MCGUIRE, Edward

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Catholic
• Arrival: Bef 1747, Frederick County, VA, USA

Notes:

From Encyclopedia of Virginia:

Edward McGuire, son of Constantine and Julia (McElligott) McGuire, was born about 1720, in county Kerry, Ireland. He was offered a commission in the Austrian army by his uncle, John Sigismund McGuire, and left home with the intention of entering that service, but was taken ill with the plague in Lisbon, where he met Bishop Carroll, of Maryland, who persuaded him to come to America. He was in Frederick county, Virginia, before 1747, the date of his first land grant, and was active in the Indian wars, and held a commission in the Fredericksburg line in 1775. He died near Winchester, Virginia, in 1806, and was buried under the old Catholic church in Winchester, which he built and gave to that denomination. He married Elizabeth Wheeler of Prince George county, Maryland, and left surviving issue.

Arrival:
He met Bishop Carroll, of Maryland, who persuaded him to come to America. He was in Frederick county, Virginia, before 1747, the date of his first land grant

Died:
His will was dated July 19, 1806, and was proved on the first of December of that year.

Buried:
In 1806, he died in Winchester and was buried under the chancel of the old Catholic church.

Family/Spouse: WHEELER, Susannah. Susannah was born on 2 Jan 1734/35 in Prince George Co., MD; died before 1774. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. MCGUIRE, Edward was born in Jul 1767 in Winchester, VA; died on 23 Nov 1827 in Woodville near Berryville, VA.

Family/Spouse: DOBIE, Millicent. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Constantine McGuire, son of James and Cecelia McNamara (Reagh) McGuire, was born presumably in county Kerry, Ireland. He married Julia McElligott, in county Kerry, who had issue, among others, a son whose record follows.

Constantine married MCELLENGOT, JuliaCounty Kerry, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Encyclopedia of Virginia:

James McGuire was living in county Fermanagh, Ireland, but owning to political or religious disturbances there in 1641 it is said he left his won native heath and settled near Tralee, McElligott parish, of county Kerry, in Southwest Ireland. Said James McGuire married Cecelia McNamara Reagh, had two sons, John Sigismund and Constantine. John Sigismund McGuire, son of James McGuire, entered the service of the Austrian army in which he had several kinsmen; he was lieutenant-governor of Dresden in 1760, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, and "Lieutenant-general in their Majesties service," which position enabled him to offer military commissions to his less fortunate kinsmen.

James married REAGH, Cecelia McNamara. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]