we know, none of his children were baptized. Records do show that he was married to Ann Ewing (Owen) at an early age as their first child, also named Elijah, was born 1728-1730. Based on "Olde Elijah's" date of birth, he would have been fifteen to sev-enteen at the time of his son's birth. Again, "Olde Elijah's" birth date of 1713 is only shown in one place. Some people had thought him born in 1718, but the similarity between an 8 and a 3 on old documents is enough to more readily accept the 1713 date. Besides, that would have made "Olde Elijah" only ten or twelve when his first child was born. The children of "Olde Elijah" and Ann Ew-ing are as follows: 1. Elijah, Jr. - Born 1728-1730. 2. Robert (?) 3. David (?) 4. William, December 25, 1733. He married Sarah Neeley and was one of the founders of Roanoke, VA. 5. Margaret (?), married John Crockett and moved to North Carolina. 6. Mary, or "Polly" was born in 1746/1748 and married Robert McCreary. Their great grandson, James B. McCreary became one of Kentucky's best loved governors (elected twice) and was also a respected soldier of the Civil War. 7. Jennie (?), married a William Holliday. 8. Hannah (?), married a John Greenlee, Jr. She narrowly escaped the Indian massacre by hiding under a log. 9. Infant son, no name-no birth date. Killed in the Indian massacre early 1764. The Indian massacre took place in early 1764 in what is now known as Bath County in an area called "The Cowpasture." It was here that "Olde Elijah" lost his wife, Ann and their youngest child, both killed by the Indians. "Olde Elijah" himself was severely tomahawked, but was saved only by the fact that he had a pen in his hat. The Indians, realizing he could write, did not kill him and apparently wanted his writing ability for an unknown reason. However, not long after the massacre, Captain Lewis, following the raiding party with a group of local militia, came upon the Indians. "Olde Elijah" was rescued as well as several other captives. This was attested to in a letter written by Reverend John Brown who wrote to Colonel William Preston in June 1764 the following, "Captain Lewis came up with the Indians that killed the people at cowpasture and one Frenchman and it is thought wounded some Indians and rescued several prisoners, among whom were old Elijah McClanachan." Further evidence of this massacre was written personally by "Olde Elijah's" grandson, Colonel Elijah McClanahan of Roanoke, Virginia, son of William and Sarah (Neeley) McClenachan. Colonel Elijah McClanahan corresponded with Lyman C. Draper. In one of these letters, dated 19 March 1846, is given a vivid account of the massacre. Letter dated March 19, 1846. Again, this is only part of the entire letter addressed to Lyman C. Draper: "Your other inquiry is as to my father's birth and decease. When I had the pleasure of seeing you at Bent Mountain, I mentioned the circumstances of my father's mother and his younger brother being killed by the Indians in what is now Bath County and that part of it called the Cowpasture, what county it was then, I can't say. My grandfather was wounded at same time and taken prisoner and pursued. The prisoners all retaken and my grandfather tomahawked and hurt in the head by the Indians on finding they were overtaken, but was carried in and lived. He told me of several incidents that occurred whilst on his march with the Indians. Such as taking two small children (There mothers prisoners) by the heels and dashing their brains against a tree because they cryed and that they held two counsels about him together, he being very unable to travel on account of his wound and that he was saved by a pen in his hat showing he could write for which they were desirous to take him to the nation. My grandfather was from Ireland and an excellent scholar." [S140] Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, http://reynoldspatova.org/browsemedia.php?mediasearch=01-15-2019-004.pdf&mediatypeID=histories&tngpage=&tree=reynolds1&tnggallery=. Lettice Breckenridge m. Elijah McClanahan Sept 1749 [S275] Lyman Chalkley, Lyman Chalkley. Chalkley COUNTY COURT JUDGMENTS. August, 1751. Hecde vs. Phillips. ? Stephen Phillips, Jr., came from New Brunswick, County Middlesex, Province East New Jersey. Westfall vs. Richardson. ? In 1750, Daniel Richardson piloted and trans- ported Adam Breckenridge out of this Colony to Carolina, where Adam now is against statute. Adam was indebted to plaintiff.. West vs. Walling. ? William Wallen had moved from Augusta to Carolina in 1751.. June, 1752. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McClanahan-172. Elijah McClanahan Sr. aka McClenachan Born about 1729 in Pennsylvania [uncertain] Ancestors ancestors Son of Elijah McClanahan and Ann (Ewing) McClanahan Brother of Alexander McClanahan, David McClanahan, Robert McClanahan, Jinney McClanahan, James McClanahan, John McClanahan, Nancy McClanahan, Margaret (McClanahan) Crockett, William McClanahan, Hannah McClanahan and Mary McClanahan Husband of Letitia (Breckenridge) McClanahan ? married Sep 1747 [location unknown] Husband of Margaret (Trimble) McClenachan ? married 1768 in Virginia Descendants descendants Father of Elizabeth (McClenachan) Tate Died before 29 Jun 1796 in Augusta, Virginia Biography Elijah, son of Elijah McClanahan and Ann Ewing, was born say 1729 possibly in PA and died before 29 Jun 1796 at Augusta County, VA, when an inventory of his estate was taken.[1] He married first in Sep 1749, at Augusta County, VA, Leticia BRECKENRIDGE, daughter of Alexander BRECKENRIDGE and Jane PRESTON.[2][3][4] No records exist of Leticia's death or any children by her. He married second say 1768, Margaret TRIMBLE, daughter of John TRIMBLE of North Mountain and Ann (???).[5] Among their children were: Elijah III, b. abt. 1770; m. 1) Nancy Moffett and 2) Margaret Gilkeson Margaret, m. Robert Mayes; d. 22 Oct 1846 in Taylor, KY Mary, b. abt. 1773; m. William Moffet; d. Nov 1829 in Augusta, VA Elizabeth "Betsy", b. abt. 1775; m. John Tate; d. 1821 in Green, KY Lettice Ann, m. Thomas Caldwell; d. 1872 in KY Elijah's will dated 22 Feb 1793 at Augusta County, VA, mentioned his son Elijah, wife Margaret and his 2 youngest, unmarried daughters Elizabeth and Letucann [sic]. His wife and daughters were to have use of his weaving shop until marriage, suggesting other married daughters. A codicil dated 2 May 1794 named his daughter Elizabeth now married to John Tate, wife Margaret, son Elijah, and daughters Letucann and Margaret Mays. Neither the will nor codicil mentioned daughter Mary who may have died before then.[6] On 19 May 1773, Elijah was appointed guardian of Sarah Campbell (13) orphan of Robert Campbell and on 20 May 1779, Hugh Campbell, orphan of Robert Campbell chose Elijah as guardian. He was a weaver by trade, and frequently qualified as a Justice between 1773 and 1790. On 19 Nov 1776, Elijah qualified as a new commission and took the oath of allegiance on 19 Aug 1777 at Augusta County, VA.[7] On 21 Oct 1788, James and John Foster were bound out to Elijah.[8] The designation "Jr" used with the name Elijah McClenachan was first noted in the marriage of William Moffett and Mary McClenachan on 11 May 1791. By 1799 the terms were not used.[9] Research Notes It is unclear which Elijah married Margaret TRIMBLE or when they married. There may have been another generation between Elijah Sr and the children born after 1770. There were at least two Elijahs termed "Jr" and 'Sr" in Augusta County records between 1791 and 1799. According to DAR records, Elijah married three times and one of his children was Hannah, who married John Greenlee.[10] "John Greenlee, her oldest son, was the first white child born in the grant ? in 1738; he married Hannah, daughter of Elijah McClanahan, a name famous in all the forays of the border land and on many a hard-fought held in the Revolution." - according to this book, which also says that Hannah and John Greenlee had three sons, Elijah, John, and James. Sources ? Lyman Chalkley, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1965), v3, p 210; giving appraised 29 Jun 1796. ? John Vogt and T William Kethley Jr, Augusta County Marriages 1748-1850, (Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co, 1986), p 140, 198; giving dom, place. ? Chalkley, Chalkley's Chronicles, v2, p 275; giving "1749 ... September __, Elijah McClenachan and Lettice Breckenridge." ? Joseph A Waddell, Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, (Staunton VA, C. Russell Caldwell, Publishers: 1902); digital images, Google Books (https://books.google.com), p 119; giving year. ? Chalkley, Chalkley's Chronicles, v3, p 209; giving "to wife Margaret" (Will Book VIII). ? Chalkley, Chalkley's Chronicles, v3, p 209 (Will Book VIII). ? Chalkley, Chalkley's Chronicles, v1, p 188 (Order Book XVI). ? Chalkley, Chalkley's Chronicles, v1, p 172, 206, 255. ? Chalkley, Chalkley's Chronicles, v2, p 297. ? Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 22 Feb. 2020), "Record of Elijah McClanahan", Ancestor # A074900. WikiTree profile McClanahan-172 created through the import of McClanahan-20121014.ged on Oct 15, 2012 by Anonymous McClanahan. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Anonymous and others. Elijah McClanahan WikiTree profile McClanahan-209 created through the import of McClanahan-20121014.ged on Oct 15, 2012 by Anonymous McClanahan. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Anonymous and others.