John McDowell

- 1742

• Name	John McDowell
  Birth	Ulster, Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Dec 1742	Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I23019	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	Ephraim McDowell
  Family ID	F13863	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Rev. Alexander McDowell,   b. 1721, Gleno, Raloo, Antrim, Ireland d. 13 Jan 1782 (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F13862	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2019

  
  

• Notes

  "Capt. John McDowell was of Scotch descent and born in the Province of Ulster, Ireland. In early manhood he came to America, settling first in Pennsylvania, and then in Virginia. He became one of the surveyors of Benjamin Borden and was killed by the Indians, December 14, 1742, in the first battle between the whites and Indians in the Virginia valley. He left a family of three children. In 1744 Benjamin Borden married his widow. In Lexington, Va., a monument is erected to the memory of the McDowells." ["The McDowell Family," citation details below.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2988] "The McDowell Family." Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical, and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania, Annual Volume, 1899, ed. William Henry Egle. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1900.