Mary McCormick

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 19 Apr 1751, Frederick Co, Virginia

Notes:

From the White House Farm web site:
On June 17, 1730, John and Isaac VanMeter petitioned
the Virginia Colony Council for 40,000 acres in the
Shenandoah Valley. In 1731 they transferred 30,000 acres
to Jost Hite, a German immigrant, under a patent. The land, then located in Orange County, Virginia, (see 1734 map below) was surveyed by Robert Brooke on 26 March 1734. In May 1740, Mr. Hite sold 395 acres to Dr. John McCormick, a Scots-Irishman. for 8 pounds, 5 shillings.

By 1742, Dr. McCormick had built a three-story, two-room
farmhouse. Dr. McCormick was a prosperous and prominent
country doctor, as evidenced by the inventory of his estate
completed upon his death in 1768. His will and the admini-
strations are found in the Frederick County archives in
Winchester, VA, since Frederick County was formed in 1743.
He and his wife Ann had 6 sons (James, Francis, John Jr., William, George, and Andrew) and two daughters (Mary, wife of Magnus Tate, and Jean, wife of James Byrn). James McCormick served as the chain carrier and John Jr. as the pilot on several of George Washington's surveys (1), White House Farm was noted for the horses bred there during Dr. McCormick's lifetime.(2)

References:
(1) The George Washington Papers, Library of Congress
(2) Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, published
by the Virginia Historical Society Acknowledgement: Ann Shoemaker, Andrew McCormick's great-great-great-great-grand-daughter contributed information to this history.

Note: Dr. McCormick's grandson, Province, whose father was Franc McCormick, established a nearby farm known as Lang Sine in the 1790's, which is presently being restored by the owners and is described on their web site: http://langsinefarm.com

Notes regarding the White House Farm (from the web site as well):

* Located in Summit Point, WV, about 1-1/2 hours west of Washington DC
* 1740: Farm established by Dr. John McCormick, Scots-Irish immigrant, on 395 acres
purchased from Jost Hite, a German land developer.
* 1742: Three-room stone farmhouse completed. A springhouse and barn were
built about the same time. Barn is the oldest standing barn in West Virginia
* 1752: Farm surveyed by George Washington at age 20 with the aid of McCormick's sons
* 1768: Bequeathed to son Andrew and operated by Andrew and wife as a tavern
* 1807: Farm purchased by John Locke whose brother George ran the tavern
* Listed #19790829 79002583 in the National Register of Historic Places
* A spring on the property has provided water to local citizens for over 200 years


From World Connect Project "Descendents of Dr. John McCormick of Virginia" 12 Aug 2007:

The emigrant ancestor of the McCormicks, of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, herein recorded, was Dr. John McCormick, who emigrated from Ireland to Virginia between the years 1730 and 1740. In the Orange county, Virginia, records there is a deed, under date of May 21, 1740, from Just Hite to "John McCormick, of Orange county," for three hundred and ninety-f ive acres of land. Later he took up other grants adjoining this property, which was located in that part of Orange county that later became Jeffe rson county, West Virginia . It was on this estate near Summit Point th at in 1840 he built "The White House," which [is] still standing... . ["Weehaw" and "Upton" were a part of this property.]

He was a graduate in medicine of the University of Dublin [seems to be wrong based on later evidence], and brought to this country with him a lar ge and valuable medical library, which at his death was sold to Dr. Cramer, then the leading physician of Charlestown.
He died in 1768, leaving a wife and eight children. In his will, made May 8, 1768, and recorded February 8, 1769, he mentions wife Anne and so ns James, John, Francis, William, George, Andrew, daughter "Mary Tate, wife to Magnus Tate," and "Jean Bryen, wife to James Bryen." His wife and son James were executors of his estate. It is indicated that he was married before coming to this country, but the maiden name of his wife cannot be found.

The descendants of his eight children are scattered throughout many state s. It is said of the early members of the family that they were singular ly unobtrusive people, content in happiness derived from their own fami ly relations, being extremely clannish; both the men and women were strict ly honorable, affectionate, domestic and courteous; one of their marked ch aracteristics was a strict regard for the truth.

One of the heirlooms of the family was an old English prayer book which de scended from Dr. John McCormick to his son Francis, and was given by h im to his son Thomas at his marriage, but was unfortunately destroyed duri ng the civil war. In it was the family tree on parchment; on another pag e, Dr. John McCormick in a blue broadcloth suit with brass buttons; anothe r, the marriage scene; and yet another, Anne McCormick with a blue bodi ce and yellow silk or satin skirt, with a branch in her hand and a bud; an other, a death scene, coffin, etc., and a notice of dates, births and dea th beneath. The dates were all in the year 1700 .
Francis, one of the sons of Dr. John McCormick , was born April 17, 17 34; one of his two wives was a Miss Province , after whom his son Provin ce was named. Province McCormick served in the war of 1812 with the ra nk of colonel. The name Province was also perpetuated in the family of Wil liam McCormick, but spelled Provance.

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Other-Begin:
19 Apr 1751
Lewis Neill was commissioned sheriff of Frederick County by Lewis Burrell, president of the Council of Virginia, April 19, 1751. He was the fifth person to hold this office. His bondsmen were Meredith Helm, Samuel Earle, Thomas Swearingen, Leonard Helm, William Cocks, Robert Calvert, Peter Wolf, John Jones, John Madden, John Shearer, John Thurman, John McCormick, all of Frederick County, and William Russell, of Culpeper County. They were bound in the sum of one thousand pounds sterling. The cornmission was renewed September 13, 1751, and he was always afterwards styled Lewis Neill, gentleman.

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John married Anne McFarren (or Carruth) about 1728 in Ireland. Anne was born about 1704 in Irleand; died after 1768 in Summit Point, Frederick Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]