Capt John McDowell

1714 - 1742  (28 years)

• Name	Capt John McDowell  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	1714	County Antrim, Northern Ireland   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Dec 1742	Balcony Falls, Rockbridge, Colonial Virginia   [1, 2]
  	Killed in battle with Indians.
  Buried	Fairfield, Rockbridge, Colonial Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	P3241	Woelfel Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Sir Ephraim McDowell,   b. 1673, Londonderry, Northern Ireland ,   d. 1774, Timber Ridge, Rockbridge, Colonial Virginia  (Age 101 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Irvine (McDowell),   b. 7 Sep 1674, Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland ,   d. May 1728, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland  (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1721
  Family ID	F681	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria Magdalena Woods (Bowyer),   b. 12 Nov 1706, Dunshauglin Castle, Meath, Ireland ,   d. 1810, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA  (Age 103 years)
  Married	1734	Colonial Pennsylvania   [3]
  Children	1. Samuel McDowell,   b. 29 Oct 1735, Lanchester, Pennsylvania ,   d. 25 Sep 1817, Boyle County, Kentucky, USA  (Age 81 years)  [natural]   2. James McDowell,   b. 1739, Rockbridge County, Colonial Virginia ,   d. Oct 1771, Fayette County, Colonial Kentucky  (Age 32 years)  [natural] + 3. Sarah Martha McDowell (Moffett),   b. 16 Oct 1741, Augusta County, Virginia, USA ,   d. 23 Aug 1805, Staunton, Staunton City, Virginia, USA  (Age 63 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Killed in battle with Indians Son of Ephram McDowell and Margaret Wylie Irvine John married Magdalena Woods, daughter of Michael Woods and Margaret Campbell. He was a surveyor. John and seven militiamen under his command were killed on December 18,1742 (OS) by Iroquois Indians on a raiding skirmish. Reference: Action on the Galudoghson December 14, 1742, Colonel James Patton, Captain John McDowell and the first battle with the Indians in the valley of Virginia, by Lyman Copeland Draper, Edited with an introduction by Jarod C. Lobdell.

  
  

• Sources

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