A description of the Battle of the Boyne can be found in my blog entitled Col. The house where he lived and the shop where he wrought were in the village of Gleno. He had been training to be a blacksmith with his father Thomas who was a master blacksmith. Ephraim shod the King’s white horse the night before the battle. Ephrain went with forces supporting King William of Orange to the Battle of the Boyne at Old bridge near Drogheda, a good distance, perhaps more than a hundred seventy miles. It is this Ephraim who was a remarkable man who led a long and adventurous life.Įphrain was only sixteen when he was pressed to the siege of Londonderry in the year 1690. Margaret died in 1728, the year before Ephraim immigrated, and is buried in a church yard in Raloo, Ireland. The future “Pleasant Garden” McDowell and “Quaker Meadows” McDowell were descendants of Charles who was the son of Ephraim’s brother Joseph (perhaps called John).Įphraim Samuel McDowell was born in Londonderry, Ireland in 1673 and married his first cousin, Margaret Elizabeth Irvin who was the daughter of Robert and Margaret Wylie Irvin. It is this Charles McDowell which is the grandfather to both Joseph “Pleasant Gardens” McDowell and Joseph “Quaker Meadows” McDowell.Īs noted, the remaining discussion will be with Charles and his uncle Ephraim and their descendants. and his wife Rachael Cathy (1688-1754) immigrated to Pennsylvania. John McDowell and Anne Locke’s son Charles McDowell (1670-1736). It has been stated the Ephraim immigrated with two daughters and three son-in-laws but I do not know the details on this although daughter Margaret is stated to be the second daughter to immigrate. She lived to the age of 109.Įphraim’s sons John and James, daughter Mary Elizabeth McDowell Greenlee with husband James Greenlee all immigrated in 1729 and eventually settled in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Sons John, Alexander and Robert immigrated and lived in Pennsylvania.ĭaughters Sarah, with Husband John Archibald McCue, immigrated and lived in Prince Edward, Virginia where they were the parents of five sons and three daughters. However, more of Thomas and Anne’s children immigrated to America. He is the subject of much of the main course of this blog to come. Thomas and Anne’s son Ephrain Samuel McDowell (1673-1774), immigrated to the American colonies. Alexander and Margaret’s son Thomas McDowell (1635-1682) married Anne Locke (1640-1685) in Antrim. John and Mary’s son Alexander (1595-1652) married Margaret Hull and lived in Antrim, Ireland. View toward McDowell County, faint mountains in background
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