MCGUIRE, Edward

1720 - Bef 1806  (< 86 years)

• Name	MCGUIRE, Edward
  Birth	1720	Ardfert near Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	Bef 1747	Frederick County, VA, USA   [2]
  	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
  Religion	Catholic  [3]
  Burial	1806	Winchster, Frederick, VA USA   [4]
  	In 1806, he died in Winchester and was buried under the chancel of the old Catholic church.
  Death	Bef 1 Dec 1806	Winchester, VA   [5]
  	His will was dated July 19, 1806, and was proved on the first of December of that year.
  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. [6]
  Person ID	I962	Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	MCGUIRE, Constantine,   b. County Kerry, Ireland
  Mother	MCELLENGOT, Julia
  Marriage	County Kerry, Ireland   [7]
  Family ID	F379	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	WHEELER, Susannah,   b. 2 Jan 1734/35, Prince George Co., MD d. Bef 1774 (Age < 38 years)
  Children	1. MCGUIRE, Edward,   b. Jul 1767, Winchester, VA d. 23 Nov 1827, Woodville near Berryville, VA (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F377	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	DOBIE, Millicent
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2023
  Family ID	F3728	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1720 - Ardfert near Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland Arrival - Bef 1747 - Frederick County, VA, USA Burial - 1806 - Winchster, Frederick, VA USA Death - Bef 1 Dec 1806 - Winchester, VA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S629] Frederica Holmes Trapnell, John Macky, He had been born at Ardfert near Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland, in 1720. . [S542] LYON GARDINER TYLER, LL. D., (NEW YORK-LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY -1915), 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. [S629] Frederica Holmes Trapnell, John Macky, Edward Mcguire was, of course, a Catholic and gave the ground as well as contributing largely to the building of the Catholic Church in Winchester, the first church of that denomination in the Valley of Virgini. [S629] Frederica Holmes Trapnell, John Macky. [S629] Frederica Holmes Trapnell, John Macky, His will was dated July 19, 1806, and was proved on the first of December of that year. (Fred. Co., Will Bk. 8, p 270-273). [S542] LYON GARDINER TYLER, LL. D., (NEW YORK-LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY -1915). [S542] LYON GARDINER TYLER, LL. D., (NEW YORK-LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY -1915), 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.