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Mary 'Polly' McClanahan[1, 2, 3]

Female Abt 1740 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Mary 'Polly' McClanahan 
    Born Abt 1740  Augusta County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I21760  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 3 Feb 2022 

    Family Thomas Poague,   b. Est 1730, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1803, Augusta Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Children 
     1. Agness Poague,   b. Yes, date unknown,   d. 25 Jun 1804, Augusta County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Anne 'McClanahan' Poague,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 3 Feb 2022 
    Family ID F8957  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Mary_McClanahan_%289%29.
      Name Mary 'Polly' McClanahan
      Birth BEF 1744 Augusta County, Virginia
      Marriage 27 APR 1762 Augusta County, Virginia to Thomas Poage
      The Poage Connection.

      Robert Poage, Sr., with his wife Elizabeth and nine children, came from Ireland to Philadelphia, and from there to this colony, "at his own expense. ' The time of his coming is not known, but, on May 22, 1740, he appeared at Orange court to " prove his importation," that he might take up public lands. He settled three miles north of Staunton.

    2. [S126] United States Archives, http://www.archive.org/stream/mcclanahans00whitgoog/mcclanahans00whitgoog_djvu.txt.
      The Poage Connexion.

      Robert Poage, Sr. , with his wife Elizabeth and nine children, came from Ireland to Philadelphia, and from there to this colony, "at his own expense. ' ' The time of his coming is not known, but, on May 22, 1740, he appeared at Orange court to " prove his importation," that he might take up public lands. He settled three miles north of Staunton.
      Thomas Poage, son of Robert Poage, Sr. , inherited his father's homestead. He and his wife, Polly McClanahan, had eight children:

    3. [S140] Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, http://reynoldspatova.org/browsemedia.php?mediasearch=01-15-2019-004.pdf&mediatypeID=histories&tngpage=&tree=reynolds1&tnggallery=.
      Thomas Poague, s/o Robert Poague and Agnes McClanahan, had a daughter, Anne who was a great beauty (described as still beautiful in extreme old age), She was d/o Robert McClanahan, High Scheriff of Augusta till 1759 and Court Commissioner and to Sarah Breckenridge his wife, d/o Alexander Breckenridge who 'came over' in 1728 and to Virginia in 1738.