Thought I'd stir the pot on Hugh Adrain and Elizabeth Engard. I propose that Hugh and Mary Adrain wife of George Harrington of Belfast and after his death wife of Henry Cowden are brother and sister (not proven at this time). I propose this because they live in close proximity in the Belmont area of Loudoun County. If this is true then according to published death records on Mary (Adrain) Cowden her parents are listed as James E. and E. Adrain. She died 9/5/1864 in Loudoun County at the age of 64. I would then propose the following genealogy. Your thoughts, additions or corrections please: Descendants of James E. Adrain Generation No. 1 1. JAMES E. ADRAIN Children of JAMES E. ADRAIN are: 2. i. MARY ADRAIN, b. Bet. 1798 - 1800; d. September 05, 1864, Pleasant Valley, Loudoun, Virginia. 3. ii. HUGH ADRAIN, b. August 12, 1804, , , Ireland; d. January 19, 1852, , Loudoun, Virginia. Generation No. 2 2. MARY ADRAIN (JAMES E.) was born Bet. 1798 - 1800, and died September 05, 1864 in Pleasant Valley, Loudoun, Virginia. She married (1) GEORGE HERRINGTON. He was born in , , Ireland. She married (2) HENRY COWDEN. He was born Abt. 1800, and died Aft. June 1880. More About MARY ADRAIN: Census-1860: July 11, 1860, Bellmont, Loudoun County More About GEORGE HERRINGTON: Occupation: Ran a woolen mill Notes for HENRY COWDEN: Henry Cowden found in: Passenger and Immigration Index, 1500s-1900s Place: Baltimore Year: 1834 Age: 36 Primary immigrant: Cowden, Henry Permanent entry number: 1173351 Accession number: 9565676 Source publication code: 253 Source publication page number: 114 Source publication: BALTIMORE PORT. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Baltimore 1820-1834, from Customs Passenger Lists. General ed. Michael H. Tepper. Transcribed by Elizabeth P. Bentley. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982. 786p. Source: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index More About HENRY COWDEN: Census-1860: July 11, 1860, Bellmont, Loudoun County Census-1880: June 09, 1880, St. Francois County Missouri, Living with grandson Charles Harrington Children of MARY ADRAIN and GEORGE HERRINGTON are: 4. i. GEORGE C3 HERINGTON, b. 1813, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland; d. October 20, 1883, , St. Francois, Missouri. 5. ii. JAMES HERINGTON, b. Bet. 1820 - 1822, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland. Child of MARY ADRAIN and HENRY COWDEN is: iii. JANE3 COWDEN, b. Abt. 1824, , Antrim, Ireland. 3. HUGH ADRAIN (JAMES E.) was born August 12, 1804 in , , Ireland, and died January 19, 1852 in , Loudoun, Virginia. She married ELIZABETH A. ENGARD September 13, 1835. She was born Abt. 1808 in , , Pennsylvania. More About HUGH ADRAIN and ELIZABETH ENGARD: Marriage: September 13, 1835 Children of HUGH ADRAIN and ELIZABETH ENGARD are: 6. i. PETER ENGARD ADRAIN, b. July 22, 1836, , Montgomery, Pennsylvania; d. December 08, 1914. 7. ii. JAMES ALEXANDER ADRIAN, b. September 27, 1838, , Montgomery, Pennsylvania. iii. JOHN MORRIS ADRIAN, b. December 11, 1840, , Loudoun, Virginia. Generation No. 3 4. GEORGE C. HERINGTON (MARY ADRAIN, JAMES E.) was born 1813 in Belfast, Antrim, Ireland, and died October 20, 1883 in , St. Francois, Missouri. He married (1) SARAH ANN MILBURN August 13, 1844 in , Loudoun, Virginia, daughter of JONATHAN MILBOURN and SARAH SAUNDERS. She was born in , Loudoun, Virginia, and died Bet. 1857 - 1860. He married (2) MARY ELLEN GHEEN February 05, 1861 in , Loudoun, Virginia, daughter of THOMAS GHEEN and DELILAH. She was born Bet. 1837 - 1840 in , , Virginia, and died 1922. More About GEORGE C. HERINGTON: Burial: Iron Mountain Cemetery, Iron Mountain, St. Francois, Missouri Occupation: Farmer More About SARAH ANN MILBURN: Ancestral File Number: 1Z6N-XB9 Burial: , Loudoun, Virginia Occupation: Laborer More About GEORGE HERINGTON and SARAH MILBURN: Bondsman: George W. Miskell Marriage: August 13, 1844, , Loudoun, Virginia More About MARY ELLEN GHEEN: Burial: , Alexandria, Virginia More About GEORGE HERINGTON and MARY GHEEN: Marriage: February 05, 1861, , Loudoun, Virginia Children of GEORGE HERINGTON and SARAH MILBURN are: i. JOHN HENRY HERINGTON, b. Abt. 1845, , Loudoun, Virginia. 8. ii. CHARLES GIDEON HERINGTON, b. 1843, , Loudoun, Virginia; d. August 26, 1928, Alexandria, Fairfax, Virginia. 9. iii. JAMES HERINGTON, b. Abt. 1849, , Loudoun, Virginia. 10. iv. HUGH J. HERRINGTON, b. Abt. 1850, , Loudoun, Virginia. v. THOMAS J. HERINGTON, b. Abt. 1852, Loudoun, Virginia. More About THOMAS J. HERINGTON: Census-1870: Living at house 163 family 165 in Iron Mountain, St. Francois, Missouri and working as a Teamster 11. vi. GEORGE WASHINGTON HARRINGTON, b. June 03, 1853, , Loudoun, Virginia; d. March 26, 1927, Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland. vii. WALLACE HERINGTON, b. Abt. 1856, , Loudoun, Virginia. More About WALLACE HERINGTON: Census-1870: Living at house 163 family 165 in Iron Mountain, St. Francois, Missouri and working as a water carrier viii. UNKNOWN HARRINGTON, b. October 03, 1857, Loudoun, Virginia; d. October 04, 1857, Loudoun, Virginia. Children of GEORGE HERINGTON and MARY GHEEN are: ix. DAVID HARRINGTON, b. Abt. 1862, , Loudoun, Virginia; m. MARY MCCUEN, April 25, 1886, Alexandria, Fairfax, Virginia; b. Abt. 1865. More About DAVID HARRINGTON: Occupation: Worked for the Southern Railroad More About DAVID HARRINGTON and MARY MCCUEN: Marriage: April 25, 1886, Alexandria, Fairfax, Virginia 12. x. PETER THADDEUS HARRINGTON, b. February 02, 1866, Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia; d. March 08, 1943, Charleston, , South Carolina. 13. xi. HANNAH HARRINGTON, b. Bet. 1870 - 1872, , St. Francois, Missouri. 14. xii. MARGARET A. HERRINGTON, b. Abt. 1874, , St. Francois, Missouri. 15. xiii. JOSHUA HARRINGTON, b. May 19, 1877, , St. Francois, Missouri; d. November 28, 1930. 16. xiv. SAMUEL L. HARRINGTON, b. February 16, 1880, , St. Francois, Missouri; d. January 21, 1923. 5. JAMES HERINGTON (MARY ADRAIN, JAMES E.) was born Bet. 1820 - 1822 in Belfast, Antrim, Ireland. He married HANNAH in Ireland. She was born Bet. 1810 - 1818 in Belfast, Antrim, Ireland. More About JAMES HERINGTON: Occupation: Shoemaker More About JAMES HERINGTON and HANNAH: Marriage: Ireland Children of JAMES HERINGTON and HANNAH are: i. MARY HERENTON, b. Abt. 1842, , Loudoun, Virginia. ii. MARGARET HERINGTON, b. Bet. 1842 - 1844, , , Maryland. iii. BETSY HERENTON, b. Abt. 1846. iv. ELIZABETH HERINGTON, b. Abt. 1847, , Loudoun, Virginia. v. ANN M. HERINGTON, b. Bet. July 1850 - 1852, , Loudoun, Virginia. vi. MARY J. HERENTON, b. Abt. 1852. vii. HENRY H. HERINGTON, b. March 06, 1853, , Loudoun, Virginia. viii. MATILDA HERENTON, b. Abt. 1856, , Loudoun, Virginia. ix. BETSY HERENTON, b. Abt. 1857, , Loudoun, Virginia. x. ISABELL HERENTON, b. Abt. 1859, , Loudoun, Virginia. xi. SARAH HERENTON, b. Abt. 1861, , Loudoun, Virginia. 6. PETER ENGARD ADRAIN (HUGH, JAMES E.) was born July 22, 1836 in , Montgomery, Pennsylvania, and died December 08, 1914. He married HARRIET. Children of PETER ADRAIN and HARRIET are: i. ANNA ADRIAN, b. September 27, 1866, near Belmont, Loudoun, Virginia. ii. LLOYD ADRIAN, b. May 01, 1880, , Loudoun, Virginia. 7. JAMES ALEXANDER ADRIAN (HUGH ADRAIN, JAMES E.) was born September 27, 1838 in , Montgomery, Pennsylvania. He married OLIVIA ELIZABETH HAVENNER May 26, 1868. She was born 1852 in , Loudoun, Virginia. More About JAMES ADRIAN and OLIVIA HAVENNER: Marriage: May 26, 1868 Children of JAMES ADRIAN and OLIVIA HAVENNER are: i. JAMES H. ADRIAN, b. May 22, 1872, near Farmwell Station, Loudoun, Virginia. ii. CARLE A. ADRIAN, b. December 28, 1873, near Farmwell Station, Loudoun, Virginia. iii. CLAUDIAN ADRIAN, b. November 23, 1875, Broad Run District, Loudoun, Virginia; d. March 14, 1880. iv. EUGENE ADRIAN, b. September 06, 1877, near Farmwell Station, Loudoun, Virginia.