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Thaddeus MCCARTY, Colonel

Thaddeus MCCARTY, Colonel

Male 1739 - 1812  (73 years)

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  • Name Thaddeus MCCARTY  [1, 2, 3
    Suffix Colonel 
    Born 1739  Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID L8MH-DTF 
    Reference Number 7450 
    _UID 2DC00354C3104F2EB538F04437047A57C15D 
    Died 4 Aug 1812  Leesburg, Loudon Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I2729  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2022 

    Father Major Dennis Sutton MCCARTY,   b. 7 Nov 1704, Popes Creek Landing, Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1742, Fairfax, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Mother Sarah Martha BALL,   b. 13 Jan 1705, Lancaster, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1744  (Age 38 years) 
    Married 22 Sep 1724  Lancaster, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Some records {including Wayne Greene} indicate place of marriage as Westmoreland County, Virginia, American Colony. {REF: FGR for Dennis McCARTY - AFN:VDPM-DK} [LDK]

      Donahue GEDCOM file references "Genealogies of Virginia Families", Vol. III, p 588 in listing wedding date as 22 Sept 1724. [LDK]

      Darlene Homme record indicates marriage occurred at Cople Parish, Westmoreland Co.,VA. [SOURCE: "The McCarty Family" by Darlene Homme]

      WFT Vol.3, Ed.1, Pedigree #3918 indicates marriage was in Lancaster County, Virginia. [LDK]
    Family ID F1299  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Married 20 Apr 1768  Lancaster Co., VA (?Mount Vernon) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Some records indicate d of m as May 19, 1758; some as Aug 20, 1768. [LDK]
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F1298  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Donahue GED2HTML record indicates: Thaddeus McCarty - d of b before 1738.
      File indicates Thaddeus married SARAH ELIZABETH RICHARDSON on 20 April 1768 at George Washington's home. {Cites "Genealogies of Colonial Virginia Families", Vol. III, Wm & Mary College, p. 593 as SOURCE}; d of d 1812 {Cites "Genealogies of Virginia Families", William & Mary Quarterly, Vol. III, p. 613 as SOURCE}. [LDK]

      Darlene Homme records refer to Thaddeus as Colonel Thaddeus. [LDK]

      WFT Vol.3, Ed.1, Pedigree #3918 indicates Thaddeus was born 1730 in Prince William/ Loudoun County, Virginia, and died Aug 4, 1812 in Loudoun County, Virginia. This file indicates marriage date (to Sarah Elizabeth Richardson) as April 20, 1768 in Mount Vernon. It also indicated the couples place of residence as the Newington Plantation, near Leesburg, Loudoun Co, VA. Thaddeus was Vestryman and Church Warden (1771-1776) at St. Mary's Parish, Lancaster Co., VA. {Source is cited as: MaryLou McHaffie Ramsey - 6797 Radford Rd - Athens, OHIO. [LDK]
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      Mary Lou McHaffie Ramsey
      This record indicates: Thaddeus was vestryman, St. Mary's Parish, Lancaster Co. VA 1771-1776 (episcopal); church warden 1771-1776. In 1740 his father patented 1,235 acres in Loudon Co for Thaddeus; one source shows 1,220 acres instead. Land on Goose Creek, Loudon Co. Note: he had cousin Thaddeus b. about same time who m. Ann Chinn and d. in 1788 per A. L. Keith.

      Please verify / prove information and notify contributor of corrections / errors.
      Information amassed from various sources - family records, official publications &
      documents, gedcom files from relatives, etc.

  • Sources 
    1. [S33] Ancestral File - Family History Department - FGRs & IRs, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints [Various submitters], (Genealogical information submitted to FHD since 1978), AFN:VDPM-92 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S479] BALL Family of Lancaster Co. VA, Compiled by Susan Smith, (Last updated September 25, 1999 Susan Smith - 4970 Hickory Shores Blvd - Gulf Breeze, FL 32561 - Email: [email protected]), Chart II - Lancaster Ball Family (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S486] McHAFFIE FAMILIES: "WCP" at RootsWeb, Mary Lou McHaffie Ramsey , (Updated Oct 22, 2001), ID: I1256 FGR for Thaddeus McCarty and Sarah Elizabeth Rich ardson (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S487] Donahue GED2HTML - dustin.GED (15 Sept 1999), Dustin Donahue Gedcom file contains 14731 individuals, 5692 families from file \FTW\dustin.GED (15 Sept 1999), S3818 (Reliability: 3).