Display Patriot - P-155219 - Mrs Margaret ESKRIDGE/KENNER
Mrs Margaret ESKRIDGE/KENNER
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P-155219
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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
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Author: Edward R Dutton
MARGARET ESKRIDGE KENNER 1712 - 1801 , Fauquier County, Virginia
Margaret Eskridge was born 19 May 1711-1714 at Sandy Point, Westmoreland County, Virginia, a daughter to George Eskridge and his wife Rebecca Bonum (Eskridge Family). She married Howson Francis Kenner in Stafford County, Virginia in the year 1732 (Barnes, 733). Her father, George Eskridge, was the guardian for Mary Ball, the mother of George Washington. By her mother's will, Mary Ball lived "under the tutelage and government" of George Eskridge from age 13 until her marriage to Augustine Washington in 1731 (Wayland, 8). Mary Ball Washington named her son "George" in homage to her mentor George Eskridge. Margaret Eskridge, about two years younger than Mary Ball, was thus, a sort of step-aunt to George Washington, who led the Revolutionary War (Historic Marker JT-4, Washington's Mother). Her husband preceded her in death in 1778. After the war, she submitted a number of claims (Abercrombie, V. 1-2) as authorized by Congress for support given the Patriot forces. In current times, she has a number of descendants using those records for membership in the DAR and SAR (Daughters & Sons of the American Revolution). Margaret Kenner died 8 October 1801 in Fauquier County, Virginia. SELECTED SOURCES Abercrombie, Janice L., and Richard Slatten, Virginia Revolutionary Publick Claims, Iberian Publishing Company, Athens, Georgia , 1992, Volume I, page 346-47, 354; Vol 2 p. 284. Fauquier County Court Booklet, 25 March 1782 to 3 May. ". . . valued in specie Beef at the rate of 3p per pound, Margaret Kenner 625. Margaret Kenner for 4th Reg. LD, 1/2 bu oats cert. by J. Sullivan Lt. 4th Reg LD £1-7-3. Volume 2, September 2, 1783, Margaret Kenner (?forage) 8.8.6 pds., shillings, pence. Barnes, Robert and Catherine; Editors, Gildart - Pettus, Genealogies of Virginia Families from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume II, Geneaological Publishing Company, Baltimore: 1981, Volume II, page 733, Family History Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, Genealogy.com On-Line / CD162. "Howson Kenner married 1732 at Stafford County, Virginia to Margaret Eskridge." DAR & SAR PATRIOTS: Margaret Eskridge Kenner furnished 625 lbs of beef for Revolutionary Troops. (The claim submitted after the war was in pounds, shilling, and penneys.) See notes for DAR & SAR applications under Elizabeth Kenner, Francis Kenner, Margaret "Peggy" Kenner, Catherine Elizabeth Kenner. These are not necessarily all the applications. These applications could be evidenced from the Abercombie source. Historic Marker JT-4, Sandy Point, Westmoreland County, Virginia. "Mary Ball spent her youth in the home of her guardian, George Eskridge. There she was married to Augustine Washington in March, 1791." Wayland, John W. The Washingtons and Their Homes. Clearfield, 1944. Genealogy Publishing Co., Inc., 1988, 2004. Ancestry.com. Page 8, Will of Mary Ball’s Mother.
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