Hi, I do not care which way it is about ole Archibald- my 4 g gfather, but the legislative biography written in SC indicates that William McDonald's g father was Richard Richardson. Daniel was Archibald's father, but who was his mother and who were Daniel's parents? Happy hunting! Camp Gilliam [email protected] wrote: > Subject: > > SCSUMTER-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 51 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [SCSUMTER-L] Wives and Children of [Wm McI <[email protected]>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from SCSUMTER-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [SCSUMTER-L] Wives and Children of Col. Archibald McDONALD > Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 17:28:24 EDT > From: Wm McI <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > Hello, > > I'm interested in any sources of information on the wives and children of Col. > Archibald McDONALD of Revolutionary War fame. > > Ames, "Cantey Family" SCHS: states that Archibald was married to Martha > RICHARDSON (d/o Gen. Richard RICHARDSON and Mary CANTEY) and assumes that his > three children to reach adulthood (Susannah McDONALD, Martha Neilson McDONALD, > and William McDONALD) were the children of Martha RICHARDSON. > > BUT: Brunson & Brunson, Four Centuries of Brunson and Allied Families make a > pretty convincing case that Martha RICHARDSON would have been Archibald's > second wife and that first wife Margaret NEILSON (NELSON) would in all > likelihood been the mother of some if not all of these children. > > I Know a lot of us are proud of Gen. RICHARDSON and I have enjoyed claiming > as an ancestor, but as far as documentation I've seen, I believe my ancestor > Susannah (McDonald) CANTEY nee CONNOR was most probably the daughter of > Margaret NEILSON and thus the granddaughter of William NEILSON and Susannah > BRUNSON. > > Please consider this an invitation to prove me wrong!!!! > > Thanks, > > Bill McIntosh