Descendants of William Lafferty

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  WILLIAM¹ LAFFERTY was born Abt. 1700 in Dublin, Ireland.

       

Children of WILLIAM LAFFERTY are:

2.                i.    RALPH² LAFFERTY, b. 1718, Kilcoskan, Dublin, Ireland; d. 1792, Bath County, Virginia.

3.               ii.    ANN LAFFERTY, b. 1719, Kilcoskan, Dublin, Ireland; d. Augusta County, Virginia.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  RALPH² LAFFERTY (WILLIAM¹) was born 1718 in Kilcoskan, Dublin, Ireland, and died 1792 in Bath County, Virginia.  He married (1) ELIZABETH STUART 1742 in Augusta County, Virginia, daughter of ARCHIBALD STUART and JANET BROWN.  She was born 1718 in Dunblane Perth, Scotland, and died 1764 in Bath County, Virginia.  He married (2) JANE HICKLIN 1764 in Bath County, Virginia.  She was born Abt. 1740 in Virginia, and died in Bath County, Virginia.

 

More About RALPH LAFFERTY:

Burial: Windy Grove Church Cemetery

Where Buried: Windy Grove Church Cemetery

 

More About RALPH LAFFERTY and ELIZABETH STUART:

Marriage: 1742, Augusta County, Virginia

 

More About RALPH LAFFERTY and JANE HICKLIN:

Marriage: 1764, Bath County, Virginia

       

Children of RALPH LAFFERTY and ELIZABETH STUART are:

4.                i.    SARAH³ LAFFERTY, b. 1745, Bath County, Virginia; d. 1809, Union, West Virginia.

                  ii.    AGNUS LAFFERTY, b. 1743.

                 iii.    MARTHA LAFFERTY, b. 1747.

                 iv.    WILLIAM LAFFERTY, b. 1749.

                  v.    REBECCA LAFFERTY, b. 1751.

                 vi.    RALPH LAFFERTY, b. 1753.

                vii.    JAMES LAFFERTY, b. 1755.

               viii.    STEELE LAFFERTY, b. Bet. 1742 - 1764.

 

 

3.  ANN² LAFFERTY (WILLIAM¹) was born 1719 in Kilcoskan, Dublin, Ireland, and died in Augusta County, Virginia.  She married (1) JAMES STUART Abt. 1739 in Augusta County, Virginia, son of ARCHIBALD STUART and JANET BROWN.  He was born April 12, 1719 in Dunblane Perth, Scotland, and died 1757 in Killed by Indians in Dinwiddle Massacre.  She married (2) LT. THOMAS ARMSTRONG Abt. 1763 in Augusta County, Virginia.  He was born Abt. 1720.

 

Notes for JAMES STUART:

In 1746/47 a James STUART worked on a road in Augusta County, VA (Chalkey, 1980: 1: 26). He had arrived ca. 1840 from his birthplace, Ulster. James STUART settled his family in the Shenandoah Valley, in an area called "the cowpasture", and at Tygart Valley. This lineage is well documented (Dickerson 1966). This James served during the Indian Wars. Another (undocumented) relative named William STUART settled on the Monongahela, at a site named by Braddock "STUART's Crossing".

 

This James STUART was captured with his son James, Jr., by Pawnee in 1757, he was burnt at the stake in front of his son. The son later escaped. [The event is sometimes referred to as the "Dinwiddie" massacre.]

 

On November 17, 1757, Ann Stuart administered the will of her deceased husband, James. On February 17, 1762 Orphans Court of Augusta County, 18-year-old James Stuart, Jr., orphan of James Stuart, was bound out to John Hamilton as his guardian; his 15-year-old brother Ralph Stuart chose his older brother Robert Stuart as his guardian; and his 14-year-old brother John Stuart chose Henry Murray as his guardian.

 

On September 24, 1763, Lt. Thomas Armstrong and Ann, his wife (late Ann STUART, administratix of James STUART), were summoned to render accounts (Chalkey 1980, I: 78, 95, 109). Accountings of the property of James STUART(s) were made in 1757 and 1758, in Augusta County (Torrence 1985).

 

 

 

 

More About JAMES STUART:

Burial: Augusta County, Virginia

 

More About JAMES STUART and ANN LAFFERTY:

Marriage: Abt. 1739, Augusta County, Virginia

 

More About LT. ARMSTRONG and ANN LAFFERTY:

Marriage: Abt. 1763, Augusta County, Virginia

       

Children of ANN LAFFERTY and JAMES STUART are:

5.                i.    RALPH³ STUART, b. January 17, 1746/47, Augusta County, Virginia; d. November 13, 1835, Logan County, Virginia.

                  ii.    ROBERT STUART, b. 1739, Ireland; d. 1809, Augusta County, Virginia; m. ELIZABETH CARTMELL, August 18, 1762, Augusta County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1742, Augusta County, Virginia.

 

More About ROBERT STUART and ELIZABETH CARTMELL:

Marriage: August 18, 1762, Augusta County, Virginia

 

                 iii.    JAMES STUART, b. 1744, Augusta County, Virginia; d. 1779, Shot while crossing the Greenbrier River, Revolutionary War; m. ISABEL FOSTER, August 20, 1766, Augusta County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1746, Augusta County, Virginia.

 

More About JAMES STUART and ISABEL FOSTER:

Marriage: August 20, 1766, Augusta County, Virginia

 

6.              iv.    JOHN STUART, b. 1748, Augusta County, Virginia; d. December 15, 1778, Shepherds Fort, Ohio County, Virginia.

                  v.    ELIZABETH STUART, b. 1750.

                 vi.    MARY STUART, b. 1752.

                vii.    WILLIAM STUART, b. 1754.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

4.  SARAH³ LAFFERTY (RALPH², WILLIAM¹) was born 1745 in Bath County, Virginia, and died 1809 in Union, West Virginia.  She married ALEXANDER CLARK 1765 in Augusta County, Virginia, son of JAMES CLARK and ELIZABETH SUMMERS.  He was born 1740 in Augusta County, Virginia, and died 1794 in Greenbriar County, Virginia.

 

More About ALEXANDER CLARK and SARAH LAFFERTY:

Marriage: 1765, Augusta County, Virginia

       

Children of SARAH LAFFERTY and ALEXANDER CLARK are:

7.                i.    REBECCA⁴ CLARK, b. Abt. 1769, Greenbriar County, Virginia; d. 1841, Monroe County, West Virginia.

                  ii.    JAMES CLARK, b. 1767, Augusta County, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia; m. SUSANNA JAMESON, May 14, 1794, Greenbriar County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1774, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia.

 

More About JAMES CLARK and SUSANNA JAMESON:

Marriage: May 14, 1794, Greenbriar County, Virginia

 

                 iii.    WILLIAM CLARK, b. 1771, Augusta County, Virginia; d. MOnroe County, Virginia; m. NELLY BENSON, February 02, 1808, Monroe County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1788, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia.

 

More About WILLIAM CLARK and NELLY BENSON:

Marriage: February 02, 1808, Monroe County, Virginia

 

                 iv.    RALPH CLARK, b. 1773, Greenbriar County, Virginia; d. 1829, Monroe County, West Virginia; m. ELIZABETH 'BETSY' HOPKINS, March 12, 1794, Greenbriar County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1774, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia.

 

More About RALPH CLARK and ELIZABETH HOPKINS:

Marriage: March 12, 1794, Greenbriar County, Virginia

 

                  v.    ALEXANDER JR. CLARK, b. 1775, Greenbriar County, Virginia; d. 1847, Monroe County, West Virginia; m. MARY HAWKINS, 1797, Greenbriar County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1777, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia.

 

More About ALEXANDER CLARK and MARY HAWKINS:

Marriage: 1797, Greenbriar County, Virginia

 

                 vi.    JOHN CLARK, b. 1778, Greenbriar County, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia; m. SUSANNA BALLARD, 1800, Greenbriar County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1780, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia.

 

More About JOHN CLARK and SUSANNA BALLARD:

Marriage: 1800, Greenbriar County, Virginia

 

                vii.    MARTHA CLARK, b. 1780, Augusta County, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia; m. JOHN CAMBELL, 1804, Greenbriar County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1780, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia.

 

More About JOHN CAMBELL and MARTHA CLARK:

Marriage: 1804, Greenbriar County, Virginia

 

               viii.    SAMUEL CLARK, b. 1782, Greenbriar County, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia; m. MARY 'POLLY' CAMBELL, 1804, Greenbriar County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1784, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia.

 

More About SAMUEL CLARK and MARY CAMBELL:

Marriage: 1804, Greenbriar County, Virginia

 

 

5.  RALPH³ STUART (ANN² LAFFERTY, WILLIAM¹) was born January 17, 1746/47 in Augusta County, Virginia, and died November 13, 1835 in Logan County, Virginia.  He married (1) MARY ELLIOT Abt. 1768 in Augusta County, Virginia.  She was born Abt. 1748 in Virginia, and died Bet. 1785 - 1788 in Augusta County, Virginia.  He married (2) MARY CLAY June 25, 1788 in Montgomery County, Virginia, daughter of MITCHELL CLAY and PHOEBE BELCHER.  She was born 1772 in Bedford County, Virginia, and died Bet. 1846 - 1850 in Logan County, Virginia.

 

More About RALPH STUART and MARY ELLIOT:

Marriage: Abt. 1768, Augusta County, Virginia

 

More About RALPH STUART and MARY CLAY:

Marriage: June 25, 1788, Montgomery County, Virginia

       

Children of RALPH STUART and MARY ELLIOT are:

                   i.    JOHN⁴ STUART, b. 1769, Augusta County, Virginia; d. Montgomery County, Virginia; m. SUSANNAH SMITH; b. Abt. 1769, Virginia; d. Montgomery County, Virginia.

                  ii.    ABSOLOM STUART, b. 1770, Augusta County, Virginia; d. Montgomery County, Virginia; m. TABITHA CLAY, May 26, 1798, Montgomery County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1770, Virginia; d. Montgomery County, Virginia.

 

More About ABSOLOM STUART and TABITHA CLAY:

Marriage: May 26, 1798, Montgomery County, Virginia

 

                 iii.    CHARLES STUART, b. 1771, Augusta County, Virginia; d. Montgomery County, Virginia; m. NANCY COOKE; b. Abt. 1771, Virginia; d. Montgomery County, Virginia.

                 iv.    RALPH STUART, b. 1772, Augusta County, Virginia; d. Montgomery County, Virginia; m. ELIZABETH ELLIOT; b. Abt. 1772, Virginia; d. Montgomery County, Virginia.

                  v.    JAMES ELLIOTT STUART, b. 1775, Augusta County, Virginia; d. Montgomery County, Virginia; m. NANCY ANN BURGESS, June 07, 1798, Montgomery County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1774, Virginia; d. Montgomery County, Virginia.

 

More About JAMES STUART and NANCY BURGESS:

Marriage: June 07, 1798, Montgomery County, Virginia

 

                 vi.    MARY ANN STUART, b. 1773, Augusta County, Virginia; d. Montgomery County, Virginia; m. WILLIAM WALKER, November 15, 1791, Montgomery County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1773, Virginia; d. Montgomery County, Virginia.

 

More About WILLIAM WALKER and MARY STUART:

Marriage: November 15, 1791, Montgomery County, Virginia

 

                vii.    RICHARD STUART, b. 1774, Augusta County, Virginia.

 

       

Children of RALPH STUART and MARY CLAY are:

8.            viii.    MARGARET 'PEGGY'⁴ STEWART, b. 1802, Giles County, Virginia; d. Bet. 1870 - 1880, Parke County, Indiana.

                  ix.    PHOEBE STEWART, b. 1789, Augusta County, Virginia; m. SAMUEL MORGAN; b. Abt. 1789.

                   x.    KATHERINE STEWART, b. June 15, 1790, Augusta County, Virginia; m. WILLIAM COOK; b. Abt. 1790.

                  xi.    MITCHELL STEWART, b. 1791.

                 xii.    REBECCA STEWART, b. 1793; m. ISAAC CHAPMAN, August 15, 1811, Giles County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1785, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia.

 

More About ISAAC CHAPMAN and REBECCA STEWART:

Marriage: August 15, 1811, Giles County, Virginia

 

                xiii.    ROBERT STEWART, b. 1795.

                xiv.    SARAH STEWART, b. 1797; m. DANIEL GUNNOE, November 01, 1815, Giles County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1797.

 

More About DANIEL GUNNOE and SARAH STEWART:

Marriage: November 01, 1815, Giles County, Virginia

 

                 xv.    WILLIAM R. STEWART, b. 1801.

                xvi.    AMY STEWART, b. 1805.

               xvii.    HENRY STEWART, b. 1806.

              xviii.    CHARLES STEWART, b. May 08, 1808.

                xix.    GEORGE PEARIS STEWART, b. June 06, 1810.

                 xx.    ORA STEWART, b. January 30, 1812.

                xxi.    JOHN CANTERBURY STEWART, b. 1805; d. 1870.

 

 

6.  JOHN³ STUART (ANN² LAFFERTY, WILLIAM¹) was born 1748 in Augusta County, Virginia, and died December 15, 1778 in Shepherds Fort, Ohio County, Virginia.  He married MARY HAMILTON Abt. 1770 in Augusta County, Virginia, daughter of WILLIAM HAMILTON.  She was born Abt. 1750 in Augusta County, Virginia, and died December 15, 1778 in Shepherds Fort, Ohio County, Virginia.

 

Notes for JOHN STUART:

John, orphaned with brothers Robert, James and Ralph, chose Henry Murray as his guardian in Augusta County Orphan's Court 17 Feb 1762; he was then 14; John STUART married the daughter of William Hamilton (Dickerson 1966). John served in Capt. Shelby's company in the Mt. Pleasant Indian War.

John STUART removed to Tyrone Twp. in Bedford County before 1772, where he is listed as a resident (Veech 1892: 203).

 

In 1777/78 John Stuart, his wife, their child, and a sister-in-law Miss Hamilton were attacked, on December 15th. STUART, his wife and child were killed, and Miss Hamilton was taken captive. They were discovered by John Haddon, who notified a Capt. Wilson, who lived twenty miles further down the valley. Wilson pursued with thirty men, but was forced to abandon the chase (De Haas 1851: 222 et seq.). This occurred in the Tygart's Valley settlements according to STUART (1981: 342), rather than near Shepherd's Fort [assuming that Sheperd's Fort can only be the Wheeling location].

 

 

 

More About JOHN STUART:

Burial: Killed by Indians

 

More About MARY HAMILTON:

Burial: Killed by Indians

 

More About JOHN STUART and MARY HAMILTON:

Marriage: Abt. 1770, Augusta County, Virginia

       

Child of JOHN STUART and MARY HAMILTON is:

                   i.    INFANT⁴ STUART, b. Bet. 1770 - 1778, Augusta County, Virginia; d. December 15, 1778, Shepherds Fort, Ohio County, Virginia.

 

More About INFANT STUART:

Burial: Killed by Indians

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

7.  REBECCA⁴ CLARK (SARAH³ LAFFERTY, RALPH², WILLIAM¹) was born Abt. 1769 in Greenbriar County, Virginia, and died 1841 in Monroe County, West Virginia.  She married SAMUEL CANTLEY 1787 in Greenbriar County, Virginia, son of JOHN CANTLEY and ELINOR LINDSAY.  He was born Bet. 1760 - 1770 in Greenbriar County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1810 in Monroe County, West Virginia.

 

More About SAMUEL CANTLEY and REBECCA CLARK:

Marriage: 1787, Greenbriar County, Virginia

Marriage date: 1787, by John Alderson

       

Children of REBECCA CLARK and SAMUEL CANTLEY are:

9.                i.    JAMES ALEXANDER⁵ CANTLEY, b. February 10, 1800, Indian Creek, Monroe County, West Virginia; d. 1881, Kanawha County, West Virginia.

                  ii.    ELEANOR CANTLEY, b. 1792, Greenbriar County, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia; m. JOHN WYATT, May 16, 1812, MOnroe County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1792, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia.

 

More About JOHN WYATT and ELEANOR CANTLEY:

Marriage: May 16, 1812, MOnroe County, Virginia

 

                 iii.    ALEXANDER JAMES CANTLEY, b. February 23, 1794, Giles County, Virginia; d. March 02, 1884, Monroe County, Virginia; m. JANE NICKEL, May 09, 1821, Greenbriar County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1800, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia.

 

More About ALEXANDER CANTLEY and JANE NICKEL:

Marriage: May 09, 1821, Greenbriar County, Virginia

 

                 iv.    JOHN CANTLEY, b. 1796, Monroe County, West Virginia; d. 1859, Drowned in Monroe County, Virginia.

 

More About JOHN CANTLEY:

Cause of Death (2): Drowned!

 

                  v.    SARAH CANTLEY, b. 1799, Greenbriar County, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia; m. ST. CLAIRE ABBOTT, March 20, 1820, Greenbriar County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1799, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia.

 

More About ST. ABBOTT and SARAH CANTLEY:

Marriage: March 20, 1820, Greenbriar County, Virginia

 

                 vi.    MARY 'POLLY' CANTLEY, b. 1803, Greenbriar County, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia; m. THOMAS SCOTT, February 01, 1823, Greenbriar County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1803, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia.

 

More About THOMAS SCOTT and MARY CANTLEY:

Marriage: February 01, 1823, Greenbriar County, Virginia

 

                vii.    REBECCA CANTLEY, b. 1809, Greenbriar County, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia; m. BOOKER MARTIN, September 17, 1832, Greenbriar County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1809, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia.

 

More About BOOKER MARTIN and REBECCA CANTLEY:

Marriage: September 17, 1832, Greenbriar County, Virginia

 

               viii.    WILLIAM CANTLEY, b. 1807, Greenbriar County, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia; m. JANE LIVELY, September 14, 1829, Greenbriar County, Virginia; b. Abt. 1807, Virginia; d. Monroe County, Virginia.

 

More About WILLIAM CANTLEY and JANE LIVELY:

Marriage: September 14, 1829, Greenbriar County, Virginia

 

 

8.  MARGARET 'PEGGY'⁴ STEWART (RALPH³ STUART, ANN² LAFFERTY, WILLIAM¹) was born 1802 in Giles County, Virginia, and died Bet. 1870 - 1880 in Parke County, Indiana.  She married FRANCIS HENDRICKS March 29, 1820 in Giles County, Virginia, son of DANIEL HENDRICKS and ANNE KEATLEY.  He was born 1802 in Giles County, Virginia, and died Bet. 1860 - 1870 in Wyoming County, West Virginia.

 

More About FRANCIS HENDRICKS and MARGARET STEWART:

Marriage: March 29, 1820, Giles County, Virginia

       

Children of MARGARET STEWART and FRANCIS HENDRICKS are:

10.              i.    ELLEN⁵ HENDRICKS, b. 1821, Raleigh County, West Virginia; d. September 18, 1901, Raleigh County, West Virginia.

                  ii.    HENRY S. HENDRICKS, b. 1825, Raleigh County, (West) Virginia.

11.            iii.    WILLIAM HENDRICKS, b. 1826, Raleigh County, (West) Virginia; d. Bet. 1857 - 1860, Raleigh County, (West) Virginia.

                 iv.    AUGUSTUS HENDRICKS, b. Abt. 1830.

                  v.    GORDAN HENDRICKS, b. Abt. 1832.

                 vi.    EMILY HENDRICKS, b. Abt. 1834.

                vii.    MARGARET HENDRICKS, b. Abt. 1836.

               viii.    ANNA HENDRICKS, b. Abt. 1838.

                  ix.    MARY HENDRICKS, b. Abt. 1840.

                   x.    FRANCES HENDRICKS, b. Abt. 1842.

                  xi.    GEORGE HENDRICKS, b. Abt. 1842.

                 xii.    CORDILLIA HENDRICKS, b. Abt. 1844.

                xiii.    JULIA HENDRICKS, b. Abt. 1846.

                xiv.    JAMES KEATLEY HENDRICKS, b. Abt. 1848.

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

9.  JAMES ALEXANDER⁵ CANTLEY (REBECCA⁴ CLARK, SARAH³ LAFFERTY, RALPH², WILLIAM¹) was born February 10, 1800 in Indian Creek, Monroe County, West Virginia, and died 1881 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.  He married MASSEY ELLISON February 10, 1820 in Monroe County, West Virginia, daughter of JAMES ELLISON and ELIZABETH FARLEY.  She was born October 20, 1803 in Monroe County, West Virginia, and died April 15, 1858 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

 

More About JAMES CANTLEY and MASSEY ELLISON:

Marriage: February 10, 1820, Monroe County, West Virginia

       

Children of JAMES