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Margaret Bruce 1751 – 1808 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1751

Birth Location: Montgomery, Frederick, Maryland, United States

Death Date: 1808

Death Location: Nelson, Kentucky, United States

Father: James Bruce

Mother: Margaret McMahon

Spouse(s): David Cox

Children(s): Benjamin Cox, David Cox, James Cox, Jane Cox, Friend Cox, Mary Cox, Margaret McMahon, Gabriel Cox, George Cox

Margaret Bruce was born in 1751 in Montgomery, Frederick, Maryland, United States, the child of James Robert Bruce and Margaret Ann McMahon. Margaret Bruce later married David Heaven Cox, and together they raised children including Benjamin Cox, David Cox, James Cox, Jane Ginny Cox, Friend Cox, Mary Cox, Margaret Leona McMahon, Gabriel E Cox and George Washington Cox. In 1808, Margaret Bruce passed away in Nelson, Kentucky, United States.

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Parents

James Bruce
1720 – 1799
Birth Location: Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
JB
Margaret McMahon
1727 – 1804
Birth Location: Spotsylvania, Frederick, Virginia, Colonial America
MM

Spouses(s)

David Cox
1745 – 1820
Birth Location: Coxs Fort, Prince George's, Maryland, USA
DC

Children(s)

Benjamin Cox
1757 – 1829
Birth Location: Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA
BC
David Cox
1764 – 1820
Birth Location: Romney, Hampshire, Virginia, United States
DC
James Cox
1769 – 1846
Birth Location: Romney, Hampshire, Virginia, USA
JC
Jane Cox
1771 – 1820
Birth Location: Nelson, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, 24598, USA
JC
Friend Cox
1773 – 1818
Birth Location: Romney, Hampshire, Virginia, United States
FC
Mary Cox
1775 – 1800
Birth Location: Romney, Hampshire, Virginia, United States
MC
Margaret McMahon
1781 – 1858
Birth Location: Cox Creek, Nelson, Kentucky, United States
MM
Gabriel Cox
1789 – 1843
Birth Location: Nelson County, KY -WAR OF 1812
GC
George Cox
1792 – 1851
Birth Location: Nelson County, Kentucky, United States of America
GC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 23 Nov 1749
    Event Place: Montgomery, Frederick, Maryland, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1751
    Event Place: Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1751
    Event Place: Montgomery, Frederick, Maryland, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1751
    Event Place: Montgomery, Frederick, Maryland, United States

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1808
    Event Place: Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1808
    Event Place: Nelson County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1808
    Event Place: Nelson, Kentucky, United States

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Coxs Creek, Nelson County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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